Here are some tax records from notes I made several years ago. I'm not sure whether the term used was taxables or tithables. I do not have copies of the pages, just these names that I extracted from the microfilm copies. Personal Property Tax Rolls (mf #89) Shenandoah Co., Va. Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX 1784 -- -Mayberry, Pennybacker, Samuels 1785 -- Dederick Pennebacker 9 tithables (21+) 4 horses 1 cattle Isaac Samuels 1 tithable (21+) 1 horse 1786 -- Darick Pennebaker 5 tithables (21+) 6 horses 3 cattle - Samuels, Mayberry Persons Charged w/tax {tithables} 1787 May 10 -- Penebaker, Derick {Derick Penebacker, Benj. Penebaker, Ab'm Penebaker, John Martin, Joseph Bennet, Joseph Samuels, John Hickey, Adam Broils} May 10 -- Samuels, Isaac {Isaac Samuels} 1788 Sept. 5 -- Mayberry, George {George Mayberry} Aug. 26 -- Penebaker, Benj. {Benj. Penebaker, Ab'm Penebaker} May 26 -- Penebaker, Derick {17 tithables} Aug. 19 -- Bird, Mounce {Mounce Bird, Wm. Bird, Wm. Thornton} 1789 June 6 -- Penebaker, Derick & Co. {19 white tithables, 2 blacks (16+), 19 horses, mares, colts, mules} Aug. 21--Mayberry, George 1 white tithable (21+) 1 horse... Oct. 30 -- Penebaker, Benj. {Penebaker, Benj., Ab'm, & John Penebaker, Rich'd Tanner, Joseph Harris, Joseph Samuels} 6 tithables, 7 horses... 1790 -- -- Mayberry, George 1 tithable 1 horse May 31-- Penebaker, Benj. {Penebaker, Benj., Joseph Samuels, John Brawdice, Ab'm Penebaker, Anthony Tanner} 5 white tithables, 1 black (16+) 6 horses... Penebaker, Dedrick 2 tithables 2 horses... 1791 Nov. 1 -- Snelling, Aquila 1 tithable Nov. 1 -- Penebaker, Dederick 10 white tithables, 2 blacks (16+), 1 black (12-16), 14 horses... Aug. 10--Mayberry, Joseph 1 tithable Aug. 17--Penebaker, Benj. {Penebaker, Benj., Geo. Mayberry, Isaac Samuels, Joseph Samuels, Samuel McKey} 5 tithables Aug. 10--Rose, Isaac 1 tithable Nov. 7 -- Ruddle, George 1 tithable Nov. 11 -- Ruddle, Elizabeth {Isaac & Geo. Ruddell} 2 tithables (21+) 1 black (16+) 5 horses... 1792 Jun 23 -- Penebaker, Dederick 10 tithables, 1 black (16+) 1 black (12-16) 12 horses... Mar 17 -- Snelling, Charles 1 tithable 1 horse Jun 20 -- Snelling, Aquila 1 tithable -- Mayberry, Joseph 1 tithable -- Ruddle, George 1 tithable -- Ruddle, William 1 tithable -- Samuel, Joseph 1 tithable 1 horse Samuels, Isaac {Isaac Samuels, Benj'm Pennybacker, Geo. Mayberry, Joseph Cokeland, John Rogers, Edward Evans, Felix O. Neal, Samuel McKey, Henry Painter, John Smith} 10 tithables, 1 black (12-16) 11 horses... 1793 Capt. 1=Isaac Goare Capt. 2= Wm. Bird Capt. 3=John Hupp Capt. 5=Christian Hoffman [Sorry, I appear to have missed Capt. 6's identity] Jun 11 -- Penebaker, Dedrick 12 tithables, 1 black (16+) 1 black (12-16) 13 horses... Jun 11 -- Penabaker, Benjamin 3 tithables 9 horses... Samuels, Joseph 1 tithable 1 horse July 25-- Samuels, Isaac {Isaac Samuels, Geo. Mayberry, Charles Taylor, Jno. Doyle, Henry Painter, Edward Evans} 6 tithables 6 horses... 1794 May 14 -- Samuels, Isaac {Isaac Samuels, Geo. Mayberry, Henry Painter, William Mayberry (May 19)} 4 taxables 9 horses May 19 -- Penebacker, John 1 tithable 1795 May 26 Samuels, Isaac 6 tithables 1 black (16+) 8 horses May 18 Samuels, Joseph 1 tithable 1 horse Apr. 8 Pennibacker, Benj. 5 tithables 3 blacks (16+) 8 horses Apr 8 Pennibacker, Derick 3 tithables 2 blacks (16+) 9 horses May 23 Pennibacker, John 1 tithables 1 horse 1796 Jun 13 Pennybacker, Derrick 2 tithables 5 horses May 20 Pennybacker, John 1 tithable May 17 Samuels, Issac, Mayberry [George] 4 tithables 