James City County and City of Williamsburg Personal Property Tax Books
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Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of 69 Property Tax Books and 3 Land Tax Books for James City County, Virginia, 1866-1948, and 42 Property Tax Books and 2 Land Tax Books for Williamsburg, Virginia, 1865-1927.
Most years contain two sections within one book: one section for "White" property owners and one section for "Colored" property owners. Many of the James City County records have separate books or are divided into Powhatan, Jamestown and Stone House districts. For the years 1871 to 1875, records are not available for the county as a whole, but rather by the townships listed. Some years have more than one copy, usually the original book, and the corrected version.
Many of the books have crumbling covers and edges, but remain intact. Most are folded with one or two folds and have been left that way to preserve the crumbling paper.
Missing years: James City County: 1915, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1930 and 1937; Williamsburg: 1892 to 1901, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918 and 1920.
Dates
- Creation: 1865-1949
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Biographical Information:
Extent
11.00 Linear Feet
Arrangement of Materials:
Divided into James City County and Williamsburg, then chronological order by year.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Physical Description
115 volumes
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/68_J23_James_City_County_Property_Book.pdf
- Title
- Guide to the James City County and City of Williamsburg Personal Property Tax Books
- Author
- Special Collections Staff
- Date
- 2007-07-25
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- The collection description/finding aid is written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository