As Craig notes there is an act dealing with cattle and horses; however,
I believe his reference should read Volume 6 rather than volume 5.
There is an earlier act regarding this regulating of drovers and traders
of cattle within the colony (not just Augusta). It was not a tax.(There
was an importation duty (payable to the king) on horses which was a part
of this act. This is in Volume 5, Chapter XII, May 1742, p.176.
The act apparently worked, since it was renewed in Chapter XVI,
September 1744 (p. 247).
I have found no references in county records and would be interested in
any that others have found. I would think that the most likely sources
would be counties along the Carolina (or Rogue's) Road and the Great
Wagon Road in the Valley of Virginia.
Barbara Vines Little, CG
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Craig Kilby wrote:
> The October 1748 statute titled "An Act for preventing losses from
> drivers passing with horses and cattle through this colony; and for
> laying a duty on horses imported, and for the more effectual
> prevention of horse stealing" in Hening Vol. 5, p. 124ff may be the
> answer to your question.
>
> Craig Kilby
>
> On Oct 7, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Bill Crews wrote:
>
>> Journal of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1742-1747 as quoted in
>> Johnson's "James Patton and the Appalachian Colonists"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "Barbara Vines Little, CG" <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Sent: Wed, October 7, 2009 2:48:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Taxation in Colonial Virginia
>>
>> Bill what is the source for your information? What is the time period?
>>
>> Barbara Vines Little, CG
>> Dominion Research Services
>> PO Box 1273
>> Orange, VA 22960
>>
>> 540-832-3473
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>>
>> Bill Crews wrote:
>>> I've noticed that in addtion to a tax on tithables some counties,
>>> like Augusta, levied a tax on every head of cattle driven
>>> into/through the county and a tax on every horse brought into the
>>> county.
>>>
>>> Was this a universal practice? Is there a source which consolidates
>>> these forms of taxation, hopefully along with the amount of the tax?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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