State-Wide, NC - Lodge, Adams, Pender, Murdoch & Cartwright - 
                 Act to Legitimate, 1826

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An Act to legitimate certain persons therein named

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 passing of this act, Louisa Lodge and Dolly Lodge, children
of Josiah Lodge by his present wife Dolly; William Adams, son of
William Adams by his wife Winefred; and Joel Pender and Evelina Pender,
children of James Pender by his wife Martha, born out of wedlock, of
the county of Edgecombe; and Alexander Murdoch, son of Robert Murdoch
and Mary his wife, in Randolph county, be, and the same are hereby
legitimated, and made capable of taking by descent and distribution,
as if they had been born in lawful wedlock; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.

And be it further enacted, That the name of Dicey Cartwright, daughter
of Solomon Riddick and his wife Mary Ann, be altered to that of Dicey
Riddick; and that the said Dicey be legitimated and entitled to take
property by descent or distribution, in the same manner she would have
been, if she had been born in wedlock.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1826
Chapter CXIIII
Page 64

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