Smyth County [Virginia] Tax Lists, 1832-1850

This work represents the transcription and indexing per year of the Smyth County Virginia Land Tax Books 1832 - 1850. It is also important to also check for delinquent tax lists for Smyth County during this period; these have been preserved at the county level by some counties (totally or partially) and in other cases at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, VA.

Generally the lists are alpha per year per district. Although in a few years the two lists per district have been combined into one list, usually there are two lists per year, List A (Usually Southern District) and List B (usually Northern District), The Dividing line roughly must have been somewhere near the present I-81, splitting the Town of Marion in half, with for example, Rich Valley falling into the Northern District and St. Clairs falling into the Southern District.

Here TRANSCRIBED include the name of the person (or estate) taxed, place of their official residence (if other than Smyth County), type (most are "fee" (as in "fee simple") - otherwise stated (such as "dower"); number of acres, location (mostly as to water courses, mountains and in some years, contiguous tracts), NOT TRANSCRIBED: are distance from Court House (giving #miles and direction), value of lots/lands, value of buildings, total value and tax amount; finally, also TRANSCRIBED is the "Explanations of Alterations during the Preceding Year" (especially valuable as to land transfers during past year). The Town of Marion is usually separated from the general lists for each district, part falling into the Northern District and part falling into the Southern District.

Jack Hockett and Donald Helton

2026, 329 pp.

107-SMLT