Insurance Commissioner - Wild Lands - Wild Land Registers (Tax Digests)

Series

Identifier: 008-05-039

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The first law requiring taxes on unimproved or wild lands to be paid by non-residents was passed in 1866. If the taxes were not paid, the Comptroller General could advertise and the county sheriff sell the land at public auction. The law was repealed in 1868 and all land sales from the act were voided in 1869 and 1870. Taxation of wild lands was again enacted in 1872. The law’s purpose was to collect taxes on unimproved or wild lands from land owners residing outside the county.

Dates

Created: 1866-1899

Creator

Insurance Commissioner (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

Information is arranged on the basis of the counties, sections, districts and lots, and shows the name of the county at the time the original land survey was made and whatever county the land was in when the books were created, the individual(s) who paid tax on the land and the years for which the tax was paid. Some registers are indexed. The registers have been given numbers, but other than being shelved in numerical sequence, there is no discernible pattern to the numbering scheme.

Record Groups

- 008. Insurance Commissioner
- 008/05. Wild Lands

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Insurance Commissioner - Wild Lands - Wild Land Registers (Tax Digests)
Author: Georgia Archives
Description rules: Local
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin