Norfolk County (Va.), List of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783.

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Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, VA 23219
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Preferred citation:

Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. Local government records collection, Chesapeake (City)/Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. Local government records collection, Chesapeake (City)/Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. Consists of manuscript lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1732 through 1781 and taxable property lists for 1782 and 1783. Information recorded includes name of head of hosehold, name of slave owners, and names of enslved people. Also included are loose and partial lists of tithables. The former were used to compile the final lists. The loose and partial lists are arranged at the end of each box.

A donation to the Library of Virginia's Adopt Virginia's History program by the National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede has helped to fund the conservation for Norfolk Tithables, Norfolk County, Virginia, 1745-1777 (Barcode number 0007686900).

Biographical / historical:

Norfolk County was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Now extinct, Norfolk County was incorporated into the city of Chesapeake in 1963.

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" research note found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Acquisition information:
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from City of Chesapeake Circuit Court. A portion of the collection was transferred to Library of Virginia under the accession number 42982.
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically in each box with loose and partial lists placed at the end.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
6 boxes (3.00 cu. ft.).