Thank you all for your answers.

Steve and Bunny

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Subject: Re: [VASHENAN] Tax List question - 1799 Personal Property


> The question regarding the 1799 PPT for Shenandoah Co VA is answered on
> another page of the microfilm images of this list. [My images are from
Shenandoah
> County Reel 315: 1782-1799 Shenandoah Co Personal Property Tax]
>
> (2nd) [nd is superscript ]  On no image of this list is the 2nd
identified.
> No   of Captains
> 1     Isaac Goare
> 2     William Bird
> 3     John Hup
> 4     George Rinker
> 5     Christian Hoffman
> 6     George Fravel
> 7     Frederick Parrot
> 8     Abraham Snapp
> 9     Philip  Spengler
> 10   John Colvill
>
> This is the only page that identifies this list as List No. 2.  On no page
is
> it identified as List B.
> This list is identified on various pages as
>  Young's Certificate
>  Jos Young
>  Young's District
>
> Then close to the last image:
>   Shenandoah County Tax
>                                    I Phillip Williams Clerk of the
>   said County Court so hereby certify that the fore-
>   going List is a true copy from the vouchers
>   returned into my office by Joseph Young one of the Commissioners of the
>   Commissioners of the taxes for the said
>   County given under my hand this 10th day of
>   May 1800.
>                                     Test
>                                            P Williams
>
>          Errors Excepted
>         Joseph Young   C. T. S. Cty.
>
>  At this time were not all males 16 and older, unless exempted, assigned
to a
> militia unit?  The heading of the column between the day of the month and
the
> name of taxable is clearly on most pages Capt [sometimes the line to cross
> the t started to the left of the p.  Page 14 indeed has "studs" in this
same
> column.  I'd say not to worry.  We all make mistakes and this, surely, is
the
> copyist's mind wandering!
>
> The other list for the same year has a written A on the typed title page
> "Property Book for the Year 1799".  The next page starts the list and has
above
> the chart headings A List of  Tithables & Taxable property within the
District
> of the 97th Regiment Shenandoah County Taken by William Jennings one of
the
> Commissioners for the Said County 1788.
> On no image of This list of Jennings is List "A" seen.
>
> Added note: Citation recommendation - Use both the Commissioner's name as
> well as the alpha/number on a list.
>
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