The estate was paying a head or poll tax on them and had requested that
they no longer be taxed probably because of age although it could have
been some other incapacity.
Barbara Vines Little, CG, FNGS, FVGS
PO Box 1273
Orange, VA 22960
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540-832-3473
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On 3/14/2012 10:40 PM, Jon Kukla wrote:
> A friend brought me an entry from an 1805 order book for Campbell
> County that states:
>
> "Ordered, that Betty, Nancy and Phillis Negroes belonging to the
> estate of John Doe, deceased, be set levy free."
>
> Her question is, in this context, what does "levy free" mean?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jon Kukla
>
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