Onslow County, NC - Nancy Caroline Thomas - Act to Legitimate, 1826

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An Act to legitimate and alter the name of Nancy Caroline Thomas,
of Onslow county

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, Nancy Caroline Thomas, of Onslow county,
an illegitimate daughter of Lawrence House and Peggy House, shall be
known and called by the name of Nancy Caroline House, and by that
name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and receive and take
property by descent or purchase.

And be it further enacted, That the said Nancy Caroline Thomas, be,
and she is hereby declared legitimate, and capable in law to take and
inherit property as heir to the aforesaid Lawrence House and Peggy
House, in as full and ample a manner as if she had been born in lawful
wedlock; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.


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

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