Province of North Carolina, 1663-1729

Province of North Carolina, 1663-1729
Author: Margaret M. Hofmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1979
Genre: Land grants
ISBN:

A colony-wide volume of more than 3,400 abstracts of land patents from the proprietary period made from the North Carolina Secretary of State's holdings. Dually indexed with more than 25,000 references to surnames and places map.

North Carolina Headrights

North Carolina Headrights
Author: Caroline B. Whitley
Publisher: Colonial Records of North Caro
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: History
ISBN: 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.

Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas

Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas
Author: Christina K. Schaefer
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 846
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780806315768

Covers the period of colonial history from the beginning of European colonization in the Western Hemisphere up to the time of the American Revolution.