Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 1818
Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County
A list of the taxable property of the subscriber in Albemarle Feb. 1.1 1818. 4896⅓ acres of land.
2. white tythes to wit E. Bacon and myself.
| 48. | slaves | of 16. and upwards. |
| 7. | do | of 12. and not 16. |
15. horses and mules
1. gigg. and 1. 4. wheeled carriage
Th: Jefferson
MS (MHi); written entirely in TJ’s hand on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; endorsed by TJ: “Sheriff. Albem, Taxes of 1818.”
The Virginia General Assembly set property tax rates for 1818 in a law enacted on 18 Feb. of that year ( [1817–18 sess.], 3–4). tythes: “tithables.”
1. Word interlined.
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- Albemarle County, Va.; Statement of TJ’s Taxable Property in Albemarle County search
- Bacon, Edmund; Monticello overseer search
- carriages; gigs search
- carriages; landaus search
- carriages; taxes on search
- horses; taxes on search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; pays taxes search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); taxes on search
- mules; taxes on search
- slaves; taxes on search
- taxes; on carriages search
- taxes; on free whites search
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- taxes; on land search
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