Granville County, NC - Kennady Family - Act to Legitimate, 1826 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to alter the names of Margaret Kennady, Washington Kennady, Persons Kennady, and John Shearman Kennady, of the county of Granville, and to legitimate them 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 Margaret Kennady, Washington Kennday, Persons Kennady and John Shearman Kennady, the illegitimate children of John Williams and his wife Jemima, late Jemima Kennady, shall hereafter be known and distinguished by the names of Margaret Williams, Washington Williams, Persons Williams and John Shearman Williams, and by these names shall severally be hereafter known and distinguished, and be made capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court in this State; and by these names shall be made capable to take, inherit, possess and enjoy any estate, real or personal, which may be devised or descent to them in as full and ample a manner, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been born in wedlock. Source: Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1826 Chapter CXXIX Page 73 ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts – gpotts1@nc.rr.com ______________________________________________________________________