Bouviers Law Dictionary 1856 Edition would be a good place to look for your answers. www.alaska.net/~winter/bouvier1856.html For what my opinion is worth, I believe that I read somewhere that the first U.S. Census in 1790, listed only the 2 age groups of; 16 & up including head & 16 and under, was because males 16 & up still living at home were taxable. Hope this helps you find your answers. Shirley ......in Idaho ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [email protected] wrote: > > I realize "infant" means underage but what was age of majority. At what age > was a man would be added to the list of tithables? Is it different than the > age of majority? Did one have to own property to be added by name to the list > of tithables? Did underage children have to reach majority before receiving > their inheritance. Does anyone know of a good book that explains the > legalities of the 18th century and whether or not they changed after the Rev > War. > > Thanks, > > Sara Patton > > ==== OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA Mailing List ==== > The RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative is supported by its users: > RootsWeb would cease to exist if not for the support of folks like you. > By becoming a Member, Sponsor, or Donor, you help RootsWeb provide Web > and FTP space on thousands of genealogical topics, mailing > lists for thousands of groups of genealogists with shared interests, and > search engines to make huge amounts of genealogical data freely > available to Internet genealogists.Become A Rootsweb Sponser Today! > http://www.rootsweb.com/