- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- October 17, 1812
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (14.6 x 19.7 cm)
- Caption
- This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
- Description
- This handwritten single page, one sided document is a tax record written by Rober Hill for John Rouzee regarding the taxes on "thirty-three (33) negros, twelve (12) horses and one (1) Coachee," as well as four hundred and ninty-seven (497) acres of land, six hundred and thirty-nine (639) acres of land owned by Richard Rouzee, and twenty-four (24) levies at eighty (80) cents each. The line of the tax record is a Bill to the General Court eighteen (18) cents and nine (9) dollars. The total tax amount due is sixty-seven (67) dollars and four (4) cents. The page has been ripped at an angle across the bottom.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcription Available
- Place made
- Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Liljenquist Family Collection
- Portfolio/Series
- Rouzee Family Papers
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Topic
- Agriculture
- Business
- Finance
- Law
- Slavery
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
- Object number
- 2011.104.43
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




