Granville County, NC - Charles A. Williams & Others - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to alter the names of Charles Alexander Williams, and others,
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 Charles
Alexander Williams, Frances Williams, Peter Parker Williams, Thomas
Williams, John Williams, Susannah Williams, and Horace Hillman
Williams, children of William Williams and Milley Williams, of the
county of Granville, be, and they are hereby legitimated, in as ample
a manner, as if born in wedlock, and that they shall hereafter be known
and called by the names, respectively, of Charles Alexander Barnes,
Frances Barnes, Peter Parker Barnes, Thomas Barnes, John Barnes,
Susannah Barnes, and Horace Hillman Barnes, and that they shall be
heirs at law, and next of kin of their said father and mother, in the
same maner, and to all intents and purposes, as if born in lawful
wedlock.

And be it further enacted, That the name of Elizabeth Wade, of
Northampton county, be, and the same is hereby altered to that of
Elizabeth Deloach, and she is hereby legitimated and made capable to
inherit and enjoy any estate, either real or personal, in as full 
and ample a manner as if whe had been born in actual wedlock.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1823-26
Chapter CLII
Page 92

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