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61,614 15 9 10-1/2
To Acct. of Collection of 61,614 lbs. tobc. 3,696
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Total 65,310
To the fraction in collectors' hands 1,549
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66,859
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Truro Parish Cr. by 1807 tithables at 37 lbs.
tobc. on acct. poll 66,859
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[Illustration: Mr. J. S. Riley]
Ordered: That the Clerk of the Vestry proportion the parish levy
when he shall receive the list of tithables.
Ordered: That Geo. Wm. Fairfax, & Geo. Washington, Esqs., be
appointed Church Wardens for the ensuing year.
Ordered: That the Vestry meet at Alexandria on the third Tuesday
in March, next, in order to agree with workmen to undertake the
building a church at or near the old Falls Church, and that the
Church Wardens advertise the same in the Virginia and Maryland
Gazettes, to be continued six weeks, and that it will be then
expected of each workman to produce a plan and estimate of the
expense.
CHA. GREEN, }
G. W. FAIRFAX. }C. W.
Truly Recorded:
Teste--John West, junr.,
Cl. Vestry.
[Illustration: Mr. O. H. Billingsley]
March 28, 1763:
At a Vestry of Truro Parish held at the Falls Church March 28,
1763; present: Henry Gunnell, Wm. Payne, jr., Ch. Wardens; John
West, Wm. Payne, Chas. Broadwater, Thos. Wren, Abra. Barnes, Dan'l
McCarty, Robt. Boggers, and Geo. Washington; who being there met to
examine into the state of the said church, greatly in decay and
want of repair, and likewise whether the same shall be repaired or
a new one built, and whether at the same place or removed to a more
convenient one, and likewise to view the addition built by Mr.
Chas. Broadwater, and what he hath been deficient in the work.
Resolved: It is the opin
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