Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History & Culture Enduring Connections: Exploring Delmarva's Black History

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Record #45 from Somerset County, Maryland Board of County Commissioners: Assessment Ledger 1852-1866 (Barren Creek District)

County Somerset
Tax Ledger Page 96
Taxpayer Richard Quinton, free Negro
Tax Years (1852-66 property debits) 1852 1854
Abstract 1852 Pt "White Hill" & "Lazy Hill" & pt "Irelands Eye" 72 acres $430, "Taylors Addition" 23 acres $115, 1 bed $10 & other furniture $20, 1 horse $30, 2 cows $40, 3 other cattle $15, 6 hogs $20, 1 silver watch $5, carriage $20, 1/4 schooner Extra $300 1854 1 horse from Eli Robertson $25
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years 1854 By Gideon Knowles for 7 acres of Irelands Eye $40, by 1/4 of schooner Extra sold out of the county $300 1854 By Isaac Hubbard for Taylors Addition 23 acres $115

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