Van Hall, Historian, Microfilm Collection of Tax Records for Virginia Counties and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4459
Van Beck Hall, a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, collected these records to support his research for a forthcoming book The Political Economy of Virginia, 1790-1830 [as of October 2019]. The majority of the records are on 57 reels of microfilm and contain land tax and personal property tax records for southeastern and central Virginia counties (1771-1861). Examples of counties include Caroline, Fairfax, Gloucester, Hanover, Prince George, and Stafford, among others. Miscellaneous records on 5 reels of microfilm include a report from the Virginia Library Board (1916-1917), lists of state and county officials (1780-1865), records of arms delivered (1792-1798), tobacco inspections (1795-1813), insurance declarations (1796-1821), and a doctoral dissertation about Maine's separation from Massachusetts (1966). Additionally, 3 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1776-1832) and 8 reels of microfilm contain the Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia (1790-1831).
English
No special restriction applies. Microfilm in this collection may be taken from the Manuscripts Room to a microfilm reader.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
1.3 Linear Feet (1 ft. 4 in. (4 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each))
Microfilm reading equipment (available onsite) is needed to access content.
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https//wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Some property and land taxes for Virginia can be found on the Internet Archive (http://archive.org) and Google Books web sites (https://books.google.com). The Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Virginia can be found on the HathiTrust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org) web site. Microfilm of the property and land tax records for Viginia can be found at the Library of Virginia.
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository