Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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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

Corporate Names:

• Lunenburg County (Va.) Circuit Court.

Subjects:

• Slaves -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
• Taxation -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.

Geographical Names:

• Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
• Lunenburg County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Local government records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
• Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.
• Tithable lists -- Virginia -- Lunenburg County.