A List of Taxable Property within the District of John Metcalfe Com. Rev. Corp. Fredericksbg for 1817

Names of Persons White Males Slaves Horses 2 wheel Carriages Phaeton & Stages Coaches & Chariots Total Tax
Chargeable with Tax >16 >16 >12 Horses < $100 > $100 < $200 > $200 < $300 >$300
Alexander, Lewis 3 4 2.80
Allen, William 2 2 1.40
Adams, Thomas B. 2 2 1 1.58
Adams, Abednego 1 1 .70
Austin, Charles 2 5 2 200 6.36
Almond, David 2 3 2.10
Anstow, Thomas 1 1 .70
Anderson, Daniel 1 1 .88
Allison, George 1 .18
Buckner, Bailey 1 1 .70
Bozel, Richard 2 3 3 4.20
Blackwell, John E. 1 1 1 1 1.58
Bailey, Lewis M. 1 2 1 2.10
Baggott, George 1 5 3.50
Burr, Ezra 1 1 .70
Buck, Anthony 1 5 3.50
Blair, James U. 1 1 1 1.40
Brooke, William 1 7 2 100 5.76
Boores, Catharine 1 .70
Briscoe, Thomas 1 2 1.40
Bryant, John & Son 1 1 1 .88
Baggott, George 1 1 .70
Blanton, John 2 1 .70
Baggott, Mary 1 .70
Blaydes, Stephen J. 2 1 .70
Bramhall, Benjamin 2 2 1 60 2.08
Bowen, Jane 1 1 1.40
Beck, James 1 4 1 2.98
Benson, Jane 3 2.28
Brown, William Doct 1 1 1 .88
Briggs, David 1 3 1 2.28
Barton, Thomas B. 1 1 .70
Barton, Edward H. 1 1 .70
Benson, John B. 1 2 1.40
Bundy, Alexander 1 .70
Butler, William 1 .70
Barton, Seth 1 1 .70
Coakley, John 2 1 1 1.40
Crump, John 2 5 1 3.68
Christy, Joseph 3 2 1 1.58
Cox, George 1 1 .70
Campbell, Donald 1 3 1 2.80
Chewning, Samuel 1 3 2.10
Caldwell, William 2 2 1.40
Carter, Charles L. 1 6 1 2 5.26
Cooke, James 1 3 2.10
Carter, John 1 2 1 40 2.08
Chew, Robert S. 1 6 1 4.38
Curtis, Edmund 2 2 1.40
Clarke, Benjamin 3 3 1 1 2.98
Carmichael, James 1 5 2 3 80 200 8.44
Chew, Ann 3 1 2.80
Clarke, Charles 1 1 .70
Chew & Minor 1 .70
Cary, Thomas 2 3 400 6.44
Coyle, David C. 2 1 100 2.08
Page 1 62 126 15 28 2.50 5.00 4.50 $115.74
Drinnan, James 1 1 .70
Doggett, Lemuel 1 2 1 1.58
Donaldson, Adam 1 1 1 .88
Duval, James 1 1 .70
Dabney, John 1 1 .70
Daniel, Thomas 1 1 1 .88
Dade, Elizabeth 1 .70
Day, Benjamin 1 3 1 360 6.90
Debaptist, Benjamin 3 4 100 250 6.32
Evans, Sally 1 .70
Ellis, Robert 3 7 2 1 6.48
Ellis, George 4 12 4 2 200 14.06
French, William 1 3 1 80 2.78
Ford, John T. 3 4 2.80
Farish, Hazlewood 2 8 16 4 @ 200 ea., 120 20.98
Fry, George 2 1 1 .88
Francis, Ephraim 1 1 .70
Fitzhugh, Daniel 1 2 1.40
French, George 2 4 2 2 100 7.06
Fales, Stephen 2 1 1 .88
Goodwin, William P. 1 3 2.10
Goodwin, Thomas 2 5 3 2 750 15.46
Gallagher, James 1 2 1 2.10
Gregory, William A. 1 1 50 .68
Gordon, William 3 4 1 2.98
Gray, William F. 4 1 1 .88
Guthrie, Bartlett 1 1 .70
Green, John W. 1 2 1.40
Green, Timothy 1 2 1.40
Goolrick, John 2 2 1 2.10
Grotz, John 1 1 1 1.40
Guy, James 3 5 1 3.68
Garnett, George 1 1 1 1.40
Gregory, Walter 1 1 .70
Grayham, Sarah 4 1 2.98
Goodwin, Thomas & Son 2 1 .70
Herndon, Dabney 1 8 5.60
Hart, John 1 2 1 2.10
Howison, Samuel 1 2 1 2.10
Henderson, David 3 5 1 3.68
Hall, John B. 2 1 .70
Hardia, William 2 1 2 60 2.60
Hart, Archebald 1 1 2 2.10
Hull, Thomas G. 1 1 1 .88
Page 2 65 114 22 40 2.00 17.50 7.10 9.50 $138.50
Hudgen, Elenor 1 .70
Heath, James 1 6 4.20
Hewlett, Bede 1 2 1.40
Howard, Jessop 1 4 1 3.50
Henderson, Alexander 1 2 2 2.80
Hill, John K. 1 3 2.10
Hollenger, Edmund 1 .18
Johnston, Fayette 2 2 1.40
Johnston, Richard Jr. 1 1 .70
Jones, Isaac 1 1 2 1.06
Johnston, Richard 2 2 1 1.58
Jackson, Williams 1 2 1.40
Jones, Letitia 1 .70
Jones, Samuel 1 1 1 .88
Jones, Billy 1 .78
Jackson, Ceasar 1 1 .88
Knox, John S. 2 1 .70
Knox, William A. 1 4 2.80
Kale, Anthony 2 1 1 1.40
Lucas, Fielding 2 7 2 1 6.48
Lambeth, Mrs. 1 3 2.10
Layton, John 1 2 2 150 4.26
Lucas, Zachariah 1 2 1 2 2.46
Lipscomb, Philip 1 3 2 1 50 4.18
Lipscomb, Robert 1 2 1 1.58
Lewis, Mildred 1 .70
Long, James 2 3 2.10
Lomax, Martha 2 1 2.10
Lewis, Robert 1 3 1 2.28
Lewis, William 1 .18
Lewis, James 1 .18
Lewis, Aderson M. 1 1 .70
Metcalfe, John 1 3 1 2.80
Minor, Garret 1 6 50 4.70
McNeale, William 1 2 1 2.10
Marquess, Samuel 4 1 .70
Mackay, Robert 1 7 1 3 650 14.64
Murray, Ebenezer 1 1 .70
Mercer, Hugh 1 6 2 100 5.06
Mercer, John 1 1 .18
McGhee, Wiley 1 1 .18
Myers, Joshua 1 1 40 200 3.18
McCoul, Ann 2 1 1 2.28
Marsten, Mordecai 1 1 1 1.40
Mundell, John 1 3 1 2.28
McWilliams, Mrs. 1 .70
McFarland, William 1 2 1 2.10
Marshall, Horace 1 5 4 100 4.73
Norwood, George 1 3 2 3.50
Page 3 47 106 19 31 2.50 5.00 8.50 $109.08
Owens, Samuel 1 1 .70
Pearson, William 2 3 2.10
Pitman, G. L. 1 1 .70
Parrott, Robert 1 1 .70
Pritchard, Edward 1 1 .70
Parke, Benjamin 2 4 1 3.50
Pilcher, Frederick 1 5 1 3.68
Peacock, Richard 1 1 .70
Pollard, Joseph 1 1 1 1.40
Philip, Henry T. 1 1 .70
Pope, William 1 1 .70
Patton, Robert 1 .70
Procter, William 1 7 1 1 5.78
Proctor, Thomas 1 6 1 4.38
Pendleton, Robert 3 1 .70
Roberts, Will J. 1 3 1 1 2.98
Richards, Geo B. 2 1 .70
Reader, Hezekiah 4 1 .70
Ross, John 2 4 1 1 3.68
Rothrock, George 2 3 2 3.50
Ragan, William 1 1 .70
Robinson, John 2 4 2.80
Shepherd, John M. 1 1 1 1.40
Slaughter, Lawrence 1 1 .70
Stringfellow, Robert 2 2 1.40
Sims, Thomas 1 1 .18
Smith, Joseph Y. 1 2 1 1.58
Smock, William 4 5 1 4.20
Sweeney, Morgan 2 1 .70
Smith, Thomas 1 1 .18
Storke, George D. 3 3 2 1 3.68
Staiar, George 1 1 1 1.40
Staiar, Jacob 1 1 .18
Shultice, John L. 1 1 2 1.06
Suthard, Edmund 1 1 1 .88
Suthard, A 1 1 .70
Spooner, Geo W. B. 2 1 .70
Spilman, Peter 5 1 1 .88
Stewart, Charles 1 2 1.40
Stanard, Robert 1 5 1 3.68
Smock, Peter 1 1 1 100 1.38
Sexsmith, Mary 1 1 .70
Smith, E. H. 1 .70
Shepherd, J. H. C. 1 1 2 1.06
Smith, Mrs. 2 1.40
Scott, John 1 8 5 4 100 350 15.82
Stevenson, Carter L. 1 4 60 3.30
Page 4 68 92 23 22 1.50 5.50 $91.46
Stewart, Thomas 1 2 1 1.58
Stanard, John 1 2 1 1 2.28
Stone, William S. 1 7 2 5.26
Stocus, Armestead 1 3 1.24
Stair, Anthony 1 .18
Terrell, Keeling 1 2 1 1.58
Thom, Reuben T. 2 2 1 2.10
Thornton, Chas F. 1 1 .70
Timberlake, Joseph 2 3 2.10
Tutt, Richard J 1 2 1 2.10
Taylor, Archd R. 1 5 1 3.68
Taylor, Thomas 1 1 .70
Terrier, Philip 4 7 1 5.60
Victor, Mrs. 1 .70
Wallace, John H. 1 1 1 .88
Wiatt, Francis 1 2 1.40
Ware, Thomas 3 2 1 2.10
Wellford, John S. 2 11 1 2 8.76
Williams, William T 1 1 .70
Williams, James 1 2 1.40
White, Jesse 1 1 .70
Weidemeyer, John M. 2 3 2.10
Walker, Alexander 4 9 3 2 200 11.26
Wright, Thomas 1 3 1 2.80
White, Henry 1 5 3.50
Wigglesworth, Claiborne 2 4 1 150 3.98
Walker, John T. 1 1 .70
Waddle, Mrs. 1 .70
Williams, Caty 1 .70
Wells, William 1 1 .70
Walker, Joseph 3 2 1 2.10
Wood, Silas 3 3 1 200 3.78
Wilson, Samuel B. 1 1 1.40
Wormley, Maria 5 3.50
Wellford, Robert 1 5 1 2 4.56
Wellford, B R 1 1 .18
Williams, Isaac H. 1 4 1 1 3.68
West, James 1 .18
Waugh, Travey 2 1 1.58
Yeatman, Meredeth 2 2 1 2.10
Young, James 4 13 60 9.60
Page 5 53 117 19 23 .50 2.50 2.50 $104.84

Recapitulation
Page White Males Slaves Horses 2 wheel Carriages Phaeton & Stages Coaches & Chariots Total Tax
Page 1 62 126 15 28 2.50 5.00 4.50 $115.74
Page 2 65 114 22 40 2.00 17.50 7.10 9.50 $138.50
Page 3 47 106 19 31 2.50 5.00 8.50 $109.08
Page 4 68 92 23 22 1.50 5.50 $91.46
Page 5 53 117 19 23 .50 2.50 2.50 $104.84
Total 295 555 98 144 9.00 2.50 30.00 11.60 23.50 $559.62

Corporation of Fredericksburg John Metcalfe Property 1817
Page Slaves Horses Coaches Stages Giggs
>12 (70¢) 18¢ # $ # $ # $
Page Slaves Horses Coaches Stages Giggs
>12 (70¢) 18¢ # $ # $ # $
1 141 28 3 $9.50 5 $2.50
2 136 40 1 $9.50 9 $24.60 4 $2.00
3 125 31 1 $8.50 2 $2.50 5 $2.50
4 115 22 1 $5.50 3 $1.50
5 136 23 1 $2.50 3 $3.00
Total 653 144 3 $23.50 15 $41.60 20 $11.50

Summary
653 Slaves above 12 years @ 70¢ $457.10
144 Horses @ 18¢ $25.92
3 coaches $23.50
15 stages $41.60
20 Giggs $11.50 $102.52
Total $559.62

I have examined this book of taxable property and certify the same to be correct
R.S. Chew C C Corpo Fredg.

I John Metcalfe Commissioner of the Revenue for the Corporation of Fredericksburg do solemnly swear that in making out the list hereto annexed I have deligently faithfully and strictly to the best of my knowledge and ability pursued the provisions of the several laws prescribing the duties of a Commissioner of the revenue.
Jno Metcalfe commr as aforesaid

Corporation of Fredericksburg To wit: Sworn to and subscribed before me William Gordon a magastrate for the corporation aforesaid on the 8th day of July 1817.
Wm Gordon



Last Updated on 13 December 2006
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