Lunenburg County Tithe Lists-Virginia Genealogy + Bonus

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Sunlight on the Southside
Lists of Tithes
Lunenburg County
,
Virginia
1748-1783
By Landon C. Bell,
1931
500 pages, searchable
Bonus –
Bryant Lester of Lunenburg County
And His Descendants
By Thomas Mcadory Owen, 1897
32 pages, searchable
Bonus #2 –
Lunenburg County Federal Census 1850
Also Includes Madison and Marion Counties
473 pages, original handwritten census scans
Bonus #3 –
Lunenburg County Federal Census 1920
Also Includes Loudoun and Higland Counties, and Harrisonburg City
1,144 pages, original handwritten census scans
Bonus #4 –
Virginia
Counties
& Cities Timeline
Bonus #5 –
Virginia
County Seats Map
(Details below)
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Lunenburg
County
was the parent or grandparent of the counties of Mecklenburg,
Charlotte
,
Halifax
, Pittsylvania,
Henry, Patrick,
Franklin
,
Bedford
,
Campbell
, and
Appomattox
--a domain embracing one-quarter of the State of
Virginia
.
Since Lunenburg's records are unique in their high survival rate, the lists of tithes presented in this work are rich in
genealogical detail and constitute, in substance, the earliest census records of the Colony of Virginia. No other public
records of the period contain so complete an account of the population as do these tithes, or tax lists.
The tithes make it possible to construct, for this part of the Southside, a census record earlier in point of time and
more complete and authentic than for any comparable section of the state. In particular, the available lists of tithes
before any subdivision of the county took place are among the most critical and important materials known for the
study of early
Virginia
origins
.
Historic
Lunenburg
County
lies within the rolling terrain of the Piedmont (Southside) area of the State of
Virginia
which is frequently
referred
to as the "Mother of States".
Lunenburg originally was part of
Brunswick
County
which was established during the reign of George II of
England
. Among his numerous titles
was Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg (this spelling is correct). When this territory was divided in 1746, one section became
Brunswick
County
and the other
Luneburg
, later Anglecized to Lunenburg.
Among the earliest settlers of the county was William Taylor, born in
King
William
County
,
Virginia
, and a member of the family that
produced American President Zachary Taylor.
Lunenburg
County
is proudly and historically known as the "Mother of Counties." After being formed from
Brunswick
on May 1, 1746,
Lunenburg went on to provide territory for the formation of nine other counties after 1753. The first Lunenburg Courthouse was located in
what is now
Mecklenburg
County
.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I
INTRODUCTION
The Southside; Purpose of the Work; The
Tithes; The Genesis of Southwestern Expansion;
Routes Southward from
Virginia
; Routes into the
Southwest; The Virginia Influence; The First
Census of Lunenburg ..................................
9
II
LISTS OF TITHES, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751 ..............
57
At this time Lunenburg embraced area now in
eleven counties; Lunenburg,
Mecklenburg
, Char-
lotte,
Halifax
, Pittsylvania, Henry, Patrick,
Franklin
,
Campbell
,
Bedford
and
Appomattox
.
III LISTS OF TITHES, 1752, 1764, 1769 .................... 178
IV
LISTS OF TITHES, 1772, 1773, 1775, 1776, 1783 ........ 286
INDEX (omitted from transcription)
Bonus –
Virginia
Counties
& Cities Timeline
Summarized from “
Virginia
Counties
– Those Resulting from
Virginia
Legislation”
Published 1916
This is a 21 page chart summarizing, in date order, the formation of all 180
Virginia
counties now located in the present day states
of
Virginia
,
West
Virginia
and
Kentucky
.
Also includes information on the 90 independent cities of
Virginia
.
Begins in 1634 with the eight original shires, continues through 1776 with the first county in present day
Kentucky
, and 1779 with
the first county in present day
West Virginia
.
Dickenson was the last new Virginia county, formed 1880.
In 1920
Alexandria
County
was renamed
Arlington
County
.
Scanned copies of the original hand-written census.
Legibility of census records varies, depending on handwriting of census taker, quality of ink used, paper damage
over the years,
quality of the scanning process.
Different from
transcribed census records, these contain all information collected by the
census taker.
These also give a sense of relatives and neighbors living nearby.
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