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Russell County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List — 1787

Note: Portions of this tax list were very difficult to read, especially surnames beginning with P and R in the first section.

First District
Name White
Males 21+
White
Males 16-21
Blacks
16+
Blacks
under 16
Horses Cattle
Asberry, Henry 1 – – – 1 2
Asberry, George 1 – – – 5 7
Asberry, William 1 – – – 5 10
Asberry, John 1 – – – 2 8
Arthur, John 1 – – – 5 4
Alderson, Benjamin 1 – – – 6 17
Alderson, Aron 1 – – – 1 2
Brisboro, John & Jas. 1 1 – – 7 13
Bristow, Isaac 1 – – – 1 2
Bazel, Benjamin 1 – – – – 2
Burris, Robert 1 – – – 5 10
Bowen, Lonisa 1 – 2 – 15 22
Brisester, Roger 1 – – – 1 3
Boling, James 1 – – – – –
Brown, James 1 – – – 5 10
Belcher, Robert 1 1 – 1 8 16
Belcher, William 1 – – – 2 5
Belcher, James 1 – – – 1 2
Blevins, Nathan 1 – – – 4 4
Burns, John 1 – 1 – 3 6
Brown, Robert 1 – – – 2 4
Breeding, John 1 – – – 1 5
Breeding, John, Sen. – 1 – – 2 5
Breeding, James 1 – – – 1 –
Bays, Poter? 1 – – – 2 7
Browning, Francis 1 – – – 3 12
Brichey, John 1 – – – 2 3
Berry, Augustine 1 – – – – –
Breeding, Spencer 1 – – – 1 3
Buston, John 1 – – – 4 9
Brister, William 1 – – – 5 10
Bukes, Joel 1 – – – – 5
Brewer, Abraham 1 – – – 2 6
Belsher, Thomas 1 – – – 2 3
Belsher, George 1 – – – 2 6
Cockrell, Simon 1 – 1 – 5 20
Camebell, Ephraim 1 – – – 2 –
Co….. y, Thomas 1 0 1 – 2 2
Countz, John 1 – – – 1 –
Connor, Andw. 1 – 1 2 16 36
Cowan, John 1 – 1 – 14 26
Colly, Thomas 1 1 – – 4 12
Crabtree, Jacob 1 – – – 3 7
Compton, William 1 – – – – –
Cohen?, Augustine 1 – – – – –
Childers, Abram 1 – – – 2 2
Deskins, John 1 – – – 4 14
Daniel, James, Sen. 1 – – – 2 6
Daniel, James 1 – – – 1 1
Daniel, Wyntt? 1 – – – – 1
Davis, Henry 1 – – – 3 6
Dowell, Patrick 1 – – – 1 10
Drane, Daniel 1 – – – 1 –
Deskins, Daniel 1 – – 2 – –
Elkins, Drury 1 – – – 2 2
Emmett, Jos. & Wm. 1 1 – – 2 1
Elam, Wm, Isaac, Wm. 1 2 – – 1 14
Elliott, Michael 1 – – – 3 4
Elam, John 0 1 – – 5 4
Elkins, Jesse 1 – – – 5 4
Ewing, Joshua 1 – – – 1 –
Erwin, James 1 – – – – –
Evans, William – 1 – – 4 11
Fletcher, William 1 – – – 3 5
Fugate, James 1 – – – 5 6
Fields, Joseph 1 – – – – 4
Fugate, Joseph 1 – 1 1 7 13
Fugate, Randolph 1 – – – 1 1
France, William 1 – – – 8 40
Fields, John 1 – – – 1 –
Fields, Richard 1 – – – 3 3
Fields, William – 1 – – 1 –
Fields, Eliz. – – – – 1 1
Green, George 1 – – – 4 8
Green, Thomas 1 – – – 1 –
Garrison, William 1 – – – 4 6
Gravat, Robert 1 – – – 4 –
Gilmore, Wm., Jr. & Wm. 1 2 2 4 23 46
Gibson, John 1 – – – 3 9
Green, John & Berry 1 1 – – 4 3
