Coweta County - Tax Commissioner - Tax Digests
Scope and Contents
This series consists of bound volumes of tax digests which document the names of property owners residing in this county for the inclusive dates listed and the type of and amount each owned. These volumes contain many schedules showing the value of different kinds of property. This inventory will only list the schedules used by the commissioner and those include (1) name of tax payer, (2) number of Georgia Militia District in which each resided, (3) total number of acres of land owned, (4) aggregate value of land, (5) aggregate value of city or town property, (6) amount of money and solvent debts of all kinds, (7) value of merchandise, stocks and bonds, (8) value of household furniture, (9) value of plantation or mechanical tools, (10) value of other property not otherwise enumerated, (11) aggregate value of whole property and (12) total tax each owner paid. Entries are arranged and listed by the number of the Georgia Militia District in which each taxpayer resided and then in alphabetical order by the initial letter of their surname. The Tax Commissioner totaled the amount of each above schedule and listed such amount for each Georgia Militia District. Other information listed includes (1) names of tax defaulters and the amount of property each has according to above listed schedules and (2) names of freedmen, the amount of property each owns, the name of their employer and the number of the Georgia Militia District in which each lives. These freedmen are arranged and listed by the number of the Georgia Militia District in which they lived.
Dates
- Created: 1864-1879
Creator
- Coweta County (Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Extent
0 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Coweta County - Tax Commissioner - Tax Digests
- Author
- Georgia Archives
- Description rules
- Local
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States