This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BLAIR Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1ME.2ACEB/1948 Message Board Post: IN THE 1700's THE VIRGINIA HEADRIGHT SYSTEM ALLOWED ANYONE WHO PAID HIS OWN WAY TO VIRGINIA 50 ACRES, PLUS 50 ACRES FOR ANYONE ELSE WHOSE PASSAGE HE PAID FOR. LAND PATENT # 19, FOR 360 ACRES, WAS GRANTED TO ALEXANDER BLAIR AND FAMILY ON MARCH 24, 1740. THIS FAMILY, AS STATED IN THE LAND PATENT DOCUMENT AND THE HEADRIGHTS, INCLUDED ALEXANDER BLAIR, JANE BLAIR, JAMES BLAIR, MARY BLAIR AND JOHN BLAIR. THIS MAY BE A DUMB QUESTION BUT HOW DID ALEXANDER SWING THIS DEAL OF GETTING 360 ACRES RATHER THAN 250??