Grey, Jesse 1 – – – 4 5
Haney, John 1 – – – 3 1
Higanbotham, Robt. 1 – – – 3 15
Higanbotham, Moses 1 – – – 3 –
Hankins, John 1 – – – 1 7
Horton, John 1 – – – 8 5
Hyton, William 1 – – – 1 2
Hatfield, John 1 – – – 5 8
Hatfield, Joseph 1 – – – 3 4
Hatfield, George 1 – – – 2 4
Hays, Charles 1 – 2 2 12 27
Henderson, Richard 1 – – – 2 7
Hansford, Benjamin 1 – – – – –
Hains, Christopher 1 – – – 1 2
Hatfield, Valentine 1 – – – 2 –
Henderson, Thos. & Saml. – 2 – – 7 14
Henderson, Zachariah 1 – – – 4 7
Hurst, Henry 1 – – – 2 –
Hurst, John 1 – – – 2 2
Hendrickson, James 1 – – – 4 5
Hargiss, John 1 – – – 3 4
Hargiss, Thomas 1 – – – – –
Jones, Benjamin 1 – – – – 3
Jackson, Simeon 1 – – – 7 18
Jackson, Thomas 1 – – – 6 4
Jackson, Thos. 1 – – – 8 3
Johnson, Joseph 1 – – – 3 6
Jones, James 1 – – – – 1
Jackson, James 1 – – – 1 2
Johnson, William 1 – – – 1 6
Jackson, Lydia 1 – – – 5 6
Jackson, Jesse & John 1 1 – – 2 2
King, Martha 0 – – – 3 17
Kindrick, William 1 – – – 6 20
Kindrick, Patrick & Pat. 1 1 – – 8 16
Kizer, Joseph 1 – – – 2 3
Kelly, Edward 1 – – – 3 3
Kelly, Derby 1 – – – 1 –
Kelly, William 1 – – – – –
Lash?, Adam & George 1 1 – – 4 4
Lawson, Drury 1 – – – 1 –
Lewis, John 1 – – – 4 11
Leith, James 1 – – – 3 12
Litton, Solomon 1 – – – 7 9
Monk, Shadrach 1 – – – 2 4
McFarland, Robert 1 – – – 4 11
Meridith, William 1 – – – 1 1
Mullen, Margaret – – – – 3 1
Meridith, Joseph 1 – – – 5 10
Mash, Henry 1 – – – 3 1
Musick, ..hyn.. 1 – – – 3 2
Musick, David 1 – – – – 2
Mullen, William 1 – – – 2 3
Martin, Alexander 1 – – – 3 7
Millard, Abraham & Chr. 1 1 – – 1 8
McFarland, James – 1 – – 2 –
Monk, William 1 – – – – –
McFarland, Alexr. 1 – – – 2 –
McReynolds, Joseph 1 – – – 3 1
Noel, Charles 1 – – – 10 14
Oney, William 1 – – – 4 8
Oney, Benjamin – 1 – – 1 6
Oney, Richard 1 – – – 2 6
Ogden, Stephen 1 – – – 1 2
Pride, Thomas 1 – – – 1 –
Pemberton, James 1 – – – 2 –
Pemberton, Richard 1 – – – 2 2
Pain, Obediah 1 – – – – 1
Preen, Samuel 1 – – – 2 4
Price, William – 1 – – 7 10
Paton, Archl. 1 – – – 1 4
Paton, William 1 – – – 1 1
Patton, Jonathan 1 – – – 1 2
Prichett, Jeremiah 1 – – – 3 9
Price, Reuben 1 – – – 1 –
Price, George 1 – – – 1 –
Price, Richard 1 1 1 2 31 53
Price, David 1 – – – 6 11
Price, Thomas, Sen. 1 – – – 7 15
Price, Thomas, Jun. 1 – – – 5 5
Prichett, Drury & George 2 – – – 2 7
Pain, Edward 2 – – – 3 2
Price, Daniel 1 – – – 1 2
Price, William 1 – – – – –
Pain, Archibald 1 – – – 1 5
P…., Benjamin 1 – – – 1 –
Pain, Zachariah 1 – – – 1 4
Pain, …… 1 – – – 2 4
Ratliff, Wm., Sen. 1 – – – 2 7
Ratliff, Wm., Jun. 1 – – – 1 –
Ratliff, John 1 – – – 1 3
Rowrk, Reuben 1 – – – 2 2
