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Will the Real Littleberry Wade Please Stand Up

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For years, maybe even for over a decade, I thought Littleberry Wade Sr. died in 1804.  After all, why wouldn't I think that?  The St. Paul's Parish personal property tax list indicates that Littleberry Wade Sr. was no longer taxed for being a free male above the age of twenty one, or as owning any taxable personal property as shown in the below transcription.  It would appear that he had died in 1804. Hanover County Taxpayers Saint Paul's Parish transcribed by William Ronald Cocke, III Other interesting information gleaned from the personal property tax transcription is that minors Hampton and Robert Wade were both listed as having lived with Littleberry Wade.  We know from the below snippet image from the Daughters of the American Revolution transcribed version of the Robert Waid (Wade) Bible that Robert's father was Berry Wade.  So, perhaps Hampton Wade was also a son. Bible Record of Robert Waid (Wade) Family of Hanover County, Virginia DAR Gene...