Leather bound volume with ruled interior pages containing records of the people enslaved by Hugh Torrance of Yalobusha County, Mississippi. The front cover has text handwritten in black ink reading "Negro Record." The interior text is handwritten in ink…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.36.2
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1841. The taxable property is listed as "26 slaves, 15 horses and Buggy," four hundred and fifteen (415), eighty-seven (87), two…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.71
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1840. The taxable property is listed as "26 slaves, 13 horses, and Carriage," four hundred and fifteen and one quarter (415…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.72
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1813. The taxable property is listed as "28 negroes 13 horses + 1 Coachie," as well as seven hundred and forty-eight (748) acres…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.67
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by John Rouzee for the year 1813. The taxable property is listed as "34 negroes," four hundred and ninety-seven (497) acres of land, twenty-nine (29) levies at seventy-nine (79) cents each,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.69
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Essex County by the estates of John and Richard Rouzee for the year 1828, with an entry for each estate. The taxable property for John Rouzee is listed as "30 slaves, 8…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.70
This handwritten, single page document is an accounting of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Essex County by the estates of John and Richard Rouzee for the year 1830, recorded in two separate entries on the page. The first entry for John Rouzee lists the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.73
This handwritten, single page document is an accounting of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Essex County by the estates of John and Richard Rouzee for the year 1827, recorded in two separate entries. The taxale property for the John Rouzee estate is listed as…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.76
This handwritten, single page document is a tax account for Edward Rouzee to the sheriff of Essex County dated October 1, 1828. It lists the taxes owed on "18 slaves, 13 horses + 1 Gig, 18 county and poor levies, 798 1/4 acres of land" and money owed the…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.45
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,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.47
This handwritten, single page document is a tax account and payment receipt for Edward Rouzee for the year 1825.The taxable property is listed as "454 acres and 293 acres of land, 27 slaves, 10 horses, and 2 gigs, 25 levies. The total amount owed is…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.49
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed to the Sherriff of Essex County by Edward Rouzee for the year 1830. The taxable property is listed as "16 slaves, 13 horses, 1 gig," as well as fifteen (15) county and poor levies at one…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.51
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1807. The itemized property is listed as "22 negroes 12 horses and 1 Coachee," seven hundred and forty-eight (748) acres of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.52
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1827. The taxable property is listed as "18 slaves, 10 horses, and 1 gig," as well as eighteen (18) county and poor levies at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.53
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1802. The taxable property is listed as "1 black, 3 horses and 1 Chariot," The total tax amount due was four (4) dollars and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.61
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1829. The taxable property is listed as four hundred and fifty-four and 3/4 (454 3/4) acres and two hundred and ninety-three…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.63
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by Edward Rouzee for the year 1817. The taxable property is listed as "28 neg + 11 horses," as well as seven hundred and forty-eight (748) acres of land, twenty-nine (29) levies at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.65
This handwritten single page, one sided document is a tax record written by Rober Hill for John Rouzee regarding the taxes on "thirty-three (33) negros, twelve (12) horses and one (1) Coachee," as well as four hundred and ninty-seven (497) acres of land,…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.43
This handwritten, single page document is a tax account for the estate of John Rouzee for the year 1824. This documents lists "27 slaves and 4 horses, 23 levies, 479/4 acres of land, 1.30 acres of land." The amounts due for each are recorded in a column on…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.44
This handwritten, single page document is a tax account and payment receipt written up by Robert Hill for the estate of John Rouzee for the year 1816. This list of property taxed includes "26 neg. 10 Ho. + 4 wheel car." as well as four hundred and…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.46
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed and paid Edward Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1817. The taxable property is listed as "26 negroes, 10 horses," four hundred and ninty-seven (497) acres of land, six…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.50
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by the estate of John Rouzee to Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1819. The taxable property is listed as "25 slaves, 7 horses, and 1 Coachee," twenty-two (22) levies and four hundred…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.54
This handwritten, single page document is an account of taxes owed by the estate of John Rouzee to the Sheriff of Essex County for the year 1823. The taxable property is listed as "26 slaves + 4 horses," as well as twenty-two (22) poor and county levies at…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.104.55
