Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 1816

Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County

A list of the taxable property of the subscriber in Albemarle Feb. 1. 1816.

5. white tythes.

74. slaves of 16. years old and upwards.

14. do of 12. years & not 16.

33. horses, mules, mares & colts.

1. gig.

1. four wheeled carriage, a Landau.

Th: Jefferson

MS (MHi); written entirely in TJ’s hand on verso of a portion of a reused address cover to TJ; endorsed by TJ: “Sheriff Albem. taxable property 1816.”

The Virginia General Assembly set property tax rates for 1816 in a law enacted on 22 Feb. of that year (Acts of Assembly description begins Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia (cited by session; title varies over time) description ends [1815–16 sess.], 3–4).tythes: “tithables.”

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 1816
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 1 February 1816

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson’s Statement of Taxable Property in Albemarle County, 1 February 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-09-02-0283. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 9, September 1815 to April 1816, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, pp. 430–431.]