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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Minutes of a meeting of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina
Carolina. Lords Proprietors.
May 08, 1711
Volume 01, Page 756

[B. P. R. O. N. C. B. T. 7. P. 45.]

Craven House May ye 8th 1711.
Present
The Lord Carteret for himself and the Lord Palatin
Maurice Ashley Esqre
Sir John Colleton Barrt
John Danson Esqre

Several poor Saxons appeared and desired land att one penny per Acre yearly in North Carolina and it was agreed that they should have 100 Acres per head and that a Warrant be prepared to Mr Lawson according.