Gates County, NC - Martha Ann Williams - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to alter the name of Martha Ann Williams, and legitimate her

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 the
name of Martha Ann Williams, daughter of Peter Piland of Gates county, 
shall be, and the same is hereby altered to that of Martha Ann Piland, 
and by that name she is hereby declared legitimated, and entitled to 
inherit from her said father Peter Piland, by descent or distribution as 
fully and effectually as if she had been born in wedlock, any thing in 
any law to the contrary notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1834-35
Chapter CX
Page 69

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