Hi Barbara,

We currently offer the Dinwiddie Personal Property Tax Lists for 1782-1790, 
1800-1813 and 1814-1819. We are missing the 1791-1799 lists but we will be 
scanning those in the next month or so to fill in the gap. The information 
listed below is typical of what can be derived from looking at several 
consecutive years of tax list information.

You mentioned a move about 1800 so we looked at our 1800-1813 tax lists for 
any Stephen that was there and when he disappeared. These Stephen's could 
possibly be eliminated since they are present after 1800. It is difficult to 
tie in any people from the 1782-1790 tax lists to these people from the 
1800-1813 tax lists because of the 9 year gap.

Some Stephen's listings say "son of" while other listings are a Stephen that 
is charged to someone else. We are inclined to think that this someone else 
is probably a father, a mother, or a brother. This is what we found:

Stephen (of Thomas): 1800-1804
Stephen (of Eppes and Ann): 1800-1810
Stephen (of Joshua): 1801-1807
Stephen (of Abraham): 1801-1804
Stephen F (of Daniel): 1802-1809

These Stephen's stayed in Dinwiddie until 1804 to 1810. It depends on when 
your Stephen really moved if you can eliminate these Stephen's and their 
probable father as listed above. I am sure that our missing tax list years 
would help create an earlier Stephen history and may help reveal a father's 
name. But this is what we found.

Steve and Bunny
Binns Genealogy CD Series
http://www.BinnsGenealogy.com/

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> Steve and Bunny,
>
> I work Dinwiddie County for my Spain and Verell families.  In order to 
> find
> his father, I am trying to identify my Stephen Spain among the ones that
> appear on the tax lists by combining the tax lists and the ensuing census
> lists.  Fortunately, I have first hand accounts of the family movements to
> the Northwest Territory in abt 1800 and a Power of Attorney in the state
> where my grandfather moved, so I believe I have narrowed my hunt down to 
> two
> men who are about the same age.
>
> Barbara