Creator: Territorial Auditor (RG 3).

Collection Summary: This collection contains documentation of funds collected from taxable property and other taxes in the Mississippi Territory between 1802 and 1817. The types of information collected with the taxes vary by county and year and is organized alphabetically by county and then further by year for each county. 

Access Restrictions: Access to original materials is limited due to age and fragility. Electronic images of the documents can be found on the MDAH website in the Government Records Electronic Archives. 

Date(s): 1802-1817; n.d.

Volume: 4.00 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.

Calendar of Documents for Elections Records
Box ContentBox Number
Adams County
taxable property: 1802137
taxable property: 1805137
taxable property: 1807-1808137
individual returns (A-W): 1808136
return of double taxes: 1808137
taxable property: 1810-1811138
taxable property: 1812137
taxable property: 1813136
taxable property: 1814-1815142
taxable property: 1816137
taxable property: 1817142
Amite County
taxable property: 1810136
taxable property: 1811-1812138
taxable property: 1813137
taxable property: 1814142
taxable property: 1815-1817137
Baldwin County
taxable property: 1810-1812138
taxable property: 1813137
taxable property: 1814138
taxable property: 1815144
taxable property: 1816137
Claiborne County
taxable property: 1802137
property not in General Tax List: 1802136
list of delinquent taxes: 1803136
list of taxable lands: 1804136
taxable property: 1805 (2 folders)142
list of taxable property: 1805 [?]136
taxable property: 1807137
taxable property: 1808142
taxable property: 1810-1817137
Clarke County
taxable property: 1813137
taxable property: 1814-1816139
Franklin County
taxable property: 1810139
taxable property: 1811142
taxable property: 1812-1817139
Greene County
taxable property: 1812143
taxable property: 1813 (w/ Wayne Co.: 1813)142
taxable property: 1814 (w/ Wayne Co.: 1814)138
taxable property: 1815142
taxable property: 1816-1817139
Hancock County
taxable property: 1814140
taxable property: 1814 (w/ Mobile Co.: 1814)143
taxable property: 1816-1817139
Jackson County
taxable property: 1814 (w/ Mobile Co.: 1814)144
taxable property: 1815-1817139
Jefferson County
taxable property: 1802140
taxable property: 1803136
nonresident land taxes: 1802-1803136
taxable property: 1805 (2 folders)144
taxable property: 1807138
tax defaulters & collection lists: 1807142
taxable property: 1810142
taxable property: 1810-1813139
taxable property: 1815-1817139
[Jefferson ?] County
taxable property: n.d.139
Lawrence County
taxable property: 1813-1817141
Madison County
taxable property: 1810141
taxable property: 1811142
taxable property: 1812140
taxable property: 1813140
taxable property: 1815143
Marion County
taxable property: 1812141
extra list of taxable property: 1814140
taxable property: 1815-1817140
Mobile County
taxable property: 1814144
taxable property: 1816140
taxable property: 1817143
Monroe County
taxable property: 1816141
Pike County
taxable property: 1816144
taxable property: 1817140
Unidentified
Unidentified fragments of tax rolls: n.d.142
Warren County
taxable property: 1810-1812142
taxable property: 1813-1814142
taxable property: 1815138
taxable property: 1816141
taxable property: 1817142
Washington County
taxable property: 1802142
taxable property: 1803-1804142
taxable property: 1805144
taxable property: 1807143
defaulters tax list: 1807141
taxable property: 1808142
taxable property: 1810141
taxable property: 1811138