Record #:

4066

Author(s):

Baker, Mary; Olson, Kirsten

Abstract:

Taxation was a fact of life for the colonists as early as the 1600s. The main tax was the poll, or capitation, tax. However, as specific needs arose, taxes were levied for them. For example, in 1714-15, a tax paid for the Tuscarora War, and forts were built at Cape fear and Ocracoke with a eight-year tax levied in 1748.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Nov 1998, p7-12, bibl

Subject(s):

Taxation; Personnel management; North Carolina--History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775