Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates
date: label: Date
content: October 1829
name: label: Owned by
content: Rouzee Family, American
notes: label: Caption
content: This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
label: Description
content: This document starts with an account of taxes owed by the estate of "Inv Rouzee" to the sheriff of Essex County, Virginia for 1829. The taxes are itemized as four hundred seven and one quarter acres of land, "30 slaves 9 horses + 1 Coachee," and 27 county + poor levies for a total of forty-five dollars and thiry one cents ($45.31). It is noted that payment was received from E. Rouzee on October 29th. The document continues with taxes owed for the estate of Richard Rouzee to the sheriff of Essex County. This list contains only one entry, with two dollars and seventy four cents ($2.74) being owed for 439 acres of land. It is noted that payment was received by E. Rouzee on October 22nd. There are additional calculations in graphite in the bottom left corner. Writing on the reverse notes the amounts paid and the date. Both sides are handwritten in black ink. The paper is torn evenly along the top and right sides and has been folded multiple times.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place made
content: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Finance
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Rouzee Family Papers
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.104.48
objectType: label: Type
content: financial records
label: Type
content: tax records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 6 3/4 x 8 in. (17.1 x 20.3 cm)