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An Act for the benefit of Patsey Goodin, of Hardin County. 1865 vol. II 428 (1865.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0857 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1865. Be it enacted ky the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky : § 1. That upon the sureties of said Neal appearing in the county court of said county, and consenting in writing, the said qualification and bond shall have the same effect as if the same had been done within the time prescribed by law. § 2. In the event said sureties, or any of them, shall re- fuse or neglect to assent to the same, the said Neal may offer further and sufficient surety; and upon such other and sufficient surety being given, it may be lawful for the county court to accept the same, and allow said Neal to quality as sheriff aforesaid. § 3. The official acts of said Neal done under his said qualification in December are hereby legalized. § 4. This act shall take effect at its passage. Approved May 27, 1865. CHAPTER 1561. AN ACT for the benefit of Patsey Goodin, of Hardin County. WHEREAS, It is represented to this General Assembly that Ambrose Goodin, a free man of color, of Hardin county, was killed by the guerrillas; that at the time of his being killed he owned his wife, Patsey Goodin, as his slave, but with whom he had lived as husband and wife for many years, and also owned a tract of land situate in said county, containing 119+ acres, the earnings of their joint labor, the title to which was conveyed to him by W. H. Johnson and wife, by deed duly recorded in the clerk's office of the Hardin county court, and bears date 7th Oc- tober, 1852 ; and that said Ambrose left no heirs capable of inheriting the same, but his estate escheated to the Commonwealth; wherefore, Be it enacted by/ the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: § 1. That the said Patsey is hereby emancipated and set free, and is declared capable in law of' inheriting from her said husband, Ambrose Goodin, any and all property which he may have owned at his death as fully as though she had been a free person, and lawfully married to him at that time. § 2. That this State hereby releases to said Patsey all claim whatever (except for taxes) which it has to the tract of land named in the preamble to this act. § 3. This act shall take effect froni its passage. Approved May 27, 185.

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