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Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee, October 13, 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Edward Rouzee, October 13, 1830. Creator: Unknown.

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This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860. This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed to the Sherriff of Essex County by Edward Rouzee for the year 1830. The taxable property is listed as "16 slaves, 13 horses, 1 gig," as well as fifteen (15) county and poor levies at one (1) dollar and seventeen (17) cents each and seven hundred and ninety-eight (798) acres of land. The total tax amount came to forty (40) dollars and eighty-one (81) cents. The document is signed at the bottom by A. Mievny.

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  1. Ink
  2. Ink on paper
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  1. Financial records
  2. Tax records
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World North and Central America United States Virginia

  1. 37 00 00 N , 080 00 00 W
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5686x2061
File Size : 34,333kb

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  1. 2011.104.51
  1. NMAAHC-2011_104_51_001
  1. 0990004660
  1. 2-833-211
  1. 2011.104.51
  1. 2833211

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