LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA

GREGORY FAMILY

Tithables Lists 1748 - 1764

The ten surnames that were searched in this test project are Bruce, Green, Gregory, Haile, Overby, Pettypool, Sizemore, Smith, Vaughan and Wilkins.

Key Dates to Remember: 1752 Halifax (including present day Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin and Patrick) was split off; 1754 Bedford (including present day Campbell) was split off; 1765 Charlotte and Mecklenburg were split off.

Warning. The lists in each county were made by a Tithables List Taker” who were appointed by the Court each year. As you may surmise, these may change often. The courts sometimes tinkered with the district boundaries. A pioneer may switch districts, yet had not moved. The lists were first written on separate sheets of paper then later assembled into books. Some districts for some years are simply missing. Also, if the taxpayer was late in paying their tax bill, they might not appear.

Abbreviation Key: The first line has the initials of each Tithables List Taker for that year. The second line is the number of tithes (white men over the age of 16) paid by the pioneer. Each tithe may include: the male Head of Household, his sons and any other male in that household whether or not they are related to the Head of Household. If a female pays a tithe, it means she has one or more sons over the age of 16, or other males in the household.

If there is a 0 in the tithe, for it means someone else paid the tithe (usually a father or mother) and the payor’s name is usually listed; or, in some cases, the person is an adult “overseer” who manages the plantation for the Head of Household.

Currently, the only way to access these tithables lists are to go “old school” and either: travel to the Library of Virginia to use their microfilm scanners; or (1) order the microfilms from the Library of Virginia through Interlibrary Loan to your local library (if it has microfilm readers or preferably microfilm scanners). Either way, this is very time consuming. You have to read old cursive writing for page after page.

Have fun!

Name

County

1748

1749

1750

1751

1752

1753

1754

1755

1756

1757

1758

1759

1761

1762

1764

Mecklenburg (Area) District Codes

Lunenburg

[Mecklenburg}

CC

CC

X

X

CC

CC

CC

RY

RY

X

RY

ET

ET

ET

Andrew Gregory

Paid by John Smith

Lunenburg

RW

0

Edward Gregory

Lunenburg

WC

1

Isaac Gregory

Lunenburg

HD

1

ET

1

ET

1

50

James Gregory

Paid by John Smith

Lunenburg

RW

0

John Gregory

Lunenburg

MH

1

John Gregory

Lunenburg

RB

1

Joseph Gregory

Lunenburg

MM

1

Lener Gregory

Pd for William Gregory

[William could be her ailing husband or a minr son]

Lunenburg

RW

1

100

Moses Gregory

Lunenburg

WC

1

Moses Gregory

Pd by Jonathon Vernon

Lunenburg

WC

0

Moses Gregory

Pd by Isaac Vernon

Lunenburg

JH

0

William Gregory

Lunenburg

MM

6

William Gregory,

Pd by Lener Gregory

RW

0

Research Observation: The Gregory Clan had not arrived at the time Mecklenburg County was formed. The only possibilities to be the earlier husband of Mildridge (Gregory) Vaughan are John or Joseph; and Joseph Gregory in 1762 might be her son instead of her husband.

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Sources: Landon C. Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, List of Tithes Lunenburg County, Virginia 1748-1783; and microfilm from the Library of Virginia.

Library of Virginia, Lunenburg County Microfilm: 411 (1748-1750, 1753-1756) Filmed 2007; Lunenburg County Microfilm 429 (1751-1752) Filmed 2008 and Lunenburg County Microfilm 411 (1748-1750, 1753-1756) Filmed 2007.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com