Robertson, Sam. & George 1 1 1 1 15 15
Rodgers, James 1 – – – 10 15
Rodgers, William 1 – 1 – 12 25
Ratliff, Ricahrd 1 – – – 1 –
Ramey, James 1 – – – 1 3
Ramey, Mathew 1 – – – – 6
Ramey, William 1 – – – 7 5
Roberts, C…… 1 – – – 3 3
Richardson, Amos? 1 – – – 3 4
Smith, William 1 1 – – 7 9
Smith, Charles 1 – – – 2 5
Scaggs, Zachariah 1 1 – – 6 6
Scaggs, Moses 1 – – 1 9 10
Scaggs, Jacob 1 – – – 2 5
Scaggs, Henry, Jun. 1 – – – 1 –
Scaggs, Frederick, 1 – – – 4 5
Scaggs, Solomon 1 – – – 2 3
Scott, Alexander 1 – – – 9 3
Scott, James 1 1 – – 1 –
Scaggs, Henry, Sen. 1 – – 5 8 13
Scaggs, Charles 1 – 1 – 9 6
Smith, Enos, Sen. 1 – – – 5 4
Smith, Enos, Jun. 1 – – – 2 4
Smith, Eli 1 – – – 4 6
Stanly, Darris 1 – – – 1 –
Smith, Edwd & Preston 1 1 – – 10 11
Short, John 1 – – – 1 4
Short, Thomas 1 – – – 3 6
Scaggs, John 1 – – – 2 4
Stacy, John, Sen. 0 1 – – – –
Stacy, John, Jun. 1 – – – 1 2
Stacy, Meshick 1 – – – 1 –
Stacy, Simon 1 – – – – –
Sword, Michael 1 – – – 4 2
Scott, James 1 – 1 – 16 13
Smith, Henry, Col. 1 – 3 8 20 42
Shoemaker, James 1 – – – 6 27
Shelton, Jeremiah – – – 1 2 2
Scaggs, Arch. 1 – – – 2 4
Thompson, William 1 – 1 – 10 15
Thompson, Richard 1 – – 4 5 10
Thompson, John of N.Carolina 1 – 1 1 6 7
Tompson, John 1 – – – 2 6
Vandike, John 1 – – – 3 6
Vanhook, Samuel 1 – 1 – 7 17
Vickers, Robert 1 – – – 4 6
Vaughan, William 1 – – – 2 5
Vermillion, Jesse 1 – – – 2 9
White, Shadrach & John 1 1 – – 12 19
Ward, David 1 – – – 6 18
Wilson, Harris 1 – – – 3 13
Wilson, John 1 – – – 1 1
Wilson, Richard 1 – – – – –
Willard, Henry 1 – – – – –
Williamson, Aldain 1 – – – 6 7
Webb, Robert 1 – – – – –
Wells, John 1 – – – 4 12
Willoughby, John 1 – – – 1 –
Willoughby, Joshua 1 – – – 1 –
Wilson, Robert 1 – – – – –
Williamson, Francis 1 – – – 2 –
Webb, William 1 – – – 2 9
Young, Edward 1 – – – 5 9
Young, Dudley 1 – – – 2 4
Young, Samuel 1 – – – 3 6
Young, John 1 – – – 2 10

Second District
Name White
Males 21+
White
Males 16-21
Blacks
16+
Blacks
under 16
Horses Cattle
Alley, Thomas 1 – – – 4 3
Alley, James 1 – – – 5 19
Alley, John 1 – – – 2 –
Alley, Samuel 1 – – – 6 3
Alley, James, Jun. 1 – – – 5 2
Arbuckle, James 1 – – – 2 –
Adams, Molley – – – – 1 5
Adams, Samuel 1 – – – 2 11
Bowry, Francis 1 – – – 6 25
Back, John 1 – – – 3 –
Blanton, William 1 – – – 8 8
Barnet, Alexander 1 – 1 – 7 15
Bolin, William 1 – – – 6 6
Ballew, Bennet 1 – – – 1 –
Bush, James 1 – – – 1 5
Bickley, Charles 1 – – – 5 9
Bush, Austin 1 – – – 2 6
Ball, George 1 1 – – 4 12
Burgin, Isaac 1 – – – 8 22
Burgin, Jacob 1 – – – 4 9
Burgin, James 1 – – – 5 –
Boucher, Joseph 1 1 – – 3 20
