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the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 28.2
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
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Preferred Citation
William Norvell Tax Book, Manuscript # MS 28.2, John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg
Foundation
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1928.
Alternative Form
Microfilm (M-1129) and photostat (PH/02/12) copies
available.
Accounts kept by William Norvell (1725?-1802), sheriff, of
the quitrents and taxes levied and paid for 1768 and 1769.
Taxes included a per capita tax on tithables, levied in pounds
of tobacco, and a chariot and chair tax. Also listed are
Corporation of Williamsburg fines, and fines for failure to
attend militia musters. The sheriff's deputies did most of the
actual collecting, and received a fee for doing so. Among
those taxed were Edward Ambler, James Anderson, William
Armistead, John Blair, Lewis Burwell, James Carter, Thomas
Everard, James Geddy, George Gilmer, John Greenhow, William
Harwood, David Minitree, Peter Pelham, John Prentis, John
Randolph, Peyton Randolph, James Southall, Elizabeth Tarpley,
John Tazewell, Edward Travis, William Trebell, Jane Vobe, and
Benjamin Waller. Also, account of Mr. Beverley with Rebeckah
Ball for "lodgings Viz Mr. Lawson & boy" in March and
April 1777. This volume has its own rough index.