Stokes County, NC - Sally Smith - Act to Legitimate

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An Act to legitimate and alter the name of Sally Smith, of Stokes 
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 Sally
Smith of the county of Stokes, the illegitimate child of Milberry
Smith and Aaron Tilly, be, and the same is hereby legitimated and
made capable, by the name of Sally Tilly, to take and enjoy, by way
of descent on the statutes of distribution, all estate, both real
and personal, as fully and amply, as if the said Sally had been the
lawful issue of the said Aaron and Milberry.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1823-26
Chapter CXLVIII
Page 91

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