Series 508: Territorial County Records - Taxes and Fines. 1802-1817.
Creator: Territorial Auditor (RG 3).
Collection Summary: County records submitted to, or compiled by the Auditor, pertaining to the money collected for each territorial county’s property taxes and the fines assessed as penalties in county and district courts. These records include: 1) Tax returns for each county, sworn to by county officials. 2) Receive warrants issued to county tax collectors authorizing the deposit into the territorial treasury of yearly tax collections. 3) Tax Records containing lists of tax delinquencies, insolvencies, and errors in (“improper”) assessments. 4) Statements of fines and forfeitures assessed at court proceedings. 5) Sheriff’s Orders to levy taxes by forcible means and to execute court judgments. 6) Auditor’s Ledger Sheets showing county receipts and expenditures. 7) Files relating to other fiscal matters such as claims and bills of cost, court-related documents and miscellaneous receipts. Both county and territorial taxes were collected in each county. It appears that the records in this series deal primarily with territorial tax concerns; however, since the auditor was (at times) also responsible for auditing county fiscal records, there may be reference to county tax matters as well.
Access Restrictions: Access to original materials is limited due to age and fragility.
Date(s): 1802-1817.
Volume: 2.50 Cubic Feet.
Finding Aid Created By: Colby Cox in April 2025.
Related Materials: TBD.
Record Group History: The Mississippi Territorial Auditor was a positioned created by the Territorial Legislature on March 1, 1806. The Auditor was to be appointed by the Territorial Governor and granted the authority to examine all public accounts for the Mississippi Territory and conduct investigations into the use of the Territory’s funds. The auditor was also authorized to issue treasury warrants for the payment of public debts.
- Collection Inventory:
Box Content Box Number
Abstract of Claims/Jefferson Co.: 1808 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor's Ledger Sheets/Adams Co.: 1806-1809 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor's Ledger Sheets/Claiborne Co.: 1809 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor's Ledger Sheets/Jefferson Co.: 1808-1810 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor’s Ledger Sheets/Militia Reports: 1811 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor's Ledger Sheets/Washington Co.: 1810, 1811 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor's Ledger Sheets/Wayne & Green Cos.: 1814 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Auditor's Ledger Sheets/Wilkinson Co.: 1810, 1811 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Claims/Bills of Costs: 1806-1809 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Compensation to Collection Officials: 1804-1807 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 County Assessments: 1815, 1817, Not dated B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Court-Related Documents: 1804-1817 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Cumulative Report of Money owed Mississippi Territory/Washington Co.: 1800-1814 B2-R088-B06-S01-4779 Fines & Forfeitures (collected in court cases): 1802-1815 B2-R101-B07-S07-134 Land Records (Miscellaneous): 1807, 1815 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Sheriff's Executions for Court Cases: 1804-1811 B1-R033-B05-S03-4790 Sheriff's Orders to Collect Taxes: 1808 B1-R033-B05-S03-4790 Tax Assessment Form: Not dated B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/ Adams Co.: 1808-1816 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Amite Co.: 1810-1815 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Claiborne Co.: 1806-1816 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Franklin Co.: 1810-1816 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Hancock Co.: 1817 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Jefferson Co.: 1805-1816 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Lawrence Co.: 1815-1816 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Madison Co.: 1810-1813 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Marion Co.: 1812-1814 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Washington Co.: 1806-1812 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Tax Records/Wilkinson Co.: 1805-1816 B1-R033-B05-S03-4795 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1806 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1807 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1812 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1813 (for years 1811-1813) B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1814 (for years 1812-1814) B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1815 (for years 1812-1815) B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Receive Warrants: 1816 (for years 1815-1816) B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Returns of County Officials: 1805 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Returns of County Officials: 1806 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Returns of County Officials: 1807 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Returns of County Officials: 1808 B1-R033-B05-S03-135 Taxes/Fines - Returns of County Officials: 1812 B1-R033-B05-S03-135