A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.), Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. Norfolk County (Va.), Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. 1161800-1161805, 0007686900

A Guide to the Norfolk County (Va.), Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783.

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Repository
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Barcode number
1161800-1161805, 0007686900
Title
Norfolk County (Va.), List of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783.
Physical Characteristics
6 boxes (3.00 cu. ft.).
Collector
Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

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Preferred Citation

Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. 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 City of Chesapeake Circuit Court. A portion of the collection was transferred to Library of Virginia under the accession number 42982.

Alternative Form Available

See Barcode number 1114824.

Historical Information

Norfolk County was formed from Lower Norfolk County in 1691. Now extinct, Norfolk County was incorporated into the city of Chesapeake in 1963.

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" research note found on the Library of Virginia's web site.

Scope and Content

Norfolk County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1732-1783. Consists of manuscript lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1732 through 1781 and taxable property lists for 1782 and 1783. Information recorded includes name of head of hosehold, name of slave owners, and names of enslved people. Also included are loose and partial lists of tithables. The former were used to compile the final lists. The loose and partial lists are arranged at the end of each box.

A donation to the Library of Virginia's Adopt Virginia's History program by the National Society Daughters of the Barons of Runnemede has helped to fund the conservation for Norfolk Tithables, Norfolk County, Virginia, 1745-1777 (Barcode number 0007686900).

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically in each box with loose and partial lists placed at the end.

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court.
  • Subjects:

  • Slaves -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
  • Taxation -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
  • Geographical Names:

  • Chesapeake (Va.) -- History.
  • Norfolk County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
  • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
  • Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
  • Tithable lists -- Virginia -- Norfolk County.
  • Added Entry - Corporate Name:

  • Norfolk County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Chesapeake (Va.) -- History.
  • Norfolk County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

