Statewide County NcArchives Court.....Joseph Cocke, Thomas & Elizabeth Hill & 1783
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Source: Colonial Records
Written: 1783

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1783
April 18, 1783 - May 17, 1783
Volume 24, Pages 475 - 542

CHAPTER XXXV.

An Act to enable Thomas Hill, guardian of Elizabeth Henry Hill, to convey to 
Joseph Cocke, and Winnifred, his wife, the negro slaves therein mentioned, in 
satisfaction of the right of dower of the said Winnifred, in the lands, 
tenements and hereditaments, which were of Henry Hill, deceased, her late 
husband.

I. Whereas the said Thomas Hill, as guardian of the said Elizabeth Henry Hill, 
a minor, and the said Joseph Cocke and Winnifred his wife, have presented 
their petitions to this present General Assembly, setting forth that Henry 
Hill, deceased, son of the said Thomas Hill, intermarried with the said 
Winnifred, by whom he left the said Elizabeth Henry Hill, his only child and 
heir at law, and died without making any disposition of his estate; and 
whereas the said Henry Hill died possessed of lands, tenements and 
hereditaments, of a considerable value, from which the said Winnifred claimed, 
and was intitled to her dower at common law, for the term of her natural life; 
and whereas the said Thomas Hill, anxious to promote the interest and 
advancement of his said ward, and conceiving it to be for her benefit and 
advantage to give to the said Joseph Cocke and Winnifred his wife, a 
compensation out of the personal estate of the said Elizabeth Henry Hill, in 
lieu and satisfaction of the right of dower of the said Winnifred, proposed to 
the said Joseph Cocke and Winnifred his wife, to give them out of the estate 
of said Elizabeth Henry Hill, three negro slaves, to wit: Absey, Aggy and 
Elisha, in lieu and full satisfaction of the right of dower of the said 
Winnifred, and it appearing by the said petition that the said Joseph Cocke 
and Winnifred his wife, are willing to accept the same, provided that an 
indefeasable title to the said slaves can be made to them; Therefore for 
promoting the interest of the said Elizabeth Henry Hill, and for enabling the 
said Thomas Hill to carry the said agreement into execution,

II. 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 the said Thomas Hill 
be enabled and impowered, and he is hereby authorised to sell, convey and 
deliver unto the said Joseph Cocke, and Winnifred his wife, the said negro 
slaves named Absey, Aggy and Elisha, and all the right, title and interest of 
the said Elizabeth Henry Hill in and to the said slaves, and every of them, 
with the increase and issue of the female slaves, to have and to hold the same 
and every of them, to the said Joseph Cocke and Winnifred his wife, as the 
proper estate of the said Winnifred during the term of her natural life, for 
her support and maintenance in case she should survive her said husband, and 
after the decease of the said Winnifred, to the said Joseph Cocke, his 
executors, administrators and assigns, for ever, in lieu and full satisfaction 
of the right of dower of the said Winnifred, in and to the lands, tenements 
and hereditaments, which were the estate of the said Henry Hill, deceased, her 
late husband.

III. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted, That each conveyance 
and delivery shall not be made, or be binding upon the said Elizabeth Henry 
Hill, the minor, until the said Joseph Cocke, and Winnifred his wife, do make, 
seal and deliver unto the said Elizabeth Henry Hill, a release and full 
discharge of the right of dower of the said Winnifred Cocke, of in and to all 
and singular the lands, tenements and hereditaments, which were the estate of 
the said Henry Hill, deceased, and until the same shall be fully compleated by 
private examination of the said Winnifred Cocke in due form of law; any thing 
herein before mentioned to the contrary notwithstanding.


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