Tax Records
Sussex County Ratables
“Colonial Tax Lists”
|
Municipality |
Date |
Book |
Box |
Item |
GMNJ Issue |
Reel |
LDS Film # |
|
Greenwich Twp. |
September 1774 |
1792 |
84 |
6 |
40:94-96 |
19 |
411,318 |
|
Hardyston Twp. |
September 1774 May 1780 August 1780 January 1781 |
1793 1794 1795 1796 |
84 84 84 84 |
7 8 9 10 |
40:127-130 |
19 19 19 19 |
411,318 |
|
Knowlton Twp. |
September 1773 September 1774 |
1797 1798 |
84 84 |
11 12 |
40:130-135 40:130-135 |
19 19 |
411,318 |
|
Montague Twp. |
September 1774 1781 |
1799 1806 |
84 84 |
13 14 |
40:135-136 |
19 19 |
411,318 |
|
Newton Twp. |
1773 September 1774 |
1799A 1800 |
84 84 |
15 16 |
60:59-60 40:136-139 |
26 19 |
411,318 |
|
Oxford Twp. |
July 1773 |
1801 |
84 |
17 |
40:140-142 |
19 |
411,318 |
|
Sandyston Twp. |
September 1774 1781 |
1802 1806 |
84 84 |
18 14 |
40:142 |
19 19 |
411,318 |
|
Walpack Twp. |
1773 1774 1781 1781 |
1803 1804 1805 1806 |
84 84 84 84 |
19 20 21 14 |
40:143-144 40:143-144 |
19 19 19 19 |
411,318 |
Note: There are no known tax lists for Warren County that have been microfilmed. Original lists for Warren County may exist at the County Court house in Belvidere. Sussex County lists are available on microfilm through a Family History Center or by visiting the New Jersey State Archives.
Assessment lists of the Federal Bureau of
Internal Revenue, 1862-66
a.k.a. “Internal Revenue Assessment lists for New York and New Jersey,
1862-1866“
National Archives microfilm publication: M603
"The assessment lists are arranged in four basic categories: (1)
monthly, (2) annual, (3) special, and (4) miscellaneous. Each category
is arranged by collection district and there under chronologically."
"The entries in the monthly lists are for taxes paid or collected on a
monthly basis; those in the annual lists, for taxes paid or collected
annually. The special lists augment incomplete monthly and annual lists.
They also cover those taxes that were labeled by the assessors as
'special,' for example, the special income tax. The miscellaneous
category covers taxes that cannot be identified by type or particular
district or date.”
"The Internal Revenue Act of July 1, 1862, was intended 'to provide
internal revenue to support the government and to pay interest on the
public debt.' Monthly specific and ad valorem duties were placed on
manufactures, articles, and products ranging from ale to zinc. Monthly
taxes were levied on the gross receipts of transportation companies; on
interest paid on bonds; on surplus funds accumulated by financial
institutions and insurance companies; on gross receipts from auction
sales; and on cattle, hogs, and sheep slaughtered for sale. Gross
receipts of newspapers from advertising were subject to a quarterly tax.
Annual licenses were required for all trades and occupations, and annual
duties were placed on carriages, yachts, billiard tables, and plate."
|
District |
Counties |
Period Type |
Date |
LDS Film # |
|
3 |
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Warren |
Monthly
|
September 1862 - February 1864 March 1864 - March 1865 January - December 1866 |
1534794 1534795 1534796 |
|
3 |
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union, and Warren |
Annual |
1862 – 1863 1864 1865 1866 |
1534813 1534814 1534815 1534816 |
|
3, 4, & 5 |
(3)
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset Union, Warren; (5) Essex, Hudson |
Special |
1863 - 1865 |
1534825 |