Newhanover County NcArchives Court.....Robeson - Deceased, John 1779 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a February 23, 2009, 7:42 am Source: Colonial Records Written: 1779 Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1779 North Carolina. General Assembly October 18, 1779 - November 10, 1779 Volume 24, Pages 262 - 313 CHAPTER XVIII. An Act to enable John Kirkwood and Thomas Robeson to sell and dispose of the estate of John Robeson, deceased. I. Whereas John Robeson, of the county of New Hanover, having died intestate, and possessed of a considerable estate, real and personal, the greatest part of both stands mortgaged for the payment of more than the sum of sixteen hundred pounds sterling money, to Woldridge and Kelly, merchants in the kingdom of Great Britain, whose property becomes forfeited by their absence from this state; II. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, that it shall and may be lawful for Thomas Robeson and John Kirkwood to sell, convey, and dispose of, the estate of the deceased, for the most it will fetch, at public vendue, and to satisfy and pay the debt and interest due by said Robeson to Woldridge and Kelly into the treasury of this state, and the remainder (if any) to apply as by law directed. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/newhanover/court/robesond888wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb