If you download and read the whole patent, it tells you what was used in
payment--headright, military right or money.

The 1723 patent for Charles Evans (Patent Book 11, p. 199) was purchased
for four pounds; the 1747 purchase in Brunswick (PB 28, p.135) for 15
shillings, the 1751 purchase of 38 acres in Lunenburg (PB 31, p. 337)
was purchased for 5 shillings. Headrights were infrequently used during
this period; the later imposition of the pistole fee brought them back
into favor for a brief time.

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Anita Wills 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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