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Columns for 1851 Lunenburg Land Tax:

Name of Owner
Residence
Estate whether held in fee simple, for life, &c
No of Acres
Name of Tract
Description of the land, as to water-courses, mountains and contiguous tracts
Distance and bearing from the court house
Value of land per acre including buildings
Sum added to the land on account of buildings
Total value of the land and buildings
Amount of tax on the whole tract as the legal rate
Amount of tax for county purposes
Explanations of alterations during the preceding year, especially from whom transferred, and when and when and how the owner derived the land.

Nine columns used below:

Miscellaneous excerpts from Lunenburg Land Tax
Date Name of owner Residence Fee simp
etc		 Acres Description Distance & Bearing fr Court House Value Per Acre Incl. Bldgs Added Because of Bldgs Explanations of Alterations the Previous Year
1851 Bruce, Saml A. Lunenburg Fee 450 Crupper Run SW13 3.00 200  
1851 Bruce, Saml A. Lunenburg Fee 133 ¾ Crupper Run SW14 1.00 Blank  
1851 Bruce, Harritt Est Lunenburg Fee 170 Crupper Run SW14 1.00 Blank  
1851 Burns, Mary Lunenburg Fee 160 High Gate Cr SW15 2.00 Blank Transf from Richd Burn's EST 1847
1851 Burwell, Allen A. Lunenburg Fee 331 High Gate Cr SW14 2.00 150.00 Transf from Wm Weatherford Comr 1843
1851 Burwell, Allen A. Lunenburg Fee 3 High Gate Cr SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr Patrick Booth 1845
1851 Burwell, Allen A. Lunenburg Fee 62 7/8 High Gate Cr SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr David B. Bigger 1848?
1851 Couch, Wm T. Lunenburg Fee 348 3/4 Mitchell's Cr SW20 5.00 300  
1851 Couch, Wm T. Lunenburg Fee 510 Waters S. Meherrin SW20 3.00 Blank Thos. Couch EST 1842
1851 Cole, Josiah Jr Lunenburg Fee 200? Crupper Run SW11 2.50 150 Transf Fr Jno Eubank 1844
1851 Dance, Stephen EST Lunenburg Fee 480 South Meherrin SW11 4.00 250  
1851 Duffer, Allen Lunenburg Fee 50 High Gate Cr SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr Charles Hudson 1845
1851 Ellis, Ellison W. Lunenburg Fee 87 Crupper Run SW12 6.50 300 Transf Fr Thos J. Ellis 1850
1851 Ellis, Ellison Lunenburg Fee 111 3/4 Crupper Run SW12 2.00 Blank Transf Fr Josephus Gregory 1850
1851 Ellis, George C. Lunenburg Fee 312 Crupper Run SW12 5.50 300.00 Transf Fr Wm Ellis EST 1847
1851 Ellis, Joseph F. Lunenburg Fee 183 Mitchell’s Cr SW14 5.00    
1851 Ellis, Joseph F. Lunenburg Fee 35 Crupper Run SW12 8.50 Blank Transf Fr Ellison W. Ellis EST (yr?)
1851 Eubank, Wm H. Lunenburg Fee 500 Middle Meherrin SW15 4.60 800 Transf Fr Jno Eubank 1847
1851 Eubank, Wm H. Lunenburg Fee 336 1/2 Crupper Run SW11 3.00 Blank Transf Fr Jno Eubank 1857
1851 Fowlkes, Elizabeth Lunenburg Life 50 South Meherrin SW13 3.00 100 Transf Fr J. Fowlkes EST 1847
1851 Fowlkes, Elizabeth Lunenburg Fee 124 1/4 South Meherrin SW13 2.00 Blank Transf Fr J. Fowlkes EST 1849
1851 Gregory, Josephus Lunenburg Fee 756 Mitchell's Cr SW14 5.00 350.00  
1851 Hepburn, Ebenezer Lunenburg Fee 2109 South Meherrin SW13 5.70 5500  
1851 Hardy, Ro. C. Lunenburg Fee 248 South Meherrin SW11 4.00 300 Transf Fr Miles Hardy 1844
1851 Hardy, Ro. C. Lunenburg Fee 138 7/8 Waters M. Meherrin SW10 1.50 Blank  
1851 Hardy, Ro. C. Lunenburg Fee 63 1/3 Waters M. Meherrin SW10 3.00 Blank  
1851 Hudson, Joseph A. Lunenburg Fee 65 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW12 3.00 100.00 Transf Fr Wm T Hudson 18??
1851 Hudson, Charles Lunenburg Fee 102 3/4 High Gate Cr SW13 2.00 Blank Transf Fr Joshua Hardy EST 1849
1851 Jefferson, George Meck. Fee 157 South Meherrin SW13 5.00 150 Illegible
1851 Jennings, Wm T. Lunenburg Life (Fr ditto) 130 Crupper Run SW12 3.50 100  
1851 Knight, John EST Nottoway (from ditto) Fee 189 1/2 Middle Meherrin W14 3.00 100  
1851 Lester, Frederick Lunenburg Fee 538 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW8 5.50 700  
1851 Lipscomb, Edwd B. EST Lunenburg Fee 280 South Meherrin SW15 2.00 100 Ann Lipscomb occupant
1851 Lee, Saml E. Lunenburg Fee   Middle Meherrin SW9 5.00 500

