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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 288172, member: 59"]Definitely a receipt for payment of 1815 taxes on various personal property, most likely somewhere in the southern US and in an agricultural area - thus the listing of various animals and, as noted, slaves. In this case "Capt(ain)" George Wallis is paying taxes on his own property and on that of the "estate" of John Wallis (who quite likely was his then-deceased father.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the inclusion of "tithes" (often meaning the number of males in the household over the age of 16.) </p><p><br /></p><p>The Wm. (William) Ashby who signed for the payment was the collector of taxes for the jurisdiction. Too bad there's no mention of where this property was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 288172, member: 59"]Definitely a receipt for payment of 1815 taxes on various personal property, most likely somewhere in the southern US and in an agricultural area - thus the listing of various animals and, as noted, slaves. In this case "Capt(ain)" George Wallis is paying taxes on his own property and on that of the "estate" of John Wallis (who quite likely was his then-deceased father.) Note the inclusion of "tithes" (often meaning the number of males in the household over the age of 16.) The Wm. (William) Ashby who signed for the payment was the collector of taxes for the jurisdiction. Too bad there's no mention of where this property was.[/QUOTE]
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