Halifax County, NC - Rebecca Ruffin - Act to Acquire Property, 1826

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An Act to secure to Rebecca Ruffin, of Halifax county, such property
as she may hereafter acquire

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 Rebecca
Ruffin, of Halifax county, wife of Grey Ruffin, be, and she is hereby
entitled to hold, possess and enjoy, in her sole right, any estate,
either real or personal, which she may hereafter acquire, by industry,
purchase, gift or otherwise, in as full and ample a manner as if she
had never been married to her said husband: and she is hereby 
authorised to prosecute or defend any suit in her own name, in any
Court within this State, in the same manner as if she had never been
married to the said Grey Ruffin aforesaid; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter CXLIII
Page 79

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