Good morning, Can someone point me in the direction of a source on early Pennsylvania tax laws? Specifically, I'm trying to find the age at which a young man became subject to a tax on personal property, e.g. a cow, in the 1830s. Was it 16 or 21? Thanks for the help, Claire Butler
Check out this page. I know it says Colonial Laws, but it includes some later ones. Also, I think you may need to know what was in the Colonial laws. I did a little bit of research in a 1700-1853 annotated compilation and did not find a straight forward answer. I found information that made me believe the age of majority was 21, but not a law that so stated, I did find information about taxes, but nothing that specified age for taxation of personal property, Here is hoping your are able to more easily find the answer than I was! http://libguides.bgsu.edu/content.php?pid=65781&sid=487593 Barbara Snow [email protected] website: Bobbie’s Genealogy Classroom blog: Genealogy Etc. On Mar 7, 2015, at 9:48 AM, Claire Butler via <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning, > > Can someone point me in the direction of a source on early Pennsylvania tax > laws? Specifically, I'm trying to find the age at which a young man became > subject to a tax on personal property, e.g. a cow, in the 1830s. Was it 16 > or 21? > > Thanks for the help, > Claire Butler > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Thank to everyone who offered help with my tax question. I found what I needed! Claire On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Claire Butler <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning, > > Can someone point me in the direction of a source on early Pennsylvania > tax laws? Specifically, I'm trying to find the age at which a young man > became subject to a tax on personal property, e.g. a cow, in the 1830s. Was > it 16 or 21? > > Thanks for the help, > Claire Butler > -- *Claire Butler* www.mahoganybox.net twitter @mboxgenealogy