I was intrigued by the fact that those discussing David Ross said they didn't know where he actually
lived. The personal property tax lists sometimes give a clue, so I checked those of 1787 and came up
with the statistics below.  All white males 21 years of age or older were charged a poll tax [tithe]
in the county in which they resided, so it is possible to tell where he was NOT living.
Unfortunately, Ross is a common name and all these David Ross' s are not necessarily the one who had
iron mines.  The land tax lists of these counties might be revealing.  They will also make it
possible to see when he obtained land in counties where the deeds are missing.

                               DAVID ROSS
               [In 1787 Personal Property Tax Lists]
-----
County         Charged with tax   Males     Blks        Blks       Horses  Cattle
                                                 16-21    over 16    under 16

Botetourt      Self                          0          13           11             8         70
  [Alexr & Thos Ross were living close to this David in tax lists]


Campbell     Self                          1          90           49              40      122
                  Not tithable [in Campbell]

Fluvanna     List "A"  - Self             0            31         37             57     135
                  1 unnamed male over 21 [prob overseer]

     "            List "B"                       0            4            0               0
0
                  [Not tithable at this location in Fluvanna]

Franklin        "by John Woodey"     0            4            7              19      19
                   Not tithable [in Franklin]


Goochland     David Ross, Esq.       0           43          55              87      275
                    "of Chesterfield"  [Strangely there is no David Ross listed in Chesterfield--
                    but the 1787 PP Tax List of Chesterfield is missing. Both 1786 & 1788
                    were checked, however, with negative results.]
                    Not tithable [in Goochland]


Mecklenburg     Self                       0           16            12             24          70
                       Not tithable [in Mecklenburg]


Pittsylvania         Self                       0           17           17             23
115
                          Not tithable [in Pittsylvania]
                          George Herndon - tax pd by David Ross [prob overseer]
                          Peter Hammock  - tax pd by David Ross  [prob overseer]
                          Benjamin Townsen - tax pd by David Ross [prob overseer]



                                DAVID ROSS
[Land grants in West Virginia - fr Sim's Index to WV Land Grants]

Berkeley      David Ross & Co     98 acres     Waters of Potomac 1773


Montgomery David Ross et al      20,000 acres Wts. Mud             1787


Netti Schreiner-Yantis






----- Original Message -----
From: J. H. Brothers <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: David Ross's Plantation


"W. Scott Smith" wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am looking for the location of David Ross's Plantation on the James River.

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