RESEARCHING TAX LISTS
{"Image DocumentName": "RESEARCHING TAX LISTS", "Image ImageDescription": "Tax Lists are available on microfilm at the Kentucky History Center, KDLA, and LDS Libraries. (We have found different repositories may have different information.) Some county tax lists include tithable reports prior to County tax lists from 1795 to the mid 1830\u2019s, may provide critical information regarding original land patent recipients. Tax lists should span from the year of county formation through the mid-1880\u2019s. Study Acts of the General Assembly to determine tax laws. Women, Free Blacks (40 years before the Civil War), & Pensioners are included on Tax Lists; occasionally they are listed as exempt. Tax Lists may include two or three districts. The Company header identifies the name of the Captain of the Militia Company receiving the taxes. Minors, if they are the head of the household, are included on tax lists. Tax Lists are available from KDLA for duplication; we recommend positive rather than negative microfilm. Tax Lists may serve as an Annual Census \u2014 hiding from the tax man had severe penalties.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}