Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Mercer County (Ky.) Circuit Court. County Claims, 1787, Robert Alonzo Brock Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Acquisition Information

The Robert Alonzo Brock Collection was filmed by The Huntington Library in cooperation with The Library of Virginia with funding provided by The Library of Virginia Foundation with the support of The Roller- Bottimore Foundation and The Robins Foundation. Microfilm received 15 April 2004.

Historical Information

Mercer County was formed in 1785 from Lincoln County. It was named for General Hugh Mercer of Fredericksburg, Virginia, who died at the Battle of Princeton during the American Revolution. The county became a part of Kentucky when it became a state in 1792.

Scope and Content

Records, 1787, of Mercer County Circuit Court consist of a copy of a list of taxable property owned by individuals with surnames R-Z. Entries include the following information: date tax was collected, name of tax payer, and amount of tax collected.

Access Terms

Corporate Name

• Mercer County (Ky.) Circuit Court.

Subject Terms

• Property tax--Kentucky--Mercer County.
• Public records--Kentucky--Mercer County.

Geographic Terms

• Mercer County (Ky.)--History--18th century.

Record Type

• Tax records--Kentucky--Mercer County.

Added Entry - Personal Name

• Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914, collector.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Originals are located at the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California.