The first part of this work is the Quit Rent Roll of 1704, for the fourteen counties that paid tribute to the King, while the remainder is the list of those in the Northern Neck area who were granted lands by the Lords Proprietors. Over 6,000 individuals are listed alphabetically, and for each is given the county of residence and the acreage owned.

Reprints. Lists originally published in the Magazine of Virginia genealogy, February 1984-August 1986; Interpreting headrights in Colonial-Virginia patents: uses and abuses originally published September 1987 in National Genealogical Society quarterly.