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
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Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 11:30 AM
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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