Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 10 June 1763

Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property

[Mount Vernon, c.10 June 1763]

A List of Lands entered agreable to Act of Assembly made in November 1762 and given in with the List of Tythables in Fairfax Cty 10th June 1763 to Collo. Jno. Carlyle

George Washington

Walter Magowan, Thoms Bishop, Robt Haims,1 Matths Seal. House Servts &ca2: Breechy, Schomberg, Jack, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Sarah, Kate, Betty, Sall, Moll, Jack, Jack, Jack, Ned, Charles, Davy. Carpenters: Turner Crump, Anthony, Sam, Will, Morris, Michael, George, Tom, Ned, Jupiter. Tradesmen: Peter, Nat, Guy, George. Muddy hole: John Alton, Grig, Will, Sam, Kate, Phillis, Hannah, Phœbe. Doegs Run: Nelson Kelly, Peros, Will, London, Cæsar, Stafford, Essex, Orford, Betty, Sue, Flora, Lucy, Jone, Moll. Creek Quartr: Josias Cook, Matt, Cupid, Will, Kitty. Rivr Side: Saml Johnson J., Tom, Ben, George, Natt, Robin, Ruth, Peg, Murria, Doll, Cloe. In all—74.3

Lands in Fairfax Cty Mt Vernn4		2626
bot	of Clifton	1806
	of Mr Brent	238
	of Mr Ashford	135
	of Geo: Ashford	135	acres
	of Simn Pearson	178
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ALB, DLC:GW. See source note, Memorandum, 1758–59.

1. GW employed Robert Haims again in 1766 and in 1770.

2. On this tithable list GW did not list the laborers at Home farm separately but included them in the category “House Servts &ca.”

3. Counting GW there were 10 white tithables and 64 slaves, as compared to 62 slaves in his Memorandum: List of Tithables, c.9 June 1762.

4. See Memorandum: List of Quitrents, 1763.

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Title: Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 10 June 1763
Author: Washington, George
Date: 10 June 1763

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Cite as: “Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 10 June 1763,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-07-02-0136. [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, pp. 227–228.]