On several trips to the Virginia State Archives in Richmond, VA, my
husband and I went through numerous (original) personal property tax books
for Franklin Co VA and recorded all Sink listings. There were two books
for each tax year - a "Book A" and a "Book B". We checked both books
and
never found a listing for Sink in the Book A's.
A Box which contained books for 1786-1794, yielded the following results.
After each name is a series of five numbers, followed by three numbers.
They represent: white males 16 & over, blacks over 16, blacks under 16,
horses, stud horses (the next three numbers represent the amount of
tax paid - pounds, shillings, pence)
1791 - No Sink listing
1792 - May 7, Sink Abraham 1,0,0,1,0 0,0,6
July 19, Sink Peter 1,0,0,1,0 0,0,6
1793 - March 18, Sink, Stephen 1,0,0,1,0
June 25, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,1,0
1794 - Apr 7, Sink, Stephen 1,0,0,1,0 0,0,4
Apr 12, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,1,0 0,0,4
A Box which contained books for 1795-1801
1795 - Mrch 24, Sink, Stephen 1,0,0,1 0,0,4
Apr 6, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,1 0,0,4
1796 - Apr 18, Sink, Stephen 1,0,0,1,0 0,0,4
Apr 30, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,2,0 0,0,8
1797 - Mrch 17, Sink, Stephen 1,0,0,2
Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,2
1798 - Mrch 10, Sink, Stephen 2,0,0,2
May 19, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,3
1799 - Mrch 14, Sink Stephen 2,0,0,3
Apr 12, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,1
1800 - Aprl 7, Sink, Abraham 1,0,0,2
May 5, Sink, Stephen 3,0,0,2
1801 - Apr 6, Sink, Abram 1,0,0,3
July 18, Sink, Paul, 1,0,0,1
Aug 3, Sink, Stephen 3,0,0,2
For the rest of the books, after the name is White Tithes, & Horses
1802 - Sink, Abraham 1, 1
Stephen 3, 3
1804 - Sink Stephen 1, 2
Abraham 1, 1
Henry 1, 2
1805 - Sink, Abraham 1, 3
Henry 1, 2
Stephen 1, 1
1806 - Sink, Stephen 1, 1,
Abraham 2, 3
Henry 1, 2
David 1, 1
1807 - Sink, Abraham 2, 2
Stephen 1, 1
Henry 1, 2
David 1, 1
1809 - Sink, David 1, 2
Henry 1, 2
Stephen 2, 2
Abraham 3, 4
1810 - Sink, Stephen 1, 1
David 2, 3
Henry 1, 2
Abraham 3, 4
1811 - Sink, Stephen 1, 1
David 3, 2
Henry 1, 2
Daniel 1, 1
Abraham 3, 4
1812 - Sink, Abraham 1, 3
Henry 1, 1
Abraham J 1, 1
David 3, 2
Daniel 1, 1
Henry 1, 3
Stephen 1, 1
1813 - Sink, David 1, 3
Daniel 1, 2
Abraham 1, 2
Henry 1, 1
Abraham J 1, 1
Henry step-son 1, 1
Stephen 1, 1
Abraham 1, 0
1814 - Sink, Daniel 1, 1
David 1, 3
Stephen 1, 1
Abraham Jr. 1, 3
Henry (stepson) 1, 1
Abraham Sun? 1, 1
Henry 1, 1
1815 - Sink, Stephen 1, 1
David 1, 4
Daniel 1, 3
Abraham S. 1, 2
Henry 1, 2
Abraham J 1, 0
Henry (s son) 1, 2
1816 - Sink, Henry 1, 2
Stephen 1, 1
Abraham 2, 2
Henry 1, 2
Daniel 1, 1
David 2, 2
Abraham 1,
Peter 1,
1817 - Sink, Peter 1,
David 2, 1
Daniel 1, 2
Stephen 1, 1
Henry (A'son) 1, 1
Abraham 2, 2
Henry (S'son) 1, 1
And that is as far as we got. Good 'searching! Sandy