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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