Lazarus Drake was 1 of the three (3) Constables of Surry, and then of Sussex when that county was carved from Surry in 1752. He took the tithables of Sussex on August 1, 1755 for the area near Sussex Courthouse and on Nottoway and Blackwater rivers in that immediate area. He was paid 211 lbs. of tobacco for taking the list. The "tythables" were as follows, and in the order and spelling in which he made his notes: "David Hines, 4; Peter Hines, 5; Richard Hines, 3; William Edmonds, 4; John Wesdon, 1; Isaac Seeburn, 2; Thomas Renn, 4; John Cargel's estate, 25; James Chappell, Sr., 11; William Hines, Sr., 14; Joshua Hines, 3; William Hines, Jr., 7; James Renn, 7(?); Thomas Peters, Jr., 5(probably); Thomas Peters, Sr., 5; John Hunt, 7; George Wych, 8; William Parker, 7; William Johnston 3(probably); John Mason, Sr., 4; Nathan Warrinton, 2; Elizabeth Chappell, 2; John Chappell, 1; Rubin Cook, 2; Robbert Jones, 7; James Jones, 6; David Jones, 2; William Hall, 11; James Chappell, Jr., 6; John Edmonds, 4; Sarah Parker, 6; Benjamin Clements, 2; Thomas Hines, 8; Samuel Peet, 5." Paul