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=== Federal Tax Records (1862, 1867-69)  ===
=== Federal Tax Records (1862, 1867-69)  ===


The federal government adopted an income tax from 1862 to 1872 to help finance the Civil War. The Utah State Archives and the Family History Library have a copy of the Utah Territory assessment book for 1862 and 1867 to 1869.  
The federal government adopted an income tax from 1862 to 1872 to help finance the Civil War. The Utah State Archives and the Family History Library have a copy of the Utah Territory assessment book for 1862, and 1867-1869. See:


''United States Internal Revenue Service. Assessment Book Division No. 1, for the Territory of Utah 1862, 1867''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=21405&disp=Assessment+Book%2C+Division+No%2E+1%2C+f%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 25780].) This is not indexed, so search by locality. The record provides the name of the head of household, how much the property is valued, and how much tax was paid.  
''United States Internal Revenue Service. Assessment Book Division No. 1, for the Territory of Utah 1862, 1867''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1956. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=21405&disp=Assessment+Book%2C+Division+No%2E+1%2C+f%20%20&columns=*,0,0 film 25780].) This is not indexed, so searches have to be done by locality. The record provides the name of the head of household, how much the property is valued, and how much tax was paid.


=== Additional Tax Records  ===
=== Additional Tax Records  ===
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