CHAPTER LXXXII.
An Act Vesting Certain Lands therein mentioned in John Colson, son of William Colson, in fee simple.
Whereas it is represented to this General Assembly that about fourteen years ago, a certain John Colson made a gift to his son William Colson, of a piece or parcel of land lying near the mouth of Rocky River in Montgomery county, containing by estimation three hundred and fifty-one acres, and actually put his said son in possession of the same; And whereas the said John Colson during the late war, attached himself to the common enemy, and withdrew himself from the state without having made unto his said son William any deed of conveyance for the said lands: And whereas William Colson died some years after, left behind a son named by the name of John Colson, and by his'last will and testament devised to his said son John the aforesaid piece or parcel of lands, which in the opinion of some of the citizens of this State is confiscated, as being the property of John, father of the said William, and the Commissioner of confiscated property for the district of Salisbury hath seized the said lands as the property of John Colson, father of the said William Colson, in order to sell and uispose of the same for the use of the state: For the prevention of which,
I. 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 the title of a piece or parcel of lands in Montgomery county, near the mouth of Rocky River, containing by estimation three hundred and fifty-one acres, which the said John Colson gave to his son, William Colson, be and is hereby vested in the said John Colson, son to William Colson aforesaid, his heirs and assigns forever; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. (Passed Jan. 6, 1787.)
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