Loudoun County, Virginia Taxation

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Original versions
FHL has not microfilmed Loudoun County's personal property tax and land tax records, but many published transcripts are available in its collection. The Library of Virginia's website includes inventories of Loudoun's personal property tax records (1782-1900) and land tax records (1782-1900). FHL has microfilmed the found at the Loudoun County Courthouse.

Published versions

 * [1749] Hiatt, Marty and Craig Roberts Scott. Loudoun County, Virginia, Tithables, 1758-1786. 3 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1995. Available at . [Volume 1 includes a 1749 tithables list for Fairfax County which identifies tithe payers and many of their religions.] Digital version of 1749 tithe list available online, courtesy: Fairfax County Chapter NSDAR.
 * [1758-1786] Hopkins, Margaret Lail. Index to the Tithables of Loudoun County, Virginia and to Slaveholders and Slaves, 1758-1786. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1991. Available at ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * [1758-1799] Loudoun County, Virginia Lists of Tithables, 1758-1799. Original records, Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Virginia; also available on microfilm at.
 * [1760s-1780s] Moore, Robert P. "New Jersey Families in Loudoun Co., Va., Tithable Lists in the 1700s," The Nelson County Genealogist, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Autumn 1992):9-10. Available at.
 * [1765] Johnson, June Whitehurst. Surviving Cameron Parish Records, Loudoun County, Virginia: Tithable List of 1765. [Fairfax, Virginia?: J.W. Johnson?], 1984. Available at . ["The records that have been abstracted in this book were found in a suit in Loudoun County, Virginia .... It appears in these records there is a titable list for this district above Goose Creek and Little River for the year 1765." -- page i.]
 * [1771] Creekmore, Pollyanna. "Loudoun County, Virginia, 1771 Tithable List," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):243-248; Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973):8-13; Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1973):107-113; Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1973):187-190; Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1973):270-276. Available at ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
 * [1775-1781] Sparacio, Ruth Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Tithables, Loudoun County, Virginia [1775-1781]. McLean, Virginia: R. &amp; S. Sparacio, 1992. Available at.
 * [1777] Sherwood, Claire. "Tithables, Cameron Parish, Loudoun Co., Virginia April 15, 1777," Genealogical Reference Builders Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov 1974):5-7. Available at.
 * [1782] Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other Than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978. Available at . [1782 personal property tax list of Loudoun County.]
 * [1782-1850] Duncan, Patricia. Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1782-1850. Free Lookups Available!
 * [1782-1821] Heinegg, Paul. "Loudoun County Personal Property Tax List 1782-1821," Free African Americans.com. [Heinegg abstracted free blacks listed in these records.]
 * [1787] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The 1787 Census of Virginia: An Accounting of the Name of Every White Male Tithable Over 21 Years, the Number of White Males Between 16 &amp; 21 Years, the Number of Slaves over 16 &amp; Those Under 16 Years, Together with a Listing of Their Horses, Cattle &amp; Carriages, and Also the Names of All Persons to Whom Ordinary Licenses and Physician's Licenses Were Issued. 3 vols. Springfield, Va.: Genealogical Books in Print, 1987. . [The source of this publication is the 1787 personal property tax list. Loudoun County is included in Vol. 1.] Free Lookups Available!
 * [1786, 1788, 1790] Clay, Robert Y. "Some Delinquent Taxpayers 1787-1790," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1976):199-208; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1978):43-50.. ; ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($). [These records identify migrants who left the county and often their intended destinations. Loudoun County's 1790 Delinquent List appears on 20:201-202; 1786 and 1788 Delinquent Lists appear on 22:44-45.]
 * [1788] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1788 for Loudoun County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1986. . Free Lookups Available!
 * [1789] Indexed images of the 1789 Personal Property Tax List of Loudoun County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1789] Schreiner-Yantis, Netti and Florene Speakman Love. The Personal Property Tax Lists for the Year 1789 for Loudoun County, Virginia. Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1986. . Free Lookups Available!
 * [1798] Harvey, Nancy Palmer. "1798 Land Tax List Loudoun County, Virginia, Cameron Parish Area," Fairfax Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Sep. 1996):12-15; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jan. 1997):20-22..
 * [1798] Harvey, Nancy Palmer. "1798 Personal Property Tax List Cameron Parish Area, Loudoun County, Virginia," Fairfax Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 10, No. 5 (May 1995):6-11..
 * [1800] Images of the 1800 Personal Property Tax List of Loudoun County, Virginia are available online, courtesy: Binns Genealogy.
 * [1806] "Taxpayers in Loudoun County, Virginia, 1806," St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 1991):86-88; Vol. 24, No. 4 (Winter 1991):125-126; Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 1992):21-22; Vol. 25, No. 3 (Fall 1992):97-98; Vol. 25, No. 4 (Winter 1992):125-126; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Fall 1993):85-86. ff.
 * [1810] Loudoun County Delinquent Taxes, 1810. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 6 (2001).
 * [1815] Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . [The source for this publication is 1815 land tax. Loudoun County is included in Vol. 4.]
 * [1860] Landowners and Tax Maps, Thomas Wrenn District, 1860. Northern Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 7 (2002).
 * [1862-1918] U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918. Digital version at Ancestry ($).