I have found titchables paid for an ancestor dating from 1804, they were paid on freed slaves and horses.
Salam,
Sandra~
On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Tim Spradling <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tithables were collected before 1782. I follow ancestors, when their
> taxable males became of age to pay taxes and their neighbors.. Even though the
> persons responsible for the tax had to go to a location to pay the tax, they
> often traveled with neighbors.
>
>
> In a message dated 7/13/2012 4:08:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> 1782. In the 1600s the parish registers are more helpful; the parishes
> were basically the government.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Janice Friel <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 3:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] personal property taxes
>
> How are back do the tax records go back? I'm looking for someone in late
> 1600s.
>
> Jan
>
>
> In a message dated 7/13/2012 10:18:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> This is an excellent question!
>
> - In my own experience, I have found that one of the most important
> rules of genealogy is to "follow the money". All of our ancestors had to
> account to someone - tax collectors, property, wills, probate, etc.
> - Census takers came around every ten years, and sometimes missed your
> ancestor.
> - Tax collectors came around every year, and rarely missed anyone. If
> they didn't collect the tax, they could be thrown in jail. A good
> example
> of this is in "A Midwife's Tale - The Diary of Martha Ballard", by Laurel
> Thatcher Ulrich. Martha was a midwife who lived in Maine during the
> latter
> part of the 18th century. Her husband was a tax collector. Part of her
> diary includes her visits to the jail to bring his dinner.
> - According to the laws of the state/county, you can tell when a young
> man comes of age, when he begins to pay tax, when he acquires land and
> property, when he may be exempt (minister, caretaker of the road, or too
> old), and when his widow is listed as a taxpayer, giving an estimated
> death
> year.
>
>
> Oh, I definitely believe in using tax records!
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Carole D. Bryant
> <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> I've heard it said that using personal property tax lists is NOT a good
>> source for determining the neighbors of any particular tax-payer. The
>> reason
>> given was that personal property taxes weren't collected by going door
>
> to
>> door, as a census-taker would have done, but were submitted by mail.
>>
>> Yet, many folks use the personal property tax lists as they would a
> census,
>> assuming family relationships according to who else was listed on the
> same
>> page.
>>
>> So, which is correct? OR, did the method of vary for different years?
> If
>> the latter is the case, which years can be used like a census?
>>
>> THANKS !
>> Carole D. Bryant
>>
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