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Slave ages
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Steve Worrel <[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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Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:56:21 -0500
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In the court order books for Southampton County in the mid-18th 
century, there are often short entries where the court estimates the 
ages of given slaves. Does anyone know why this was done? Was it to 
determine when they became tithable?

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