Name/Title
LedgerEntry/Object ID
1986.010.0279Scope and Content
This is a ledger from 1859 for the cities of Vallejo and Benicia. It contains assessments of property (real and personal) of all individuals in the two cities and some county property between the two cities.
One page shows the taxes levied by the Solano County Board of Supervisors for 1859 by specific levy. It shows:
General County Purposes .50
State purposes .60
Schools .10
Roads .05
Interest on County bonds .10
Court House funds .50
Total 1.85
This is followed by an alphabetized list of all tax payers.
Following this is the list of individuals in Vallejo. For each tax payer it shows:
name
description of all property
value of realestate
value of personal property
Vallejo township starts at page 3 (page 1 and 2 have been cut out). Benicia township starts at page 70.
Example:
page 71 - Sylvester Woodbridge
389 acres in the suscol hills about two miles north west of Benicia and known as the Woodbridge homestead $1,945
Imp $700
651 acres of land adjoining the lands of Milton Brockman & John Brownlee and in the Suscol hills $2604
Lot 13 block 31 Benicia $ 5
Lot 1 Block 42 " $ 20
3 cows $120
1 " $ 30
2 two year olds $ 50
7 yearlings $105
35 Beef cattle $700
100 " " $1200
6 horses $240
19 horses $570
11 Colts $132
1 mule $ 80
6 hogs $ 18
pers prop $250
Imp on the 651 acres $200Collection
Benicia Historical Museum Collection
