Delaware 1782 Tax Assessment and Census Lists. Ralph D. Nelson, ed. Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical Society, 1994.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref F 163 .D45x 1994)
LOCATION: Morris Library - Special Collections (Del F163 .D45x 1994)
Transcription and index of the names of taxable persons collected in a state census in 1782.
Includes maps of hundreds in 1782 (p. 5) and 1877 to present (p. 6). The returns are available in the Delaware Public Archives.
Part of Paul Heinegg's Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware Web site. A transcription of RG 3535, on microfilm at the Delaware Public Archives (Hall of Records).
Copies the tax assessments lists for Delaware from National Archives Record
Group 58: Records of the Internal Revenue Service (M759).
Kent County Assessments, 1727-1850. Dover, DE: State of Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Archives and Records Management, 1984.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Microforms (Microfilm no. 4068)
Lists the names of individuals assessed and the amounts taxable. Descriptive content varies.
Arranged chronologically, subdivided alphabetically by names of the hundreds: Duck Creek,
Little Creek, Mispillion (divided in 1830, creating Milford), Murderkill, and St. Jones (identified
as Dover in 1823). Note: the official collection of Delaware tax assessments lists is at Delaware Public Archives.
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The most important guide for doing genealogical research in Delaware. It covers specific types of records and where they can be found in the state. Edited by Thomas P. Doherty and published by the Delaware Genealogical Society (http://delgensoc.org).
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Rev. ed. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing Co., 1997.
LOCATION: Morris Library - Reference (Ref CS49 .S65 1997)
