Information Sheet

 

 

R         Sainte Genevieve (Mo.).

386                  Tax book, 1861.

                                    One volume.

 

MICROFILM

 

 

 

This is a record of taxes on real estate and personal property in the city of Ste. Gen­evieve, Missouri.  The records include an alphabetical listing of property owners, the location and value of real estate, taxes on slaves, notes, bonds, dogs, and other personal property, and the amount of tax as­sessed.

 

Despite its short length, the tax book contains a substan­tial amount of information on the relative wealth of the citizens of Ste. Genevieve.  It should be noted, however, that the volume in­cludes assessments only on property within the limits of the town, and thus may not repre­sent the total net worth of each tax­payer.  Real estate holdings comprise the single largest tax­able cate­gory, followed by notes and bonds, slaves, and miscellaneous personal property.  There are run­ning totals for each category, and combined totals are entered on the last page of the volume.  A total of $1655.58 was levied, including $402.40 assessed on the value of 108 slaves.  Some of the town’s leading citizens are represented in the 258 individuals assessed, as well as some of its less distinguished residents.  The wealthiest included Felix Amoreaux, Auguste Bequette, Charles Bisch, Pelage Berthold, Felix Janis (estate), Mathew Kern, Her­man Lelie, Anthony LaGrave, Louis Menard, Adolph Papin (estate), Felix and Ferdinand Rozier, Felix Valle, and Sebastian Ziegler.  Four “Negro” and one “Meu­latto” taxpayers are also included on the list of taxpayers.

 

 

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