> I. At what age in NC 1771-1777, does a male begin to pay poll taxes? > Is there an online site where might I find further information on > the topic of males paying poll taxes? > > Fred, Sr. "Fred Frederick" Poll taxes were "head" taxes and the people subject to them varied from state to state and from time to time. From 1749 to 1777 in North Carolina, for instance, poll taxes were levied on all white males age 16 and over as well as negroes, mulattoes, mustees or octoroons, and all persons of mixed blood to the fourth generation, both male and female, who were 12 years of age and older. Janey Joyce <[email protected]>