Källinformation

Ancestry.com. Georgia, USA, sammanställning av förmögenhetsskatt, 1793-1892 [webbaserad databas]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Originaldata: Georgia Tax Digests [1890]. 140 volumes. Morrow, Georgia: Georgia Archives.

Georgia, USA, sammanställning av förmögenhetsskatt, 1793-1892

Den här databasen innehåller ett sammandrag för förmögenhetsskatten i 135 av Georgias counties från 1793 till 1893, vilket gör att det kan användas som ersättning för en folkräkning. I böckerna finns skattebetalarnas namn och värdeuppskattningar på olika typer av egendomar och tillgångar samt information om vem som var skatteskyldig. Detta innebär att alla män över 21 år och alla kvinnor med ägodelar ska finnas med här. Ytterligare en viktig information som finns i dessa sammandrag är att här finns även namn på frigivna afroamerikaner.

This database contains tax digest books for 137 Georgia counties from 1793 - 1892, making the collection a possible census substitute. The books list names of taxpayers and assessments of value for various types of property and assets, as well as indicating who owed the poll tax. As such, the records should include all men 21 and over and women who owned property. Another important feature of the digests is their inclusion of African-American freemen by name.

Digests were compiled by militia district. This allows researchers to locate an ancestor by county, where other important records may be located (though these digests list taxes according to where property was owned rather than where the payee necessarily lived). The digests don’t often indicate family relationships, but they do offer details about a taxpayer and his (or her) estate. Details on white taxpayers were recorded on a two-page form:

name
number of polls
taxable profession
number of employees
acres owned (and location)
value of land
value of city or town property
shares held in banks and corporations
stocks and securities
investments in cotton, foundries, shipping, mining
personal possessions (jewelry, agricultural products, animals, tools, etc.)

Freemen were logged separately on a different, one-page form that recorded

name of freeman
name of employer
polls
acres (and location)
value of land
value of city or town property
personal property: household items, stock, tools, merchandise

Agents

Agents, sometimes abbreviated Agt, represented the person who owed the tax. Women property holders often had men represent them on tax lists. The agent might be a family member, or he might represent a group who had sent one person to pay their taxes rather than all of them making the trip.

Updates:
24 Oct 2023: Changes were made to improve the performance of this collection. No new records were added.