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A Guide to the Essex County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, circa 1742, 1766, 1775. Essex County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, circa 1742, 1766, 1775. 1156708

A Guide to the Essex County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, circa 1742, 1766, 1775.

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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1156708
Title
Essex previous hit County  next hit (Va.) List of Tithables, circa 1742, 1766, 1775.
Physical Characteristics
0.1 cu. ft.
Collector
Essex previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court
Location
Library of Virginia
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Essex previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Lists of Tithables circa 1742, 1766, 1775. Local government records collection, Essex previous hit County  next hit Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

Acquisition Information

These records came to the Library of Virginia in a shipment of court papers from Essex previous hit County  next hit.

Historical Information

Essex previous hit County  next hit was named for the English previous hit county  next hit. It was formed from old previous hit Rappahannock  next hit previous hit County  next hit 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

Scope and Content

Essex previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Lists of Tithables circa 1742, 1766, 1775, consists of manuscript of the list of tithable heads of household in the previous hit county  next hit.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

Additional Essex previous hit County  next hit Tax and Fiscal Records can be found on microfilm at The Library of Virginia web site. Consult A Guide to Virginia previous hit County and City Records on Microfilm

Index Terms

    Corporate Names:

  • Essex previous hit County  next hit (Va.) Circuit Court.

    • Subjects:

  • African Americans -- History
  • Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit
  • Slavery -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit
  • Slaves -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit
  • Taxation -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographical Names:

  • Essex previous hit County  next hit (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.

    • Genre and Form Terms:

  • Local government records -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit.
  • Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit.
  • Tithable lists -- Virginia -- Essex previous hit County  next hit.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Essex County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
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