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Taxation

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 74 Collections and/or Records:

Scott-Palmer Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1458
Scope and Contents Family papers of school master Theodore Scott (1805-1877); his daughter Saida Scott Palmer, a music teacher; her husband, Jewett Palmer, Civil War officer, local Republican official, and mayor of Marietta; and his daughters, Winifred and Muriel, a concert contralto. Includes correspondence, letter books, diaries, school registers and reports, scrapbooks, genealogical records, and theatre and opera programs.Topics include Scott's teaching career at Portsmouth, Ohio (1836);...
Dates: 1829-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Shepherdstown Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2369
Overview

Included are: town records, 1793-1816, 1839-1902; assessment and poll books, 1881-1917; minute and record books, 1902-1935; and mayor's court hearing book, 1907-1950.

Dates: 1794-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Squire Bosworth, Physician, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3054
Overview The day book and papers of Dr. Squire Bosworth and family. Squire Bosworth was one of the earliest physicians of Randolph County, and his day book records details of his medical practice indicating common procedures and remedies as well as charges and costs during the early nineteenth century. Bosworth was also a deputy and county clerk of Randolph County, and included among the papers are court documents. Along with his son, Squire Newton Bosworth, the family acquired interests in...
Dates: 1786-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Summers County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0655
Overview

County court records consisting primarily of marriage records and sheriff settlements relating to roads, schools, and poor funds. There are also estate administration papers; lunacy proceedings; Board of Education records; receipts and bank records; other misc. records, and an account book of the firm of Meador and Graham in Hinton, WV. There are also some papers of former clerks E. H. Peck and P. B. Pack.

Dates: 1859-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas Trickett Land Grant and Tax Receipt

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2039
Overview

A land grant signed by the Governor of Virginia, Joseph Johnson in 1853 granting 47 acres in Preston County to Thomas Trickett. Also an 1858 Preston County tax receipt for Thomas Trickett with assessments for personal and real property.

Dates: 1853, 1858
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thomas W. Dixon, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1855
Scope and Contents Xerox copies of the correspondence of William White, Cregan Cave (Greenbrier County) 1871-1897. William White (II) fitted himself to become a land surveyor, and for many years held the official position of surveyor of Greenbrier County. Letters relate to surveys and sale of several acres of land for George S. and John C. Knox and E. C. Halliday.Other letters relating to property and deeds are from G. W. Black, Elvira Fenton, J. R. Crawford, J. W. Watson, Dennis Landis, Lucy A....
Dates: 1869-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1246
Scope and Contents

Church and Bible records, personal property tax lists, index to Confederate service records of Virginia soldiers, Revolutionary War public service claims, index to Revolutionary War record, Revolutionary War pension and claim [indices], index cards to Virginia legislative petitions, and index to muster rolls of the Virginia militia in the War of 1812.

Dates: 1783-1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1257
Scope and Contents

County land tax list; ledger of Thomas Green, 1828-1874; muster rolls, Virginia Militia, 1812; index, Muster Rolls, 1812; and the Revolutionary War Bounties.

Dates: 1782-1874
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Walter R. Thurmond (1881-1967) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2141
Overview Operator in the Logan coalfield for many years, collector of Internal Revenue for West Virginia, and president of the state Board of Control, 1937-1941. Thurmond returned to the coal industry in 1941 and helped organize the Southern Coal Producers' Association, serving as its secretary until his retirement in 1958. The collection consists of correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, and other papers, including Thurmond's diaries for 1938-1967. Subjects include labor relations, taxes, mine...
Dates: 1938-1967
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Census County Divisions Report

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2771
Overview A typescript report on the boundaries of census county divisions in West Virginia, "Procedures Used in Defending Census County Divisions," (1973) by Dr. Szeska Zimolzak. The typescript includes an introduction, outline maps, and description of the geographical boundaries between county census divisions. Also included is a photo static copy of a typescript entitled, " Study of Ad Valorem Property Taxation of Tangible and Intangible Personal Property and Its Application to West Virginia,"...
Dates: 1972-1973
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center