It was the British who won in north carolina
The essence of open range was the free grazing of cattle on millions of unfenced acres of public land. It was possible to become wealthy raising cattle without owning any acreage. Although most ranchers owned a base operation, some owned millions of acres. America's open range started with the Civil War [1861-1865].
imagine you are a king/queen and its time for you to step down as reining monarch, your mother and father are your predecesors and therefore your son or daughter would be heir, normally its the first born child