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Re: Slave ages
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Quan Pruitt <[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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Tue, 8 Dec 2009 15:41:45 -0600
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Not knowing what the court order was for I would assume that it is a form of description.
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  From: Steve Worrel<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
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  Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:56 PM
  Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Slave ages


  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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