A Guide to the Middlesex County (Va.), List of Tithables, 1769.
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Preferred Citation
Middlesex County (Va.) List of tithables, 1769. Local government records collection, Middlesex 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 Middlesex County Circuit Court.
Historical Information
Middlesex County was formed from Lancaster County circa 1669.
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
Middlesex County (Va.) Lists of tithables, 1769. Consists of a manuscript list of tithable heads of household in the county for the year 1769.
Index Terms
- Middlesex County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
- Taxation -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
- Middlesex County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
- Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
- Tithable lists -- Virginia -- Middlesex County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Middlesex County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.