Wayne County, NC - Theresa Brownrigg - Act to Secure Property

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An Act to secure to Theresa Brownrigg such property as she may 
hereafter acquire

Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North
Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
Theresa Brownrigg of Wayne county, wife of Henry Brownrigg, 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, porchase (sic), 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 authorized to prosecute or 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 Henry Brownrigg, any law to the
contrary notwithstanding.


Source:
NC Archives
Public and Private Laws of North Carolina
1834-35
Chapter LXXXII
Page 57

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