Charlotte County (Va.) Commissioner of the Revenue Memorandum Books, 1806-1858

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

For one 1815 book and 1856-1858, use microfilm Charlotte County (Va.) Reels 151-152.

Preferred citation:

Charlotte County (Va.) Commissioner of the Revenue Memorandum Books, 1806-1858. Local government records collection, Charlotte County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Summary

Creator:
Charlotte County (Va.) Circuit Court.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charlotte County (Va.) Commissioner of the Revenue Memorandum Books, 1806-1858. Local government records collection, Charlotte County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.

Background

Scope and content:

Charlotte County (Va.) Commissioner of the Revenue Memorandum Books, 1806-1840, are rough drafts of personal property taxes compiled by the Commissioners of the Revenue. Some of the books have a listing at the front of the volume of the tax rates for that year. Information recorded for each person includes if applicable full name, number of white tithables, tithable slaves listed by name, number of tithable slaves older than 16 years of age, number of tithable slaves older than 12 years of age, numbers of horses and mules, and number of coaches, carriages and other taxable wheeled vehicles. There is no index.

Many of the memorandum books contain lists of free negroes and mulattoes following the tax information. Lists exist in the volumes for the years 1807, 1810, 1811 (2 volumes), 1817, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825 (2 volumes), 1826, 1828, 1832, 1835, 1839, and 1840. Free negro lists give the full names of all free negroes in a particular household or family, numbers of males and females, and the occupation of the head of household.

Other books contain lists of alienations (transfers of property), lists of licenses, lists of voters, lists of militia enrollment, registers of births, and registers of deaths. Please consult the finding aid for additional information about which are included in which volume.

Lists of voters are recorded by voting district.

Lists of militia enrollment are given by voting district.

Licenses granted in the county in the 1856-1858 volumes record date of license, name of person or firm, business or professional license, name of sheriff to whom paid, standard by which amount of tax has been ascertained, amount of tax, amount of sales of ardent spirits, tax on sales of spirits, total amount of tax.

Registers of births record date of birth, name of child if named, white, colored (free/slave), sex (male/female), born (alive/dead), place of birth, father's name if free/owner's name if slave, father's occupation, father's residence, mother's name in full, how many in a birth, deformity or any other cause, source of information (name of person giving information; relation of informant).

Registers of deaths record name in full, white, colored (free/slave), name of owner of slave, sex (male/female), date of death, place of death, name of disease, age (month/week/day), name of parents, when born, occupation, consort of or unmarried, source of information (name of person giving information; designation of informant ie friend, physician, etc.).

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 108

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 104

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 106

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes at the back of the unpaged volume.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 140.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 113

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 113

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes at the end of the unpaged volume.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 113

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes at the end of the volume.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 132

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 119

Includes list of alienations, pp. 130-137; and list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 139

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 127; and list of alienations pp. 130-133

Includes list of alienations, p. 127

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 135

Includes list of alienations in the back of the volume.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 143

Includes on last page of unpaged volume a list of merchants' licenses.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 150

Includes list of alienations at the back of the unpaged volume.

At the end of the unpaged volume there is a list of alienations and a list of merchants.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 150

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 150

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes, p. 145

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes (1856), pp. 112-113; list of voters (1856), pp. 114-127; list of militia enrollment (1856), pp. 128-137; licenses granted in the county (1855-1857), pp. 138-141; register of births (1855), pp. 142-159; register of deaths (1855), pp. 160-169.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes (1857), pp. 113-114; list of voters (1857), pp. 115-128; list of militia enrollment (1857), pp. 129-138; licenses granted in the county (1856-1857), pp. 139-142; register of births (1856), pp. 143-162; register of deaths (1856), pp. 163-170.

Includes list of free negroes and mulattoes (1858), pp. 120-121; list of voters (1858), pp. 122-135; list of militia enrollment (1858), pp. 136-147; licenses granted in the county (1857-1858), pp. 148-151; register of births (1857), pp. 152-171; register of deaths (1857), pp. 172-180.

Biographical / historical:

Charlotte County was formed from Lunenburg County in 1764.

Acquisition information:
These items came to the Library of Virginia in transfers of court papers from Charlotte County. These items were microfilmed by the Library of Virginia's Imaging Services Division.
Arrangement:

Arranged more or less in alphabetical order by surname.

Physical location:
Library of Virginia
Physical description:
30 v. and 2 microfilm reels