Virginia Tax Receipt

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Tax Receipt, Ms2021-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.
Language:
Materials of this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Tax Receipt, Ms2021-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.

Biographical / historical:

Peter Logan was a resident of Chesterfield, Virginia. He may have been a freedman prior to the American Civil War.

There is a Peter Logan (ca. 1811-1880), who was a shoemaker in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He was married to Betsey Coy Logan (b. ca. 1820), and the couple had several children. He later married Sarah (b. ca. 1835), and they had several children.

Logan died September 2, 1880, in Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Sources:

U.S. Federal Censuses, 1850-1880

"Peter Logan" entry, the Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/209968:62152

Acquisition information:
The Virginia Tax Receipt was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2019.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tax Receipt completed in July 2021