In North Carolina's proprietary period (1663-1729), the primary means of acquiring land was by headright. A free person was allowed to claim a specified amount
The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvan
A colony-wide volume of more than 3,400 abstracts of land patents from the proprietary period made from the North Carolina Secretary of State's holdings. Dually