Series Information
SOMERSET COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Assessors Returns)
1840
C1737
Series Description
Record of property appraisals for tax purposes. Entries include owner’s name; name, acreage, and value of land; name, age, and value of enslaved persons; number and value of livestock; and value of furniture, vehicles, plate, and other personal property. Arranged by district, then in no apparent order with an alphabetical index; handwritten. For earlier records, 1817, see SOMERSET COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessors Returns) C1736. For earlier records with similar information, 1793-1840, see SOMERSET COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment Record) C1734; SOMERSET COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE TAX (Assessment Ledger) C1732; and SOMERSET COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Ledger) C1733. For later records with similar information, 1840-1982, see SOMERSET COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Ledger) C1733; SOMERSET COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment Record) C1735; SOMERSET COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (Assessment and Return) T827; SOMERSET COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS (Assessment Record) C9; and DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION SO SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS (Assessment Record) T1340.