As noted you do need to research the law; it was not constant. You should also be aware that individuals, including free white males, who contracted to work for an individual would often include payment of the head tax as part of the contract which removed them temporarily from the lists. Yo should also consider the possibility that an individual might not have remained in the county but may have moved temporarily in order to have employment.

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>From: Michael Nicholls <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jul 12, 2011 4:22 PM
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>Subject: [VA-HIST] Surry 1668 tithables
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>Following up on Jon's suggestion--you may want to look at Kathleen Brown, Good Wives, Nasty Wenches & Anxious Patriarchs pp 122-124 where Margaret Cornish is mentioned within the context of free black women being tithable for most of the century between the 1660's and the 1760's although free white women were not. Free black men petitioned in the 1760's to change the law, if I remember correctly.
>Mick Nicholls
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