Archive Record
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2005.124.29 |
Object Name |
Ledger |
Scope & Content |
Minutes of the Board of Assessors. Records begin on April 19, 1856 with the creation of the Assessor's Board for the Town of South Danvers. The first Board was made up of Kendall Osborn, Daniel Taylor and Nathan Poor. This remained the same until 1858 when it was made up of William Wolcott, Daniel Taylor and Nathan H. Poor. 1859 board: Kendall Osborn, Daniel Taylor and Nathan Poor. 1860 board: William Wolcott, Miles O. Stanley and Nathan Poor. 1861 same. 1862 board: John C. Burbeck, Miles Stanley and Nathan Poor. 1863, Joseph Poor, A. W. Bancroft and Dana Woodbury. 1863 same 1865 board: Joseph Poor, Dana Woodbury and George F. Sanger 1866: Joseph Poor, Dana Woodbury and Amos Merrill 1867: Joseph Poor, John C. Burbeck and James B. Foster 1868: First warrant for the town of Peabody. Board was made up of Joseph Poor, James B. Foster and Nathan H. Poor. 1869: Joseph Poor, James B. Foster and Amos Merrill 1870: same 1871: same 1872: same 1873: Amos Merrill, Nathan H. Poor and George F. Sanger 1874: same 1875: same 1876 Board increased to five members who were: Nathan H. Poor, George W. Taylor, Levi Preston, Joshua Buxton, Jr., and Charles F. Goodrich. 1876 is also first warrant to mention assessment made on shares held in the Warren and South Danvers Banks. In 1877 the board returned to three members, Nathan Poor, Levi Preston and George W. Taylor. 1878 board: Nathan Poor, Levi Preston and Lyman Osborn. 1879: same 1880 board: Nathan Poor, Levi Preston and Otis Brown. 1881 board: Nathan Poor. S. A. Southwick and W. B. Richardson. 1882 board: S. A. Southwick, John E. Herrick, Thomas J. Relihan and Nathan H. Poor 1883: same 1884: same Their meetings, which varied from weekly to daily to monthly depending upon the time of year, contain sparse minutes, naming the various tasks they handled in their work. Their first task was to order all residents to submit their polls and information regarding their estates to the board. After working with the Assessors in the Town of Danvers to insure the property was divided as expected, they devoted their first weeks to evaluation of the estates and dealing with the return of stocks which the town had invested in various banks. Yearly warrants were issued, instructing the Collector, William Wolcott, on the regulations of his office and the manner in which the taxes were to be collected. The amount of taxes to be collected was stated year to year. Included in the warrants were the discounts awarded to those who paid their taxes early and penalties for those who could not pay their taxes. Names of those who did not pay taxes by the first of September were placed in a lottery and drawn two hundred per month, upon which the unpaid taxes were expected to be collected. This continued until all taxes were paid by the first of February. Yearly warrants to collect taxes in each of the school districts are included here as well. Certificates written to the Town, County or State Treasurer were periodically included. These stated the amount assessed by the town, adding in any other information needed to explain any variance between what was assessed and collected. |
Access Conditions |
Restricted to use in Sutton Room or Research Room. |
Physical characteristics |
Bound, handwritten volume. |
Creator |
Town of South Danvers and Peabody |
Title |
Assessor's Records |
Level of description |
Item |
Copyrights |
All copyrights belong to the Peabody Institute Library, Peabody, MA |
Collection |
Local History Resource Center |
Subjects |
Peabody (Mass.) - History - Politics and government South Danvers (Mass.) - History - Politics and government |
Parent ObjectID |
2014.67.2 |