Contents List

Box 1 Folder 1
From West Side of the Southern Branch from Suggs Mill to Batcheldors, by Willis Wilson, 1732
Box 1 Folder 2
On the West Side of the Southern Branch, by Willis Wilson, 1733
Box 1 Folder 3
Unidentified District, Enumerator, [1733]
Box 1 Folder 4
Ferry Point to Great Bridge, by Nathaniel Tatum, 1734
Box 1 Folder 5
From Suggs Mill to Deepe Creek, by Willis Wilson, 1734
Box 1 Folder 6
On Tanner's Creek, by Solomon Wilson, 1734
Box 1 Folder 7
Above the Bridge, by Thomas Wright, 1734
Box 1 Folder 8
Four Southern Branch From Deep Creek to West Branch, by Thomas Scott, 1734
Box 1 Folder 9
From Ferry Point to the Great Bridge, by Captain Tatum, 1735
Box 1 Folder 10
From South Side of Southern Branch from head of Deep Creek to Col. Craford's, 1735
Box 1 Folder 11
From Above The Bridge, by Thomas Wright, 1735
Box 1 Folder 12
From Ferry Point to the Great Bridge, by Captain Tatum, 1736
Box 1 Folder 13
In The Borough of Norfolk and the Southern Side of Daniel Tanner's Creek, by Christopher Perkins, 1750
Box 1 Folder 14
In The Borough of Norfolk and the South Side of Tanner's Creek and to Spratt's Bridge, 1753
Box 1 Folder 15
From Portsmouth to Batcheldors, by William Craford, 1757
Box 1 Folder 16
In The Borough of Norfolk South Side of Tanner's Creek and to Spratt's Bridge, by Josiah Smith, 1757
Box 1 Folder 17
From Great Bridge to Edmond's Bridge and Batcheldor's Mill, by James Webb, 1757
Box 1 Folder 18
From the Northside of Tanner's Creek, by Matthew Godfrey, 1759
Box 1 Folder 19
Borough of Norfolk South Side of Tanner's Creek to Great Bridge, by Josiah Smith, 1759
Box 1 Folder 20
From Edmond's Bridge to the Upper Inhabitants of Norfolk County- St. Brides Parish, by Samuel Happer, 1765
Box 1 Folder 21
From Great Bridge to Edmond's Bridge and North Mill Creek, by James Webb, 1765
Box 1 Folder 22
South Side of Tanner's Creek as far as Willis Care's on the North Side of the Said Creek, by Matthew Godfrey, 1765
Box 1 Folder 23
For East Division of the Borough of Norfolk, by J. Hutchings, 1765
Box 1 Folder 24
List of Tithables, Land and Carriages for the East Division of the Borough of Norfolk, by Joseph Hutchings, 1766
Box 1 Folder 25
On the South Side of Tanner's Creek as far as Willis Care's on the North Side of the Said Creek and to Extent of the Bounds of the County, by Matthew Godfrey, 1766
Box 1 Folder 26
List of Tithables, Land and Carriages in St. Brides Parish from Edmond's Bridge to the Upper Inhabitants Including Both Roads, by Samuel Happer, 1766
Box 1 Folder 27
From the Great Bridge to Edmund's Bridge and New Mill Creek, by James Webb, 1766
Box 1 Folder 28
From Edmund's Bridge to the Upper Inhabitants of Norfolk County- St. Brides Parish, by Samuel Hopper, 1767
Box 1 Folder 29
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge and Northwest Creek, by James Webb, 1767
Box 1 Folder 30
On South Side of Tanner's Creek as far as Willis Carey and to the Extent of the Bounds of the County by Samuel Godfrey, 1767
Box 1 Folder 31
St. Brides Parish Great Bridge Division, by John Wilson, 1768
Box 1 Folder 32
James Campbell's Company, 1768
Box 1 Folder 33
St. Brides Parish from Edmund's Bridge Including Both Roads to the Upper Inhabitants, by Malachi Wilson, 1768
Box 1 Folder 34
[Unidentified], by Matthew Godfrey, 1768
Box 1 Folder 35
On the South Side of the Western Branch Precinct Parish of Portsmouth, by Thomas Veale, 1769
Box 1 Folder 36
From Edmunds Bridge tot he Upper Inhabitants Including Both Roads, by Samuel Happer, 1770
Box 1 Folder 37
[Unidentified], by David Porter, 1770
Box 1 Folder 38
[Unidentified], by Thomas Veale, 1770
Box 1 Folder 39
[Unidentified], by David Porter, 1772
Box 1 Folder 40
On the...Side of Willoughby's Land and West Side of Church Street as far as the Bounds of the Said Borough, by Joseph..., 1772
