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From: "J. Johnson" <>
Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] John Blankenbaker's Note #741 re Culpeper Class 93
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:13:07 -0500
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Craig, thank you. Sorry I missed your earlier e-amil on this subject.

> > Wasn't it only the Germans who were exempted from paying levies to the
> > Established (Anglican) Church?
>
> No. The discharge had to do with financial condition, poor health or AGE.
> This was the subject I asked about not long ago. Nobody had an answer,
but
> I think it was part of the "Poor Laws" governing at the time.

However, my comment about Jacob Miller and his possible German ancestry was
sort of an aside.

I'm more curious about whether anyone has heard of other Germans besides
John Yeager in 1772 moving from Frederick County into Culpeper.

Betty


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