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

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Record #217 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 1st
Tax Ledger Page 184
Taxpayer Doctor John Huston's heirs (house & lot in Salisbury)
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823 1827
Abstract 1823 Saul 50 y $100, Elick 10 y $40, Anthony 5 y $25, Stephen 2 y $10, Silvy 45 y $35, Hetty 20 y idiot $0, Maria 7 y $35, Thamar 1 y $5 1827 B. J. Boston? Milly 14 y $80
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) 1827: Milly to Doct. John Austin $80 1827: Wm. W. Handy for slave Alex (Elick?) $40 1827: Mrs. Huston Saul $100, Sylvia $35, Hetty $0 1827: Miss Isabella Huston for Maria $35

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