Box 1 Folder 41
South Side of Tanner's Creek as far as Care's on the North Side of Tanners Creek to the Bounds of the County, 1772
Box 1 Folder 42
[Unidentified], 1772
Box 1 Folder 43
From Edmonds Bridge to the Upper Inhabitants of Norfolk County- St. Brides Parish Including Both Roads, by Samuel Happer, 1773
Box 1 Folder 44
On the North Side of Tanner's Creek, by Matthew Godfrey, 1773
Box 1 Folder 45
[Loose Tithables to be added to lists of Hutchings, Newton, Murphree, Portlock, Tatem], 1773
Box 1 Folder 46
[Unidentified], by David Porter, 1774
Box 1 Folder 47
On the Eastern Side of the Western Branch, John Brickell, 1774
Box 1 Folder 48
From Edmunds Bridge to the Upper Inhabitants of the Norfolk County- St. Brides Parish Including Both Roads, by Samuel Happer, 1774
Box 1 Folder 49
North Side of Tanners Creek, by John Willoughby, 1778
Box 1 Folder 50
On the Southside of the Western Branch from Portsmouth to Halls Mill, by Samuel Veale, 1780
Box 1 Folder 51
List of Tithables for the South Side of Tanners Creek as far as Willis Care's on the Northside of Said Creek and to the Extent of the County, by Matthew Godfrey, 1781
Box 1 Folder 52
List to Tithables from Great Bridge to Edmunds Bridge and to New Mill Creek, by Daniel Sanford, 1782
Box 1 Folder 53
Loose Tithables, 1770
Box 1 Folder 54
Individual Tithable Lists Intended for Inclusion on Master List, 1778
Box 1 Folder 55
Individual Tithable Lists Intended for Inclusion on Master List, 1771
Box 1 Folder 56
Individual Tithable Lists Intended for Inclusion on Master List, 1767, 1770, 1774, 1798, undated
Box 1 Folder 57
Partial Lists, 1773-1774 and undated
Box 1 Folder 58
Loose Tithable Lists to Add to Final List, 1769 and undated
Box 1 Folder 59
List of Enumerated Articles [Partial], by Malachi Wilson, 1782
Box 1 Folder 60
Envelopes Which Held Tithable Lists, Various
Box 2 Folder 1
From William Craford's to the Head of Deep Creek, by Thomas Scott, 1732
Box 2 Folder 2
Tanners Creek, 1735
Box 2 Folder 3
From Suggs Mill to Batcheldors Mill, by Willis Wilson, 1735
Box 2 Folder 4
From Deep Creek to the Bridge and From Bridge to Northwest Landing, 1736
Box 2 Folder 5
Borough of Norfolk and Northside of Tanners Creek to Spratts Bridge, by Josiah Smith, 1752
Box 2 Folder 6
On the Western Side of the Southern Branch from Batcheldors Mill, by George Veale, 1753
Box 2 Folder 7
Western District, by George Veale, 1757
Box 2 Folder 8
[Unidentified], by Thomas Veale, 1759
Box 2 Folder 9
From Edmunds Bridge Up Pocaty and to Northwest Roads, by Robert Tucker, 1759
Box 2 Folder 10
From Portsmouth to Western Branch, by John Tatem, 1761
Box 2 Folder 11
In Portsmouth Parish on the Westside of the Western Branch, by John Tatem, 1767
Box 2 Folder 12
From Great Bridge to Edmunds Bridge to New Mill Creek, by James Webb, 1770
Box 2 Folder 13
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge to New Mill Creek, by Daniel Sanford, 1732
Box 2 Folder 14
Town of Portsmouth to New Mill Creek, by Paul Loyall, 1780
Box 2 Folder 15
On the South Side of the Western Branch and from there to New Mill Creek, by William Booker, 1782
Box 2 Folder 16
[Unidentified], by Malachi Wilson, 1782
Box 2 Folder 17
List of Tithables from Ferry Point to Great Bridge, by Samuel Veale, 1782
Box 2 Folder 18
Borough of Norfolk [Partial], by Joseph Hutchings, 1760s
Box 2 Folder 19
[Unidentified Partial List], undated
Box 2 Folder 20
[Unidentified Partial List], Undated
Box 2 Folder 21
[Unidentified Partial List], 1774
Box 3 Folder 1
Of Indian Creek, 1732
Box 3 Folder 2
List From Suggs Mill to the Great Bridge and Up Both Roads, by James Wilson, 1732
Box 3 Folder 3
For the Western Branch, by Thomas Scott 1732
Box 3 Folder 4
For Indian Creek, by Samuel Boush, 1733
Box 3 Folder 5
From Suggs Mill to the Great Bridge and Up Both Roads, by James Wilson, 1733
Box 3 Folder 6
