Dobbs County NcArchives Court.....Jesse Speight, Jesse Hay To 1787 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a August 14, 2009, 4:06 pm Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina Written: 1787 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1787 North Carolina. General Assembly 1787 Volume 24, Pages 885-951 CHAPTER XLII. An Act for Altering the Names of Certain Persons therein Mentioned. Whereas it is the earnest request of William Speight that the name of Jesse Hay, of Dobbs county, should be altered to that of Jesse Speight, and the desire of Richard Ransom that the names of Robert Porthress and Benjamin Clevers Porthress of Franklin county should be altered to Robert Ransom and Benjamin Clevers Ransom, and the desire of William Hunt that the name of William Bonner of Franklin county be altered to that of William Hunt, to confirm the name of William Ashley of Robinson county, and the name of Jesse Commauder of Onslow county to that of Jesse Clagg: I. 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 from and after the passing of this Act the name of Jesse Hay shall be altered to the name of Jesse Speight, the names of Robert Porthress and Benjamin Clevers Porthress shall be altered to the names of Robert Ransom and Benjamin Clevers Ransom, also the name of William Bonner to the name of William Hunt, and the name of William Ashley of Robinson county be confirmed, and the name of Jesse Commauder to that of Jesse Clagg, and that they and each of them shall thenceforth be called and known by the said names respectively, and that by the said names respectively they shall and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, and obtain and possess lands and all other species of property by will, devise, donation, grant, purchase or otherwise; and they may each by their respective names aforesaid sell and dispose of lands and other property already or hereafter to be acquired, and finally and in all things the said persons respectively shall be able and capable in law or equity of negociating and transacting all manner of business by their respective names herein before mentioned in as full and ample manner, as if they had been called and known by no other names from the time of their nativity; any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this Act the courts of pleas and quarter sessions in the several counties in this state shall have full power and authority, on the application of the reputed father, mother or guardian of any natural child, to give such name to such child as the said mother, father or guardian shall require, and to cause such name to be entered on record, and such child shall forever thereafter be called and known by such sirname, and shall be able and capable in law or equity of negociating and transacting all manner of business by such name, in as full and ample manner as any other person or persons whatsoever. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/dobbs/court/jessespe1090wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb