Thank you very much !
Very helpful !
 
However, I notice that about 1787 names on the tax lists are roughly  
alphabetized, which seems to destroy the idea of easily determining neighbors.  
Guess the researcher would have to look through the entire list and sort 
people  by dates. Sometimes the names are hard enough to read !
 
Your input and help is greatly appreciated,
    Carole
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2012 4:01:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Before  1787 the person liable for the tax was required to bring a list of 
taxable  property to the Tax Commissioner at a place he designated. The law 
was changed  in Oct 1786 requiring that the Tax Commissioners … shall 
severally on the  tenth day of March annually, begin and continue proceeding 
without delay  through their respective district, and call on every person 
subject to  taxation, or having property in his or her possession or care, on 
which any  tax is imposed, for a written list thereof … . Therefore starting in 
1787,  lists handed over with dates that are the same or close may be used 
to  establish neighbors.

Source: Hening's Statutes at Large. Being a  Collection of all the Laws of 
Virginia from the first session of the  Legislature, in the Year 1619. 
By: William Waller Hening
Transcribed  for the internet by: Freddie L. Spradlin, Torrance, CA.  
http://vagenweb.org/hening/vol12-11.htm

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