From Suggs Mill to the Great Bridge and So Up Both Roads, by James Wilson, 1733
Box 3 Folder 7
For Indian Creek Canton, by Samuel Boush, 1733
Box 3 Folder 8
On the Western Branch, by Thomas Scott, 1733
Box 3 Folder 9
From the Hollow Poplar Down to the Great Bridge and to Batcheldor and Up Poakley Road, by Joshua Corprew, 1750
Box 3 Folder 10
From the Hollow Poplar to the Upper Inhabitants, by Joseph Stewart, 1752
Box 3 Folder 11
From Great Bridge to Ferry Point, by Markcom Herbert, 1752
Box 3 Folder 12
From the Hollow Poplar Down to the Great Bridge and Up Pocoty Road and Down to Batcheldors Mill, by Joseph Corprew, 1753
Box 3 Folder 13
Between Ferry Point and the Great Bridge, by William Portlock, 1753
Box 3 Folder 14
For the Western Branch, 1753
Box 3 Folder 15
On the North Side of Tanners Creek, by John Willoughby, 1753
Box 3 Folder 16
From the Great Bridge to the Ferry Point, by Robert Jackson, 1757
Box 3 Folder 17
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge to Batcheldors Bridge, by Joshua Corprew, 1759
Box 3 Folder 18
In the Southern Branch, by Thomas Veale, 1761
Box 3 Folder 19
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge to New Mill Creek in St Brides Parish, by Joshua Corprew, 1761
Box 3 Folder 20
East Division of the Borough of Norfolk, by John Tatem, 1767
Box 3 Folder 21
On the South Side of Western Branch, by Thomas Veale, 1768
Box 3 Folder 22
On the North Side of the Western Branch, by John Tatem, 1770
Box 3 Folder 23
In the East Division of the Borough of Norfolk, by John Taylor, 1770
Box 3 Folder 24
For North Side of Tanners Creek, 1770
Box 3 Folder 25
On the North Side of the Western Branch, by John Tatem, 1773
Box 3 Folder 26
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge and New Mill Creek, by William Smith, 1777
Box 3 Folder 27
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge and to New Mill Creek, by Daniel Sanford, 1778
Box 2 Folder 28
From Ferry Point to the Great Bridge, by Thomas Nash, 1778
Box 3 Folder 29
For the Borough of Norfolk on the South Side of Tanners Creek as far as Willis Care's on the North Side of Said Creek and to the Bounds of the County, by Matthew Godfrey, 1778
Box 3 Folder 30
[List], by Malachi Wilson, 1778
Box 3 Folder 31
On the North Side of the Western Branch on the Nansemond Line, by William Booker, 1778
Box 3 Folder 32
South Side of Tanners Creek, by Bassett Moseley, 1780
Box 3 Folder 33
North Side of Tanners Creek, by John Tabb, 1780
Box 3 Folder 34
From Ferry Point to the Great Bridge, by Thomas Nash, 1780
Box 3 Folder 35
[List],by Malachi Wilson, 1780
Box 3 Folder 36
List of Those Who Omitted Giving Their Taxable Property for 1782, 1782
Box 3 Folder 37
List of Taxable Property (Tithes, Slaves, Horses, Cattle), by Charles Conner, 1782
Box 3 Folder 38
On the North Side of the Western Branch, by Charles Conner, 1782
Box 3 Folder 39
On the North Side of Tanners Creek from Samuel Godfrey's to Sewalls Point, by John Tabb, 1782
Box 3 Folder 40
List of Articles Subject to Tax on the North Side of Tanners Creek, by John Tabb, 1782
Box 4 Folder 1
...For the Western Branch, by Thomas Scott, 1734
Box 4 Folder 2
From Western Side of the Southern Branch from Batcheldors Mill Down, 1736
Box 4 Folder 3
Taken in the Western Branch [Precinct], by George Veale, 1750
Box 4 Folder 4
List of the Western Side of the Southern Branch, by George Veale, 1752
Box 4 Folder 5
From the Hollow Poplar to the Upper Inhabitants, by William Bradley, 1753
Box 4 Folder 6
[Unidentified District], by Joshua Corprew, 1756
Box 4 Folder 7
From Batcheldors Creek to Portsmouth, by Will Craford, 1756
Box 4 Folder 8
From Edmonds Bridge to the Upper Inhabitants and Up to Poakety Bridge, 1757
Box 4 Folder 9
For the North Side of Tanners Creek, by Charles Sweny, 1757
Box 4 Folder 10
From Ferry Point to Great Bridge, by James Webb, 1759
Box 4 Folder 11
Western Branch District, by George Veale, 1759
Box 4 Folder 12
From Edmonds Bridge Including Both Roads to the Upper Inhabitants, by Robert Tucker, 1761
Box 4 Folder 13
Beginning at Willoughbys Lane Running Up the Western Side of Church Street to Town Bridge, by Maxmillian Calvert; [Unidentified District], by Lemuel Willoughby, 1761
Box 4 Folder 14
From the Ferry Point to the Great Bridge, James Webb, 1762
Box 4 Folder 15
In the Western District of Norfolk Borough, by William Aitchison, 1765
Box 4 Folder 16
On the North Side of Tanners Creek, 1765
Box 4 Folder 17
From Ferry Point to the Great Bridge, by John Portlock, 1765
Box 4 Folder 18
From Portsmouth to New...[Mill Creek], by George Veale, 1765
Box 4 Folder 19
[Unidentified District], by John Tatem, 1765
Box 5 Folder 1
[List of Tithables], by Thomas Veale, 1766
Box 5 Folder 2
From Portsmouth to New Mill Creek in the Southern Branch Precinct, by George Veale, 1766
Box 5 Folder 3
List of Tithables, Wheeled Carriages and Quantity of Land on the North Side of Tanners Creek, by William Ivey, 1766
Box 5 Folder 4
On the South Side of the Western Branch District, by Thomas Veale, 1767
Box 5 Folder 5
In Norfolk Borough on the East Side of the Church Street Beginning on the West Side of Willoughby Deceased Lane and Running Up Church Street to the Extent of the Bounds of the Borough, 1767
Box 5 Folder 6
Town of Portsmouth and Southern Branch Precinct, 1767
Box 5 Folder 7
On the North Side of Tanners Creek, by William Ivy, 1767
Box 5 Folder 8
[List of Tithables], by John Portlock, 1768
Box 5 Folder 9
In Portsmouth Parish on the Western Side of the Western Branch, by John Tatem, 1768
Box 5 Folder 10
On the North Side of Tanners Creek, by William Ivy, Sr., 1768
Box 5 Folder 11
In Elizabeth River Parish, by Thomas Newton, Jr., 1768
Box 5 Folder 12
From Portsmouth to New Mill Creek, by David Porter, 1768
Box 5 Folder 13
From Great Bridge to Ferry Point, by John Portlock, 1769
Box 5 Folder 14
For the West Division of Norfolk Borough, by Cornelius Calvert, 1770
Box 5 Folder 15
On the South Side of the Tanners Creek as far as Willis Care's on the North Side of the Said Creek and to the Extent of the Bounds of Norfolk County, by William Aitchison, 1770
Box 5 Folder 16
From the Great Bridge to the Ferry Point, by John Portlock, 1770
Box 5 Folder 17
For North Side of Tanners Creek, by Matthew Phripp, 1772
Box 5 Folder 18
From Great Bridge to the Ferry Point, by John Portlock, 1772
Box 5 Folder 19
[Unidentified District, Unidentified Enumerator], 1772
Box 6 Folder 1
On the South Side of the Western Branch District, by Thomas Veale, 1773
Box 6 Folder 2
[Unidentified District], by John Wilson, 1773
Box 6 Folder 3
In the Western Division of the Borough of Norfolk, by Thomas Newton, 1773
Box 6 Folder 4
On the South Side of Tanners Creek, by William Aitcheson, 1773
Box 6 Folder 5
In the Eastern Division of the Borough of Norfolk, by Joseph Hutchings, 1773
Box 6 Folder 6
From Great Bridge to Edmonds Bridge and New Mill Creek, by James Webb, 1774
Box 6 Folder 7
East Side of Church Street, by Bassett Moseley, 1774
Box 6 Folder 8
On the North Side of Tanners Creek From the Land of Willis Care, by Arthur Banks, 1774
Box 6 Folder 9
Western Precinct of the Borough of Norfolk, by Robert Taylor, 1774
Box 6 Folder 10
From Portsmouth to New Mill Creek, by Samuel Veale, 1778
Box 6 Folder 11
From Portsmouth Along South Side of the Western Branch, by Thomas Veale, 1778
Box 6 Folder 12
List of Taxable Property, by William Booker, 1782
Box 6 Folder 13
List of Free Male Tithables, Slaves and Other Taxable Property on the South Side of Tanners Creek, by James Taylor, 1782
Box 6 Folder 14
On the South Side of Tanners Creek, 1782
Box 6 Folder 15
List of Tithables [Partial], Undated
Box 7
Tithable lists, 1744-1777