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Collection Number: 03919-z

Collection Title: Iredell County (N.C.) Land Valuations Book, 1800.

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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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Abstract The collection inlcudes a volume of records, 1800, of land and building valuations of Iredell County, N.C., prepared for assessment of a special direct tax for national defense authorized by Congress in 1798. The book shows the names of property owners, number of acres owned, value of land in dollars, number of buildings, and total valuation. This volume has been analyzed by Hugh Hill Wooten in The North Carolina Historical Review (October, 1952).
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use
No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Iredell County (N.C.) Land Valuations Book, #3919-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Available on microfilm at the North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Raleigh.
Acquisitions Information
Received from Lawrence K. Hill of Greenville, S.C., January 1971.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

Updated by: Laura Hart, January 2021

This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

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A special direct tax for national defense was authorized by Congress in 1798. Land and building valuations were carried out in Iredell County, N.C., for assessment purposes as a result of the tax measure.

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The collection includes a volume of records, 1800, of land and building valuations in Iredell County, N.C., prepared for assessment of a special direct tax for national defense authorized by Congress in 1798. The book shows the names of property owners, number of acres owned, value of land in dollars, number of buildings, and total valuation. Some supplementary sections show the number and value of slaves owned at Iredell residents owning land in Rowan County, N.C. This volume has been analyzed by Hugh Hill Wooten in The North Carolina Historical Review (October, 1952).

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Contents list

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Folder 1

Land Valuations Book

Includes original finding aid.

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