WILLIAMSBURG, VA - COURT - Taxable Articles, 1783 ----¤¤¤---- A List of Taxable Articles in the City of Williamsburg Taken by Robert Nicholson for the Year 1783 Under the Revenue Act. William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 2. (Oct., 1914), pp. 133-142. A List of Taxable Articles in the City of Williamsburg Taken by Robert Nicolson for the Year 1783 Under the Revenue Act Column 1 - Owner's Names Column 2 - Free Males Above 21 Years Column 3 - Tithable Slaves Column 4 - Slaved Under 16 Years Old Column 5 - Horses Column 6 - Cattle Column 7 - Wheels Column 8 - Ordy. Licenses Anderson, James, Nat, Tom, Peter, Fanny, Agga, Dicy Priscilla, Betty, Charles, Philis 1 6 4 7 2 2 .. Andrews, Robert, Lemon, Charles, Sarah, Betty, Hannah, Anthony 1 5 1 1 2 .. .. Anderson, Robert (Taylor) Lucy 1 1 .. 1 2 .. .. Alison, Francis 1 .. .. 1 2 .. .. Abell, Samuel, Betty 1 1 .. 1 1 .. .. Anderson, Robert, Jack, Neil, Lucy, Kitt, Patt, Nan, Adam, Miller, Harry, Lucy, London 1 6 6 2 7 4 .. Bland, William, Milly, Judy, Lewis, Kitty, Edy 1 2 3 1 1 2 .. Bryant, Rachel, Pompey, Hannah, Anny .. 2 1 2 4 2 .. Bucktrout, Benjamin 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Bentley, Thomas, Abraham, Sam, Charles, Bridget, Kitty 1 4 1 5 .. .. .. Blair, John, Will Evans, Peter, Jerry, Priscilla, Rachel, Grace, Joanna, Clara, Eliza, Barbara, Nanny, Amy, Daniel, Clem, Lydia, Nelly, Sally 1 12 5 5 2 4 .. Burwell, John's Betty Evans .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. Barrom, William, Amy, Esther, Jack, Billy 1 1 3 .. .. .. .. Baxter, Reuben 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. Barraud, Doctr Phil, Billy 1 1 .. 2 .. .. .. Page 134. Bond, Robert, Grace 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Brien, Morto, Phillis, Nan, Lettice, Aberdeen 1 1 3 2 1 .. .. Bingley, Matthew, Dillsey, May, James 1 1 2 1 3 .. .. Baker, Frances's Milly .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. Cole, Jesse 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. Craig, Mary's Lydia, Alice, Sarah, Jemmy, Patty .. 3 2 .. 1 .. .. Carter, Doct, James, George, Jack-Beaver, Mary, Nanny, Phillis, Letty 1 4 2 3 7 4 .. Crump, Richard, Agga, Harry, Christiana, Lucky- Smith, Rose 1 1 4 2 2 .. .. Carter, John (Mercht), John Carter, Betty, Tom, Sarah, Patty, Milly 2 1 4 .. 3 .. .. Carter, Doct. William, Tom, Sam, Agga, Billy, Judith, John, Ned 1 3 4 1 3 .. .. Couch, Samuel, Daniel, Jem, Sarah, Macklin, Pate 1 3 2 5 1 .. .. Cocke, James, Clem, Lucy, Sally, Lucinda, Betty, Daniel, Johnny 1 3 4 .. 2 .. .. Craig, James, Stepney, Kate, Nan, Kitt, Billy 1 3 2 3 3 .. .. Crawley, Samuel, Phillis, Luckey, Jenny, James Bob 1 2 3 2 2 .. .. Crump, John, Dinah, Sylvia, Nancy, Jenny 1 2 3 .. 2 .. .. Coke, Sarah, Phil, Billy, Sylvia .. 3 .. .. 3 .. .. Coke, John, Milly, Phillis 1 1 1 .. 1 .. .. Craig, Thomas, Lewis, Nanny, Nancy, Sally 1 3 1 .. 