1 black (16+) 9 horses May 17 Mayberry, Joseph 1 tithable Jun 6 Samuels, Joseph 1 tithable 1 hourse Jun 9 Pennybacker, Derrick 5 tithables 1 black (16+) 18 horses 1797 May 20--[Capt.3] Pennybaker, Benj. 9 tithables 2 blacks (16+) 9 horses May 15--[Capt.1] Mayberry, Joseph 1 tithable (all entries marked out) May 20--[Capt.3] Mayberry, Joseph 1 tithable 1798 Jun 1-- [Capt.3] Pennybacker, Benj. 7 white males (16+) 2 blacks (16+) 9 horses Oct 24-- [Capt.6] Ruddle, Isaac 2 tithables 1 black (12-16) 5 horses [Capt.6] Ruddle, George 1 tithable 2 horses Nov. 20 [Capt.1] Ruddle, George 1 tithable May 3 [Capt.3] Samuels, Joseph 1 tithable 4 horses May 3 [Capt.3] Snelling, Charles 1 tithable May 3 [Capt.3] Pennybaker, Derick 3 tithables 6 horses 1799 Apr. 24 Pennybacker, John 1 tithable (16+) Jun 17 Pennybacker, Abraham 1 tithable 1 horse Jun 17 Pennybacker, Derick 2 tithables (16+) 2 blacks (16+) 8 horses Sept 9 [Capt.3] Pennybacker, Benj. 5 tithables 5 blacks (16+) 10 horses May 18 [Capt.3] Samuels, Isaac 1 tithable 1 horse July 3 [Capt.3] Bird, George 2 tithables, 1 black (16+) 14 horses July 6 [Capt.3] Bird, John 2 tithables 7 horses July 6 [Capt.3] Bird, Peter 2 tithables 2 horses Oct. 23 [Capt.5] Bird, Andrew 1 tithable 2 horses Jun 9 [Capt.2] Bird, William 2 tithables 2 blacks (16+) 1 black (12-16) 6 horses Aug 4 [Capt.3] Bird, Peter 3 tithables 2 horses Oct 22 [Capt.3] Bird, John 2 titables 6 horses 1800 Captains: 1 Isaac Gore 2 Wm. Bird 3 John Huff 4 Geo. Rinker 5 Christian Hoffman Apr.10 Abraham Pennybacker 1 tithable " " John Pennybacker 1 tithable " " Derrick Pennybacker 1 tithable 1 black (12-16) 5 horses [three men above on Wm. Jennings' list] C-2 Mar. 21 Peter Bird 1 tithables 3 horses C-3 Mar 12 George Bird 2 tithables 1 black (16+) 11 horses C-3 Apr. 4 John Bird 2 tithables 7 horses C-3 Jun 6 Wm. Bird 3 tithables 2 blacks (16+) 7 horses C-5 May 10 Andrew Bird 1 tithable 4 horses C-5 Jun 9 Abraham Bird 1 tithable 2 blacks (16+) 7 horses C-3 Jun 7 Benj. Pennybacker 6 tithables 6 blacks (16+) 6 horses C-3 May 10 Isaac Samuels 1 tithable 1 black (12-16) 1 horse 1801 May 25 Pennybacker, Derrick 1 tithable 2 blacks (16+) 6 horses " " Pennybacker, John 1 tithable 2 horses " " Pennybacker, Abraham 1 tithable May 22 Samuels, Mayberry & Co. 5 tithables 11 blacks (16+) 1 black (12-16) 22 horses -- -- Snelling, Charles 1 tithable C-2 Apr 18 Bird, Peter 2 tithables 5 horses C-3 Mar 26 Bird, Mounce 2 tithables 2 blacks (16+) 8 horses C-3 " " Bird, Andrew 1 tithables 3 horses C-3 Apr 3 Bird, John 2 tithables 7 horses C-3 May 19 Bird, George 2 tithables 1 black (16+) 10 horses C-5 Mar 28 Bird, Abraham 3 tithables 2 blacks (16+) 6 horses Dirck Pennybacker and his family along with his, then or future, sons-in-law arrived in the Shenandoah Valley in 1783, as deposed by his son Benjamin in 1814: Chalkley, Lyman, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1, Dallas Public Library. "March, 1814, Benjamin Pennbacker, aged 53, deposes, ditto; was not in Shenandoah County in 1779; he first came in 1783." Prior to 1784, Dirck Pennybacker appeared on the tax rolls of Berks Co., Pa.: Berks Co., Union twp. 1767...Penebecker, Derick 230 ac. 4 horses, 2 cattle, 7 sheep, 16 tax Berks Co., Amity twp. 1768...Pennybaker, Derick miller Berks Co. Amity twp. 1779...Pannebecker, Derick gristmill Berks Co., Amity twp. 1780...Pannebecker, Derick Berks Co., Amity twp. 1781...Pannebecker, Derrick gristmill [list missing for 1782-83] Berks Co., Amity twp. 1784...Pannebaker, Ditrich...