Source: 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners & Gazetteer Volume 1: Central Region by Roger G. Ward In 1782 the General Assembly of Virginia enacted new tax laws which created within each county an enumeration of land and certain personal property. These early land tax laws required a tax commissioner in each district of a county to record a list of the names of persons owning land or town lots, the quantity of land owned and its value, and the amount of tax owed. By 1813, a brief geographic description (usually citing an adjacent stream, road, or other landmark) was required; in 1814, the distance and direction from the courhouse for each parcel was also added to the tax rolls. Each entry is listed as: Surname, name, personal identifiers (if any); location/place-name of land; miles/direction from the 1815 courthouse. If multiple owners are listed for a property, the listing is duplicated under each of the owner's surnames; when multiple owners share a common surname, the property is only listed once. When a landowner had land at more than one location/place-name, the miles/direction listing for each parcel is in the same sequence as the location listing. In a few cases where a landowner had "many" parcels, the miles/direction notation is attached to the location listing. The reader is encouratged to consider the information here-in as an "outline" of early landowners in Virginia rather than a "text" due to the year-to-year variation in information provided to the clerk (or recorded by the clerk). The reader is encouraged to create his/her own neighborhood maps using this 1815(and supporting) information. ALBEMARLE COUNTY: Harris, ________, estate, of Hanover County Harris, Benjamin; Green Mountain; 18SW Harris, Henry T; Hickory Creek; 24SW Harris, Henry; Mechams River; 11N Harris, James, estate dower; Rock Creek; 14NW Harris, James; Moorman River; 13NW Harris, Joel; Doyls River; 16NW Harris, John, ?son of William; Green Creek; 19SW Harris, John, esquire; Green Mountain & Totier; 13S Harris, John, esquire; Warren; Harris, John; Green Creek; 20SW Harris, John; Ragged Mountain; 10SW Harris, Mary, Mrs dower =17NW Harris, Nathan =18NW Harris, Robert M.=17NW Harris, Robert; Hardware River; 10SW Harris, Schuyler, estate; south branch Hardware River; 18SW Harris, Thomas Harris, Thomas, and Joel; Mountain; 22NW Harris, Thomas; Totier Creek; 20S Harris, Thomas =17NW AMELIA COUNTY: Harris, Betsey; Appomattox River; 18W Harris, Nancy; Appomattox River; 18W BUCKINGHAM COUNTY: Harris, Benjamin, Senior, of Albemarle County, Sharps Creek; 16NE Harris, Claiborne W. =15SW Harris, Francis =8NE Harris, John, cockeye; Hunts Creek; 12E Harris, John, Major, upper end of county = 25W Harris, John J; Elk Creek; 26W Harris, Obadiah; Duckers Creek; 16S Harris, Richard, and Samuel; Hatchers Creek; 11E Harris, Robert A; Bent Creek, Mainyards Road; 18W CHESTERFIELD COUNTY: Harris, Anne H W; Hundred Road; 18NW Harris, Benjamin, estate Harris, James, estate =20NW Harris, John =16N Harris, Richard Harris, Robert, of Charlotte?County Harris, Thomas Harris, Thomas, estate =19NW CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Harris and Faris; Felixsville; Harris, Benjamin; Deep Creek; 10E Harris, Charles; Buckingham Road; 1E Harris, John; Willis River; 19NE Harris, Jordan, and co =16NE Harris, Jos, estate =10E Harris, Richard; James River; 23NE, 19NE DINWIDDIE COUNTY: Harris, John; Stage Road; 13SW Harris, Robert; Stoney Creek; 15SE FLUVANNA COUNTY: Harris, John, estate =5NW Harris, John, of Albemarle County GOOCHLAND COUNTY: Harris, Francis - see William Ford Harris, Francis; James River, Dover Meeting House; 16E Harris, John L; Beaver Dam Creek; 6N Harris, John L =6NW Harris, John, of Prince Edward County; Stoney Creek; 13E Harris, William; Jeneto creek; 8E HANOVER COUNTY: Harris, David, estate =19W Harris, David =8W Harris, Dianne; North Anna River; 8W Harris, Elizabeth =18W Harris, Jane, life =20W Harris, John P =25W Harris, John C C =18W Harris, John, estate, B J = 9W Harris, John, W S = 20W Haris, John =8W Harris, Lewis, free negroe =2W Harris, Moses, estate; Stone House Creek; 16W Harris, Overton, estate; North Anna River; 8W Harris, Plummer =18W Harris, Solomon =18W Harris, Sussanah, estate =18W Harris, Thomas, B C; north side South Anna River; 12W Harris, Thomas, C C =18W Harris, Thomas, estate =20SE Harris, Thomas, M D = 18W, 24W Harris, Thomas; Pamunkey River; 14W Harris, William E =16SW, 15SW Harris, William E =19W Harris, William O =8W Harris, William L R; north and south side Little River; 13W HENRICO COUNTY: Harris, - see Bullock Harris, Benjamin J; Penitentary; 1W Harris, Benjamin, and co; Gallegos Mills; 2W Harris, Frederick, of Louisa County; Poorhouse; 1N,6N Harris, Frederick, of Louisa County =SE Harris, Thomas; Shed Town; E This is the first of several emails that I will send concerning this 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners. There are four volumes to this set. Please route any response through HH or H-VA so that others may be helped. Ira L. Harris III Evansville, Indiana