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

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Record #6 from Somerset County, Maryland Commissioners of the Tax: Assessment Ledger 1823-1829 (Election Districts 1 & 3)

County/Election District Somerset, 1st
Tax Ledger Page 5
Taxpayer Doctor John Austin
Tax Years 1823-1829 Property Debits 1823 1824 1828
Abstract 1823 Bo 20 y $70, David 11 y $40, Sarah 45 y inf. $30, Mary 16 y $80, Matilda 14 y $40 1824 Jesse Walter for slave Comfort 22 y $80, Oriss 4 y $20, Maria 1 y $5 1828 Geo. J. Jones for slave Aron $120, Audrey $80, slave Arthur $40, Maria $15, Milla from B J Dashiell a list of 1827 $80
Tax years & Items subtracted (credits) from assessments in other years (due to sales, deaths, extraditions to other areas, etc.) 1824: Matilda - sold & exported out of the state $40 1828: Comfort $80, Oris $20, Maria $5 - exported

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