You could check Henings Statutes at Large. Another resource is
Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England at http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/blackstone.asp
Donald W. Moore
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On May 2, 2010, at 11:15 AM, pamarkey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I would to have a primary reference for the statement in Robt.
> Baird's Genfile on "Legal Age," and also in "William Mylam in
> Virginia" that attainment of a majority was required to patent land
> in Colonial Virginia. Holly Brewer does not cover this subject, and
> Minor Weisiger does not mention an age requirement in his Research
> Notes No. 20, "The Virginia Land Office." Thanks, Marcus Key in the
> Northern Neck.
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