Dear Tom, Your information that Thomas Breedlove [wife Sarah Broaddus] died c. 1785, surprises me, since, as I say, my information was that he died after 1800. I cannot remember now what my source for that 1800+ death date is, however. It did occur to me that Thomas Sr. & Thomas Jr. might BOTH have appeared on the Albemarle tax lists, but they NEVER appear at the same time, at any rate. I thought it strange that some years Thomas Breedlove was sometimes taxed only for his property and not for himself. This happened in 1790, 1791 & 1792. I interpreted this to mean that this was Thomas Sr., who was being excused from paying taxes because of his advance age or infirmity.Then in 1793 Thomas Breedlove is shown with one male +16 in the house. I interpreted this to mean that there may have been ANOTHER male in the household, of +16, but that it was not necessarily Thomas, himself. In 1794, 1795 & 1796, Thomas is shown with two whites, +16. Once again in 1798 & 1799, Thomas is not charged for himself, but only for his property [no taxable males in the household]. I've extracted the next part of the Albemarle tax list, but haven't typed it up yet. Tom, you wrote: Marilyn Owen wrote: > 1785, Thomas: 1 male; 14 cattle, 3 horses The record I have for 1785 says 12 whites, 1 dwelling, 3 other buildings. Is this the same tax list??? Well, I wondered about that too. I don't know if there was another list, or not. The so-called 1790 Virginia census was taken from tax lists from 1783-1785. I could not read the "B" section of the 1783 list; I did not find any Breedloves on the 1784 list. What I found in 1785, is as listed above. I did not write down how many buildings there were per taxable person, although I do remember that at least one of the early tax lists had that item. The 1782 list for Thomas Breedlove showed: 1 wh. male +21; 1 black; 7 cattle; 2 horses. If you total those, it adds up to eleven. Did someone mis-transcribe the 1785 [which perhaps was actually taken in 1783] listing for Thomas Breedlove [12 whites] & add up, instead, the number of ALL things listed that year? More likely the original showed just 1 white, and perhaps 2 slaves, which got put together as "12" WHY is it when you try to solve one problem, you end up with three MORE?? Marilyn