Bertie COUNTY NC Tax List 1755 (partial) File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara B. Harrell http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/census/1755.txt 24 Jul 1755 John Harrell authorized 1755 tax list for all of Bertie Co NC: (North Carolina State Archives microfilm C.010.70002) Bertie County J Bythe Worshipfull the Justice County Court of Bertie aforesaid To Edward Gilman Constable Greeting We do hereby in his Majestys name Authorize and Command you to go from House to House in your District to Summon the Master or Mistress of every family or overseer of every Plantation of which there is no Master or Mistress to appear before the next County Court or before some Justice of the said County and there give in upon oath a list in Writing of all the Taxable Persons in his or her Family or under his Care as an overseer ~ And you are also to Return a True List upon oath to the next County Court of all such Persons so Warned, and that the said List contains all names of all the Masters Mistresses and overseers as aforsaid Within your District Herein present Given under hand and seal of our Chairman the 24th Day of July anno Domini 1755 JOHN HARRELL Chn [NOTE: per the LDS GA research website referring to tax lists from the start of the republic, taxes were paid on free white males over age 21 and on slaves 21-60 (both sexes). It is evident from the comprehensive tax lists of 1763 and 1764 in Bertie Co NC that this was the also practice under British rule. Free white females were not taxable, even when heading a household.] THIS IS A PARTIAL LISTING. See microfilm for complete list 1755 BERTIE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TAX LIST List of tithables submitted 27 Oct 1755 by William Rice, Constable (selected persons, in order of appearance) Alex. Ford John Perry Jacob Laciter Benjamin Stone James Freeman John Freeman Adam Harrill Senr Adam Harrill Junr Thos Harrill Robert Allen List of persons summoned to give their list of tithables for the year 1755 Brian Hare, Constable (selected persons, in order of appearance) James Forguson Reubin Powell Charles Jenkins William Jenkins Henry Jenkins William Knight Joseph Pinder List submitted 25 Oct 1755 by William Perry, Constable [selected persons, in order of appearance] Epaphroditus Moore John Moore George Powell Cader Powell Charles Horne Then came Wm Perry before me and made oath viz this List is True and all Persons Lawfully Summoned in his District Taken before me JNO HARRELL List of householders in my District 1755 - Thomas Pierce [selected persons, in order of appearance] Daniel Murphree Jonathan Kitterel Jeremiah Bunch Embree Bunch Richard Harrell James Harrell Henery Harrell Joshua Harrell [all four Harrells are together here] Wm Demont William Sholar Senr William Sholar Junr Jno Sholar List of insolvent taxes for the year 1755 Adam Harrell 1 Esaias Harrell 1 [son of John Harrell d 1759] ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============