Chatham County, NC - Polly Matilda Stinson - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to legitimate Polly Matilda Stinson, of the county of Chatham

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina,
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Polly
Matilda Stinson, illegitimate daughter of Thomas Ward, of Chatham
county, be, and she is hereby delcared to be legitimate, and shall
hereafter be known by the name of Polly Matilda Ward, and by such
name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded; inherit property
by descent and distribution; and shall be entitled to inherit the
property, real or personal, of said Thomas Ward, in as full and ample 
manner as if she had been his legitimate child by lawful wedlock.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1829-30
Chapter CXXIV
Page 70

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