A Guide to the Lancaster County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781.
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Preferred Citation
Lancaster County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781. Local government records collection, Lancaster County 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 Lancaster County.
Historical Information
Lancaster County was named for the English county. It was formed from Northumberland and York Counties in 1651.
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
Lancaster County (Va.) Lists of Tithables, 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, 1781, consists of the list of tithable heads of household in the county for the years 1734, 1745-1746, 1775-1777, 1779, and 1781.
Arrangement
Chronological.
Related Material
Additional Lancaster 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."
Index Terms
- Lancaster County (Va.) Circuit Court.
- African Americans -- History
- Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Lancaster County
- Slavery -- Virginia -- Lancaster County
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Lancaster County
- Taxation -- Virginia -- Lancaster County.
- Lancaster County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Lancaster County.
- Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Lancaster County.
- Tithable lists -- Virginia -- Lancaster County.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Lancaster County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.