And give it away to anyone, pass it by will, pledge it for a loan, take it
by execution, turn it back in (VERY few did so), lose it and have it
replaced, trade away half or some other fraction of the right, use it as
money, give or sell it or some fraction of it to the servant, on and on. A
headright was personal property, just as is your furniture, your pigs, your
money, and as Steve said, any other commodity. As personalty, a headright
could be dealt with it in all the same ways as if it were a chicken.
Finally, the servant went with the headright, if the buyer so chose, and
he/she was required to serve whoever owned the right throughout the entire
term of servitude.
Paul
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Stevens
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Receiving Land for Importing People (servants AND
others)
You could buy, sell or trade headrights like any other commodity.
Regards,
Steve Stevens
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From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history.
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of KAREN DALE
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Receiving Land for Importing People (servants AND
others)
And then there's Thomas Dale of Richmond Co. VA who got credit for importing
his own mother, though he was born here. I guess his father never got around
to it, so Thomas used the free floating headright himself? Who knows!
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Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Receiving Land for Importing People (servants AND
others)
Paul and others,
This may be stating the obvious but I want to point out that both of
Paul's
recent posts might seem to indicate that those listed as the transportees
all
became/were servants. And this simply isn't the case, as he knows.
There
were people of means (planters or adventurers, wives and children of same
who came later after the husband was settled.) who came on their own,
with no
need to become indentured. For example, some ended up on ship masters'
lists, etc., the patent privileges for which were often then sold to
somebody else
who planned to actually live in VA. Others probably made some deal so
that
another could claim them.
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