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Property Tax Assessment Roll transcripts

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Transcription of Property Tax Assessment Rolls for Newark (Saugatuck's original name) - 1848, 1849, 1851 Saugatuck Village - 1863, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1899, 1901, 1905, 1910, 1920 Douglas Village - 1863, 1867, 1869, 1872, 1891, 1893, 1896, 1897, 1905 Other resources: Scans of assessment ledger pages for the years 1880,1885, 1889, 1900, 1907 and 1915 can be viewed online at https://mysdhistory.org/history/additional-resources/ 1881-1882 are available at 2009.41.24 1891 and 1893 are available at 2021.62.08 1916-1926 are available at 2016.23.07
Kemperman Tax Rolls 1848-1920 Saugatuck 1863-1905 Douglas.pdf
Kemperman Tax Rolls 1848-1920 Saugatuck 1863-1905 Douglas.doc

2023.10.382

In 1999, SDHS member William T. Kemperman transcribed these government ledgers that annually record land ownership to determine property taxes. As the United States government extinguished indigenous people's land ownership rights in Michigan, speculators purchased large parcels of land. Property tax assessment rolls document how these parcels were divided and sold to settlers who built houses, farms and businesses or further subdivided the land.

1830 Settlement, pioneer eraFamily HistoryDevelopment, landProperty records and tax assessments

Winthers, Sally

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Bandle, James Henry 1847-1908Baker, Darius Chapin 1840-1918

https://mysdhistory.org/history/additional-resources/scanned-record-books/

This information was copied from the pre-2023 SDHC website. The location of an original or printed version of these photos was unknown at the time of cataloging.

11/07/2023

07/17/2024