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Re: A strange tithable list from Pittsylvania County, Va.
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Ed swan <[log in to unmask]>
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Ed swan <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:49:26 -0800
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I remember finding David Cox receiving 400 pounds tobacco bounty for killing
a wolf in either "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871" or
in "Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia" by Lyman
Chalkley.

Ed Swan

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Subject: A strange tithable list from Pittsylvania County, Va.



>        2).  While bounties for predators were common at the time, why the
> desire for
>              squirrels scalps?    Was there a problem in Pittsylvania
County
> with his
>              small animal?
> Larry
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