Charleston City Tax Records, 1859-1875.

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Title

Charleston City Tax Records, 1859-1875.

Creator

City of Charleston, SC

Date

1859-1875

Subject

African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Taxation -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Free African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Freedmen -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
Real estate.

Description

Tax records for the City of Charleston, South Carolina, from 1859 to 1875. Variety of city taxes in lower and upper wards, sales tax and real estate. Two volumes for 1862 and 1863 document the city's capitation tax which was levied on free people of color in the City of Charleston.

Contributor

Cox, Danielle (digitization)

Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Charleston Library Society. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Charleston Library Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Format

image/jpeg

Type

StillImage

Source

Ms. 335, Charleston City Tax Records, 1859-1875.

Language

English

Identifier

ms335

Collection Items

City Taxes 1863 A-L
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information paid by free people of color for the year 1863, the middle of the Civil War. The state of South Carolina came under martial law in 1862, and would remain so until the end of…

Tax Book Free Persons of Color 1862
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information paid by free people of color for the year 1862, toward the beginning of the Civil War. The state of South Carolina fell under martial law in May of this year, and would…

City Taxes 1862 M-Z
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1862, toward the beginning of the Civil War. It covers taxpayers whose last names begin with the letters M-Z. The state of South Carolina fell under martial law…

City Taxes 1862 A-L
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1862, toward the beginning of the Civil War. It covers taxpayers whose last names begin with the letters A-L. The state of South Carolina fell under martial law…

City Taxes 1861
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1861, the beginning of the Civil War. It appears to be the second half of a two-volume set, covering surnames starting with M-Z. The 1861 ledger for A-L is not…

City Taxes Upper Wards 1860
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1860, the cusp of the Civil War. It covers taxes paid in the "upper wards," which consisted of the peninsula north of Calhoun Street to Charleston Neck. For each…

City Taxes Lower Wards 1860
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1860, the cusp of the Civil War. It covers taxes paid in the "lower wards," which consisted of the peninsula south of Calhoun Street. For each taxpayer listed it…

1860 Tax Record
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1860, the cusp of the Civil War. No names are listed, only providing valuation or quantities owned of real estate, stock of goods, interest on bonds, dividends,…

City Taxes Real Estate 1871-75
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the years 1871 through 1875, around the middle of Reconstruction. The state of South Carolina came under martial law in 1862, and would remain so until the end of…

City Taxes Real Estate 1869
LibGuide on this item available.This ledger includes tax return information for the year 1869. The state of South Carolina came under martial law in 1862, and would remain so until the end of Reconstruction in 1877. For each taxpayer listed it gives…
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