Ohio, Clermont County Tax Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of duplicate tax records from Clermont County for the years 1816 to 1900.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:


 * Name of owner
 * Assessment number
 * Original grantee
 * Number of acres of land
 * Value
 * Town plot description


 * Name of city or town
 * Kind, number, and value of livestock
 * Kind, quantity, and value of farm commodities
 * Amount of state taxes
 * Amount of county taxes

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Ohio.
 * Ohio Guided Research
 * Ohio Record Finder
 * Ohio Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Ohio Research, 1880-Present

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Byron Williams. History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio: from the earliest historical times down to the present. Milford, Ohio : Hobart Pub. Co., 1913. 2 v. in 3.
 * Barbara J. McCarthy. Genealogical guide to Clermont Co., Ohio. Milford, Ohio : B.J. McCarthy, 1991. FS Library 977.1794 D27m
 * Clermont County, Batavia, tax records : tax duplicates, 1838-1876
 * Duplicate tax records of Clermont County, Ohio 1816-1838
 * Ester Weygant Powell, comp. Early Ohio tax records. Akron, Ohio : Ohio State Auditor, 1971 FS Library 977.1 R4op

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850

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