Hi......My source is primarily a long handwritten " book" by Judge Leon Bazile which I had copied from the VHS files........It seems to me Bazile was writing a book and this was a draft or notes etc. These Sheriffis in the 1780-1790 -1800 period had extreme problems collecting taxes in the post Revolutionary period......Many lawsuits.......Judgements in favor of the Commonwealth......Petitions to the Commonwealth involving as I recall the Sheriffs of 57 counties or was it 57 petitions..........A very serious problem My interest is in Richard Littlepage who was a deputy first under Geddes Winston and continuing to about 1789-1790........One lawsuit describes his "nefarious" practice of deferring collection where the taxpayer agreed to pay any interest or penalty.....But as could be expected, he wasn't very successful and lost all he had and as I conclude took much of the Littlepage family down with him. Any more on this matter would be gratefully appreciated..... Ernie Johnson 73540 Agave Lane Palm Desert Calif 92260 760 346 6287 [email protected] wrote: > My source for the Sheriff question is an article written and published in the > Hanover County Historical Society Bulletin, Vol 1. Harold E. Bradley, the > current sheriff in 1982, compiled a list of all of the sheriffs since > Hanover's formation in 1721. > > I will try later this week to type out the entire list for the list (pun > intended) when I have a little time. If I do not, someone please tap me on > the shoulder. > > I am a member of many lists and spend quite a lot of time deleting useless > information (that is to me) but I will continue to read each and every > message in the hopes that I will find something in someone else's query or > answer that will further my own research. > > I also occasionally find that I can help someone even though it does not > relate to my own family! > > T.L. > > ============================== > 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