[gristmill is on tax list with 200 ac. but shows him to have no horses, cattle, sheep, negroes, or family members.] Berks Co., Amity twp. 1785...Dirck Pennybacker does not appear on the list In May of 1783, Dirck Pennybacker's gristmill tract in Berks Co., Pa, which he had purchased from Mark Bird 3 Feb. 1770, was seized and sold for debt at a sheriff's sale. Source: Berks County, Pennsylvania Deed Books, v. 70, p. 399-400 Deed Poll "To all people to whom these presents shall com I Philip Kremer Esquire high Sheriff of Berks County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Send Greetings Whereas by a writ of scire facias [that you cause to know] bearing Test the Seventeenth day of May Anno Domini one thousand and seven hundred and eighty three issuing out of the Court of Common Pleas of said County I was commanded that of the goods and Chattels Lands & Tenaments of Derrick Pannybecker late of Amity Township & Berks County afs. Yeoman in my Bailiwick I should cause to be levied, as well a certain debt of nine hundred and twelve Pounds in Gold or silver money which John Kirlin and Henry Lehr lately in the County Court of Common Pleas of the County of Berks before the Justices at Reading recovered against him as two Pounds eleven shillings and three pence like Money which the said John & Henry in the said Court were adjudged for their damages which they sustained by occasion of the detention of that debt, as for! their Costs & charges by them in & about there said in that behalf expended, whereof the said Derrick Pannybecker was convicted as appears of Record And that I should have that Money before the Justices at Reading at the County Court of Common Pleas thereto be held for the County of Berks the twelfth day of August this next to render unto the said John & Henry for their debt & damages aforesaid." It may noted that as of 17 May 1783, Dirck Pennybacker was referred to as "late of Amity Township & Berks County." Tradition holds that the Pennybackers made a brief stopover in Washington County, Md., near Sharpsburg, where they leased a furnace from the Hughes family. This operation was destroyed shortly thereafter and they moved on to Virginia. In support of this tradition are two pieces of evidence: Benjamin Pennybacker served in the Select Militia of Washington County (unit formed in 1781) under Capt. Adam Ott in 1783 and Isaac Samuels witnessed a deed there in 1783. Western Maryland Genealogy, v. 3, #4, Oct. 1987, p. 184 Washington county deeds...Michael Didenaver of Washington Co. to Isaac Bachtel of Washington Co. for �19.9: list of goods not in deed. Witness: Isaac Samuels 15 Feb.; recorded 28 Feb. 1783 (p. 243-4)." Library of Virginia: Digital Library Program, Library of Virginia Land Records, Northern Neck Land Grants, Grants Z: 1796-1802, p. 71-72 ...by virtue of a land office Treasury warrant Number eight thousand seven hundred and forty afsaid the ninth day of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, There is Granted by the said Commonwealth unto Derick Pennybaker A certain tract or parcel of land containing three hundred and ninety five acres by survey bearing date the twenty-sixth day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine lying and being in the County of Shenandoah... Survey Book 5, 1796-1802, p. 516 By virtue of a land Office Treasury warrant No. 8740 bearing date of 9th day of November 1781 for 2000 acres of land obtained by David Leitch part thereof being entered on my books by Benjamin Horner who assigns the same to Derrick Pennybacker. I have surveyed for the said Derick Pennybacker assignee of Benjamin Horner assignee of Robert Pollard assignee of William Harris Junr' executor of William McKensie dec'd who was assignee of said David Leitch (agreeable to his location made the 12th day of Dec. 1783) a certain tract or parcel of land containing three hundred and ninety five acres lying and being in the county of Shenandoah�.