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In Colonial America, it was, especially in Virginia, a land distribution system, which depended on 1) the number of people brought into the colony, 2) other factors but more or less a sort of headcounting calculation; many variations existed throughout the colonies. Most of the Southern colonies, which were settled by various groups used a headright calculation for the distribution of land. Later, a heardright method was use in Okalahoma for the distribution of monies paid to the Osage Tribe by Order of Congress. Many of the basics were developed by Chief James Bigheart shortly before he died in 1908.

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