Stokes County, NC - Sally Hampton - Act to Acquire Property

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An Act to secure to Sally Hampton, 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 Sally
Hampton, wife of James Hampton, of Stokes county, is hereby entitled
to hold, possess and enjoy, in her sole right, all such estate,
either real or personal, that 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, free and clear from
the claim of her said husband, or any of his creditors; and she shall
have full power and authority to prosecute or defend any suits, either
in law or equity, in her own name, in the same manner as if she had
never been married to her said husband; any law to the contrary
notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1823-26
Chapter CLXII
Page 95

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