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

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Record #305 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 1st
Tax Ledger Page 239
Taxpayer Captain John McClister
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823 1826
Abstract 1823 Mingo 73 y $0, Job 53 y $65, Stephen 57 y $90, Jack 50 y $95, Elijah 45 y $120, Elbert 47 y infirm $60, James 38 y $120, Tom 36 y $120, William 23 y $120, Levin 29 y $120, Jim 26 y $120, Elbert 24 y $120, Spencer 19 y $120, Glasco 17 y $120, Joseph 21 y $120, Henry 19 y $120, Jacob 58 y $55, Adam 46 y $115, Bozman 37 y $120, Daniel 16 y $120, Robert 14 y $40, Edward 20 y $120, Dennis 18 y $120, George 16 y $120, Israel 12 y $40, Jacob 10 y $40, Philip 11 y $40, Arnold 11 y $40, William 10 y $40, Mingo 7 y $35, Martin 10 y $40, David 12 y $40, Samuel 10 y $40, Jesse 5 y $25, Josiah 6 y $30, Moses 6 y $30, Joseph Handy 60 y infirm $0, Noah 1 y $5, Robert Hewit 1 yr $5, Littleton Elzy 1 y $5, Rachael 80 y $0, Henny 40 y $60, Ann 21 y $80, Esther 19 y infirm $60, Lydia 68 y $0, Nelly 25 y infirm $60, Lewey 53 y infirm $0, Emma 23 y $80, Betsy 15 y $80, Cyrus 58 y $0, Sarah 43 y $45, Rachael 14 y $40, Nancy 35 y $80, Nicey 16 y $80, Milky 14 y $40, Judy 36 y $80, Nancy 18 y $80, Caroline 16 y $80, Mary 13 y $40, Betty 6 y $30, Martha 6 y $30, Polly 5 y $25, Sarah Jane 2 y $10, Charlotte 4 y $20, Jane 3 y $15, Esther 1 y $5, Ann 1 y $5, Casa 1 y $5 1826 Henry Fontaine for Elbert 28 y $120, Charlotte 12 y $40
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) 1825: slave Caroline sold & exported $80 1825: slaves Jack 50 y $90, Martha 6 y $30 & Ann 1 y $5 - dead

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