Prince William County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1747, 1765.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
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Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Prince William County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1747, 1765. Local government records collection, Prince William County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Prince William County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Prince William County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1747, 1765. Local government records collection, Prince William County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Prince William County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1747, 1765. Consists of original records of tithable heads of household in the county for the year 1747 and photocopies for the year 1765.

Biographical / historical:

Prince William County was formed from Stafford and King George Counties in 1730.

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Virginia, the term "tithable" referred to a person who paid (or for whom someone else paid) one of the taxes imposed by the General Assembly for the support of civil government in the colony. In colonial Virginia, a poll tax or capitation tax was assessed on free white males, African American slaves, and Native American servants (both male and female), all age sixteen or older. Owners and masters paid the taxes levied on their slaves and servants. For a more detailed history of tithables, consult "Colonial tithables" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Many pre-Civil War records were lost, destroyed, or stolen by Union troops in 1863 during the Civil War. Sixteen deed books and five will books are missing.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia Local Records Services Branch in a transfer from the Description Services Branch and under the accession number 22743.
Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
22 leaves and 8 p.