[email protected] wrote: > Hello, > Does anyone know the answers to the following questions on the Tax Ratables' > of NJ during the late 1700s? > > I Have recently used Ancestry for the tax record index. I accessed them by > looking for a particular ancestor that I was interested in who was found in the > New Jersey Census, 1772 - 1890. I then ordered the appropriate film from the > Mormon Family History Library (at their nearest library). > > The 1779 film revealed tax records for the periods that included, "A tax for > those Exempted from Military duty " included names, acres improved, acres not > improved, value of acres, money at interest, total of levy, horses, cattle, > hogs, single men, slaves, merchants/shopkeepers, riding chairs and house > holders. > > My Problem: > Does anyone know what the criteria was (for the different years covered, > presumed to not be the same for every year) to be on the tax lists or possibly > where to find the information. > > Best Wishes, > Pat Pat, I've quickly scanned the 1782 Revenue Law which includes details on each column category (householders, single men, etc.) and the table format that Assessors needed to follow. If you're interested, please e-mail me offlist. The 1778 Revenue Law was an "Act to Raise the sum of £100,000 by taxation" and the 1779 Revenue Law was an "Act to Raise the sum of £3,375,000 by taxation". Each year or so thereafter, the State enacted this legislation to assess and collect taxes to run the government. Best, Michelle -- Michelle Tucker Chubenko Member, Association of Professional Genealogists http://www.chubenko.us/profgen/index.htm "Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up." - James A. Garfield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NJGenWeb: Warren County - http://www.rootsweb.com/~njwarren OKGenWeb Adair Co.: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okadair/adaircty.htm AdairCoArch: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/adair/adair.html