From Diana

I wonder if an individual could have satisfied his transportation
debt by
selling his headright to several people and thus never have actually
been in
the category of  "servant."

***Whoever bought his/her headright was entitled to his/her service
for the unexpired years of the agreed indenture.  Even if a servant
bought in his own headright (and many did), if he sold it again, he
also sold his obligation for service to the new owner.

Also, what about the children born here?   Did they get headrights
or
something else?

***Children got nothing for having been born here, however if their
parents were serving indentures, then the kids would be called upon
to work for the "master" until the parents had served out their
terms.

  Also this is just VA, right?

***Nope, there were contracts of servitude throughout the colonies,
and the owners of "redemptioners" of New England got from 1.5 acres
to 10 acres and owners in GA rec'd as much as 150 acres.
Virginians, as you know, usually rec'd 50 acres; the acreage and
contracts of service varied widely.

  When I see people born in VA
going down to NC shortly after 1700, they are getting headrights
there.

*** I so not understand this question/comment; sorry.  There were
VERY few servants indentured in the Carolinas in exchange for
passage, though there were many apprentices there and in all areas
throughout the centuries.

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