New York State Comptroller's Office Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- Legislation enacted in 1799 (amended in 1801) established a system of assessing and taxing real and personal property and required tax commissioners or (beginning in 1801) county supervisors to submit to the State Comptroller a copy of the county's tax rolls and a list of unpaid taxes. This series consists of town and city tax assessment rolls (excluding New York City) prepared by county treasurers and filed with the State Comptroller's Office.
Title
- Tax assessment rolls of real and personal estates
Quantity
- 20 cubic feet; 26 35mm microfilm roll(s)
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- B0950
Creator
Arrangement
Series is arranged alphabetically by county, then chronologically by year, then alphabetically by town or city. Records for Essex and Rensselaer Counties were transferred separately, after the original transfer, and were therefore filed at the end of the series.
Administrative History
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the State Comptroller, as chief fiscal officer of the State, collected real and personal property taxes. Legislation enacted in 1799 (amended in 1801) established a system of assessing and taxing real and personal property and required tax commissioners or (beginning in 1801) county supervisors to submit to the State Comptroller a copy of the county's tax rolls and a list of unpaid taxes.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of town and city tax assessment rolls (excluding New York City) prepared by county treasurers and filed with the New York State Comptroller's Office. Each roll provides: name of possessor of real or personal property; description of real estate (farm, mill, tannery, etc; sometimes left blank); value of real estate; value of personal estate; total assessed value; amount of state tax; and amount of county and poor tax. Accompanying the tax assessment rolls are lists of taxes remaining unpaid. Lists of unpaid taxes are the sole records present from New York County.
B0950-06: This accretion consists of envelopes and forms prepared by nine county treasurers regarding real estate and property taxes that were filed with the Comptroller's Office between 1799 and 1821.
Alternate Formats Available
Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through interlibrary loan.
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Related Material
A1201 New York State Treasurer's Office Tax Lists and Assessment Rolls, contains related records.
Access Restrictions
Originals are in fragile condition. Microfilm is first use copy.