Not neccessarily,
The persons brought to Virginia as headrights received no land, only those who paid their own passage or those of others. The right to land due by importing headrights could be sold to another person before the patent was issued. Patents were often issued years and even decades after the names of headrights were submitted, and the headright did not necessarily reside on the land described in the patent.
Tamara Mitchell
Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I am researching my Brunswick County line, and received an updated
genealogy list from Paul Heinegg. Following is information on my Evans
line beginning with Charles Evans. My Colonial Virginia ancestors
resided throughout the Colony. My direct ancestor, Sarah was the
daughter of Charles Evans (she is mentioned in his Will). After her
fathers' death, Sarah sold his land, and moved to Amherst County with
her husband Rawley Pinn. Thomas and Benjamin Evans fought in the
Revolutionary War out of Amherst County, as did Rawley Pinn.
I am interested in the Plantation owned by Charles Evans, and if he
received a Headright to purchase land in Lunenburg. I see a patent for
land, is that the same as a Headright?
Anita Wills
8. Charles1 Evans, born say 1696, was sued for debt in Brunswick
County court by Littlebury Epes in December 1735 [Orders 1732-37, 68].
He was called "Charles Evans a mulatto" in December 1746 in Lunenburg
County when the court dismissed charges brought against him by Andrew
Bresslar [Orders 1746-48, 81]. He received a patent on 20 August 1747
for 120 acres on Stith's Creek in the part of Brunswick County which
became Lunenburg County in 1748 and Mecklenburg County in 1765
[Patents 28:135]. He was taxable in Lunenburg County in the list of
Lewis Deloney in 1748, taxable in the list of Field Jefferson in 1751
with his son Tom [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 68, 166] and
taxable with Thomas and Major Evans in 1752 [Tax List 1748-52, 1]. He
petitioned the Lunenburg County court in May 1753 to be exempt from
personal taxes, but was rejected "for Reasons appearing to the Court"
[Orders 1753-54, 113]. He was granted 38 acres in Lunenburg County in
the fork of Miles Creek and Dockery's Creek on 23 July 1753 [Patents
31:337]. He left a 22 March 1760 Brunswick County, Virginia will
(signing), proved 27 October 1760, leaving his "mannor" plantation on
the south side of Dockery's Creek to his son Major Evans, left an
equal quantity to his son Charles Evans and left the residue of his
land on the southside of Dockery's Creek to son Dick Evans on
condition they give twenty pounds or 100 acres of land to his youngest
son Erasmus. He left a bed and furniture to his daughters Sarah and
Joice, but left only a shilling to his "undutiful" son Thomas [WB
3:375-6]. He died before June 1760 when a suit against him in
Lunenburg County court abated by his death [Orders 1759-61, 136]. On
18 October 1764 Sarah and Richard Evans sold about 39 acres in the
fork of Miles and Dockery's Creek in Mecklenburg County which was land
they had been given by Charles Evans [DB 1:514]. And on the same date
Sarah, Charles and Major Evans sold 120 acres on Stith's Creek in
Lunenburg County adjoining Philip Morgan [DB 8:356]. His children were
17 i. Thomas3, born say 1734.
18 ii. Major1, born say 1735.
19 iii. Charles2, born say 1737.
20 iv. Richard1, born say 1740.
v. Sarah.
vi. Joyce.
21 vii. Erasmus, born say 1745.
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