Greene County, NC - Mary Ann Eliza Tooly - Act to Legitimate, 1827 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An Act to legitimate and alter the name of Mary Ann Eliza Tooly 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 from and after the passage of this act, Mary Ann Eliza Tooly, illegitimate daughter of George P. Lovick, of Greene county, be, and she is hereby legitimated, by the name of Mary Ann Eliza Caswell Lovick; and she is hereby declared capable in law to take and hold property either by descent or distribution, in as full and ample a manner as if she had been born in lawful wedlock; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Source: NC Archives Public and Private Laws of North Carolina 1827 Chapter CLXVII Page 91 ______________________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________