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Since no complete censuses for Tennessee exist before 1830, tax records are important for identifying early inhabitants. The individual Tennessee [[Tennessee Genealogy|county pages]] on the FamilySearch Wiki are usually the best places to find published tax lists and it is good to start there to see what is available. | Since no complete censuses for Tennessee exist before 1830, tax records are important for identifying early inhabitants. The individual Tennessee [[Tennessee Genealogy|county pages]] on the FamilySearch Wiki are usually the best places to find published tax lists and it is good to start there to see what is available. | ||
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*'''1861-1865''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/573483?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Assessment Lists of the United States Direct Tax Commission for the District of Tennessee'']. United States. Bureau of Internal Revenue. This tax list shows monthly and annual taxes on personal property, income, those who produced and distributed goods, and on licenses to practice and do business. Each microfilm has a full list of counties and the districts to which they belonged. This is a list of person taxed during the Civil War. | |||
U.S. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists. ''Three types of Reports:'' '''A'''=Annual; '''M'''=Monthly; '''S'''=Special Years and Reports may be different. | |||
''Each of these sections is on a separate film: scroll down and click on camera to open; This appears to be alphabatical by counties'' | |||
1. Anderson County, districts 1-11 thru Coffee County, districts 1-13 | |||
2. Coffee County, districts 1-13 (cont.) thru Gibson County, districts 1-21 | |||
3. Gibson County, districts 1-21 (cont.) thru Hancock County, districts 1-14 | |||
4. Hancock County, districts 1-14 (cont.) thru Madison County, districts 1-8 | |||
5. Marion County, districts 1-13 thru Roane County, districts 1-16 | |||
6. Robertson County, districts 1-17 thru Wilson County, districts 1-25 | |||
The first tax records of Tennessee were created in 1778 while Tennessee was part of North Carolina. | The first tax records of Tennessee were created in 1778 while Tennessee was part of North Carolina. | ||
There are three main guides to using early Tennessee tax lists: [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-east-tennessee-tax-lists-a-compiled-list-of-residents-of-the-area-covered-in-22-east-tennessee-counties-for-which-there-is-sic-no-census-records-prior-to-1830/oclc/1136652&referer=brief_results Curtis], [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-tennessee-tax-lists/oclc/946796567&referer=brief_results Sistler], and [https://www.worldcat.org/title/tennessee-tax-lists/oclc/57407276&referer=brief_results Creekmore]. Each book has a very different approach to indexing early Tennessee tax lists. Curtis indexes on a county-wide basis, Sistler indexes state-wide, and Creekmore indexes by militia districts within each county plus additional columns of information from the lists. Creekmore's additional information about the militia districts within the counties is particularly helpful. Unfortunately, Creekmore includes only a single tax year, whereas the other two authors index multiple tax years. | There are three main guides to using early Tennessee tax lists: [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-east-tennessee-tax-lists-a-compiled-list-of-residents-of-the-area-covered-in-22-east-tennessee-counties-for-which-there-is-sic-no-census-records-prior-to-1830/oclc/1136652&referer=brief_results Curtis], [https://www.worldcat.org/title/early-tennessee-tax-lists/oclc/946796567&referer=brief_results Sistler], and [https://www.worldcat.org/title/tennessee-tax-lists/oclc/57407276&referer=brief_results Creekmore]. Each book has a very different approach to indexing early Tennessee tax lists. Curtis indexes on a county-wide basis, Sistler indexes state-wide, and Creekmore indexes by militia districts within each county plus additional columns of information from the lists. Creekmore's additional information about the militia districts within the counties is particularly helpful. Unfortunately, Creekmore includes only a single tax year, whereas the other two authors index multiple tax years. | ||
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*'''1814-1857''' - 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.) | *'''1814-1857''' - 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.) | ||
== Tax Laws == | == Tax Laws == | ||