Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love in 1787 compiled and published "The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1787 for Shenandoah County, Virginia." They also published similar 1787 lists for other Virginia Counties. The original publisher was Genealogical Books in Print, 6818 Lois Drive, Springfield, VA 22150. I do not know if the booklet is still in print or if the publisher is now in business. If unsuccessful, you might try Paper Treasures, New Market, VA. The website is <A HREF="http://www.abebooks.com/home/papertreasures/">http://www.abebooks.com/home/papertreasures/</A>. The 1787 tax list is a unique one. It was the only year the tax commissioners were mandated to actually call on every person at that person's residence and make a note of the day of the visit. Therefore, neighbors were better identified this year than in others years when the tax payers visited the commissioner.

I'm sure these are very stupid questions, but for someone like myself who has not researched property tax lists, even stupid questions need answers. 1. At what age did a male become tithable? 16? 21? 2. How often were the property tax roles taken? Yearly? I'd like to know before I blindly start asking people who have access to the lists to check for my ancestor, who I am ASSUMING was living in Shenandoah Co. from his birth in ca. 1810 until he moved to Ohio in ca.1835. All circumstantial evidence points to the Shenandoah Co. area. I'll do more in-depth research as soon as I can talk my family into a "vacation" in Richmond. For now I'm just trying to gather clues from afar. Kym

Kym, In the years you're looking at, a tithable was 16. The tax was taken every year except for 1808 when they failed to pass the enabling legislation. These are just the personal property tax lists. There are also real estate tax lists. Most lists have just the name of the person responsible for the tax (that is, head of family or household) and the tithables are counted but not named. Often, as soon as someone married and started a home of his own, he popped up in the following year's list. If you want to look at the lists yourself, they are available from the LDS or by interlibrary loan from the VA state library (I don't know what restrictions exist on this). Tom David & Kym Pitman wrote: >I'm sure these are very stupid questions, but for someone like myself who >has not researched property tax lists, even stupid questions need answers. > >1. At what age did a male become tithable? 16? 21? >2. How often were the property tax roles taken? Yearly? > >I'd like to know before I blindly start asking people who have access to the >lists to check for my ancestor, who I am ASSUMING was living in Shenandoah >Co. from his birth in ca. 1810 until he moved to Ohio in ca.1835. All >circumstantial evidence points to the Shenandoah Co. area. > >I'll do more in-depth research as soon as I can talk my family into a >"vacation" in Richmond. For now I'm just trying to gather clues from afar. > >Kym > > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. > > >