This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ihB.2ACI/1710.1 Message Board Post: Areleta - Since your posting is a couple of years old, you may have already discovered the answer to your question. I was also curious about the squirrel scalps until I read somewhere that squirrels were so abundant in the uncleared lands of the pioneer settlers, destroying their crops, etc., the practice of accepting squirrel scalps as payment for taxes was developed in an effort to reduce the squirrel population. I am also working on Brittons and McCurrys in Greene County. If you are interested in comparing notes, let me know.