[as described in the grant above] [Note: Dirck agreed to the location of the land surveyed for him in Shenandoah County on 12 Dec. 1783.] That they were at Pine Forge by October 1784 is evidenced by a letter written from that place by Dirck Pennybacker to his brother Jacob regarding their father's death which occurred 14 June 1784: To Jacob Pennybacker Pine Forge October 16, 1784 My advice to you is to Make Sale of the place at any Time when it Suits you but I shall be willing to Make a Sale at any time when Required wich you may Rely on. I will be down in the Spring and expect whe can settle without any farder cost. Any farder I have Nottien to Rite as whe are all well at present. Hoping thes Lines wil find you all in the Same. I Remember my Kind Love to you all spesly to Mother. If the winter should prove faberel [favorable? ] it is Likele I shall be down abought the first of January. Derick Pennybacker I should be willing if there could be some Money made up for Samul for I Expect he must want it as he has had Nottien of the Estate yet. [as transcribed by Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker ca 1877; the letter in question was in his possession at that time] Sherry Johnson Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:47:49 EDT From: Chocybrown@aol.com To: VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VASHENAN] PENNYBACKER/SAMUELS Shenandoah County, Virginia Department of Taxation Personal Property Tax Lists 1782-1799 Library of Virginia at Richmond Microfilm Reel #315 September 11, 2003 "Requested Look-ups" 1782 All the "P's" are not readable. No Pennybackers Many of the "S's" are too light to read. 1783 No Pennybackers No Samuels 1784 No Pennybackers No Samuels 1785 No Pennybackers No Samuels 1786 No Penny Backers No Samuels This does not mean there were none of the above listed on the lists. It only means I do not have a copy of a page with that name on it. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

Sherry has so nicely given us these tax records. I see a John HUPP in 1793 as a captain of what exactly? John is not my ancestor, but his brother, Samuel, is, if this is the right family! Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson Sherry" <sherrjoh7@yahoo.com> To: <VASHENAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Here are some tax records from notes I made several years ago. I'm not sure whether the term used was taxables or tithables. I do not have copies of the pages, just these names that I extracted from the microfilm copies. > > Personal Property Tax Rolls (mf #89) Shenandoah Co., Va. > Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX > > 1784 -- -Mayberry, Pennybacker, Samuels > snip > > 1793 Capt. 1=Isaac Goare Capt. 2= Wm. Bird > Capt. 3=John Hupp Capt. 5=Christian Hoffman > [Sorry, I appear to have missed Capt. 6's identity] > Jun 11 -- Penebaker, Dedrick 12 tithables, 1 black (16+) 1 black (12-16) 13 horses... > Jun 11 -- Penabaker, Benjamin 3 tithables 9 horses... > Samuels, Joseph 1 tithable 1 horse > July 25-- Samuels, Isaac {Isaac Samuels, Geo. Mayberry, Charles Taylor, Jno. Doyle, Henry Painter, Edward Evans} 6 tithables 6 horses... > > 1794 snip