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Online Resources

 * 1862-1866 Internal revenue assessment lists for New Hampshire, 1862-1866 at FamilySearch


 * 1727–1788New Hampshire. Tax Books, 1727–1788. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. These books contain inventories of taxes assessed and received from the towns. They include inventories of the polls (usually men over 21) and estates in the province of New Hampshire, 1727–1773. . (Locked)


 * 1798 Fipphen John S. 1798 Direct Tax, New Hampshire District #13 Bowie Md Heritage Books 1988 This relates to a special tax taken in the United States in 1798. District 13 consisted of the towns of Alton, Brookfield, Effingham, Middleton, New Durham, Ossipee, Tuftonboro, Wakefield, and Wolfeboro. An index is included. . other locations


 * 1849–1874 New Hampshire. Secretary of State. Non-Resident Tax Lists, 1849–1874. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. These films list the New Hampshire taxes paid by non-residents and are arranged chronologically by year. . (Locked)


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Why Use Tax Records
By studying several consecutive years of tax records you may determine when a young men came of age, when individuals moved in and out of a home, or when they died leaving heirs. Authorities determined wealth (real estate, or income) to be taxed. Taxes can be for polls, real and personal estate, or schools.

Tax record content varies and may include the name and residence of the taxpayer, description of the real estate, name of original purchaser, description of personal property, number of males over 21, number of school children, slaves, and farm animals. Tax records usually are arranged by date and locality and are not normally indexed. Tax records can be used in place of missing land and census records to locate a person’s residence.

State Level
Printed books with tax records:


 * Holbrook, Jay Mack. New Hampshire Residents, 1633–1699. Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1979. . (Book)'


 * Holbrook, Jay Mack. New Hampshire 1732 Census. Oxford, Massachusetts : Holbrook Research Institute, 1981. . (Book)

Ditricts for New Hampshire Counties: DISTRICT 1 includes Belknap, Carroll, Rockingham, and Strafford counties DISTRICT 2, Hillsborough and Merrimack counties DISTRICT 3, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Sullivan counties



Tax Laws
Abraham Lincoln instituted the income tax in 1862, and on July 1, 1862, Congress passed the Internal Revenue Act, creating the Bureau of Internal Revenue (later renamed to the Internal Revenue Service). This act was intended to “provide Internal Revenue to support the Government and to pay interest on the Public Debt.” Instituted in the height of the Civil War, the “Public Debt” at the time primarily consisted of war expenses. For the Southern States that were part of the Confederate side of the Civil War, once Union troops took over parts of the Southern States, income tax were instituted on them.
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