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“Let the Record Show”

Tax Records for Gloucester County, Virginia
  • Roane Hunt
  • January 28, 2008
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Summary of Tax Records
  • 1704/5 Quit Rent List
  • 1770/1 Tax Journal
  • 1782-1861 Land Tax Records from microfilm
  • 1782-1861 Personal Property Tax from Microfilm
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Transcribing Tax Records
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Archive Room at the
Gloucester Museum of History
Storage Cabinets, Dedicated Computer, & Flatbed Scanner
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1704/5 Quit Rent List
  • Abingdon
  • Ware
  • Petsworth
  • Kingston
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1704/5 Quit Rent List
Abingdon Parish
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1770/1 Tax Journal
  • Abingdon
  • Ware
  • Petsworth
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1770/1 Tax Journal
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1770/1 Tax for Thomas Boswell
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1782-1861 Land Tax Records

1782 – 1790 1791 - 1861
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1782 Land Tax Records
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1782 Land Tax Transcribed Records
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1782-1861 Personal Property Tax Records

1782 – 1790 1791 - 1861
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1782 Personal Property Tax Records
Abingdon
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1782 Personal Property Tax Records
Abingdon Transcribed
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County Acreage Check
  • Reference Values
  • 1782-1790 Gloucester 193,465 acres
  • After 1791 Gloucester 138,630 acres
  • After 1791 Mathews 54,835 acres


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Percentage of Land Taxed
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Money Math
  • 1782-1797 Pound/Shilling/Pence £/s/d
  • 1 £ = 20 s, 1 s = 12 d, 1 £ = 240 d


  • After 1798 Dollar & Cents $ & ¢
  • 1 $ = 100 ¢


  • 1 £ = $3.33, 1 s = 16.66 ¢, 1 d = 1.39 ¢
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Land Value Categories
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Land Tax Rates
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1784 Personal Property Tax Summary
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Notation of 1802 Tax Rates
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Special Information Included in Personal Property Records
  • Lists of Free Persons of Colored
  • Lists of Licenses for Retail Merchants
  • Lists of Licenses for Taverns
  • Lists of Licenses for Public Entertainment
  • Lists of Licenses for Mills & Ferries
  • Lists of Licenses for Dogs
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List of Free Persons of Colored
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List for Retail Merchants
1817
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List for Taverns
1815
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List for Public Entertainment
1815
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List for Mills & Ferries
1813
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List for Dogs
1814
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Personal
Interest
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William F. Worrell
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Joseph T. Worrell
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