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Stafford County, Alexander O'Bryhim and Thomas Timmons are the two I'm chasing. Started in 1836 and took it up to 1880. T.Timmons is the FIL of Alex.

Lyle



On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:27 PM, "Wilson, Donald L" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Could you provide a name and a date please?  I am hesitant to make a suggestion without seeing the document, since there are inconsistencies in the way different revenue agents recorded the information.  We do have microfilm of Stafford County Land Tax lists for the period 1782-1861.
> 
> Don
> 
> Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian
> The Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center
> for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC)
> Prince William Public Library System
> Bull Run Regional Library
> 8051 Ashton Avenue, Manassas, VA 20109-2892
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> www.pwcgov.org/library/RELIC 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lyle E. Browning
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 12:17 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Clarification requested
> 
> The ditto is under both. This is for Stafford County. I have a will that states that the daughter who has been living on a parcel with her husband, is to inherit it if she wishes to continue living there. That indicates a house on the property. But the ditto's appear instead of building values. The building value appears to be some dollars and cents figure so as the entries are alphabetical, I don't see that the dittos would mean identical building values. In the columns where there are distance and bearing from the courthouse and where there are alphabetical designations, then the ditto, as has been pointed out, makes sense, but not in the building values column. In other counties, the cell (if one looks at it like a spreadsheet), would be blank.
> 
> Lyle Browning
> 
> 
> 
> On May 30, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Lewis Burruss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> It is "ditto" meaning that the number is the same as the one above. 
>> (or the word is the same as the word above the ")
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> In reading the Land Tax Records, I often see " for several entries 
>>> below a number. I have interpreted this as being an equals mark such 
>>> that if the number equalled 1200, then the values for the buildings also equalled 1200.
>>> But I have also noted that there are entries for which there are no "
>>> listed. That brings up the issue of whether the " means equal to the 
>>> value above or whether it means no buildings. Where there are no " 
>>> marks in the column, I am working under the interpretation that it means no buildings.
>>> 
>>> What's the standard interpretation for this little wrinkle?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Lyle Browning
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