Record of taxes on property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee
date: label: Date
content: October 26, 1815
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 handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by the John Rouzee estate for the year 1816. The taxable property is listed as "33 negroes, 12 horses and 32 cattle," as well as four hundred and ninety-seven (497) acres of land, twenty-six (26) levies at one (1) dollar and twenty-eight (28) cents each, clerks notes, and account for tallow from 1814. The amount of taxes due was one hundred and nine (109) dollars and ninety-eight (98) cents. Payment was received October 26, 1815 by Alexander Finley. The document is signed in the lower right corner by Robert Hill. On the reverse is written, "Sheriffs acct. rec'd for taxes" along with notes on the date and amount paid. Both sides are written in black ink.
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: 2011.104.64
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: 4 3/4 x 6 in. (12.1 x 15.2 cm)