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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 288191, member: 59"]Yes, moreother, that's the more modern usage. The archaic usage in early US property tax assessments was a "southern thing" and probably stemmed from even earlier association with taxes collected for the support of a local church in rural areas. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just to see if I could find anything at all, I did a search for George Wallis in the 1820 Census records of southern US states. Lo and behold, there was a man by that name as head of household in Richmond, Georgia, who owned 6 slaves. Coincidence? Quite possibly so. But it's a thought.</p><p><br /></p><p>Otto - where did you acquire this?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 288191, member: 59"]Yes, moreother, that's the more modern usage. The archaic usage in early US property tax assessments was a "southern thing" and probably stemmed from even earlier association with taxes collected for the support of a local church in rural areas. Just to see if I could find anything at all, I did a search for George Wallis in the 1820 Census records of southern US states. Lo and behold, there was a man by that name as head of household in Richmond, Georgia, who owned 6 slaves. Coincidence? Quite possibly so. But it's a thought. Otto - where did you acquire this?[/QUOTE]
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