Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 17 June 1764

Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property

[c.17 June 1764]

A List of Tythables in Truro Parish—Fairfax County—also of Wheel Carriages—given in June 17th 1764.

George Washington

Walter Magowan, Thomas Bishop, Robt Haims, Mathis Seale. Ho. Servts: Breachy, Jack, Schomberg, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Sarah, Kate, Betty, Sall, Moll. Tradesmen: Tur[ne]r Crump, Will, Michael, Morris, George, Sam, Tom, Ned, Jupiter, Peter, Nat, George. Home Plantn: Thos Nicholas, Jack, Jack, Lewis, Ben, Ned, Davy, Robin, Charles, Sarah, Judy. Muddy hole: John Alton, Grig, Will, Sam, Kate, Phillis, Hannah, Phœbe. Doeg Run: Jas Devenport,1 Peros, Will, London, Stafford, Essex, Orford, Betty, Sue, Flora, Lucy, Jone, Moll. River Side: Jno. Chowning,2 Tom, Ben, Natt, George, Robin, Ruth, Peg, Murria, Flora, Doll. Creek Qr: Josiah Cook, Matt, Cupid, Will, Kitty. In all—76.

A List of Lands—given in according to Act of Assembly in the counties where they lye.

Fairfax County	5118 Acres
Frederick	2498
King George	1250
Loudoun	275
Hampshire	240
	9381 Total
1 Chariot

ALB, DLC:GW. See source note, Memorandum, 1758–59.

1. James Davenport (Devenport) was overseer of the Dogue Run farm at Mount Vernon for two years, from 1763 to 1765. See General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 185, 207, 233.

2. John Chowning became overseer of the dower plantation in York County called Bridge Quarter in 1763, and of the River farm at Mount Vernon in 1764. See General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 163, 185, 206.

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Title: Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 17 June 1764
Author: Washington, George
Date: 17 June 1764

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Cite as: “Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 17 June 1764,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-07-02-0189. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 7, 1 January 1761 – 15 June 1767, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1990, p. 313.]