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Berkeley County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Scope and Contents

Three Tax ledgers and five Execution Books for Berkeley County, Virginia kept by Abraham Davenport, Sheriff, and Braxton Davenport, Deputy Sheriff. Jefferson County was formed from Berkeley County in 1801 and some of the tax books cover both time periods.

Tax Books: 1790-1792, Abram Davenport, Sheriff; 1791-1802, Abram Davenport, Sheriff, and B. Davenport, Deputy Sheriff and 1801-1803, Abraham Davenport, Sheriff

Execution Books: 1791, Abram Davenport, Sheriff; Possibly 1792, Abram Davenport, Sheriff; Possibly 1794, Abram Davenport, Sheriff; 1813, Abraham Davenport, Sheriff and Undated, Abram Davenport, Sheriff

Related Material

Mss. Acc. 2008.320 Jefferson County, Virginia (W.Va.) Tax Records

Mss. 39.4 V82co Virginia Counties - Berkeley County

Mss. Sm Coll Davenport (Papers)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History
• Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History--18th century
• Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History--19th century
• Jefferson County (W.Va.)--History--18th century
• Jefferson County (W.Va.)--History--19th century
• Tax records
• Taxation--Virginia
• Taxation--Virginia--Berkeley County
• Taxation--Virginia--Jefferson County
• Taxation--West Virginia--History