Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates
date: label: Date
content: October 13, 1830
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 accounting of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Essex County by the estates of John and Richard Rouzee for the year 1830, recorded in two separate entries on the page. The first entry for John Rouzee lists the taxable property as "30 slaves, 10 horses, 1 coachee," twenty seven county and poor levies, and four hundred and ninety seven and one quarter (497 1/4) acres of land. The entry for the estate of Richard Rouzee lists the taxable property as six hundred thirty nine (639) acres of land. Both entries record payment received by Edward Rouzee on October 13, 1830 and are signed by A. Mievny. Writing on the reverse notes the type of account, date and amount paid. Both sides are written in black ink. There are also some calculations written on the reverse in graphite.
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: 2011.104.73
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: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13 x 21.6 cm)