Campbell County (Va.) Personal Property Tax Book, 1848-1850, are three years of lists of taxable personal property bound into the same volume. Information recorded includes names of persons chargeable with tax; white males above 16 years of age; slaves above 16 years of age; slaves above 12 years of age; horses, mules etc.; 4 wheel pleasure carriages and harnesses, and value; stages, and value, including harness; carryalls and harness, and value; 2 wheel pleasure carriages and harnesses, and value; gold watches; patent lever or lepine silver watches; other watches; metallic clocks; other clocks; pianos, and value; plate over the value of $50; attorneys paying specific tax, and amount of tax; physicians and surgeons paying specific tax, and amount of tax; dentists paying specific tax, and amount of tax; amount of interest or profits on moneys loaned out, or on bonds acquired by purchase, including interest, profits or dividends on state or corporation bonds; amount of monied yearly income over $400, received as salaries or fees of office; bridges and ferries: amount of yearly rent or value over $100; newspaper printing presses, and amount of tax; and total amount of tax in dollars and cents. Each year is recorded together with the names arranged alphabetically. At the end of each year is a recapitulation for each category and certifications by the commissioner of the revenue and the clerk of court as to the accuracy of the list.

Following the 1850 list is a list of ordinaries and houses of private entertainment with their annual rent or value in the district of William Organ, Commissioner of the Revenue, for 1850. Information recorded includes names and value in dollars.

Following the list of ordinaries is a list of free negroes of the age of 21 years and under 55 years of age in the district of William Organ, Commissioner of the Revenue, for 1850. Names are given in alphabetical order.