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The land office at Richmond, Virginia show that on Apr 20, 1689 Roger Tillman recieved patent to 1,060 acres located in bristol Parish, Charles City, virginia from Nathaniel bacon, Pres. of Council. This was for the transportation of 22 persons into the colony. This would indicate that Roger Tillman was a man of means at this time, since the patent was no doubt in the form of headrights. These headrights were granted to persons who would, in reality, have been "indentured servants," or persons who lacked the price of transportation from England. Thsi servant class was widely inclusive. In it were farm laborers, machanics, masons, carpenters, shipbuilders, and often educated but in pecunious clerks, tutors and teachers, they sold themselves for a special period, to planters in the Colonies prepared to pay the cost of their voyage. Not only did the importing planters acquire their labor for "their time", but something that was even more coveted, thier headrights for the period of his fence the indentured servant was really a white slave, and as such was bought and sold, given as wedding presents to children, bequested in wills along with horses, cows, and other livestock of the plantation, just as was his successor, the negroe slave. this would indicate that roger Tillman was of sufficient means to pay the cost of transportation of 22 persons.
This settlement, known as Fort tillman was located on the south side of the Appomattox River at a place called "Moneus-ANOCK", {Monk's Neck] beginning at ye mouth of ye Great Branch and runneth up that Branch, beginning at ye mouth of ye Great Branch and runneth up that branch, being thence to gravelly Run. Present day-Dinwiddie Co., Va.
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