Simply put, they were to do an enumeration of - count - the people in that Parish. Such counts were sometimes required, since very often the parish boundaries were not the same as the county boundaries. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carla Welburn" <calamity45@qwest.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:58 AM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Dividing Brunswick County > Could someone please explain what this means? This was taken from Notes > from the records of Greensville county, 1781 when dividing Brunswick > County. > > William Maclin, William Watson and Jordan Richardson are appointed to > take the number of Souls in Saint Andrew's Parish in this County > according to Law. > > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > The USGenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.org > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >