Hello Everyone, I missed the first of this discussion, but thought I post some info I put on Va-Southside a while back for five years in the 1780s of tax lists I took from Powhatan Co info I have. I hope it helps. I don't think I have posted in a while (maybe never)..my 1750-1830s Franklin ..Pitsylvania/Henry, too..include: (1): Choate Byrd/Bird Webb Hawkins; (2) Shelton, Coleman Robertson, Waller Anthony Cooper. First are my mothers. Second are my father. I have found them close together a couple of times, but they didn't meet up until 1942 in Dade Co Missouri. My best, Janet Hunter in Alexandria VA Hello Everyone, I have been travelling and missed the first posts. But the question of tax list headings came up on Va-Southside list, and I posted the info below on some 1780s Powhatan Co tax lists I have. I hope it helps someone. Janet Hunter (Franklin & Vicinity (ie Pittsylvania) Surnames: Choate, Webb, Hawkins, Bird/Byrd, Shelton, Coleman, Robertson, Waller, Anthony, Cooper CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 175) ============================================================ Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 12:05:41 -0400 From: Janet Hunter <JHunter@ibgc.com> To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <830A132B040ED111A633006097176E921FD3CF@ROCKETSHIP> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] 1780s VA Tax List Headings Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Cousin Bill Bentley and All: A couple of days ago Bill asked for help with identifying the headings for the columns in the 1788 VA Tax list for Spotsylvania Co. (Yes, tax lists) I went through my files for copies of lists I have for Powhatan Co in the 1780s. I am assuming that each county used the same tax lists?? Am I correct? So, for everybody's future reference here are the 1782, 1784, 1787, 1788 and 1789 headings, taken from two books with all these tax lists for Powhatan. I see no copyright on the books, FYI for the copyright police on the list. 1782 list contains: Name of taxpayer, names of adult slaves Number of free whites Number of slaves Number of wheels (note on Powhatan there are notations as to whether it is a phaeton, a carriage, etc. These are "pleasure" vehicles, hence the extra. Farm wagons not included) Number of horses Number of cattle Number of ordinary licenses. 1784 list contains: Taxpayer's names, names of slaves Number of free males over 21 Same between 16 & 21 Slaves above 16 Slaves under 16 Number of covering horses (ie studs) and rates Number of horses Number of mules Number of cattle Number of wheels Ordinary licenses. 1787 List contains: Names chargeable with Tax Names of White Male Tithables White males 16 to 21 Blacks over 16 Blacks under 16 Horses, mares, colts and mules Cattle Carriage wheels Ordinary licenses Billiard tables Stud Horses Rates of covering per season Practicing Physicians, Apothecaries & Surgeons Blacks exempt. 1788 AND 1789 lists contain: Names chargeable with TAX Names of White Male Tithables Blacks over 16 Blacks between 12 and 16 Horses, mares, colts and mules Ordinary licenses Billiard tables Number of stud horses Rates of covering per season Practicing Physicians, Apothecaries & Surgeons I hope this helps. FYI, Bill, our Samuel Bentley had a chair (light one-horse carriage-chaise or gig-in 1763 in Amelia Co. Only person in Amelia in 1763 with a four-wheeled pleasure state carriage...i,e, "chariot"...was Thomas TABB. My best, Janet (BAUGH) Hunter ______________________________ - ----------------------------