Items for Sale - Miscellaneous - Section Two

Item# 18514

Price: $60

Printed County Tax form dated 1839 to Revenue on 1 tract ½ Acres of Land, includes categories for “Slaves at 30 cents each,” horses at 8 cents, County & Parish Levy at One Dollar. Made out for “Adam Licklider” (sic) to Mr. Richard P. Fletcher, S.R.C., Received by J.A. Mitchell, Deputy for Fletcher. 5.125” x 1.5,” signed on the back “Ad Lickliter,” fresh, Very Fine. $60.

Adam Lichliter (1805-1888) was the first postmaster at the Shenandoah town of Timberville, Rockingham County, Virginia, when the post office was established there in 1827. He served before and after the Civil War, rejected by the Confederate Post Office in the postmaster position due to his Union leanings. Will be the subject of a Kaufmann column in the near future. He was a devout member of Brethren Church, also known as Dunkards, an Anabaptist denomination. Father: Conrad Lichliter, Mother: Sarah Harman, Wife: Catherine (1802-1881).

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