For information and links to online resources, see Virginia Immigration. immigrants who arrived before 1720 received "Headright Grants" for land. See John Frederick Dorman, "Review of Cavaliers and Pioneers," in the periodical The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1980):221. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). The Virginia Immigration article provides tips about using this source.