John, You may be right. If true my Splomon Hardy would have a birthdate 1746 / 1751 depending on the laws of Virginia of which I now know nothing on the lawful age of tithables. Anyone on the list have any knowledge on this subject matter ??. Thanks, Marianne Dillow John Lomax <[email protected]> wrote: In the response about John Dent it was noted that "I have also received a new tithable list from Loudoun in which my Solomon Hardy had a tithable in 1768. If he was 21 years of age, his birth date would be 1746 or earlier." Does anyone know at what age the young men were considered to be tithable? Years ago I had found a reference in Maryland indicating that in the late 1600s and early 1700s the age was 16. At the same time they had to be 21 to enter into court proceedings. Wasn't 16 considered to be "coming of age" and some fathers entered a cattle mark for them at that age? Is there anything in the early laws or church records to answer these questions? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message