I very much suspect that your man was a janitor/handyman at the courthouse, cleaning, washing windows, cutting grass and doing minor repairs, and that he was paid from those funds resultring from the general levy on county properties (today we would call that money "the general fund"; that, rather than from the income produced by the courts, any public schools, the sheriff or funds (very few) which might come from the colony/state. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Smith" <jeffm.smith@verizon.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] [Fwd: "Laying off" taxes] > Very timely question from Cookie and answer by Paul. I was looking at > the three following entries just last night. Would I be correct to say > that my JAMES PACE had property, or something, that was subject to the > county tax in these three instances, but the tax was not actually > charged to him (possibly absorbed by the county itself) because of > services that he rendered to the county? > > Brunswick County, Virginia, Court Orders, page 12 > 06 October 1732. County levy JAMES PACE for taking care of the court > house. > > Brunswick County, Virginia, Court Orders, page 76 > 06 December 1734. County Levy JAMES PACE for looking after the > courthouse. > > Brunswick County, Virginia, Court Orders, page 116 > 05 December 1735. County levy among those paid JAMES PACE. Also paid > for > looking after the courthouse & prison. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jeff Smith > Fairfax, VA > > > Linda wrote: > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: {not a subscriber} "Laying off" taxes > > Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 07:48:28 -0700 > > From: "Paul Drake" <martee@citlink.net> > > To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Cookie asked: "...> Another question you might be able to > > answer..... > > > > > > Lunenburg Order Book 2, p 139 February Court 1748/49 > > > 8 Feb 1748/9 - Court for laying the County Levy > > > To whom granted William Bowen Junr > > > by whom granted Rob H Dyer > > > date of cert 19 Nov 1748 > > > quitrnts Tob[acc]o 140 > > > > > > This was just one of many entries for various people recorded > > similarly. The > > > page was actually set up in columns rather than across as I have > > it. There > > > was a whole list of people with info entered under the same > > columns. There > > > was nothing further at the beginning to help explain it - just the > > date and > > > Court for laying the County Levy" > > > > Ms. Cookie; You have found a record and list of landowners whose > > taxes ("levys" "levies") were "layd off to and recognized by the > > county as having been the obligation of someone else. Such > > situations arose when by reason of leases, land contracts, > > mortgages, and other legal devices, the taxes should be paid by a > > third party and not by the record owner, i.e., by lessees, renters, > > coteanants, heirs, etc. We still use the expression in a critical > > or blaming fashion when we say that as to some duty, "Jones laid the > > blame off on Smith." > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > > VAGenWeb > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vagenweb > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >