Celebrate students at every level with a gift to Encyclopedia Virginia! Give $10, $25, or $50 to support public access to Virginia history and culture.

PRIMARY DOCUMENT

Memorandum List of Tithables (June 20, 1769)

CONTEXT

This list of tithable enslaved people belonging to George Washington is dated June 20, 1769, 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.

Author: George WashingtonTranscription Source: “Memorandum List of Tithables, 20 June 1769,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed June 19, 2020, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-08-02-0151.

FULL TEXT

[c.20 June 1769]

A List of Tithables in Truro Parish & Fairfax County given in June 20th 1769.

George Washington

Lund Washington, Willm Skilling, Thos Davis, Michl Tracy. Ho. Servants: Breechy, Billy, Julius, Harry, Schomberg, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Moll, Sall, Phillis, Kate, Winney, Sue, Kitt, Giles. Home Plann: Joe, Jack, Ben, Jack, Arlington, Peter, Sarah, Frank, Lydia, Phoebe. Tradesmen: Will, Michael, Davy, Tom, George, Sam, Ned, Jupiter, Peter, Natt, George, Lewis. Doeg Run: Morris, Matt, Essex, Ben, Jupiter, Robin, Bob, Paul, Hannah, Sue, Betty, Jone, Moll. Muddy hole: Thos Bishop, Will, Adam, Will, Sam, Morris, Kate, Nan, Sarah, Jenny. Mill: John Alton, Davy, Ned, Robin, Judy, Lucy, Jenny, Sarah. In all—74.

List of Tithables in Fairfax Parish 20 June 1769.

James Cleveland

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

FURTHER READING

Letter from Clement Biddle to George Washington (April 27, 1789) Diary of George Washington (March 1, 1788) Diary of George Washington (April 22, 1785) Diary of George Washington (September 1, 1784) List of Slaves Returned from British by Lund Washington (1781) Letter from George Washington to Lund Washington (April 30, 1781) Letter from George Washington to Timothy Pickering (March 3, 1797) Letter from George Washington to Clement Biddle (July 28, 1784) A List of Tithables in Truro Parish Fairfax County—given in July 16th 1770.

CITE THIS ENTRY
APA Citation:
Washington, George. Memorandum List of Tithables (June 20, 1769). (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/memorandum-list-of-tithables-june-20-1769.
MLA Citation:
Washington, George. "Memorandum List of Tithables (June 20, 1769)" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 25 Sep. 2022
Feedback
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Sponsors