Que had three headrights and both daughters had a full headright and a fractional headright, worth a considerable amount of money. |
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By 1846 we had moved past the line of settlement, to my father's headright on the Pedernales. |
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The headright system tried to solve the labor shortage by providing colonists with land for each indentured servant they transported to Virginia. |
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Under local laws, Johnson was at risk for losing some of his headright lands for violating the terms of indenture. |
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