A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1730-1785 Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1730-1785
1114824/Norfolk County (Va.) Reel 133
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Collection numbers 1114824/Norfolk County (Va.) Reel 133
Library of Virginia
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Use microfilm copy, Norfolk County (Va.) Reel 133.
Preferred Citation
Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1730-1785. Norfolk County (Va.) Reel 133, Local government records
collection, Chesapeake (City)/Norfolk County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in shipments of court papers from Norfolk County under accession 24281.
Norfolk County was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691.
In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Virginia, the term "tithable" referred to a person who paid (or for whom someone else
paid) one of the taxes imposed by the General Assembly for the support of civil government in the colony. In colonial Virginia,
a poll tax or capitation tax was assessed on free white males, African American slaves, and Native American servants (both
male and female), all age sixteen or older. Owners and masters paid the taxes levied on their slaves and servants. For a more
detailed history of tithables, consult "Colonial tithables" found on the Library of Virginia's web site.
Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1730-1785, consist of photostat images of the list of tithable
heads of household for the years 1730 and 1785.