A Guide to the Caroline County (Va.) Poll tax list, 1955
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Preferred Citation
Caroline County (Va.) Poll tax list, 1955. Local government records collection, Caroline County Election Records. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.
Acquisition Information
This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer under the accession number 50974.
Historical Information
Caroline County was named for Caroline of Anspach, consort of George II. It was formed from Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties in 1728, and additional parts of King and Queen were added in 1742 and 1762.
Most loose records and deed books prior to 1836 and will books prior to 1853 were stolen, mutilated, and/or destroyed by Union troops who ransacked the courthouse in May 1864. A near-complete run of order books exists.
Scope and Content
Caroline County (Va.) Poll tax list, 1955, records by district the names of white and colored voters who paid the poll tax for the years 1952, 1953, and 1954.
Related Material
See the Lost Records Localities Digital Collection available at Virginia Memory.
For more information and a listing of lost records localities see Lost Records research note .
Index Terms
- Caroline County (Va.) Voting Registrar
- African Americans--History--1877-1964
- African Americans--Suffrage
- African Americans--Virginia--Caroline County
- Poll tax--Virginia--Caroline County
- Suffrage--Virginia--Caroline County
- Caroline County (Va.)--Genealogy
- Caroline County (Va.)--History--20th century
- Election records--Virginia--Caroine County
- Local government records--Virginia--Caroline County
- Voters' lists--Virginia--Caroline County
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Caroline County (Va.)--Genealogy
- Caroline County (Va.)--History--20th century