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Norvell, William, 1725?-1802. Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia, Tax Book, 1768-1769.

Title: Williamsburg and James City County, Virginia, Tax Book, 1768-1769.

Accounts kept by William Norvell, Sheriff of James City County, of the quit rents and taxes levied and paid for 1768-1769. Taxes included a per capita tax on tithables, levied in pounds of tobacco, and a chariot and chair tax. Also listed are Corporation of Williamsburg fines, and fines for failure to attend militia musters. Sheriff's deputies did most of the actual collecting and received a fee for doing so. Among those listed are Edward Ambler, James Anderson, William Armistead, John Blair, Lewis Burwell, James Carter, Thomas Everard, James Geddy, George Gilmer, John Greenhow, William Harwood, David Ministree, Peter Pelham, John Prentis, John Randolph, Peyton Randolph, James Southall, Elizabeth Tarpley, John Tazewell, Edward Travis, William Trebell, Jane Vobe, and Benjamin Waller.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (312 p.) ; 17 cm.

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Subscription list for a public school in Williamsburg, VA., 1773 July 15

Title: Subscription list for a public school in Williamsburg, VA. 1773 July 15

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Subscription list : for a public school in Williamsburg, Va., 1773 July 15.

Title: Subscription list : for a public school in Williamsburg, Va., 1773 July 15.

Subscription list for the establishment of a school in Williamsburg. Consists of twenty signatures. Signers include John Blair, J. Tazewell, George Webb, John Prentis, Edmund Randolph, Robert Andrews, William Pitt, Joseph Hornsby, Thomas Southall, William Page, Gabriel Maupin, John Hatley Norton, William Phillips, Archibald Diddep, Henry Tazewell, Benjamin Powell, Robert Nicolson, William Russell, J. Harwood, and James Innes.

ArchivalResource: 1 item ; 33 cm.

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Nelson, William, 1711-1772. William Nelson ledger and daybook, 1767-1784.

Title: William Nelson ledger and daybook, 1767-1784.

Ledger and daybook of William Nelson, merchant and colonial leader of Yorktown, Virginia. The collection contains one ledger from a family business which spanned three generations. A number of the accounts are for large purchases totaling in the hundreds of pounds. There are numerous accounts for individuals in Yorktown and its vicinity including accounts with several Yorktown doctors. There are also a number of accounts for ship's captains as Yorktown was an important port in the eighteenth century. There are entries for several merchants. Prominent among these are John Hatley Norton who represented John Norton and Sons in Yorktown, the Scots merchant, David Jameson of Yorktown who served as Lt. Governor under Thomas Nelson, Jr., the firm of Messr's Lamer, Hill & Bisett located on the island of Madiera, Cornelius Calvert of Norfolk, and Colonel Humphrey Hill of King and Queen County. There are entries for a number of estates including those of Carter Burwell, Governor Francis Fauquier, Philip Grymes, William Lightfoot, and the London merchant Edward Athawes. There are accounts for a number of Williamsburg residents including William Biers, Edward Charlton, Thomas Craig, John Ferguson, Humphrey Harwood, Anthony Hay, Robert Carter Nicholas, John Prentis, Samuel Spurr, Jane Vobe, Benjamin Waller, and Mary Wray. Other prominent individuals include Jaqueline Ambler, the Reverend Robert Barret, Burwell Bassett, Nathaniel Burwell, Robert Burwell, William Byrd III, Reverend Joseph Davenport, Richard Henry Lee, Augustine Moore, William Nelson, Jr., the Reverend Charles Mynn Thruston, the Reverend Thomas Warrington, and Ralph Wormeley. There is also an account with the Dismal Swamp Company and the William and Thomas Nelson House in Williamsburg.

ArchivalResource: 2 vols. bound in 3

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Tax Book, 1768-1769.

Title: Tax Book, 1768-1769.

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