....but in pre 1820 Virginia,
did widows pay Land Tax?

Scott
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The answer to your question is not easy and might vary depending
upon the facts of ownership.  The rule was (and remains) that the
owner of the record title has the responsibility for the tax
payment, just as now.  So, if a woman was the owner (rather rare),
then she was taxable and responsible for that payment either in her
own right, through some new husband, through an appointed or agreed
guardian, or (very rarely) through the court itself.   Paul

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