BURGESSES IN THE 1800
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
LISTS OF VIRGINIA
The Virginia personal property tax lists, beginning in 1782, recorded all adult free males (and some female heads of household) who were obligated to pay a poll tax. In essence, they constituted a statewide census of adult men for most of the years that they were conducted. Stephen and Yvonne Binns have scanned the 1790, 1800, and some 1810 Virginia personal property tax lists, including counties that now are part of Kentucky and West Virginia, and posted them on their website:
http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/virginiataxlistcensuses/
Michael Burgess has abstracted all of the Burgess names mentioned therein, with some supplemental research by Mary Ann Kaucher. The lists usually record, in the following order: the number of white names over the age of 16, the number of slaves over the age of 16, the number of slaves under the age of 16, and the number of horses. “No data” indicates that the county has not yet been researched.
ACCOMACK COUNTY (1799)
None
ALBEMARLE COUNTY (1802)
None
ALEXANDRIA CITY (1800)
None
AMELIA COUNTY (1800)
None
AMHERST COUNTY (1799)
None
AUGUSTA COUNTY (1800)—Part B
John Burgess—1-0-0-4
BATH COUNTY (1800)
no data
BEDFORD COUNTY (1800)
None
BERKELEY COUNTY (1800)
no data
BOTETOURT COUNTY (1799)
None
BROOKE COUNTY (1800)
no data
BRUNSWICK COUNTY (1798)
None
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY (1800)
None
CAMPBELL COUNTY (1800)—Part A
John Burgess—1-0-0-1
Daniel Burgess—1-0-0-1
Roland Burgess—1-0-0-1
Joseph Burgess—1-0-0-1
CAROLINE COUNTY (1799)
None
CHARLES CITY COUNTY (1800)
None
CHARLOTTE COUNTY (1800)
None
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY (1802)
None
CULPEPER COUNTY (1801)—Part A
Frances Burjes—0-0-2-3
CUMBERLAND COUNTY (1800)
None
DINWIDDIE COUNTY (1800)
None
ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY (1800)
None
ESSEX COUNTY (1800)
None
FAIRFAX COUNTY (1799)
None
FAUQUIER COUNTY (1799)
Ann Burgess—0-3-2-3—Part B
Edward Burgess (+ Mason Burgess and John Burgess)—3-1-1-4—Part A
John Burgess (next to Ann)—1-1-0-3—Part B
FLUVANNA COUNTY (1802)—Single list
John Burgess—2-2-0-3
FRANKLIN COUNTY (1799)—Part A
John Burgess—0-1-0-0
FREDERICK COUNTY (1800)
None
FREDERICKSBURG CITY (1801)
None
GLOUCESTER COUNTY (1800)
None
GOOCHLAND COUNTY (1801-02)
None
GRAYSON COUNTY (1800)
no data
GREENBRIER COUNTY (1803)—Part A
Peter Burges—2-0-0-5
GREENSVILLE COUNTY (1798)
None
HALIFAX COUNTY (1798)
None
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY (1800)
no data
HANOVER COUNTY (1799)
None
HARDY COUNTY (1799)—Part B
Thomas Burges—1-0-0-2
HARRISON COUNTY (1801)
None
HENRICO COUNTY (1801)
None
HENRY COUNTY (1800)—Single list
Davis Burgess—1-0-0-3
John Burgess—2-0-0-3
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY (1799)
None
JAMES CITY COUNTY (1800)
None
KING AND QUEEN COUNTY (1798)
None
KING GEORGE COUNTY (1803)
None
KING WILLIAM COUNTY (1797)
None
LANCASTER COUNTY (1800)
None
LEE COUNTY (1799)
None
LOUDOUN COUNTY (1802)
None
LOUISA COUNTY (1798)
None
LUNENBURG COUNTY (1803)
None
MADISON COUNTY (1799)
None
MATHEWS COUNTY (1803)
None
MECKLENBURG COUNTY (1799)
None
MIDDLESEX COUNTY (1801)
None
MONONGALIA COUNTY (1800)
None
MONROE COUNTY (1800)
no data
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (1799)—Part B
John Burges—1-0-0-2
Edward Burges—1-0-0-2
Henry Burges—1-0-0-0
Wm. Burges—1-0-0-1
Thomas Burges—1-0-0-1
NANSEMOND COUNTY (1802)—Land Tax Rolls
None
NEW KENT COUNTY (1800)
None
NORFOLK CITY (1798)—Single list
John Burgess—1-0-0-0
NORFOLK COUNTY (1799)
James Burgess—1-2-0-1—Part B
John Burgess—1-0-0-3—Part A
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY (1800)
None
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (1801)
None
NOTTOWAY COUNTY (1801)
None
OHIO COUNTY (1802)
None
ORANGE COUNTY (1800)—Part B
Moses Burgess Est.—0-4-1-2
PATRICK COUNTY (1800)
no data
PENDLETON COUNTY (1802)—Part B
Edward Burgess—0-0-0-3
PETERSBURG CITY (1799)
None
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY (1800)
John Burgess—1-0-0-1—Part A
Jane Burgess (next entry)—1-0-0-2—Part A
Wm. Burgess—1-0-0-3—Part B
Benjn. Burgess—1-0-0-3—Part B
Edward Burgess (next entry)—2-0-0-2—Part B
POWHATAN COUNTY (1801)
None
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY (1800)—Part A
John P. B. Burgess—1-0-0-1
PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY (1800)
None
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY (1799)
None
PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY (1799)—Part A
Mrs. Ann Burgess (wd.)—0-1-0-1
Frances Burgess—0-0-0-1
Lanford Burgess—1-0-0-2
Thomas Burgess—1-0-0-0
RICHMOND CITY (1800)—Single List
Thomas Burgess—3-0-2-1
RICHMOND COUNTY (1798)—Part A
James Burges—2-0-1-1
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY (1801)—Part B
Saml. Burgess (Blacksmith)—1-0-0-1
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY (1801)—Part A
Henry Burgess—2-0-0-1
James Burgess—4-0-0-1
RUSSELL COUNTY (1801)—Part A
Timothy Burgess—0-0-0-1
Thomas Burgess—1-0-0-0
SHENANDOAH COUNTY (1799)
None
SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY (1798)
None
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY (1800)
None
STAFFORD COUNTY (1798)
None
SURRY COUNTY (1799)—Land Tax
Mary Burgess—145 Acres
Miles Burgess—150+130 Acres
SURRY COUNTY (1800)—Personal Property Tax—Single list
Mary Burges—1-4-1-2
Miles (next entry)—0-2-0-0
SUSSEX COUNTY (1799)
None
TAZEWELL COUNTY (1800)
no data
WARWICK COUNTY (1798)
None
WASHINGTON COUNTY (1797)—Part B
Thomas Burgess—1-0-0-0
WESTMORELAND COUNTY (1800)—Part B
Daniel Burgess—1-0-0-1
Harrison Burgess—1-0-0-0
John Burgess—1-0-0-1
Joseph Burgess—1-0-0-1
WILLIAMSBURG CITY (1798)
None
WINCHESTER CITY (1803)
None
WOOD COUNTY (1800)
no data
WYTHE COUNTY (1800)
None
YORK COUNTY (1800)
None