Title: Iowa County (Wis.). Clerk: Territorial Assessment Rolls
Inclusive Dates: 1839-1847

Creator:

• Iowa County (Wis.). Clerk

Call Number: Iowa Series 57; Iowa Micro Series 8

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 flat boxes including 25 volumes) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:

Housed at the Southwest Wisconsin Room and Area Research Center, Ullsvik Hall, University of Wisconsin-Platteville; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Platteville Southwest Wisconsin Room / Platteville Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Rolls are cased in original leather saddlebags and show name of town and district, name of property owner, description of land by town and section or lot and block, valuation, tax rate, and value of personal property, merchandise, and corporation stocks; also certificates of assessors. Portions of these records are also available on microfilm.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-iowa0057

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By year, then by tax district, and thereunder generally alphabetical by property owner's name.

Reel   1	, 1839Assessment Roll Physical Description: originally 1 volume  Note: This volume is available only on microfilm.
Box   1 Reel   1	, 1839Assessment Roll Physical Description: 1 volume  Note: This volume is a clean copy of the previous volume and also includes at the end of the volume names of nonresident property owners, descriptions of their property, total acreage, and valuation.
Box   1 Reel   1	, 1840 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 3 saddlebags  Note: The first two items were prepared by C. C. Rynirson [?] and Elihu Hall. The third item for this year is a tax roll prepared from items 1 and 2; the second half of this item is a tax roll for lands for which the names of the owners were unknown.
Box   2	, 1841 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 2 saddlebags
Box   2	, 1841 Assessment Roll Physical Description: 1 saddlebag  Note: Assessment District 1, Bennett Million, Assessor, comprising the east half of Range No. 4 and Range No. 5 East
Box   3	, 1842 Assessment Rolls Note: Assessment District No. 2, Henry Crow, Assessor, comprising Range No. 3 and the west half of Range No. 4 East; and Assessment District No. 3, Bennett Million, Assessor, comprising the east half of Range No. 4 and Range No. 5 East
Box   3	, 1843 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 3 saddlebags  Note: Assessment District No. 1, Jon DeMeeker, Assessor, comprising Towns 1 through 8 in Ranges 1 and 2 East; Assessment District No. 2, Henry Crow, Assessor, comprising Range No. 3 and the west half of Range No. 4 East; and Assessment District No. 3, comprising the east half of Range No. 4 and Range No. 5 East
Box   4	, 1844 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 4 saddlebags and 1 volume  Note: Assessment District No. 1, Moses Whiteside, Assessor, comprising Ranges 1 and 2 East and Richland County; Assessment District No. 2, Samuel Davis, Assessor, comprising Range No. e and the west half of Range No. 4 East; Assessment District No. 3, comprising the east half of Range No. 4 and Range No. 5 East; another Assessment District No. 1, Charles Stephenson, Assessor, comprising Ranges 1 and 2 East and Richland County; and another Assessment District No. 3, ? Landnim, Assessor, comprising the east half of Range No. 4 and Range No. 5 East
Box   4	, 1845 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 1 volume  Note: Assessment District No. 2, Samuel David, Assessor, comprising Range No. 3 and the west half of Range No. 4 East
Box   5	, 1846 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 1 saddlebag  Note: Assessment District No. 1, 2, and 3
Box   5	, 1847 Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 1 saddlebag  Note: Assessment District No. 2 and 3
Box   6	, Undated Assessment Rolls Physical Description: 2 volumes?  Note: Assessment District No. 1 comprising Range Nos. 1 and 2 East, Towns 4-9; and District No. 3 comprising Ranges 4 and 5 East, Towns 4-8