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James City County and Williamsburg City Personal Property Books, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Records are also available via microfilm at the Williamsburg-James City County Court House.
Divided into James City County and Williamsburg, then chronological order by year.
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.
Personal Property Tax Books for James City County, Virginia. 3 Land Tax books: 1866, 1882 and 1886. Missing years are: 1915, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1930 and 1937. 72 books.
6 Books, 1866 - 2 books, one each for Property Taxes and Land Taxes.
9 books, 1871 - 3 books, one each for Powhatan, Jamestown and Stone House. 1872 - 1 book, Stone House. 1873 - 3 books, one each for Powhatan, Jamestown and Stone House. 1874 - 2 books, one each for Jamestown and Stone House.
7 books. 1875 - 2 books, one each for Jamestown and Stone House.
4 books. 1882 - 2 books, one each for Property Taxes and Land Taxes.
4 books. 1886 - 2 books, one each for Property Taxes and Land Taxes.
Shelved in oversize.
4 books. 1912 – 3 books, two are Property Taxes and one is blank.
4 books.1914 – 2 books, both Property Taxes19161917
3 books.
5 books.19281929193119321933
5 books.
5 books.
4 books.
5 books.
Personal Property Tax Books for the City of Williamsburg, Virginia. Two Land Tax books are included for the years 1865 and 1867. Years missing are: 1892 to 1901, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1916, 1918 and 1920. 43 books.
1865 – 3 books, two are for Property Taxes and one is for Land Taxes. 1866 – 2 books, both for Property Taxes 1867 – 2 books, one for property taxes and one for Town Lots 1868 – 2 books, both for Property Taxes
2 books.
3 books
2 copies
1915 – 2 copies
1925 – 2 books