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Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
List of taxables in North Carolina for the year 1765
Edwards, Isaac, fl. 1765-1775
Volume 07, Pages 145-146

[B. P. R. O. No. Carolina. B. T. Vol. 15.]
A return of the Lists of Taxables for the year 1765 in the Province of North Carolina.
COUNTIES.
WHITE MEN TAXABLES
BLACKS AND MULATTORS MALE AND FEMALE
TOTAL NUMBER IN EACH COUNTY
Anson
584
131
715
Beaufort
411
470
881
Bertie
636
877
1513
Bladen
604
633
1237
Brunswick
209
1106
1315
Bute
2078
Carteret
411
931
1342
Chowan
610
1017
1627
Craven
1284
1320
2604
Currituck
796
Cumberland
866
366
1232
Dobbs
1176
609
1785
Duplin
848
130
978
Edgcombe
1739
Granville
974
701
1675
Halifax
2628
Hertford
1567
Hyde
402
251
653
Johnston
984
458
1442
Mecklenburg
1352
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New Hanover
529
1476
2005
Northampton
2434
Onslow
678
451
1129
Orange
2825
579
3404
Pasquotank
1106
Perquimons
1531
Pitt
750
429
1179
Rowan
3059
Tyrrell
538
368
906
Total Number
28542
17370
45912

Note.—The return for Rowan County is for the year 1766; that of 1765 having been made to the Governor.

A true Copy taken from the Returns of the Clerks of the respective Superior Courts,

J. EDWARDS. Priv. Secry