A Guide to the Lunenburg County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1748-1818
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Collection numbers Barcode numbers 1172593, 1172594, 1172838, 1172839, 1176368, 1176369/Lunenburg County (Va.) Reel 99.
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use Restrictions
Use microfilm copy, Lunenburg County (Va.) Reels 411-413, 429.
Preferred Citation
Lunenburg County (Va.) Lists of Tithables and Taxable Property, 1748-1818. Lunenburg County (Va.) Reels 411-413, 429. Local government records collection, Lunenburg County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia under accession 42852.
Historical Information
Lunenburg County was formed from Brunswick County in 1745. Part of Charlotte County was added in 1777.
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.
Scope and Content
Lunenburg County (Va.) Lists of tithables and taxable property, 1748-1818. Consists of manuscript lists of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1748 through 1781 and taxable property lists for 1782, 1796, and 1818.
Index Terms
- Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
- Taxation -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
- Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
- Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
- Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
- Tithable lists -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
- Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.