Amherst County, Virginia Tax Ledgers
Content Description
This collection consists of two large manuscript volumes of tax records for Amherst, Virginia from 1819 to 1820, bound in leather. These ledger's identify enslavers and taxes paid for unnamed enslaved laborers among other things. Each volume lists hundreds of taxpayer names on the left side with comments about payments on the right. An alphabetical index in the front of each volume lists the page on which each name appears on the page in the volume, referring to tax transactions. The amount of tax is itemized for each taxpayer’s land, enslaved laborers, horses, "muster fines," and levies. Volume one documents 1819 and contains 26 unnumbered pages and 271 utilized pages. Volume two documents 1820 and contains 23 unnumbered pagesand 224 utilized pages. Front endpaper indicates the records were compiled by George Holloway of Amherst for 1819 and his name is found on the end papers for 1820.
Dates
- Creation: 1819-1820
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection has no use restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
These two ledgers were passed down through the Larkin and Dillard families of Amherst County, Virginia.
Extent
.4 Cubic Feet (Two volumes contained in a letter sized document box.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These volumes were purchased from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books, by the Special Collections Library on November 13, 2020.
Condition Description
Good.
Subject
- Amherst (Va.) (Organization)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Amherst County, Virginia tax records
- Author
- Initial resource record was created by Rose Oliveira, accessioning archivist. Sharon Defibaugh completed the work in November 2022.
- Date
- 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States