St. Mary's County deducts three deceased slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1838

St. Mary's County deducts three deceased slaves from St. Inigoes' tax burden, 1838

Slavery--Maryland; Slaves--St. Inigoes; Slaves--Taxes; Slave records; Slaves--United States--Social conditions

In the summer of 1838, the clerk of the levy court of St. Mary's County deducted from Joseph Carbery's tax burden the value of three slaves who had passed away the previous year: John, Lydia, and Ned Dorsey. All three individuals appear in both the 1821 and 1831 tax censuses. John would have been 32 years old, Lydia 24, and Dorsey 28. Rev. Carbery was the manager of the Jesuits' St. Inigoes Plantation.

Maryland State Archives

Georgetown Slavery Archive

1838-06-20

Cory Young

Maryland State Archives

GSA70, GSA71

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English

Tax record

GSA287

Carberry Joseph Rev^d.

            Deduct John, as dead, age 14-45 years

value $125. and Lydia aged 14-36 years

value $80 and Ned Dorsy age 14-45 as

dead also value 125$                                                              330

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