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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Taxation|Taxation]]'' {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee_Taxation|Taxation]]'' {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} <br>Tax records vary in content. They may include the name and residence of the taxpayer, description of the real estate, name of original purchaser, description of personal property, number of males over 21, number of school children, slaves, and farm animals. They are usually arranged by date and locality, and they are not normally indexed. Tax records can be used in place of missing land and census records to locate a person’s residence. | ||
<br>Tax records vary in content. They may include the name and residence of the taxpayer, description of the real estate, name of original purchaser, description of personal property, number of males over 21, number of school children, slaves, and farm animals. They are usually arranged by date and locality, and they are not normally indexed. Tax records can be used in place of missing land and census records to locate a person’s residence. | |||
<br>Individual Tennessee [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tennessee county pages] on FamilySearch Wiki are the best places to start to learn which tax lists have been published. | <br>Individual Tennessee [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tennessee county pages] on FamilySearch Wiki are the best places to start to learn which tax lists have been published. | ||
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*Creekmore, Pollyanna. ''Early East Tennessee Taxpayers''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1980. Originally appeared as a series of articles in: The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications. {{FHL|61911|item|disp=FHL film 1486601; book 976.8 R4cp}}. Includes tax lists for 1778–1832, with surname indexes prepared by Frances Maynard and Dorothy Peters. | *Creekmore, Pollyanna. ''Early East Tennessee Taxpayers''. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1980. Originally appeared as a series of articles in: The East Tennessee Historical Society’s Publications. {{FHL|61911|item|disp=FHL film 1486601; book 976.8 R4cp}}. Includes tax lists for 1778–1832, with surname indexes prepared by Frances Maynard and Dorothy Peters. | ||
On 2 August 1813 Congress passed an act that levied a Federal Direct Tax. | On 2 August 1813 Congress passed an act that levied a Federal Direct Tax. | ||
*Delinquent property owners for the Direct Federal Tax in the 5th U.S. Tax Collection District in Tennessee are listed in [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-3.pdf Ansearching News, Fall 1996] | *Delinquent property owners for the Direct Federal Tax in the 5th U.S. Tax Collection District in Tennessee are listed in [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/pdf/1996-3.pdf Ansearching News, Fall 1996] | ||
*1814 lists for the 3rd Collection District taken by deputy collector of revenue John Teddar are found in the manuscript collection: John Tedder Papers, 1814-1857 at TSLA. (Includes Franklin, Overton, Warren and White counties.) | *1814 lists for the 3rd Collection District taken by deputy collector of revenue John Teddar are found in the manuscript collection: John Tedder Papers, 1814-1857 at TSLA. (Includes Franklin, Overton, Warren and White counties.) | ||
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Eligible voters in Tennessee paid a tax for the privilege of voting. This poll tax was paid by white males, age 21 or over. Since this was an annual tax, the tax lists serve as censuses. Some were used to “reconstruct” the missing 1790 to 1820 federal censuses. They can help you trace the migration of families from county to county between federal censuses. The Family History Library has only microfilmed a small fraction of available tax lists, but has collected many periodicals where abstracts have been published (see individual county pages). Many of the original tax lists from 1778 to 1835 are available at the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]]. | |||
Eligible voters in Tennessee paid a tax for the privilege of voting. This poll tax was paid by white males, age 21 or over. Since this was an annual tax, the tax lists serve as censuses. Some were used to “reconstruct” the missing 1790 to 1820 federal censuses. They can help you trace the migration of families from county to county between federal censuses. The Family History Library has only microfilmed a small fraction of available tax lists, but has collected many periodicals where abstracts have been published (see individual county pages). Many of the original tax lists from 1778 to 1835 are available at the [[Tennessee State Library and Archives]]. | |||
=== Civil War-Era Tax Lists === | === Civil War-Era Tax Lists === | ||
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TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - TAXATION | TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - TAXATION | ||
See the [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee Archives and Libraries]] article for facilities with regional collections which might include tax records.{{Tennessee|Tennessee}} | See the [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee Archives and Libraries]] article for facilities with regional collections which might include tax records. | ||
=== Alternative Sources === | |||
[[www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/petition01.pdf|Tennessee Petitions 1799-1812]] | |||
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