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Preferred Citation:
James City County and Williamsburg City Personal Property Books, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Biographical Information:
City of Williamsburg, Virginia Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement of Materials:
Divided into James City County and Williamsburg, then chronological order by year.
Related Material
Records are also available via microfilm at the Williamsburg-James City County Court House.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Account books
- African Americans
- African Americans--Virginia--James City County
- African Americans--Virginia--James City County--History
- African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg
- African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg--History
- James City County (Va.)--History--19th century
- James City County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Property tax
- Real property tax
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/68_J23_James_City_County_Property_Book.pdf
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- James City County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Container List
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.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id23711
Box 11866-1870Scope and Contents
6 Books, 1866 - 2 books, one each for Property Taxes and Land Taxes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id23712
Box 21871-1874Scope and Contents
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.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id23713
Box 31875 – 1880Scope and Contents
7 books. 1875 - 2 books, one each for Jamestown and Stone House.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 id23714
Box 41881 – 1883Scope and Contents
4 books. 1882 - 2 books, one each for Property Taxes and Land Taxes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 id23715
Box 51884 – 1886Scope and Contents
4 books. 1886 - 2 books, one each for Property Taxes and Land Taxes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 id23716
Box 61903 – 1910Arrangement
Shelved in oversize.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id290440
James City County Personal Property Tax1903
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id290444
James City County Personal Property Tax1904
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id290448
James City County Personal Property Tax1905
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id290452
James City County Personal Property Tax1906
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id290456
James City County Personal Property Tax1907
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id290460
James City County Personal Property Tax1908
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id290464
James City County Personal Property Tax1909
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id290468
James City County Personal Property Tax1910
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id290440
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 id23717
Box 71911 – 1912Scope and Contents
4 books. 1912 – 3 books, two are Property Taxes and one is blank.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 id23718
Box 81914, 1916 and 1917Scope and Contents
4 books.1914 – 2 books, both Property Taxes19161917
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 id23719
Box 91919 – 1923Scope and Contents
3 books.
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id23720
Box 101924 – 1927Scope and Contents
5 books.19281929193119321933
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 id23721
Box 111928, 1929, 1931, 1932 and 1933Scope and Contents
5 books.
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id23722
Box 121934-1939Scope and Contents
5 books.
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 id23737
Box 131940 – 1943Scope and Contents
4 books.
- Mixed Materials Box: 14 id23723
Box 141944 – 1948Scope and Contents
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.
- Mixed Materials Box: 15 id23747
Box 151865-1868Scope and Contents
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
- Mixed Materials Box: 16 id23748
Box 161869-1875
- Mixed Materials Box: 17 id23749
Box 171891, 1902-1904Scope and Contents
2 books.
- Mixed Materials Box: 18 id23750
Box 181910-1912Scope and Contents
3 books
- Mixed Materials Box: 19 id23751
Box 191913-1914Scope and Contents
2 copies
- Mixed Materials Box: 20 id23752
Box 201915, 1917 and 1919Scope and Contents
1915 – 2 copies
- Mixed Materials Box: 21 id23753
Box 211921-1923
- Mixed Materials Box: 22 id23754
Box 221924-1927Scope and Contents
1925 – 2 books