A person might own land or taxable personal property (slaves, carriages, or
what ever else was being taxed that year) in more than one county and be
taxed on it accordingly, however, he would only pay the poll tax (as an
adult male) in the county in which he resided at the time of the tax.

Kathy Liston


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Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Taxes


> I am confused about the value of tax lists to us.  If an ancestor owned
> property in several counties or states, wouldn't they appear on tax lists
from all
> these areas?
> How do we know where they actually lived on a certain year?
>
> Nancy
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