1 .. .. Carter, John (Sadler), Beck, Beck 1 1 1 2 1 .. .. Carter, William (Taylor) Sall 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Page 135. Campbell, Christiana's Shopshire, Nanny, Betty, Agga, Sucky, Fanny, Nancy, Billy, Louisa, Billy, Jack-Toalt, Jack-London, Anthy .. 4 9 .. 4 .. .. Chariton, Edward, Ben, Jenny 1 2 .. .. 1 .. .. Cary, Wilson Miles' Jonathan .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. Coke, Robey, Sylvia, Will 1 .. 2 3 .. .. .. Digges, Dudley, Joseph, Henry, Harry, Jemmy, Lou, Phillis, Jemmy, Joyce, Alice, Luce, Ophelia, Jenny, Norborne, Fayette 1 10 4 3 1 2 .. Dixon, John's Henry Dixon, Dinah, Peg, Jemima, Sam 1 2 2 .. .. .. .. (Ms. defective), Nell, Jack 1 1 1 1 1 .. .. Dean, Elizabeth's George .. .. 1 .. 1 .. .. Davis, James, Sue 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Dudley, Edward, Jack, Polly, Fanny 1 2 1 3 2 2 .. Davis, Augustine, Moll. Will 1 1 1 1 1 .. .. Dickson, Charlotte' Sall, Daniel & an Infant .. 1 2 .. 1 .. .. Drewitz, John, John Oder, Will, Ben, Lettice & Lettice 2 3 1 3 1 4 .. Draper, John, Molly 1 1 .. 6 4 .. .. Dickson, Beverley, Jury, Nelly, Grace, Sarah, Tom, Moses 1 3 3 2 .. .. .. Drummond, John's Sylvia, Milly, Will, James, Miles and an Infant .. 2 4 .. .. .. .. Fitzgerald, James 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Finnie, William, Will, Finnie, Grace, Sall, Edy, George 1 4 2 2 2 4 .. Farquharson, John, Peter, Nanny, Clara 1 2 1 2 5 .. .. Page 136. Galt, Doct. John, Sam, Harry, Jenny, Rachel, Betty, Lewis, Suckty, Polly, Jack, Billy 1 5 5 3 5 2 .. Geddy, William, charlotte, Peg, Joe, Jemmy 1 3 1 3 2 .. .. Greenhow, John, Robt., Will, Wona, Fanny, Lydia, Mary, Mordecai, Marcus, Rachel, Dick, Kitty, Siller, Abell, Kate, Jonathan, Edmund, Sarah 2 4 12 2 12 .. .. Galt, James, Jacob, Violet, Biolet, Grace, Sally, Patrick, Dublin, Primus, John 1 5 4 .. 2 .. .. Graham, Robert 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Griffin, Doct. Corbin, James, Daniel, George, Doff, Barry, Hannah, Mene, Daniel, Mary, Mary, Sall, Lucy 1 7 5 3 1 6 .. Harwood, Humphrey, Jerry, Nat, Moses, Grace, Cosar, Betty, Daniel 1 5 2 5 .. 2 .. Hatton, Matthew, Jupiter 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Honey, James, John Miller, Jas. Johnson, Ben, Gabriel, Peter, Kate, Cloe, Dinah 3 6 .. 3 3 .. .. Hunter, Margaret, Agga, Jenny, Sall, Will, Chavers, Milly .. 2 3 .. 1 .. .. Hornsby, Joseph, John, Molly, Lucy, Nanny, Rachel, James, Dicy, Ally, Ariana, Edmund 1 5 5 4 2 4 .. Hallam, Sarah, James, Nancy .