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This volume lists persons who were taxed, i.e.: householders or landholders and tenants, residents in the household of another who worked for the landowner, freemen who were single men over the age of twenty-one, and non-residents of unseated (unoccupied) land. Acreage, number of cattle, horses, sheep and servants are given (when appropriate). It includes present day Delaware County.
PENNSYLVANIA CHESTER COUNTY TAX LIST 1771 contains 5621 names. This record lists all taxable people in the county, and as such, is a good census substitute. It is not known what is meant by the abbreviations or "inmate". Perhaps they were incarcerated in jail or were indentured in some way. Often an occupation is listed. Occasionally there will information about family relationships. It is helpful that this book includes the information about the taxable property.Pennsylvania State Motto: Virtue, Liberty and Independence
This study is comprised of two datasets of tax records from Chester County, Pennsylvania. The data is the complete record of taxes and tax assessments taken between 1693 and 1799. Information from the records includes first and last name of the taxpayer, year of tax list, the taxpayer's township, the market value of the property taxed, the amount of the taxes, the taxpayer's tenure, and number of servants and/or slaves owned.