Barbara,

You may very well be correct. I can't remember if quit rent rolls contained
information on slaves, but Frederick County was included in the Fairfax
Proprietary at that time, I think, so there might be something there.

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On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS <
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>  I do not believe that any survive for the period in that area. If anyone
> knows of any, I would love to be corrected.
>
> Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS
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> On 10/15/2010 11:53 AM, W. Scott Smith wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Your best bet is to look for the Tithable rolls for those counties. These
> should list, by head of family, the free and enslaved tithables (16 years or
> older) in separate columns. The only name that you will find is for the head
> of the family.
>
> For more information, see:http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn17_tithables.htm
>
>

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