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. Hornsby, William, Cosar, Emanuel, Priscilla, Peter, Harry, Cutchena 1 4 3 1 5 .. .. Page 137. Holmes, Basil 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Hutchinson, Joseph 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Hubard, Franes, Mortor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Hubard, David, Pompey, Seipio, Dick, Charles, Bellina, Dorothy, Patty, Esther, Priscilla, Will, Bob, Nancy 1 10 3 4 3 .. .. Holt, William, Norris, Charles, Jack, Jeffrey, Doll, Peg, Molly, Molly, Mary, Nelly, Alice, Pip, Sarah, Patty, Alice, Dinah, Hannibal, Billy, Jack, Harry, Fanny, Theoditia, Johnny 1 13 10 1 5 2 .. Iaran, Francis, London 1 1 .. 1 .. .. .. Innis, James, John, Richard, Violet, Priscilla Susanna, Fanny, Richard, Julius, Rosanna 1 6 3 4 3 .. .. Lewis, William, Charles, Mingo, Phillis, Sall, Jemmy, Lender, Amy, Dick, Emanuel 2 3 5 3 .. .. .. Low, David, Cosar, Charles 1 1 1 1 .. 2 .. Lenox, Walter 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. Lafong, George 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. Lewis, John, Lena, Alice, Betty, Daniel, Edmund, Nancy 1 3 3 1 2 2 .. McClurg, Docr. James, Milford, Brett, Grace, Tom, Jack 1 3 2 2 2 .. .. Moyer, Peter, Christopher Moyer, Matt, Betty, Lucy, Fanny, Patty 2 2 3 4 .. .. .. Page 138. Massenburg, Alexander, Sarah, Rachel, George 1 1 2 1 2 .. .. Marr, Andrew 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. McCarty, Michael 1 .. .. 1 2 .. .. McCarty, Daniel 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. Morton, David, Jack, Molly, Billy, Betty, Betty 1 3 3 1 2 .. .. Moody, Josias, Lucy, James, Letty, Harry 1 1 3 1 .. .. .. Moir, James, Sarah, Lucy 1 1 1 1 2 .. .. Maupin, Gabriel, Murreah, Beck, Matt, Sall, Tiller, Neaton, Charles, Cosar, Judy, Mary, Cloe, Billy, Sam, James, Isham, Fanny, Tiller, Nancy, Ariana 1 8 11 5 1 .. .. Martin, Robert's Doll, Jenny, Harry .. 2 1 .. 2 2 .. Many, Peter 1 .. .. .. 2 .. .. Madison, James, Flora, Nanny, Jenny, James, Sall, Edy, Peyton, Sam, John 1 3 6 1 2 2 .. Moody, Philip, Milly, Lucy 1 2 .. .. 2 .. .. Moody, Hugh 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Mooyer, Peter junr 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Nicolson, William, Pompey, Hannah, Tom, Warner 1 2 2 5 2 2 .. Nicolson, robert, Peter, Davy, Clemena, Phillis, Molly, Jemmy, Billy, Bob, George, Sylvia, John 1 5 7 2 2 2 .. Nicolson, Docr, Robert 1 .. .. 2 .. 2 .. Nicholson, Henry, Peter, Sarah, Sylvia, Rachel, Nancy 1 4 1 .. 1 .. .. Nelson, General Thomas, Bob, Cooper, George, Pompey, George Dean .. 6 .. .. .. .. .. Page 139. Orr, Katharine, Joe, Sall, Sarah, Jack, Hugh, Molly .. 3 3 .. 1 .. .. Pearson, Maggy, Matt Pearson, Will, Betty, Kate, Sarah, Harry, Milly, Nancy, an Infant 1 4 4 1 1 .. .. Pitt, William, Richard Towns, Sam, Jenny, Amy 2 2 1 1 2 2 .. Perry, Hartwell 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. Plite, Harman, Stephen 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. Prentis, Joseph, Alexander, Effy, Leah, Hannah, Rachel, George, Betsy, Nancy, Judy, Ariana, an Infant 1 5 6 2 2 .. .. Prentis, Robert, Joshua, James 1 2 .. 5 .. 