1838
These are the earliest tax
lists that exist in their entirety. Earlier
fragmentary tax lists exist
in the form of delinquent lists published in the local Carthage
Gazette newspaper. These lists record
only those landowners who failed to pay their taxes on time, so buy law the
Sheriff published delinquent lists as a prelude to subsequent legal action.
These lists are provided in
their raw form. I’m in the process of
cropping and resizing the files, but in the meantime in the interest of making
the information available as quickly as possible, here they are. The legend for the headings is:
D rated land = deeded land, taxed at the rate of 5¢
per $100 of value
S rated land = school land, taxed at the rate of 5¢
per $100 of value
Lots = city lots, taxed at the rate of 5¢ per $100 of
value
Black Polls = slaves, taxed at the rate of 5¢ per $100
of value
White Polls = whites, 21+, taxed at the rate of 12½¢
per $100 of value
A partial transcription and
index is also provided.
1838
– the original records
Title Page p.
1-2
District
1 p. 3-8
District
2 p. 8-14
District
3 p. 14-17
District
4 p. 18-26
District
5 p. 26-31
District
6 p. 31-37
District
7 p. 37-41
District
8 p. 42-51
District
9 p. 51-55
District
10 p. 55-59
District
11 p. 59-65
District
12 p. 66-70
District
13 p. 71-74
District
14 p. 75-78
District
15 p. 78-83
District
16 p. 83-89
District
17 p. 89-95
District
18 p. 95-97
District
19 p. 97-100
District
20 p. 101-103
District
21 p. 103-106
District
22 p. 106-110
District
23 p. 110-113
Summary
p. 114-116