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

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

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

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14775493

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.

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

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6855197

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Related Entities

There are 24 Entities related to this resource.

Randolph, Peyton, 1721-1775

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6zht (person)

Peyton Randolph (September 10, 1721 – October 22, 1775) was a planter and public official from the Colony of Virginia. He served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses, president of Virginia Conventions, and the first and third President of the Continental Congress. Randolph was technically the first leader of the United States of America as the first president of the Continental Congress, which led the nation during the American Revolutionary War. Born in Tazewell Hall, Williamsburg, ...

Gilmer, George, 1743-1792

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj1rhp (person)

Waller, Benjamin, 1716-1786.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k49tg (person)

Benajmin Waller (1716-1786) was a respected and influential lawyer, civil servant, community leader, and land developer. Born in King William County, Virginia, Waller was a student at the College of William and Mary and later studied law using Sir John Randolph's law library. From the guide to the Benjamin Waller Letter to William Byrd, 1772 March 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) From the guide to the Clerk's Chit, 1774, (John D. Rocke...

Vobe, Jane.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xw5qpq (person)

Carter, James, d. 1794.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h155cq (person)

Geddy, James, 1731-1801.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vb0d2w (person)

Southall, James, 1726-1801.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j966q2 (person)

Greenhow, John, 1724-1787.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m04646 (person)

John Greenhow was born in England in 1724. He was an enterprising merchant with store on Duke of Gloucester St. Additionally, he owned a Schooner which carried goods to and from Philadelphia. He died in 1787 and is buried in the Bruton Parish Churchyard. From the guide to the Memorandum to Patrick Henry, 1777 December 20, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Norvell, William, 1725?-1802.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6544skd (person)

Everard, Thomas, d. 1781.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v42mm7 (person)

Travis, Edward, fl. 1758-1775.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6379d3w (person)

Minitree, David, d. 1774.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vm6g9w (person)

Pelham, Peter, 1721-1805

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p856p4 (person)

Born, London, 1721; emigrated to Boston in 1726. Married Anne Creese, 1746; fourteen children. Moved to Williamsburg, Virginia in 1749. Served as organist at Bruton Parish Church; gaoler; and clerk to the House of Burgesses. Died, Richmond, 1805. From the description of Receipt, 1777 November 22, Williamsburg, Va., to Sheriff of Louisa County, Va. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 18921489 Peter Pelham (9 December 1721 – 28 April 1805) was an English-bo...

Blair, John, 1955-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6f48psv (person)

Harwood, William, fl. 1768-1776.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6641tc9 (person)

Ambler, Edward, 1758-1775.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6767jh2 (person)

Anderson, James, ca. 1740-1798.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61n8bhk (person)

Prentis, John, 1729-1775.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g2qzz (person)

Tazewell, John, 1745-1782.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf5061 (person)

Burwell, Lewis, 1716-1784.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6835wm2 (person)

Tarpley, Elizabeth

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f3vm3 (person)

Trebell, William.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qr712w (person)

Randolph, John, 1727 or 1728-1784

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w095xg (person)

John Randolph (1727–January 31, 1784) was an American lawyer in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. He served as king's attorney for the Province of Virginia from 1766 until the American Revolution. He was also a somewhat reluctant examiner on the board that granted famous American patriot Patrick Henry his licence to practice law in the state of Virginia. Randolph at first attempted to reconcile the rebelling Burgesses with the Royal Governor Dunmore, but when revolution became inevitable he left ...

Armistead, William, 1610?-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns1pbs (person)