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SHARECROPPER?
Diana Bennett <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:53:39 -0400
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Dear VA Hist:

In 1792 in Berkeley County my ancestor is listed as paying Personal
Property tax. He is listed as a S cropper, there are 2 whites and 4
horses.

1. Is an S cropper a sharecropper? Can a sharecropper own land?
2. If he paid personal property tax, does that mean that he did NOT own
land?

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Diana Kercheval Bennett

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