A Guide to the Powhatan County (Va.) Taxes Collected in Macon Township, 1871 Aug.
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Powhatan County (Va.) Taxes Collected in Macon Township, 1871 Aug. Local government records collection, Powhatan County Court Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from Powhatan County.
Historical Information
Powhatan County was named for the Indian chieftain who ruled the native inhabitants of tidewater Virginia in the early seventeenth century. It was formed from Cumberland County in 1777, and part of Chesterfield County was added later.
The 1870 Virginia Constitution required that each county in the state be divided into no less than three townships (see Article VII, section 2). Based on the New England administrative organization of a county, each township would elect the administration officials for the offices of supervisor, clerk, assessor, collector, commissioner of the roads, overseer of the poor, justice of the peace, and constable. The supervisors of each township would comprise the board of supervisors for the county, and would be responsible for auditing the county accounts, examining the assessors books, regulating property valuation, and fixing the county levies. The Acts of Assembly provided that each township be divided into school and electoral districts (see Acts of Assembly 1869-1870, Chapter 39). A constitutional amendment in 1874 changed the townships into magisterial districts and each district elected one supervisor, three justices of the peace, one constable, and one overseer of the poor. The supervisors of the districts made up the county board of supervisors whose duties were identical as those set out in 1870. The published Acts of Assembly appended a list of township names by county following the acts for every year that townships existed in Virginia.
Scope and Content
Powhatan County (Va.) Taxes Collected in Macon Township, 1871 Aug., is a three page recordation of taxes collectd by the treasurer of Macon Township. Recorded are the name of taxpayer, by whom paid, when paid, and amount of state tax, county levy, and county school fund paid. The names are listed in alphabetical order. Following the initial list are several additional names and a total of the taxes collected.
Index Terms
- Powhatan County (Va.). Circuit Court.
- County government -- Records and correspondence -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Local finance -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Local government -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Public records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Powhatan County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Accounts -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Local government records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Tax and fiscal records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Tax records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Township records -- Virginia -- Powhatan County.
- Township of Macon (Powhatan County, VA)
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Powhatan County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century.