Amherst County, Virginia Tax Ledgers, 1819/1820

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

This collection has no use restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Amherst County, Virginia Tax Ledgers, MSS 16467, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.4 Cubic Feet Two volumes contained in a letter sized document box.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Amherst County, Virginia Tax Ledgers, MSS 16467, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of two large manuscript volumes of tax records for Amherst, Virginia from 1819 to 1820, bound in leather. These ledger's identify enslavers and taxes paid for unnamed enslaved laborers among other things. Each volume lists hundreds of taxpayer names on the left side with comments about payments on the right. An alphabetical index in the front of each volume lists the page on which each name appears on the page in the volume, referring to tax transactions. The amount of tax is itemized for each taxpayer's land, enslaved laborers, horses, "muster fines," and levies. Volume one documents 1819 and contains 26 unnumbered pages and 271 utilized pages. Volume two documents 1820 and contains 23 unnumbered pagesand 224 utilized pages. Front endpaper indicates the records were compiled by George Holloway of Amherst for 1819 and his name is found on the end papers for 1820.

Biographical / historical:

These two ledgers were passed down through the Larkin and Dillard families of Amherst County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
These volumes were purchased from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books, by the Special Collections Library on November 13, 2020.
Physical description:
Good.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard