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

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Record #609 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 3rd
Tax Ledger Page 159
Taxpayer (Doctor) Thomas Robertson
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823 1825
Abstract 1823 Peter 66 y $15, Dinah 47 y $25, Eliza 15 y $80, Leah 12 y $40, Charles 24 y $120, Leah 25 y $80, Nancy 17 y $80, Lewey 9 y $40, Albert 13 y $40, Isaac 8 y $40, Lazarus 8 y $40, Robert 5 y $25, Henry 3 y $15, Nathan 2 y $10, Priscilla 11 u $0, Milky 3 y $15, Toresa 6 mos $5, Aaron 51 y $90, Revil 31 y $120, Sarah 28 y $80, Jeffery 33 $120, Nancy 26 y $80, Isaac 9 y $40, Ann 6 y $30, Sarah 2nd 4 y $20, John 2 y $10, Leah 1 y $5, Leah 19 y $80, Maria 18 y $80, Charlotte 1 y $5 1825 John H. Cahoon for slaves, Nace 23 y $120, Tom 14 y $120, George 2 y $10, Esther 48 y $20, Sarah 20 y $80, Harriet 11 y $40, Flora 6 y $30 1825 Jesse Wilson for slave Aaron 9 y $40
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) 1824: Aaron 51 y $90, Revil 31 y $120, Nancy 26 y $80, Isaac 9 y $40, Sarah 4 y $20, Ann 6 y $30, Leah 19 y $80, Maria 18 y $80 1824: Henry Lankford for slave Jeffery 33 y $120 1824: Slave Shadrach 60 y $0 1824: By slave Sarah 238 y $80, sold & exported 1824: Slaves Henry 3 y $15, Teresa 4 mos $5, John 2 y $10, Leah 1 y $5, Charlotte 1 y $5 dead 1825 Slaves Eliza 15 y $80, Nancy 17 y $80 exported 1825 Slaves Henry 3 y $15, Teresa 4 mos $5, dead see credit pg 232 for additional

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