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== Online Resources == | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/ | *'''1862-1866''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/314277?availability=Family%20History%20Library Internal revenue tax assessment lists for Rhode Island, 1862-1866] (go down to camera click to view which one you want) '''''list of Districts below''''' | ||
*'''1862-1874''' {{RecordSearch|2075263|U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874}} at FamilySearch. Images only. | |||
*'''1867-1873''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3368295?availability=Family%20History% Rhode Island, tax assessment lists, 1867-1873] (go to district and date you want, click on camera to view) | |||
== | == Why Use Tax Records == | ||
: | By studying several consecutive years of tax records you may determine when a young men came of age, when individuals moved in and out of a home, or when they died leaving heirs. Authorities determined wealth (real estate, or income) to be taxed. Taxes can be for polls, real and personal estate, or schools. | ||
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Tax record content varies and 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. Tax records usually are arranged by date and locality and are not normally indexed. Tax records can be used in place of missing land and census records to locate a person’s residence. | |||
== How to Use Tax Records for Rhode Island == | |||
=== County Level === | |||
Tax records pre-date the Revolution and many can be found in the town clerk's office; [[Rhode Island Town Records|town records]] | |||
, Rhode Island State Archives, or the . The clerk's office usually has an inventory of tax list holdings.<ref>[https://wiki.rootsweb.com/wiki/index.php/Rhode_Island_Tax_Records Red Book]</ref> | |||
=== State Level === | |||
'''''1862-1866''' Tax districts for Rhode Island''<br> | |||
'''''District''''' 1: Cities of New Port, and Providence; Twps. of Barrington, Bristol, Cumberland, East Providence, Little Comption, Middletown, North Providence Pawtucket, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Tiverton, Warren<br> | |||
'''''District''''' 2: Twps of Burrillville, Charlestown, Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, Exeter, Foster, Glocester, Hopkinton, Jamestown, Johnston, New Shoreham, North Kingstown, Richmond, Scituate, South Kingstown, Warwick Westerly, West Greenwich<br> | |||
{{Tip|To find the Roll numbers, which include the Annual lists, Monthly and Special tax Lists, go to page 5 and 6 of the Research Guide located here: [[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9WM-GVQM?i=4&wc=SD5K-B6S%3A387487901%2C387507201%2C387489501&cc=2075263 A Research guide for Rhode Island page 5 and 6 for dates]]}}<br> | |||
Many Tax lists are at: <br> | |||
[http://www.sec.state.ri.us/''Archives Rhode Island State Archives''] <br> | |||
Address: 82 Smith St. <br> Rm. 208 <br>Providence, RI 02903 <br> | |||
Phone: (401) 222- 2473 <br> | |||
Email: statelibrary@sos.ri.gov <br> | |||
[https://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society]<br> | |||
Address: 110 Benevolent St.<br> Providence, RI 02906<br> | |||
Phone: (401) 331-8575<br> | |||
[https://www.rihs.org/collections-online/ Rhode Island Historical Society (Their collection on line)]<br> | |||
[[Image:Tax money bag.jpg|right|200px|Tax money bag.jpg]] | |||
== Tax Laws == | |||
Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income tax were instituted on them. <ref>[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1264 Creation of the IRA]</ref> | |||
*To learn more about this Collection click [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States,_Internal_Revenue_Assessment_Lists_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) here] | |||
*To learn more about the Civil War taxes click [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1986/winter/civil-war-tax-records.html here] | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Rhode_Island, United States | {{Rhode Island|Rhode Island}} | ||
[[Category:Rhode_Island, United States]] | |||
[[Category:Taxation]] | |||