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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:

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:

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			County Name
			"1790" Tax Lists
			"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)

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