My sincere thanks to all who responded to my question. It sure helps to talk things out. Now, I'm pretty much convinced that Thomas Harris' exempt status was due to some kind of infirmity--age and/or disability and this confirmation opens up a new door as to the other Thomas(s) who later follow him. As a matter of interest--my Thomas Harris line married into French lines of Rousseau and Foushee. Peter Fontaine, Jr. and Harrison DePriest were associated with them. This is a "great" list--there are so many small details in all of these early records which, without the genealogical tools of knowedge, would be easily overlooked. Thanks again! Carol On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:04:19 -0500 Carol E Barron <[email protected]> writes: > > St. Paul's Vestry Book 1706-1786 > Early in this book Thomas Harris is mentioned as being exempted > from > paying Public and County Levy tax plus exempted from paying the > parish > levy. Later in 1716 he assisted in clearing the road from Stone > Horse > Cr. to Stony Run. Then later from 1724-36, the vestry was paying > someone > (in Tobacco) to "keep" him. The last two entries in that time > period > shows he was in charge of orphans and then was an "overseer" for > processioning of land. > I keep thinking he was exempted from paying tax because of his > age--but > he seems to be in later years quite active in other issues unless, > of > course, there is more than one Thomas Harris in that time period. > For > what reason(s) would he be given a special privilege to be "exempt"? > The > only "exempt" status I'm aware of in this time period is the > Huguenot > "French Lands" issue. > Carol (thanking those whose expertise is greatly appreciated) > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > VAGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > Please contact List Administrator if you experience problems > getting unsubscribed from this list. [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >