I just read the entry quoted below, and I hope someone can tell me what were the reasons for a person being "Exempted from the payment of Parish Levies for the future." Best Regards, Byron Bowman Peter Beller Vestry Book of Antrim Parish Halifax County, VA 1752-1817 Marion Dodson Chiarito p30 (p 43 of original book): At a Vestry held for ANTRIM parish on the xxxth day of November 1756 p30 (p 44 of original book): (Beller set Levy free) For reasons appearing to this Vestry Peter Beller is Exempted from the payment of Parish Levies for the future. - To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html