Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Town of Weston: The Tax Lists, 1757-1827
This volume forms the third in the order of publication printed by the Town of Weston. It gives the Tax Lists in a nearly unbroken series from 1757 to 1827, and will be especially valuable in locating and identifying individuals of whom there is no other record. The records of births are in most towns very defective; but if a man reached the age of twenty-one, and was not a pauper, the Assessors were sure to find him. Poll-taxes levied upon all males between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one were assessed in the name of the father or guardian. This fact often assists in determining relationship. The early lists were divided into North and South Side sheets, indicating location with reference to the Great Country Road, passing through the middle of the town from east to west. These early lists were not alphabetical; but those living near each other were usually grouped together, the more recent tax-payers, especially those paying a poll-tax merely, being placed at the end. The Voting List, prepared for the March Meeting, was made from the Tax List of the preceding year, and where the latter is missing, the former, if present, has been used as a partial substitute. The years for which there is no record are 1770, 1783 to 1787 inclusive, and 1791. With the exception of the year 1757, the Voting List did not contain the names of those who paid a poll-tax merely, such not being allowed to vote. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
