Collection Title: Series 341:  Insolvent, Delinquent, and Other Tax Lists. 1817-1899. Auditor (RG 29)  

Creator: Office of the State Auditor (RG 29)

Collection Summary:  This series encompasses county tax lists sent to the auditor after the initial county tax list was submitted. The collection includes lists for: removed taxpayers, excessive taxation, illegal assessments, over assessed, not assessed, additional assessments, erroneous assessments, improper assessments, extra assessments, and insolvent and delinquent tax lists (the latter two of which make up the bulk of the series). Not all years are represented.

Access Restrictions: None.

Date(s): 1840-1933.
Volume: 19.5 cubic feet.
Language(s): English.
Finding Aid Created By: Shaun Stalzer in March 2024

Record Group History: The Office of the State Auditor (RG 29) dates back to January 1805, when the Mississippi territorial legislature defined the major duties of the office as follows: “to examine, state, settle, and audit all accounts, claims, or demands arising under any laws or resolutions of the legislature; and to grant every authorized claimant a warrant on the treasurer making due entry and register of all his proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and to carefully arrange, file, and preserve all accounts, receipts, vouchers, and papers touching the same.” When Mississippi became a state in 1817, the office of the auditor was enumerated as part of the executive branch in Article IV, Section 25, of the 1817 Constitution. The 1832 Constitution stipulated that the auditor was to be popularly elected to serve a two-year term, while the 1869 Constitution extended the term to four years.  In the modern era, the state auditor is responsible for auditing state agencies, county governments, school districts, and higher educational institutions. The office also: conducts data audits for public schools and monitors state agencies' inventory, advises local governments on accounting matters in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and investigates misuse of public funds.   

Collection Inventory
Box Content

Box Number

Adams County: 1818-1875

30033

Oversize, 1871-1875

19534

Alcorn County: 1870-1871

30033

Amite County:  1819-1872

30033

Amite County:  1819-1872

30048

Attala County: 1869-1872

30033

Bainbridge County:  1823

30033

Benton County:  1870-1872, 1881

30033

Bolivar County:  1866-1872

30034

Oversize, 1866-1867

30047

Calhoun County:  1861-1875

30034

Carroll County:  1861-1870

30034

Oversize, 1871-1873

30035

Chickasaw County: 1836-1873

30035

Oversize, 1877-1878

30036

Choctaw County:  1839-1873

30036

Oversize, 1872

30047

Claiborne County:  1817-1872

30036

Clarke County: 1839-1873

3274

Oversize, 1861-1873

30047

Coahoma County:  1845-1875

3274

Oversize, 1879

30048

Colfax County: 1873-1874

3274

Copiah County: 1823-1871

29508

Oversize, 1869

30047

Oversize, 1868

30048

Covington County:  1821-1872

29508

De Soto County: 1869-1870

29508

Oversize, 1871, 1874

66

Franklin County:  1818-1872

29508

Oversize, 1849

66

Greene County: 1823-1870

29508

Grenada County:  1871-1873

29508

Oversize, 1870

66

Hancock County:  1820-1873

29511

Hinds County:  1822-1874

29511

Oversize, 1835-1871

66

Holmes County:  1833-1872

29511

Oversize, 1870-1878

30047

Issaquena County:  1861- 1873

29502

Oversize, 1872

5685

Itawamba County:  1842- 1877

29502

Jackson County:  1820- 1875

29502

Jasper County: 1866-1874

29502

Oversize, 1864

5685

Jefferson County:  1816-1872

29510

Jones County: 1826, 1871

29510

Kemper County: 1869-1872

29510

Lafayette County:  1842-1880

29510

Lauderdale County: 1870-1875

29503

Oversize, 1869

5685

Lawrence County:  1820- 1880

29503

Oversize, 1864-1875

5685

Leake County:  1849-1872

3451

Lee County:  1867-1878

3451

Leflore County:  1871

3451

Lincoln County:  1870-1878

19535

Lowndes County:  1837- 1880

19535

Oversize, 1868-1872

5685

Madison County:  1828-1872

30037

Oversize, 1836

30410

Marion County: 1815-1873

30037

Marshall County: 1836- 1881

30038

Monroe County:  1822-1868

30037

Oversize, 1866-1871

30410

Montgomery County:  1872-1875

30037

Neshoba County:  1867-1872

30039

Newton County:  1845-1872

30039

Noxubee County:  1842-1880

30039

Oversize, 1869

30410

Oktibbeha County:  1834-1872

30039

Panola County:  1867-1879

30040

Oversize, 1873

30410

Oversize, 1874

30411

Pearl County:  1875

30040

Oversize, 1876

30411

Perry County:  1823-1872

30040

Pike County:  1819-1874

30040

Oversize, 1863-1866

30411

Pontotoc County:  1843-1872

30040

Prentiss County:  1871-1872

30040

Rankin County:  1828-1873

30041

Scott County:  1869-1873

30041

Sharkey County:  1876

30411

Simpson County:  1824-1872

30041

Smith County:  1845- 1878

30041

Sunflower County:  1846-1871

30041

Oversize, 1868

30411

Tallahatchie County:  1836-1874

30042

Tate County:  1874

30411

Tippah County:  1869-1877

30042

Tishomingo County:  1868-1872 

30042

Tunica County:  1847-1872

30043

Union County:  1872-1875

30043

Warren County:  1820-1874

30043

Warren County:  1870 (ledger)

3886

Warren County:  1871 (ledger)

3887

Warren County:  1873 (ledger)

3888

Washington County:  1827-1870

30043

Wayne County:  1823-1872

30044

Wilkinson County:  1817- 1872

30044

Oversize, 1859-1871

30411

Winston County:  1867-1872

30044

Yalobusha County:  1842- 1883

30045

Yazoo County:  1823-1875

30046

Oversize, 1869-1877

30411

No county name and/or date

3309

No county name and/or date

29500

State Tax Lists, 1817-1846

35845

State Tax Lists, 1847-1857

35846

State Tax Lists, 1858-1868

35848

State Tax Lists, 1869-1899

35849

State Tax on Insolvencies, 1869-1899

35851