Last July a woman left a link on my genealogy Facebook page, Tangled Roots and Trees, about a series of source documents that mentioned slaves by name. They had been added to the website of Binns Genealogy, a company that sells Virginia county tax lists on CD. The company had made the pages for the 1782 Rockingham County, Virginia, free for some period of time. The Library of Virginia also has the lists for some counties on microfilm.
After the Revolutionary War, the counties in Virginia, began taxing land and personal property beginning in 1782. Any white male over the age of 21 was required to pay. The records include some information about real estate holdings, personal property, and slave holdings. There were 979 tithable white people and 576 blacks in the county in 1782.
Slave Owners and Slaves, Rockingham County, Virginia, 1782
Slaves of Robert [?]
PEG, DOT, HARRIS, SIGN and child
Slaves of George Baswell
JACOB, SIMON, JANE, PETER, SUSAN, BOB, DICK, JESSE, MARSHALL, GABRIEL, WINY, SALLY, NANCY, CHRIST, FANNY, SILIAH, LUCY, LOTTE, DINAH, MOLLY, BILL
Slaves of George Baxter
SIMON, PATT
Slaves of James Beard
CURAH, GEORGE, HARVEY, VIOLET, HANNAH, SUZY
Slave of Thomas Bryant
HARRY
Slaves of Amos Carpenter
SAM, SUSA, AGGY
Slaves of John Cathera
JACK, PETER, TOBY, DICK, DAVID, JESSE, GIL, NED, BOB, TOM, MARY, SUKEY, PATT, MOL, LUCY, SALLY, WINY, NANNY, PHILLIS
Slaves of George Chrisman
TOM, JIM, GILL, SUKEY
Slaves of [?] Collins
WHITBY, DAPHNY
Slaves of John Craig
FRANK, FERN, DEMIA?ILSA and children
Slaves of John and James Davies
JEREMIAH, GRIFS, SIBY, JEAN, SUSY, CATE, ROBIN HOOD, HUMPHREY, SALLIE
Slaves of Hugh Devier
FULLER, SID, ADAM, SIS, BEN
Slaves of James Devier
GEORGE, MAYOR, ISABEL, JAMES
Slaves of William Devier
DAVY, GEORGE, CATE, FARMER, SAM
Slaves of Joseph Dickson
HANNAH, ASOP
Slaves of John Diniston
MOSES, TOM, DILS
Slaves of Nathaniel Douglas
JOE, SAL
Slaves of James Dyer
JACE, FILLIS, BETTY, FRANK
Slave of Roger Dyer
DAN
Slaves of Felix Gilberts
JACOB, JUDY, AGGY, LUCY
Slaves of Philip Gilberts
SAM, PAM, SASH, HARRY, PIPES, DAVID, NAN, AGGY, STEPHEN, HANNAH, TOM, LACEY, JOHN, FANNY, CEAFOR, MOSES, SUSA, MARY, SIMON
Slave of John Gordon
GILBERT
Slaves of Thomas Gordonston
PHILLIS, SUS, JAMES
Slaves of Gavin Hamilton
SOPHIE, BECK, SAM
Slaves of [?] Harrison
DANIEL, PEG, HARRY, CATE
Slave of Benjamin Harrison
CATE
Slaves of Jeremiah Harrison
JOE, MOL
Slaves of Ruben and Robert Harrison
SUNCOY, MOSES, JOE
Slaves of Thomas Harrison
JACK, JOHN, GEORGE
Slaves of Silas Hart
AMBROSS, JAMES, MOSES, CONCH, [?]
Slaves of John Henderson
HORACE, TOM
Slave of Thom Hewitt
CROW
Slaves of Ebenezer Hinton
BUSH, JEB
Slaves of Jeffy Hoover
TOM, HANDRAY, MARY, TOM
Slave of John Hopkins
FANNY
Slave of Coonrod Humble
JUDITH
Slaves of Archibald Johnston
HUMPHREY, PATIENCE
Slaves of Gabriel Jones, Esq. and John Finks
JIMMY, FERN, JOE, FREDERICK, JACOB, PETER, [?], PLEASANT, SARAH, PATT, MILL, FAITHABLES, ABRAM, MATT, CLARE, ALLOYS, DICEY, CELILIA, WANEY, BILLY, AGGY, SAMMY, [?], SUKEY, HARRY, JACOB, FRANK, FANNY, MARY, JUDY
Slaves of David Laird
AMBROSE, GEORGE, PHYLLIS
Slaves of Henry Laird
JANE, BILL, ISAAC, ABRAM, BOB
Slaves of William Lamb
ELIZABETH, BOB
Slaves of Dennis Lorehorn
SOPHO, NED
Slaves of Daniel Love
ISAAC, FILLIS, CEFAR, TOM, ABRAM, WILL
Slaves of Ephraim Love
FOURNEY, VENUS, NAN, DOT, JUDE, TOM
Slaves of John Nicholas
GLAFFER, PET, AGGY
Slaves of Matthias Patton
TOM, JACK, THOM, HARVEY, BECK, DAN, CUFF
Slaves of Jacob Perkey
HERRY, MASHASH, LUCY, MERCY
Slave of Thomas Reed
JOE
Slaves of John Rice
DINA, SUSY, EBBY, BOB, NAN
Slave of John Riddle
RANDOLPH
Slaves of David Robinson
MOSES, TOM, HANNAH, NED, NANCY
Slave of Joseph Rutherford
CHARLES
Slave of Nathaniel Scott
PETER
Slave of Isiah Shipman
JASON
Slaves of George Siles
BOB, MARGARET, SOOT
Slaves of John Smith
NAN, BOB, SOLOMON
Slaves of Joseph Smith
NAT, PAT, SQUIRES, TOM
Slaves of William Smith and son
HARRY, TOMMY, WILL, PETER, HARRY OLD, GEORGE
Slaves of George Spears
THEO, JOE, JIM
Slave of Peter Vaniman
TOM
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