Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by John Rouzee

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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, six hundred and thiry-nine (639) acres beloning to the Richard Rouzee Estate. The total tax amount of twent (20) dollars and forty-one (41) cents was paid in full by Edward Rouzee October 27, 1813. On the reverse is written "1813 Oct." Both sides are written in black ink.

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