Thank you very much.

Laura Catherine D. Fortune
> Also the updated LVA Research Note 17 on Colonial Tithables compiled by
> Chris Kolbe.
>
> http://www.lva.lib.va.us/pubserv/archives/Guides_Databases/RN17Tithables.htm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Childs [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 7:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Output of GW's slaves
>
>
> Laura,
>
> See Daphne Gentry's explanation of tithables on the LVA website. Following
> is the link:
>
> http://www.lva.lib.va.us/pubserv/vanotes/vanotes3.htm
>
> Carl Childs
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Catherine D. Fortune [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 5:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Output of GW's slaves
>
>
> I'm sure this will sound like a stupid question to many
> of you, but it is not clear in my mind.  Just what is
> a "tithable" when it's mentioned in the historical
> context in early Virginia?  I know that the Baptist idea
> of a tithe is 10% of gross earnings returned to the
> church, but that definition does not seem to quite fit
> in with colonial Virginia.
>
> Thank you for enlightening me.
>
> Laura Catherine D. Fortune
> Retired teacher
> Evington, Virginia
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