Stokes County, NC - Christianna Crittenden - Act to Acquire Property, 1827

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An Act to secure to Christianna Crittenden, of Stokes 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 Christianna 
Crittenden, of the county of Stokes, wife of John Crittenden, 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 and 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 John Crittenden aforesaid; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.


Source:
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1827
Chapter CXVII
Page 79-80

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