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From: "Dale E. Reddick" <>
Subject: 1798 Burke County Direct Tax.
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:43:52 -0500

Hi Folks,

My distant cousin Niles Reddick found this information regarding a 1798 partial tax list for Burke County. Since the upper one-third to one-half of Screven County and about half of Jenkins County were then part of Burke, then early settlers of those counties may be listed in this resource.

I hope that this helps someone in their searches.

Dale E. Reddick
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Dale,

This information is on the State Archives website and I wonder how helpful
it would be for people searching a burned county such as Burke. Pass it on
to anyone you might think would benefit.

Niles

What is the 1798 Direct Tax?
Apparently, the 1798 Direct Tax was assessed in Georgia as result of a
February 2, 1798 Act (Marbury and Crawford, p. 680). This act was passed in
compliance with a demand from the Federal Government for support.

As far as can be determined, the Direct Tax was comprised of three
lists-dwelling houses land lots, and wharves and slaves. For Georgia, it
appears that the Direct Tax is extant for only three counties: Burke
(Georgia Archives MF #186/6), Franklin (Georgia Archives MF #258/14), and
Warren (Georgia Archives MF #186/6). Please note that ordinary property tax
digests for 1798 exist for Greene, Jackson, Montgomery, Oglethorpe, Warren
and Wilkes Counties.

http://www.georgiaarchives.org/what_do_we_have/taxfaq.htm

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