- Owned by
- Rouzee Family, American
- Date
- September 27, 1810
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- L x W: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (11.4 x 15.9 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 document is a sheriff of Essex account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee for the year 1810. This account lists the taxes on "23 negroes 13 horses + 1 Coachee," as well as seven hundred and forty-eight (748) acres of land, eighteen (18) levies at sixty-two (62) cents each, and "1 Bill Essex office," and "Ditto" for Eliza M. Rouzee. At the bottom is a note that full payment of forty-three (43) dollars and eighty-eight (88) cents was received September 27, 1810.
- 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
- 2011.104.47
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