Boucher, Richard 1 – – – 3 6
Boucher, Joseph, Junr 1 – – – 1 2
Ball, John 1 – – – 6 5
Blakemore, Joseph, Jun. 1 – 1 1 6 3
Blakemore, Jospeh, Sen. 1 – 1 6 5 12
Bird, Thomas – – – – 2 7
Boucher, Robert – 1 – – 1 2
Castles, Jacob 1 – – – 5 7
Crockett, Hamilton 1 – – – 2 –
Carter, Thomas 1 – 1 – 11 41
Choat, Valentine 1 – – – 2 3
Casels, Joseph 1 – – – 2 –
Cooper, Christopher 1 – – – 15 28
Cock, David 1 – – – 8 10
Crunk, Richard – 1 – – – –
Crunk, John W. 1 – – – 1 2
Carter, Charles 1 – – – 1 –
Cathorn, David 1 – – – 3 11
Carter, Norris 1 1 – – 1 2
Carter, Joseph 1 – – – 3 14
Chrisman, Gabriel – 1 – – 4 1
Cocke, Jester (Lined Out) 1 – – – 2 6
Carter, John – 1 – – 2 –
Campbell, Anne – 2 – – 1 11
Campbell, James 1 – – – 2 34
Cocke, Charles 1 – – – 16 42
Carter, John, Sen 1 – – 2 6 14
Chrisman, Isaac 1 1 – – 3 –
Cooper, Frances 1 – – – 3 4
Davison, James & William 2 – 2 1 6 14
Davis, Richard 1 – – – 1 –
Dever, Charles 1 1 – – 6 4
Dolton, William 1 – – – 5 8
Davison, James, Sen. 1 – 1 1 2 10
Davison, Joseph 1 – – – 4 12
Davison, Daniel 1 – – – 5 15
Duncan, Hannah – – – – 1 8
Duncan, James 1 – – 1 3 8
Dolton, Elisabeth – 1 – – 3 8
Dickinson, Henry & William Long 2 – – 1 7 8
Dolton, Moses 1 – – – 2 9
Damron, John 1 – – – 4 10
Damron, Moses 1 1 – – 8 10
Damron, Lazarus – 1 – – 1 –
Duncan, Townsend – 1 – – 1 1
Enyart, John 1 – – – 9 8
Enyart, Silas 1 – 2 1 15 6
Edwards, Sarah – – – – 3 4
English, John 1 – – – 4 22
Ewing, William 1 – – – 9 –
Faris, Champ 1 – – – 3 6
Fuget, Henly 1 – – – 2 2
Fuget, William 1 – – – – 1
Fuget, Zachariah 1 – – – 1 1
Fuget, Anne – – – – 5 8
Fuget, Benjamin 1 – – – 2 10
Frazer, John – – 1 1 11 18
Fletcher, Ambrose 1 – – – 3 14
Failey, James 1 – – – 2 –
Failey, Frederick 1 1 1 – 4 18
Frazer, John 1 – – – 4 15
Fork, Susanna – – – – 3 6
Faris, Elisha 1 – – – 3 8
Giddians, Edward 1 – – – 2 8
Graves, Benjamin 1 – – – 3 8
Gibson, James 1 – – – 9 6
Grey, Walter 1 1 – – 5 4
Hobbs, Thomas 1 – – – 4 20
Hobbs, Joel 1 – – – 5 10
Howard, James 1 – – – 2 4
Hogg, Mary – – – – 2 7
Huston, William 1 – 2 2 16 18
Heavilow, Anthony 1 – – – 1 –
Hensley, Charles 1 – – – 1 1
Harel, Jeremiah 1 – – – – –
Haddox, Saml. 1 – – – 2 5
Hamblin, Henry 1 – 3 1 8 17
Hix, Nathaniel 1 – – – 2 13
Howard, Robert 1 – – – 3 2
Hobbs, Job 1 – – – 1 9
Howard, James 1 – – – 5 8
Howard, Wm. 1 – – – 4 16
Hutchison, Peter 1 – – – 1 5
Johnson, Joseph 1 0 0 0 3 10
Ingram, Job 1 – – – 5 5
Jones, Elijah 1 – – – 1 –
Jones, Frederick 1 – – – 1 7
Keese, George 1 – 1 – 9 16
King, John 1 – – – 1 13
Legg, Ambrose 1 – – – 2 3
Lemar, Luke – – – – 4 4
Lemar, John 1 – – – 1 10
Lemar, James 1 – – – 1 –
