Monday, August 27, 2007

1827 HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA TAX DOCUMENT Crispin Dickenson

OLD 1827 HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA TAX DOCUMENT / RECEIPT Item number: 190143596557

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OLD 1827 HALIFAX COUNTY VIRGINIA TAX DOCUMENT / RECEIPT

This one-page document (about 4 x 8”) is mostly printed and part filled-in with manuscript writing in ink. Dated 8 March 1827 from the AUDITOR’S OFFICE, it concerns the redemption of land returned delinquent for the non-payment of taxes, by the SHERIFF OF HALIFAX COUNTY for the years 1825 & 1826..Payment is received of Crispin Dickenson.

Crispin Dickenson was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia November 19, 1787. He was ordained a Baptist Minister on 24 March 1827 and took charge of Locust Union Church on Pigg River, and Ararat, on Sandy River. He was involved in the Roanoke Association. At just 45 years old, he died of bilious inflammatory fever, at his residence in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on the morning of the 28th October, 1832.

This old document is in quite good condition as shown in scan.

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