>In a message dated 97-05-29 00:40:58 EDT, you write: > ><< I am researching the SAIN clan, some of whom went to TX in 1800s. I am >not > familiar with the term "headright". Please explain. > >> > >The "heads" of families were given "rights" to land as an inducement to >settle in Texas, as a reward for military service, etc. , hence the term, >"headright". the term "headright", from my experience, refers to Indian natives that signed the treaties or rolls around the turn of the century. It was their surrender to the U.S. and the gov't's way of keeping track of them. Also gave them limited "rights" to own property (on the reservation), two mules, etc, etc Tom Cloud <cloud@peaches.ph.utexas.edu>