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44712
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"As early as1663, the Lord Proprietors relied on a headright system to distribute land and to attract settlers." The system was firmly in place by 1667. Persons of all social classes claimed headrights.
Source:
North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal
(F253 .N882A), Vol. 15 Issue 1, February 1989,
p2-11, il, f
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