Chatham County NcArchives Court.....Dowd, Conner & Mary 1784
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1784

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1784
April 19, 1784 - June 03, 1784
Volume 24, Pages 543 - 649

CHAPTER LXIX.

An Act to Enable Mary Dowd to Sue for and Recover to Her Own Use and the Use 
of Her Children by Her Husband, Conner Dowd, All Debts Due and Owing to the 
Said Conner, and All Other Things in Action Which the Said Conner Dowd Might 
Lawfully Sue for and Recover Were He a Citizen of This State, and Entitled to 
the Benefits of Its Laws.

I. Whereas, Conner Dowd, the husband of Mary Dowd, hath attached himself in 
the cause of the late war to the British forces, whereby his property became 
forfeited to this State, but the court of the county of Chatham in which 
county the said property chiefly lay was returned to and allotted for the 
maintainance of the said Mary and her and his children, together with all 
debts and other things due and owing to the said Conner previous to the said 
forfeiture, but the said Mary, inasmuch as her husband is in full life, is 
disqualified to maintain suits for the recovery thereof;

II. Be it therefore Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, That the 
distribution and allotment of the property above-mentioned by the county court 
of Chatham to and for the use of the said Mary and her children as above 
mentioned shall be, and the same is hereby confirmed and established, and 
shall remain valid and indefeasible in law; and the said Mary shall be, and 
she is hereby enabled in her own name, and to and for her own use and the use 
of the children aforesaid, to sue for and recover all debts and other things 
in action whatsoever which to the said Conner belonged or which he was 
entitled to, or might have brought action for and have recovered previous to 
those acts of rebellion, or nonconformity to the laws of the State which were 
the causes of the said forfeiture; and the coverture of the said Mary shall 
not be pleaded or pleadable to any action commenced by her for or on account 
of any of the debts or things aforesaid, saving and reserving nevertheless to 
all and every person and persons whatsoever all and every action and right of 
action which they would have had respectively, had the said estate still 
remained in possession of the said Conner Dowd, in the same manner as if this 
Act had never been made: And it is hereby declared and Enacted, That any such 
action may be commenced by original attachment against the said Conner Dowd, 
in which the said Mary may be brought into court as a garnishee, or against 
her, the said Mary, in the first instance; any law or usage to the contrary 
notwithstanding.


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