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

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Record #545 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 3rd
Tax Ledger Page 206
Taxpayer William Williams, Esquire
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823
Abstract Jeffery 60 y $45, Nice 60 y $45, Frank 56 y $65, Willoughby 60 y $45, Bob 74 y $0, Bob40 y $120, Elijah 40 y $120, Sam 29 y $120, Denwood 25 y $120, Ned 37 y $120, Arthur 15 y $120, Nathan 20 y $120, John 12 y $40, Jacob 63 y $30, York 23 y $120, Joe 16 y $120, George 34 y $80, Judy 23 y $80, Henry 10 y $40, Rose 8 y $40, Isaac 5 y $25, John 1 y $5, Peggy 27 y $10, child name unknown 1 mos $5, Sue 10 y $40, Frank 9 y $40, John 6 y Henry 8 y $40, Lewis 5 y $25, Lucy 59 y $0, Nancy 61 y $0, Joice 38 y $80, Leah 33 y $80, Anna 34 y $80Beck 40 y $60, Milly 14 y $80, Lovey 13 y $40, Esther 9 y $40, Meliha 10 y $40, Sam 2 y $20, Eliza 1 y $5, Harriet 1 y $5, Violet 36 y $80, Anna 14 y $80, Hannah 11 y $40, Henry 4 y $20 See credit page for additional debits
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) Debits continued: 1823 Levin 8 y $40, Maria 4 y $20, Hector 20 y $120, Rhoda 47 y $25, Jenny ? y $70, Lindy 5 y $25, Robert 2 y $10, Nelly ? $80, Joice 6 y $30, Hesse 2 y $10, Henny ? $0, Titus 5 y $25, Lewry 2 y $10, Amelia 5 y $25, Robert 47 y $20, Wafe 2 y $20, Henny 6 y $30, Gatty 3 mos $5, 1824 Henry Moore for slave Leah $40, William R. Warwick for slaves Elanor 10 y $40 & Leah 31 y $80 1826 Charles Jones for Henny & her child William $85 Credits: 1825 slave Hector $120 (ran away), Leah 13 y $40 exported 1825 Robert & Littleton Wilkins, for slaves Jacob $30, Joe 16 y $120, Grace $80, Judy $80, Henry $40, Rose $40, Isaac $25, John 45, Peggy $10, Sue $40

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