It might be worth noting that Carter Burwell received a patent when he was 
two years old.
HBG

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From: "pamarkey" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Minimum Age for Patenting Land in 17th Cent. Va.


>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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