Long, Richard 1 – – – 3 6
Lewis, Willoughby 1 – – – 1 –
Lewis, David 1 – – – 1 12
Lewis, Henry 1 1 – – 2 10
Lewis, Jacob 1 1 – – – 9
Lovingston, Henry 1 – – – 1 3
Moss, Edward – – – – 3 3
Moss, George 1 – – – 10 10
McMahon, Thomas 1 – – – 12 18
McKinney, James 1 – – – 4 16
McCoy, Robert 1 – – – 1 6
Mahon, Henry 1 – – – 4 2
Mahon, Thomas (agent for Saml. Edmondson) – – 3 5 15 31
McCoy, George 1 – – – 1 –
Manor, William 1 – – – 1 –
McDowel, William 1 – – – 7 10
Miles, John 1 – – – – –
McIntosh, Peter 1 – – – – –
Nicholson, Benjamin 1 – – – 4 5
Noe, David 1 – – – 1 –
Nicholson, John – – 1 – 1 5
Noe, John, Sen. 1 1 – – 7 16
Noe, John, Jun. 1 – – – 2 3
Neese, Jacob – – – – 1 –
Ovelton, James 1 – – – 15 15
Osborn, Squire 1 – – – 2 –
Osborn, William 1 – – – 5 3
Osborn, James 1 – – – 10 13
Oxer, Simon 1 – – – – 3
Oxer, Samuel 1 – – – 2 5
Osborn, Thomas 1 – – – 7 11
Osborn, Stephen 1 – – – 3 13
Osborn, James 1 – – – 5 9
Pike, John 1 – – – 3 6
Pike, William – 1 – – 2 4
Payne, Joseph 1 – – – 4 –
Price, Richard 1 – – – 1 –
Parmer, William 1 – – – 5 6
Penix, Joshua 1 – – – 2 3
Pendleton, Edmund 1 – – – 1 3
Porter, Samuel 1 – – – 5 20
Perry, Francis 1 – – – 2 1
Pendleton, Benjamin 1 – – – 1 3
Porter, John 1 – – – 1 2
Porter, Saml. 1 1 – – 2 6
Porter, Patrick 1 – – – 1 5
Price, James 1 – – – 5 9
Riley, Patrick 1 – – – 3 2
Roberts, Phillip 1 – – – 3 2
Roberts, George 1 – – – 7 5
Roberts, Aaron 1 – – – 1 5
Randolph, Jacob 1 – – – 3 4
Robertson, Thos. 1 – – – 1 –
Ritchie, Saml. 1 – 1 – 5 10
Robinson, William 1 2 3 – 9 35
Stephens, James 1 – – – 3 1
Stewart, David 1 – – – 2 7
Skidmore, Thomas 1 – – – 1 5
Spradlin, Andrew 1 – – – 1 –
Spradlin, Joseph – 1 – – – –
Stapleton, Thomas, Sen. 1 1 – – 2 –
Stapleton, Thomas, Jun. 1 – – – 1 –
Stills, Isaiah 1 – – – 1 5
Stallard, Saml. 1 – – – 2 12
Smith, Edmond 1 – 1 1 15 24
Spratt, William 1 – 1 – 5 14
Scott, William 1 – – – 4 4
Smith, John 1 – 2 1 13 17
Stewart, William 1 – – – 3 1
Tate, Robert 1 – – – 7 14
Tate, John 1 1 – – 5 23
Taylor, James 1 – – – 1 12
Trotter, James 1 1 – – 7 15
Vanbebber, John 1 – – – 1 3
Vanbebber, Peter 1 – – – 2 –
Walin, Stephen 1 – – – 4 3
Winscott, Joseph 1 – – – 1 2
Winscott, Isaac 1 – – – 5 6
Winscott, Richard 1 – – – 1 –
Woods, Abram 1 – – – 2 5
Woods, Jonathan 1 – 1 1 9 22
Wilmoth, William 1 – – – 3 –
Whiteley, Joseph 1 – – – 5 5
White, Saml. 1 – – – 4 8
Wysor, John 1 – – – – –
Wharton, James 1 – – 1 14 20
Walin, Thomas 1 1 – – 2 7
Wagg, John 1 – – – – –
Walters, Lewis 1 – – – 3 2
Young, Daniel 1 – – – 3 9
Yerry, Henry 1 – – – 3 10
Yerry, Benedick 1 1 – – 5 25
Yokim, George 1 – – – 1 20