Isn't this the tax year that has been summarized and published in a
series of books?
As I recall, the some of the information included in the record are the
distance and direction from the courthouse where the person lives.  
If so, do you have the series title and author/editor and other
publication information?

Sue

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:43:58 +0000 "Tarter, Brent (LVA)"
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> The Personal Property Tax returns for nearly all of Virginia's cities 
> and counties for 1815 are in the Library of Virginia in Richmond, 
> and they have all been microfilmed and can be borrowed on 
> Interlibrary Loan.
> 
> The state government put thousands of militiamen into the field 
> during the War of 1812 to supplement the small U.S. Army, and the 
> state had to supply them, pay for arms, ammunition, horses, wagons, 
> and everything else and then hope for reimbursement from the Feds 
> later. That's why the one great need for lots of revenue.
> 
> To pay the expenses of the war, the state imposed a very long list 
> of taxes on items of personal property that one year, alone. It is 
> by far the best way to get a sense of how many families had items of 
> personal property subject to the tax. Many of the items taxed were 
> probably beyond the ability of poor people to acquire.
> 
> Brent Tarter
> The Library of Virginia
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> 
> Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at 
> http:/www.lva.virginia.gov
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