PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00073::A Guide to the Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book)//EN" "vif00073.xml" A Guide to the Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book, 1893-1896 Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book MSS 09-22 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, April 7, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book, 1893-1896 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 09-22

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book, 1893-1896 MSS 09-22 .25 linear feet English The Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book includes the working draft of alphabetical tax lists from the white and colored sections of the Mount Vernon, Lee, and Centreville districts. Willilam Simpson Kincheloe (1836-1905), Robert Guest Nevitt (1836-1919), Richard Henderson Shephard (1836-1904), and Robert Wiley (1840-1932) Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book, MSS 09-22, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

 Acquisition Information

Donated by Steve Moloney, September 2017

 Processing Information

Chris Barbuschak, December 2017EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

 Historical and Biographical Information

Robert Wiley, a Confederate veteran and Commander of the Marr Camp, United Confederate Veterans at Fairfax was elected County Treasurer in 1891 and served in that office for 24 years. Two fellow Confederate veterans and Marr Camp members, William S. Kincheloe and Richard H. Shepherd, helped collect the taxes for 1893 and 1894. Robert G. Nevitt, a notary public, also assisted. Shepherd was a long-time tax collector for the Mount Vernon district, Kincheloe served for many years as Deputy Treasurer, and Nevitt was a long-time member of the Fairfax County School Board.

 Scope and Content

The Fairfax County Office of County Treasurer 1893-1894 Tax Account Book includes the working draft of alphabetical tax lists from the white and colored sections of the Mount Vernon, Lee, and Centreville districts. The book was created and maintained by County Treasurer Robert Wiley, Robert G. Nevitt, Richard H. Shephard, and William S. Kincheloe from 1893 to 1896.

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 Index Terms Kincheloe, William Simpson (1836-1905) Nevitt, Robert Guest (1836-1919) Shephard, Richard Henderson (1836-1904) Taxation - Virginia - Fairfax County Wiley, Robert (1840-1932) Container List 1893-1894 Fairfax County Treasurer's tax account book, 1893-1896