For information: According to Helen Leary in her book NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH, p 232, free white males were required to pay poll tax as follows: 1715: Age 16 and up (no age limit) 1777-1784:Various requirements and exemptions. 1784: Age 21 and up (no age limit) 1801: Age 21-50 (inclusive) 1817: Age 21-45 1868: Age 21-50 Betty Pace