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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Tax Receipt, Ms2021-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Virginia Tax Receipt was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tax Receipt completed in July 2021

Biographical Note

Peter Logan was a resident of Chesterfield, Virginia. He may have been a freedman prior to the American Civil War.

There is a Peter Logan (ca. 1811-1880), who was a shoemaker in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He was married to Betsey Coy Logan (b. ca. 1820), and the couple had several children. He later married Sarah (b. ca. 1835), and they had several children.

Logan died September 2, 1880, in Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia.

Sources:

U.S. Federal Censuses, 1850-1880

"Peter Logan" entry, the Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/209968:62152

Scope and Content

The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• African Americans -- History
• Logan, Peter
• Virginia -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Virginia Tax Receipt by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).