Transf Fr Wm E Robertson 1849
1851 Lee, Saml E. Lunenburg Fee   Middle Meherrin SW9 1005.00 2000 Transf Fr Wm E Robertson 1849
1851 Lee, Saml E. Lunenburg Fee   Middle Meherrin SW9 1.00 Blank

Transf Fr E. Lee Comr? 1849
1851 Marable, Hartwell Lunenburg Fee 261 1/2 Crupper Run SW11 2.50 150  
1851 Marable, Hartwell Lunenburg Fee 180 Crupper Run SW13 1.00 Blank Transf Fr Susan S.? Wood 1849
1851 Pettus, Saml Lunenburg Fee 535 Middle Meherrin SW10 5.50 500  
1851 Pollard, Edwd S. Lunenburg Life 150? Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 150 Transf Fr Ro Thompson EST 1846
1851 Saunders, Robert Lunenburg Fee 766 1/2 South Meherrin SW13 5.00 400  
1851 Saunders, Hyde Lunenburg Fee 452 South Meherrin SW13 8.00 Blank  
1851 Smithson, Edwin R. Lunenburg Fee 212 Crupper Run SW12 2.50 100 Transf Fr Richd L. Smithson
1851 Shepherd, James D. Pr. Edward Fee 200 Crupper Run SW12 4.25 Blank Transf Fr Ellison W. Ellis 1850
1851 Thompson, Clement J. Lunenburg Fee 324 Mitchell's Cr SW14 2.00 200  
1851 Thompson, Clement J. Lunenburg Fee 43 Mitchell's Cr SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr David Thompson EST 1850
1851 Tisdale, John R. B. Lunenburg Fee 309 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW8 6.00 250  
1851 Thompson, Lucy A. Lunenburg Fee 52 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr Ro. Thompson EST 1849
1851 Thompson, Wm J. Lunenburg Fee 88 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr Ro. Thompson 1849
1851 Thompson, John Committee? of Eliza Thompson Lunenburg Fee 46 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 Blank Transf Fr David Thompson EST 1850
1851 Thompson, David Mecklenburg Fee 50 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 Blank  
1851 Thompson, Mary J. Lunenburg Fee 52 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 Blank  
1851 Thompson, Jas C. & _____ Thompson Lunenburg Fee 52 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 Blank  
1851 Wilson, Wm S. Lunenburg Fee 460 1/2 Crupper Run SW9 3.50 300  
1851 Watson, Alexr J. Lunenburg Fee 434 1/2 Crupper Run SW11 4.50 100  
1851 Watson, Jesse Lunenburg Fee 417 Middle Meherrin SW12 3.00 150  
1851 Watson, Jesse Lunenburg Fee 62 Middle Meherrin SW13 3.00 Blank Transf Fr Ro. H. Williams EST 1849
1851 Watson, Jesse Lunenburg Fee 37 1/2 Middle Meherrin SW13 2.50 Blank Transf Fr D. Thompson EST 1850
1851 Weatherford, Joseph Lunenburg Fee 80 Waters Meherrin SW? 200 Blank  
1851 Weatherford, Elizabeth B. Lunenburg Fee 489 1/2 South Meherrin SW14 3.20 150 Transf Fr Hilory Weatherford EST 1857
1851 Weatherford, Margarett & Aunt?? Lunenburg Life 50 High Gate Cr SW14 3.00 Blank Transf Fr Hilory Weatherford 1857
1851 Williams, Ro. H. Lunenburg Fee 150 Middle Meherrin SW14 2.00 150  
1851 Wilson, Paul Lunenburg Fee 545 Middle Meherrin SW10 4.50 500 Transf Fr Thos & Wm Keeton
1851 Yates, Louisa & Others Lunenburg Fee 260 Crupper Run SW9 4.00 350