Does anyone have a list of which counties do have surviving lists? And  
where they're located if not at the VSL?

Thanks,

Lyle Browning


On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:47 PM, Barbara Vines Little, CG wrote:

> There are some surviving lists for 1785 (some published as part of  
> the substitute for the 1790 federal census) and others that survive  
> in county records. In Botetourt County these vary from tax precinct  
> to tax precinct some including simply the number of dwellings and  
> number of "other buildings" others have descriptions that include  
> the type of roof and chimney.
>
> Copies of the federal direct tax of 1798 do not survive except for  
> two copies for Spotsylvania for 1798. One  for Berkeley district  
> survives in the Holladay family papers at the Virginia Historical  
> Society and includes a full description of the houses and buildings,  
> the other is a summary form that appears to cover the entire county  
> and survives in private hands. It was published in Volume 37 (1999)  
> of the _Magazine of Virginia Genealogy_.
> The actual tax tickets for the 1st District of Virginia  for 1815  
> survive and were  published by Mary Kegley These include  
> descriptions of the houses and buildings. A summary document  
> survives for King George County and is in the collection of the  
> Virginia Historical Society.
>
> I have been told, but have not verified that a list for Berkeley  
> County (West) Virginia survives as well.
>
> Barbara Vines Little, CG
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> Michael Nicholls wrote:
>> In the mid-1780's the states were asked to contribute money to the  
>> fed gov't under the Articles of Confederation based on the value  
>> of  land and improvements. This actually created some lists that  
>> have survived for some Virginia counties and are located at the  
>> Library of Virginia. Some have dimensions of the buildings and note  
>> their construction type, but others just list the number of  
>> buildings and types. There are great inconsistencies. There was  
>> also a federal tax ca 1798, but I have no evidence at hand of the  
>> details. Some of these have survived for other states and have been  
>> used by architectural historians.-Mick Nicholls
>> On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:11 PM, W. Scott Smith wrote:
>>
>>> To build on Linda's post, Virginia did not begin separating out  
>>> the value of
>>> buildings on a tract of land until 1820. Before that time, my  
>>> research has
>>> shown that the value or presence of a house on a given tract had  
>>> absolutely
>>> no bearing on the value per acre that was assessed from 1782 to  
>>> 1819.
>>>
>>> We often hear stories of windows, closets, and other things being  
>>> taxed, but
>>> I have found no evidence of this. Other states have tax lists  
>>> which are an
>>> architectural historian's dream, but Virginia is not one of them.
>>>
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