Gail and Jetta, I have two different cases where widows in Greene Co TN were paying taxes on land that they owned as widows, and they were not paying poll taxes. This was in the time period of 1809-1816. Dale Grant On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 13:23:33 -0500 "Bruce Roorda" <b.roorda@msc.net> writes: >Jetta, > >That is an interesting question and one I don't know the answer >to. However, I would imagine the same rules would apply. I too >have noticed women as head of household on tax lists. Women >couldn't vote of course, but they in inherited and controlled >property. Actually I don't believe I have seen any women, who I >know through my own research were elderly widows, on tax lists. >Anybody else have better information for Jetta? > >Gail > > >> >> Thanks, Gail >> >> Therefore, any free or white male would be 21 or above, but not >over 50. >> Now I have another question. What if the person listed as head >of household >> was female, would the same rules apply? Would she be charged >poll tax if >> she was between 21 and 50? Now that I understand poll tax, >maybe I can use >> it to help determine age range. >> >> Thanks again, >> Jetta >> > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.