On the Tax List of East Marlborough Township (1753): Chester County, PA, there is a group named as inmates. Are these actual inmates as in a jail or is there other meaning for that word? Thanks very much! Judy Oklahoma City

On some census, there are terms used to define citizens: Inmates were married men who lived in a township but did not own land. Freemen were unmarried men who lived in a township but did not own land. Sandra > "On the Tax List of East Marlborough Township (1753): Chester > County, PA, there is a group named as inmates. Are these actual > inmates as in a jail or is there other meaning ?"