Finding Aid for the Rhea County Tax List Collection, 1808-1853
MS-0643 University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, September 21, 2006.
Summary Information
Rhea County Tax List Collection
Date/Date Range : 1808-1853
1.0 linear feet
Abstract: This collection houses tax lists, summons, warrants, lists, notes, deeds, wills, and inventories documenting the history of Rhea County, Tennessee.
MS-0643
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Rhea County Tax List Collection, MS-0643. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of one box.
Biography / History
One of the oldest counties in East Tennessee, Rhea County was partitioned from Roane County by an act of the general assembly on December 3, 1807. Its county seat was established in Washington in 1812, and the city remained a center for political and commercial life until the Cincinnati Southern Railway bypassed it in the 1880s. As Washington shrunk, Dayton emerged as a major industrial center. Dayton became internationally famous in 1925, when it was the site of the Scopes Trial. Today, Rhea county remains a major East Tennessee manufacturing and industrial center.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection houses tax lists, summons, warrants, lists, notes, deeds, wills, and inventories documenting the history of Rhea County, Tennessee.
Subject Terms
- Rhea County (Tenn.) -- History.
- Taxation -- Tennessee -- Rhea County -- Lists.
Contents List
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1
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Folder
1
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Tax Lists, undated
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1
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Folder
2
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Tax Lists, 1808-1811
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| Box
1
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Folder
3
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Tax Lists, 1812-1816
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1
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Folder
4
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Tax Lists, 1817-1820
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1
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Folder
5
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Tax Lists, 1821-1824
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1
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Folder
6
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Tax Lists, 1825-1827
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| Box
1
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Folder
7
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Tax Lists, 1827
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| Box
1
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Folder
8
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Tax Lists, 1828-1829
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| Box
1
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Folder
9
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Tax Lists, 1829
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| Box
1
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Folder
10
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Tax Lists, 1831
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| Box
1
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Folder
11
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Tax Lists, 1832
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| Box
1
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Folder
12
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Tax Lists, 1836
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| Box
1
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Folder
13
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Tax Lists, 1837
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1
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Folder
14
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Tax Lists, 1839
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| Box
1
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Folder
15
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Tax Lists, 1840
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| Box
1
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Folder
16
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Tax Lists, 1841-1853
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1
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Folder
17
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Justices of the Peace: Summonses and other documents
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| Box
1
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Folder
18
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Court summonses, warrants to sheriffs, and sworn complaints
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1
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Folder
19
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Lists of grand jurors and papers and proceedings of courts of common pleas and criminal courts
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1
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Folder
20
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Promissory notes and bills
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| Box
1
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Folder
21
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Papers vesting powers of attorney and various receipts
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1
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Folder
22
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Land deeds and transfers, wills, and inventories of estates
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