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1790 / 1800 Virginia Tax List Censuses

Reconstructed 1790 and 1800 Federal Censuses

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Currently Available for "1790":
(Total of 81 Counties, 7 Cities)
64 counties
5 cities
144 tax lists
125 indexes

(1790 Census Map for Virginia)
Last Updated
06-11-2008
Currently Available for "1800":
(Total of 91 Counties, 7 Cities)
67 counties
5 cities
143 tax lists
125 indexes

(1800 Census Map for Virginia)

 

Everyone knows that the Federal Census Schedules are an excellent source of genealogical information. Unfortunately the Virginia Censuses for 1790 and 1800 are lost and can never be replaced. But the early tax records of the Virginian counties still survive and list all individuals charged with a tax. They may also contain names of young men who were tithable, or taxable, much like a male dependent of a household. Names of recently deceased individuals whose property was still in estate are also listed. There are many clues in tax lists that suggest family relationships that can not be found in the early censuses. Therefore these tax lists can be used as an alternative census for the missing 1790 and 1800 Federal Censuses of Virginia.

Here you will find FREE online images and indexes of the Land Tax lists and Personal Property Tax lists for each of the individual counties and cities indicated in the table below. These tax list images and indexes are used to reconstruct the 1790 and 1800 censuses. The years of "1790" and "1800" are considered an approximate year. In some cases the actual year 1790 or 1800 tax list was very hard to read on the microfilm so we went up or down a couple of years to find better quality images. Each list will be indexed as time permits. We are constantly gathering tax lists and will post updates as needed. If you do not find your particular tax list here today it may be here tomorrow.

 

There are several ways you can use this website.

 

You can use the SEARCH method:

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This search engine searches all Master Indexes and all new County Indexes that have not yet been added to the Master Indexes.

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Search Keyword Rules:
Last Name, Given Name
Last Name
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Just type the name of an individual you are looking for in the search engine inquiry box shown above (i.e. Binns, James) and click on the find button. You do not need to type in a full name. You can type in only a surname (i.e. Binns), or a partial surname with an * as a wildcard (i.e. Bin*). The results of your search will be displayed as:

Each result will list the individual's name, the county, the tax list year and type, and the tax list page number the individual is listed on. Every individual's name on the results page is linked to the actual tax list image the name appears on. Click on the name to see the tax list image:

 

You can also use the INDEX method:

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1790 & 1800 Virginia Tax List Censuses Master Indexes
- Individuals are linked to the appropriate Tax List image -
Generally the years 1790 +/- 2 years, 1800 +/- 2 years

(Tax List images referenced in the indexes can found by following the County/City link in the table below)
"1790" Master Index
(60,445 entries - updated 02-08-08)
"1800" Master Index
(68,744 entries - updated 02-08-08)

We have separate master indexes for our 1790 reconstructed census and our 1800 reconstructed census. Click on either master index link shown above to go to the main index web page. Both index pages are alphabetically organized by the first letter of the surname. Click on any letter to go to that letter index page. Some of the letter index pages are quite large so be patient while they load into your browser. A letter index page for 1800 B's looks like the sample below:

Each index entry will list the individual's name, the county, the tax list year and type, and the tax list page number the individual is listed on. Every individual's name on the index page is linked to the actual tax list image the name appears on. Click on the name to see the tax list image just like with the search method.

 

Lastly you can use the BROWSE method:

County/City Tax List Table Legend
(These are County/City tax lists found in the table below)
1790 or 1802 = Year of Tax List
Land = Land Tax List images available
Pers = Personal Tax List images available
Land A or Pers B = Tax List A or B
Index = Tax List index available online
"-" = Tax List index not available
RED = Available for purchase
{short description of image} County Name
{short description of image} "1790" Tax Lists
{short description of image} "1800" Tax Lists

You can browse to any County or City that we have online and manually view any of the tax lists that we have acquired. This method uses the County and City Tax List Table found at the bottom of this page. The Legend table shown above helps explain what you will find for a county or city entry in our tax list tables. Click on the county or city name if it appears as a link (i.e. Amelia is shown as a link in the Legend table above) and this will take you to the county or city web page like the sample shown below:

You will find a section for our 1790 tax lists and another section for our 1800 tax lists. If the county indexes are available they will appear as a link. These county indexes are just like our master indexes except they are only for the county. Click on any individual tax list link to go to that tax list images index page:

Individual pages are shown as 01.jpg, 02.jpg, etc. The number stands for the page number. All images are JPEG image files. Click on any JPEG filename to see that tax list page image.