8 .. Pasteur, Blovet, Sally 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. Pope, Docr Matthew, Kent 1 .. .. 2 .. .. .. Pierce, William, Will 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Reid, George, Tom, Patty, Charity, Dinah, Nell, Dick, Ned, Beverly, Billy, Betty, Lucy, Milly, Lucy, Daphne 1 5 9 3 3 .. .. Russell, William, Natt, Kate, Amy, Sall, John 1 3 2 3 2 2 .. Roadman, John, Julius, Frank, Betty, Sylvia, Molly, Isabella, Poll, Nan, Clara 1 3 6 3 3 2 .. Readvill, Mrs. Lewis, Crowmell, Davis, Celia, Judy, Arrabella, Peg, Tristran (Ms. defective), Celia, Arisana, Betty, Lucy .. 7 8 1 1 4 .. Page 140. Rowsay, William, Will, Cosar, Sarah, Charlotte, Phil, Lucy, Dick 1 3 4 4 5 2 .. Ross, Donald 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Robertson, Patrick, Judith, Rachel 1 1 1 3 1 .. .. Russell, William, London 1 1 .. 2 .. .. .. Segueyra, Doctr John, Cain, Sally 1 2 .. 2 .. 4 .. Saunders, John, Jack, Jack, Lucy, Lucy, Phillis, Effy, Clara, Sarah, Billy, Letty & an Infant 1 6 5 2 .. .. .. Shiphard, John, Hannah, Andrew, Ben, Bristol, Clara, Nan, Joseph 1 2 5 2 2 .. .. Singleton, Capt. Anthony, Roger, Judith, Kate, Hannah, Nanny, Lewis, Lucinda, Polly, Hercules .. 4 5 .. 1 .. .. Scouvement, Nicholas, Cottel 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. Southall, James, Sam, Trower, Will, (Ms. defective), Jemmy, Davy, Betty, Fanny, Kate, Venus, Ciller, Dinah, Luke, Nan, Sarah, Milly, Phoebe, Mary, Betty, Peg, Jenny 2 10 9 7 2 6 1 Selby, Sarah's Hannah .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. Taliaferro, Charles, Gaby, Cosar, Sam, Jack, Jim, Natt, George, Godfrey, King, Judith, Sarah, Fanny, Amy 1 11 2 5 4 .. .. Taylor, James, Charlotte 1 .. 1 .. .. .. .. Vobe, Jane, William Duncan, Sam, Lawrence, Gowen, Mary, Lucy, Travis, David, Miller 2 5 1 3 2 .. 1 Page 141. Urie, William 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Waller, Benjamin, Bob, Billy, Godfrey, Nanny, Betty, Sall, Eliza, Billy, Lewis, Davy, Rachel, Polly, Fanny 1 7 6 3 3 2 .. Wray, James, Matt, Will, Patty, Molly, Ariana 1 4 1 1 2 .. .. Wood, James, Aberdeen 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Wythe, George, William Nelson, Ben, Charles, Lydia, Hannah, Secordia, Betty, Jemmy, Fanny, & her four Children, Little-Betty, Paul 2 7 7 2 .. 6 .. Young, James 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Page 142. WILLIAMSBURG - CERTIFICATE TAX 126 Whites at 10/ L 63 ... ... 350 Blacks 10/ 175 ... ... 201 Horses 2/ 20 2 ... 194 Cattle 3d 2 8 6 98 Wheels 5/ 24 10 ... 2 Licenses 8 ... ... _________________ 293 ... 6 126 Whites at 10/ L 63 ... ... 642 Blacks 10/ 321 ... ... 201 Horses 2/ 20 2 ... 194 Cattle 3d 2 8 6 98 Wheels 5/ 29 8 ... 2 Licenses 10 ... ... _________________ 445 18 6. Correct copy of the original list in the Virginia State Library, June 26, 1914. H. R. McILWAINE, Librarian. 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