Author: Caroline B. Whitley

Publisher: Colonial Records of North Caro

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780865262966

In North Carolina's proprietary period (1663-1729), the primary means of acquiring land was by headright. A free person was allowed to claim a specified amount of land for each person, including himself/herself, that he/she transported into the colony for the purpose of settlement. While the amount of land attached to a headright varied throughout the era, the most common amount was fifty acres.