 

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"1790" / "1800" County/City Tax Lists of Virginia

(County tax lists are at the top of the Table; City tax lists are near the bottom of the Table; Virginia's 'Kentucky' Counties tax lists are at the bottom of the Table)

County Tax List Table
(those in existence in "1790" and "1800")
ACCOMACK
(Formed 1663)
ALBEMARLE
(Formed 1744)
AMELIA
(Formed 1735)
AMHERST
(Formed 1761)
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1791
1790
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1802
1802
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1800
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
AUGUSTA
(Formed 1745)
BATH
(Formed 1791)
BEDFORD
(Formed 1754)
BERKELEY
(Formed 1772; W.Va.)
1790
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
Index
Index
Index
No "1790" Tax Lists
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
 
BOTETOURT
(Formed 1770)
BROOKE
(Formed 1797; W.Va.)
BRUNSWICK
(Formed 1732)
BUCKINGHAM
(Formed 1761)
< 1791 No "1790" Tax Lists
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
   
1798 Pers Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
CAMPBELL
(Formed 1782)
CAROLINE
(Formed 1728)
CHARLES CITY
(Formed 1634)
CHARLOTTE
(Formed 1765)
1791
1791
Pers A
Pers B
Indez
Index
1789
1789
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1790
1790
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1799
1799
1799
Land
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
1800
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
CHESTERFIELD
(Formed 1749)
CULPEPER
(Formed 1749)
CUMBERLAND
(Formed 1749)
DINWIDDIE
(Formed 1752)
1791
1790
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1791
1791
1791
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
-
-
-
1791
1791
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1790
1790
1790
1790
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
1802
1802
1801
1801
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
1801
1801
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1800 Pers Index
1799
1799
1800
1800
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
 
ELIZABETH CITY
(Formed 1634; Extinct 1952)
ESSEX
(Formed 1692)
FAIRFAX
(Formed 1742)
FAUQUIER
(Formed 1759)
1790 Pers Index
1790 Pers Index
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1790
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
Index
Index
Index
1798 Pers Index
1800 Pers Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1799
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
Index
Index
Index
 
FLUVANNA
(Formed 1777)
FRANKLIN
(Formed 1786)
FREDERICK
(Formed 1743)
GLOUCESTER
(Formed 1651)
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1791
1791
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1790
1790
1789
1789
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
1802 Pers Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1800
1799
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
GOOCHLAND
(Formed 1728)
GRAYSON
(Formed 1793)
GREENBRIER
(Formed 1778; W.Va.)
GREENSVILLE
(Formed 1781)
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
No "1790" Tax Lists < 1791
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1801
1802
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
   
1798 Pers Index
 
HALIFAX
(Formed 1752)
HAMPSHIRE
(Formed 1754; W.Va.)
HANOVER
(Formed 1721)
HARDY
(Formed 1786; W.Va.)
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1789
1789
1789
1789
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
 
1798
1798
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1800
1800
1799
1799
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
 
 
HARRISON
(Formed 1784; W.Va.)
HENRICO
(Formed 1634)
HENRY
(Formed 1777)
ISLE OF WIGHT
(Formed 1637)
 
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1802
1802
1801
1801
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
1800 Pers Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
JAMES CITY
(Formed 1634)
KANAWHA
(Formed 1789; W.Va.)
KING AND QUEEN
(Formed 1691)
KING GEORGE
(Formed 1721)
1790
1790
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
1790
1790
1790
Land
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
1792 Pers Index
1800
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
1798
1799
1799
Land
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
1803 Pers Index
 
KING WILLIAM
(Formed 1702)
LANCASTER
(Formed 1651)
LEE
(Formed 1793)
LOUDOUN
(Formed 1757)
1787
1787
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1789
1786
Land
Pers
Index
Index
No "1790" Tax Lists  
1797
1797
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1797
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1799
1799
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
 
LOUISA
(Formed 1742)
LUNENBURG
(Formed 1746)
MADISON
(Formed 1793)
MATHEWS
(Formed 1791)
1791
1791
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
  No "1790" Tax Lists No "1790" Tax Lists
1798
1798
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
   
1803
1803
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
MECKLENBURG
(Formed 1765)
MIDDLESEX
(Formed 1673)
MONONGALIA
(Formed 1776; W.Va.)
MONROE
(Formed 1799; W.Va)
1789
1790
1790
Land
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
1790 Pers Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
No "1790" Tax Lists
1799
1799
1799
1799
Land A
Land B
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
Index
1801 Pers Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
 
