The Reads in Kentucky and Virginia

 

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Although Kentucky did not enter the union until 1792, these pages also contain those Virginia counties which comprised the area before it became a state.  

 

Key to listings under each county

complete tax lists -- indicates that all of the tax lists for the time period in this county have been examined.    

incomplete  --  at the right of a year indicates that possibly not all of the Reads listed for that year are included.

A, B, etc.  --  represent different tax districts in that county.

6/17, 7  --  e.g. June 17, or July -- indicates the date which the list of taxable possessions for that person  was turned in to the tax commissioner, or in the case of a marriage, the date..

c    --  indicates that name was contributed to the database by another researcher.

(       ) -- After the name of a bride, refers to the name of the person giving consent.

# -- After an non-tax list entry refers to a source note.  Use the Kentucky Source Notes link on the left side.

 

 

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