Record of taxable property, including enslaved persons, owned by Rouzee estates

This handwritten, single page document is an accounting of taxes owed to the Sheriff of Essex County by the estates of John and Richard Rouzee for the year 1830, recorded in two separate entries on the page. The first entry for John Rouzee lists the taxable property as "30 slaves, 10 horses, 1 coachee," twenty seven county and poor levies, and four hundred and ninety seven and one quarter (497 1/4) acres of land. The entry for the estate of Richard Rouzee lists the taxable property as six hundred thirty nine (639) acres of land. Both entries record payment received by Edward Rouzee on October 13, 1830 and are signed by A. Mievny. Writing on the reverse notes the type of account, date and amount paid. Both sides are written in black ink. There are also some calculations written on the reverse in graphite.
Medium: ink on paper
Dimensions: L x W: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13 x 21.6 cm)
Object number: 2011.104.73
Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
Owned by: Rouzee Family, American
Transcription Center Status: Transcribed by digital volunteers
Caption: This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
Place: Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture