Memorandum

List of Tithables in Truro Parish, Fairfax County
17 June 1764

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[c.17 June 1764]

A List of Tythables in Truro Parish--Fairfax County--also of Wheel Carriages--given in June 17th 1764.

George Washington

Walter Magowan, Thomas Bishop, Robt Haims, Mathis Seale. Ho. Servts: Breachy, Jack, Schomberg, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Sarah, Kate, Betty, Sall, Moll. Tradesmen: Tur[ne]r Crump,
Will, Michael, Morris, George, Sam, Tom, Ned, Jupiter, Peter, Nat, George. Home Plantn: Thos Nicholas, Jack, Jack, Lewis, Ben, Ned, Davy, Robin, Charles, Sarah, Judy. Muddy hole: John Alton, Grig, Will, Sam, Kate, Phillis, Hannah, Phoebe. Doeg Run: Jas Devenport, [1] Peros, Will, London, Stafford, Essex, Orford, Betty, Sue, Flora, Lucy, Jone, Moll. River Side: Jno. Chowning, [2] Tom, Ben, Natt, George, Robin, Ruth, Peg, Murria, Flora, Doll. Creek Qr: Josiah Cook, Matt, Cupid, Will, Kitty. In all--76.

A List of Lands--given in according to Act of Assembly in the counties where they lye.

  Fairfax County 5118 Acres
  Frederick 2498  
  King George 1250  
  Loudoun 275  
  Hampshire 240  
   
 
    9381 Total
1 Chariot    

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Notes

1. James Davenport (Devenport) was overseer of the Dogue Run farm at Mount Vernon for two years, from 1763 to 1765. See Ledger A, 185, 207, 233.

2. John Chowning became overseer of Muddy Hole farm at Mount Vernon in 1762, of the dower plantations in York County called Bridge Quarter in 1763, and of the River farm at Mount Vernon in 1764. See Ledger A, 163, 185, 206.

ALB, DLC:GW. See source note, Memorandum, 1758-59. Reprinted W.W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig, eds., The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 7, January 1761-June 1767 (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1990), 319. [note: boldface added to document for clarity]