Manuscripts Department
           Library of the University of North Carolina
                         at Chapel Hill

                 SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

                             #565-z
       ORANGE COUNTY (N.C.) DIRECT TAX ASSESSMENTS RECORD
                            Inventory

Abstract:      Volume, 77 pp., containing a list of landowners in
           Orange County, N.C., noting acreage owned and
           valuation of land and improvements, made in connection
           with assessing the federal direct tax for 1816.  The
           title reads:  "An Assessment of the Lands, with the
           Improvements thereon, within the County of Orange, in
           the 8th Collection District of North Carolina, made
           for the Direct Tax laid by the U. States for the year
           1816.  Jo. Gales, Princ. Assessor."

Online Catalog Terms:
   Orange County (N.C.)--Economic conditions--19th century.
   Real property--Valuation--North Carolina--History--19th 
       century.
   Real property tax--United States--History--19th century.
   Tax assessment--North Carolina--History--19th century.
   Tax assessment--United States--History--19th century.
   Taxation--North Carolina--History--19th century.

Size:      About 1 item.

Provenance:    Received from unknown source prior to 1940.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was rehoused under the
                   sponsorship of a grant from the National
                   Endowment for the Humanities, Office of
                   Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1992.

Copyright: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or
           their descendants, as stipulated by United States
           copyright law.