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

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Record #62 from Somerset County, Maryland Board of County Commissioners: Assessment Ledger 1852-1866 (Barren Creek District)

County Somerset
Tax Ledger Page 123
Taxpayer Richard Venables
Tax Years (1852-66 property debits) 1852 1857
Abstract 1852 Levi 37 y $400, Laban 13 y $250, George 9 y $75, Henry 4 y $75, John 2 y $75, Amelia 31 y $300, Esther 7 y $50 1857 Infant name unknown $50
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years 1857 John sold out of State $75, Henry sold out of state $75 1864 Levi $400, Laban $250 - gone into the army 1864 Amelia dead $200 1865 slaves emancipated by the State $200

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