Rutherford County NcArchives Court.....Bedford Heirs, Jonas & Mercy 1785
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: 1785

Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1785
North Carolina. General Assembly
November 19, 1785 - December 29, 1785
Volume 24, Pages 710-782

CHAPTER XLI.

An Act for the Relief of Mercy Bedford, and to Vest in the Heirs of Jonas and 
Mercy Bedford the Landed Estate of the Said Jonas Bedford.

Whereas it has been made appear to the satisfaction of the General Assembly of 
the State of North Carolina, that Jonas Bedford, formerly of the county of 
Rutherford in the said State, did in the year one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty, abandon his said wife Mercy Bedford and her children, by joining the 
British army, with whom the said Jonas did leave the State and has not yet 
returned, leaving his said wife and children in very great distress; and as it 
is reasonable and just that the real and personal estate of the said Jonas 
Bedford should be appropriated to the payment of his debts and to the use and 
support of his wife and children:

I. 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 the said 
Mercy Bedford be enabled and empowered to sell the personal estate of the said 
Jonas Bedford, and to collect the debts due to her said husband, and after 
paying the debts due from the said Jonas, to apply the balance, together with 
the said personal estate or amount thereof to the support of herself and 
children.

II. And be it further Enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the heirs of 
the said Jonas and Mercy Bedford be, and they are hereby vested with absolute 
right in fee simple, of and to all the landed estate of the said Jonas Bedford 
in as full and ample manner as they could have been by a deed of gift to them 
for the same from their said father Jonas Bedford. (Passed December 29, 1785.)

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