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Re: Virginia Tax lists
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Bill Davidson <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:25:23 -0500
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From what I have seen, tax lists in VA started around 1782-1783.  These must 
have been kept somewhere other than the local courthouses, because these 
lists in VA typically survived, even in "burned counties."  A typed 
transcription of the 1783 tax list for Essex Co., VA is available online (I 
used it just the other day; it is divided into five tax districts).  Prior 
to these tax lists in VA, there were tithe lists.  I don't know what 
survives for Essex County in that regard, but I have tithe lists for 
Goochland Co., VA that go back to the 1730s.

Bill 

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