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Essex County (Va.) Lists of Tithables circa 1742, 1766, 1775. Local government records collection, Essex County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
These records came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Essex County.
Essex County was named for the English county. It was formed from old Rappahannock County in 1692.
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 the Library of Virginia's website for Colonial Tithables
Essex County (Va.) Lists of Tithables circa 1742, 1766, 1775, consists of manuscript of the list of tithable heads of household in the county.
Chronological.
Additional Essex County Tax and Fiscal Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia County and City Records on Microfilm