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Memorandum List of Tithables (July 16, 1770)

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This list of tithable enslaved people belonging to George Washington is dated July 16, 1770, and is included in Washington’s papers. In 1643, the General Assembly passed a series of laws to help clarify the people whose labor was tithable, or eligible to be taxed. When it appears in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century records it refers to a person who paid, or for whom someone else paid.

Author: George WashingtonTranscription Source: Founders Online

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A List of Tithables in Truro Parish Fairfax County—given in July 16th 1770.

George Washington, Lund Washington

Thos Bishop, Wm Skilling, Thoms Davis. Ho. Servants: Breechy, Billy, Giles, Schomberg, Harry, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Moll, Sall, Sarah, Phillis, Winney, Sue, Kitt. Home Plann: Jack [&] Herculas—Ferry men, Joe, Arlington, Peter, Sarah, Frank, Lydia, Phœbe. Tradesmen: Jon[atha]n Palmer, Will, Michael, Davy, Tom, George, Ned, Jupiter, Peter, George, Lewis. Muddy hole: Jno. Alton, Will, Adam, Will, Sam, Morris, Kate, Nan, Sarah, Jenny. Doeg run Pl.: Morris, Matt, Bath, Jupiter, Robin, Bob, Paul, Hannah, Sue, Betty, Jone, Moll, Lucy. Mill Plann: Davy, Ned, Robin, Judy, Lucy, Jenny. In all 69 deduct 2–67.

List of Tithables in Fairfax Parish July 16th 1770.

James Cleveland

Frederick, Essex, Ben, Natt, Will, Neptune, Abram, George, Walley, Schomberg, Ruth, Peg, Murria, Doll, Daphne, Cloe, Nan, Judy, Milly. In all 20.

FURTHER READING

Letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (November 22, 1790) “An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery” (March 1, 1780) Letter from George Washington to Tobias Lear (April 12, 1791) “An Act to Explain and Amend an Act Entitled ‘An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery’” (March 29, 1788) George Washington’s Last Will and Testament (July 9, 1799) Letter from Frederick Kitt to George Washington (January 15, 1798) Letter from George Washington to Frederick Kitt (January 10, 1798) [future url="PS_WashingtonToPearce14Nov1796"] Letter from George Washington to William Pearce (November 14, 1796) Letter from George Washington to Frederick Kitt (January 29, 1798)

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APA Citation:
Washington, George. Memorandum List of Tithables (July 16, 1770). (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/memorandum-list-of-tithables-july-16-1770.
MLA Citation:
Washington, George. "Memorandum List of Tithables (July 16, 1770)" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 30 May. 2023
Last updated: 2020, December 07
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