I have been told that a person had to be of a certain age to SELL land in 
Virginia in the early-1800s, but that there was apparently no age limit to 
OWN land at that time (or, if there was a limit, it was lower).  Is this 
correct?  I have a case where a man deeded land in Middlesex Co., VA in 1802 
to a woman/girl, and it APPEARS that she was just a teenager at the time. 
This woman married in Middlesex Co., VA three years later in 1805, and the 
1810 census shows her in the home of her husband as age range 16-26.  A 
DIFFERENT/OLDER woman with the same name (Mary Bennett) could have been 
deeded that land in 1802, I suppose, but no such older woman with that name 
can be found in any records in Middlesex (and Mary Bennett's mother was 
named Winifred "Winnie" Bennett....not "Mary").  Comments?

Thanks,

Bill Davidson 

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