Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #382 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 1st
Tax Ledger Page 287
Taxpayer John Taylor
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823 1824 1825 1826
Abstract 1823 Eli 14 y $40, George 12 y $40, Major 8 y $40, Adam 1 y $5, Leah 34 y $80, Polly $80, Leah 18 y $80, Nancy 14 y $40, Nancy 11 y $40,Lucretia 10 y $40, Sarah 9 y $40, Amelia 5 y $25, Sabra 2 y $10 1824 Elizabeth McBryde for slave Job 36 y $120 1825 Wm Kelly's heirs for slave William 32 y $120 1826 Samuel Acworth's heirs for Eli - blacksmith $100
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) 1829: Lucretia, Major, Amelia & George removed to Delaware $145 1829: Leah dead $80

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