Lancaster County (Va.) List of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781.

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

Lancaster County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781. Local government records collection, Lancaster County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Summary

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

Lancaster County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781. Local government records collection, Lancaster County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Lancaster County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781, consists of the list of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, and 1781.

Biographical / historical:

Lancaster County was named for the English county. It was formed from Northumberland and York Counties in 1651.

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 the Library of Virginia's website for Colonial Tithables

Acquisition information:
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Lancaster County.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
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