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The collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Virginia Tax Receipt, Ms2021-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Virginia Tax Receipt was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2019.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Tax Receipt completed in July 2021
Peter Logan was a resident of Chesterfield, Virginia. He may have been a freedman prior to the American Civil War.
There is a Peter Logan (ca. 1811-1880), who was a shoemaker in Chesterfield County, Virginia. He was married to Betsey Coy Logan (b. ca. 1820), and the couple had several children. He later married Sarah (b. ca. 1835), and they had several children.
In multiple U.S. Census records, Logan's race is listed as "Mulatto", an antiquated term typically used for someone of mixed Black and white ancestry, while his race is listed as Black in the 1870 U. S. census and death record.
Logan died September 2, 1880, in Manchester, Chesterfield County, Virginia.
The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. Almost all printed categories execept "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.
The guide to the Virginia Tax Receipt by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).