 
MONTGOMERY
(Formed 1777)
NANSEMOND
(Formed 1642; Extinct 1972)
NEW KENT
(Formed 1654)
NORFOLK
(Formed 1691; Extinct 1963)
1788
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
-
-
-
1789 Land Index
1790
1791
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1802
1802
Land A
Land B
Index
Index
1800
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
NORTHAMPTON
(Formed 1642/3)
NORTHUMBERLAND
(Formed 1648)
NOTTOWAY
(Formed 1789)
OHIO
(Formed 1776; W.Va.)
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1791 Pers Index
 
1800 Pers Index
1801
1801
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1801 Pers Index
 
 
ORANGE
(Formed 1734)
PATRICK
(Formed 1791)
PENDLETON
(Formed 1788; W.Va.)
PITTSYLVANIA
(Formed 1767)
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
No "1790" Tax Lists  
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
   
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
POWHATAN
(Formed 1777)
PRINCE EDWARD
(Formed 1754)
PRINCE GEORGE
(Formed 1703)
PRINCE WILLIAM
(Formed 1731)
1790 Pers Index
1792
1792
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1790
1790
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1788
1788
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1801 Pers Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1799
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
 
PRINCESS ANNE
(Formed 1691; Extinct 1963)
RANDOLPH
(Formed 1787; W.Va.)
RICHMOND
(Formed 1692)
ROCKBRIDGE
(Formed 1778)
1790
1791
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
1799
1798
1798
Land
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
 
 
ROCKINGHAM
(Formed 1778)
RUSSELL
(Formed 1786)
SHENANDOAH
(Formed 1778)
SOUTHAMPTON
(Formed 1749)
   
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1801
1801
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1801
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1798
1798
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
SPOTSYLVANIA
(Formed 1721)
STAFFORD
(Formed 1664)
SURRY
(Formed 1652)
SUSSEX
(Formed 1754)
1790
1790
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1790
1790
1790
Land
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
Index
1789
1789
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1798
1798
Pers A
Pers B
-
-
1799
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
TAZEWELL
(Formed 1800)
WARWICK
(Formed 1642/3; Extinct 1952)
WASHINGTON
(Formed 1777)
WESTMORELAND
(Formed 1653)
No "1790" Tax Lists
1788
1789
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
1791
1791
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1801
1800
1798
Land
Pers
Index
Index
<1801
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
 
WOOD
(Formed 1798; W.Va.)
WYTHE
(Formed 1790)
YORK
(Formed 1642/3)
 
No "1790" Tax Lists  
1791
1790
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
 
1800
1800
Pers A
Pers B
Index
Index
1800
1800
Land
Pers
Index
Index
 
 
City Tax List Table
(those in existence in "1790" and "1800" and have separate tax lists)
ALEXANDRIA
(Formed as a town 1779)
FREDERICKSBURG
(Formed as a town 1782)
NORFOLK
(Formed as a borough 1736)
PETERSBURG
(Formed as a town 1784)
1790 Pers Index
1790 Pers Index
1789 Pers Index
1790
1790
1790
1790
1790
1790
Land A
Land B
Land C
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
Index
1799 Pers Index
1801 Pers Index
1798 Pers Index
1799
1799
1799
Pers A
Pers B
Pers C
Index
Index
Index
 
RICHMOND
(Formed as a town 1782)
WILLIAMSBURG
(Formed as a borough 1722)
WINCHESTER
(Formed as a town 1779)
 
 
1788 Pers Index
   
 
1798 Pers Index
   
 
Virginia's 'Kentucky' Counties Tax List Table
(those in existence in "1790" as Virginia and became the state of Kentucky in 1792)
BOURBON
(Formed 1786; Ky)
FAYETTE
(Formed 1780; Ky)
JEFFERSON
(Formed 1780; Ky)
LINCOLN
(Formed 1780; Ky)
<1790> <1790> <1790> <1790>
 
MADISON
(Formed 1786; Ky)
MASON
(Formed 1789; Ky)
MERCER
(Formed 1786; Ky)
WOODFORD
(Formed 1789; Ky)
<1790> <1790> <1790> <1790>
 
NELSON
(Formed 1785; Ky)
(The earliest year available for Nelson County (1792) is after Washington County had been split from Nelson. Adding the 1792 Washington tax list to the 1792 Nelson tax list creates an equivalent tax list for 1790 Nelson County. We have included the 1792 Washington County tax list for this purpose, indexed as Nelson-Wash.) WASHINGTON
(Formed 1792; Ky)
<1792> <1792>

The sources for County Formation Dates are:
VAGenWeb
©2000 Freddie L. Spradlin
WVGenWeb
© 1996-1997 Becky Falin © 1997-2001 Lesley Shockey

The sources for City Formation Dates are:
Library of Virginia
© 2002 Library of Virginia

 

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