In 17th and 18th Century Virginia, those following persons not tithable (the laws changed over time):
(1) Being younger that 16
(2) Being a white woman
(3) Not being a citizen of Virginia
(4) Being a political employee -- everything from a constable to state governor
(5) Being a professor at a college
(6) Being a minister of the Gospel
(7) Being a soldier or sailor
(8) Being old or infirm -- the person was exempted by applying to the county court so records of those exempt for this reason can be found in the court order books
(9) Being a ferryman
(10) Being a non-resident of the county -- the tax was imposed only once, so if a man owned property in two counties, or in two different "quarters" in one county, he was exempt from the tithe except at his place of residence
(11) Slaves and servants over 16 were not exempt per se, but their masters had to pay for them.
The list above was as imposed by the General Assembly in 1658.
-- Randy Jones
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From: Bonnie Flythe <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 12:03:58 PM
Subject: Re: A definition, please.........
The 1787 tax lists exempted the property of anyone who did not live in the county according to Schreiner-Yantis and Love. This was of greatest benefit to the wealthy who were more likely to own large tracts of land in several diffent counties. Robert Gilliam, Sr. was listed in the Goochland Co. tax list for that year as being P. George. he lived in Prince George Co. so was not tithable in Goochland.
I don't know about tax lists for previous years, but would suspect that the out of county expemption might have existed then. Most Ministers and high ranking politicians were also exempt.
Bonnie
----- Original Message ----- From: "nelhatch" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] A definition, please.........
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Mickey,
That was my understanding, too. Since people often owned land in different counties, a county would lose a lot of tax income if absentee landowners were not taxed. If that were the case, most people would intentionally buy land in counties they didn't reside in.....always trying to avoid those taxes :-)
Nel
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