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

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Record #445 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 1st
Tax Ledger Page 316
Taxpayer William Wailes
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823
Abstract Sampson 35 y $120, Isaac 22 y $120, George 1 y $5, Peggy 50 y infirm $0, Bridget 50 y infirm $0, Lotty 24 y $80, Leah 23 y infirm $60, Lucretia 12 y $40, Jenny 12 y $40, Ann 6 y $30, Rhoda 4 y $20, Hannah 1 y $5, Jane 4 mos. $5
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) 1828: slave Isaac 22 y $120 (dead) 1828: slave Leah 23 y $60, Jane 4 mos $5 exported

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