Charles E. Fenwick Collection Miscellaneous--Minute Book No. 13 of the Commissioners of the Tax [photocopy]

Name/Title

Charles E. Fenwick Collection Miscellaneous--Minute Book No. 13 of the Commissioners of the Tax [photocopy]

Entry/Object ID

1995.001.1505

Scope and Content

73 leaves ; 9"h x 8"w Mr. Fenwick photocopied of the record of proceedings of the Commissioners of the Tax, Saint Mary's County for 1806. The Commission received statements from taxpayers about changes in the value of property, for example, when a slave died, the taxpayer's property was worth a certain amount less, or if slaves were taken from the county to another location, that "property" was removed from the tax rolls. I believe there was a time period to report these changes and then the year's taxes were assessed based on the knowledge the Tax Commission had at the time. Cover: "No. 13 1806 Minute Book from The 11th February 1806 to The 2nd June 1806 being The close of the alteration of property in Saint Mary's County for 1806 by the Comm. of the Tax Test. E.J. Millard" The pages are numbered. Notes on selected pages follow. Page 1: "At a meeting of the Commission of the Tax for Saint Mary's County, held at Leonard Town on Tuesday, the 11th day of February 1806 for the purpose of regulating the assessable prop___[?] in Saint Mary's County in order to lay the tax for the present year were the following proceedings present James Hopewell, Richard Watts, William Mills, Thomas Gardiner Mr. James Forrest having sent in his resignation as clerk the board proceeded to appoint a clerk when Enoch J. Millard was appointed. Resolved therefore that Mr. James Forrest the former clerk, deliver over all the books and papers belonging or appurtaining to the board of Commissioners of the Tax to the said Enoch J. Millard the present clerk--when the said Enoch J. Millard qualified before James Hopewell, Esq. ____ the Comm. of the Tax by taking the oath required by the act of assembly of Nov. ___ 1804 Ch. 30" Beginning on page 2, there is a box at the top of the page with the location and date. On the left is a small column lined off vertically with the clerk's cryptic notes, a large space in the center lined off vertically and horizontally to make boxes to briefly record the taxpayer's statement, and then 3 small columns on the right for the currency value of the property. Between the clerk's column and the center column for each box there is a check mark that later is crossed through--almost as if the clerk had to note the information somewhere else and when that was completed, the check mark could be crossed off. Three Commissioners were required for a quorum and if there were insufficient men, no proceedings were held. Taxpayers informed the Commission when slaves were bought or sold or died--many of them died--or were removed to another location. Taxpayers also informed the Commission of purchases, sales, or inheritances of land. If property was bought or sold by county residents, both parties are named, but if a slave was "sold to Kentucky" the buyer is not named. Equipment and animals were mentioned and valued. Some entries are crossed out entirely with looping circles. On the top half of p. 29 is a list of insolvencies and removals as of April 15, 1806. On p. 56-57 are records of marriage licenses and presumably the property that came with the bride. There are several pages with lists of heirs and the value of the inheritance. On p. 66, there is a chart of attendance of the Commissioners at the meetings. Mr. Millard determined that the assessed valuation of the property in the county was L466,884 in current money. There is an accounting of how much is owed each Commissioner for his attendance at meetings. The last few pages are charts of under and over charges for taxes of previous years. Personal names are entered when legible. Slaves' names are entered when legible (Slave, Mary); if at all possible, the owner is entered in the "relationship" field as "owned by ......." Many slaves are only identified as male, female, or child in the listings. There were age categories for valuation of the slaves: child, under 8, 8-14, women 14-36 and over 36, men child under 8, 8-14, men 14-45, over 45.

Collection

Charles E. Fenwick Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1806

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Container

Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Box 23

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Rack 08, Shelf 2

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Rack 08

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West wall

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Archives 1

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Tudor Hall

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