Findley Taxation Records

Pennsylvania Direct Tax Lists (1798)

An index to and digital images of documents recording the assessment and payment of the federal government's first tax. It lists name, location, description of property, slave holdings, value of property, taxes assessed, taxes paid and more.

Pennsylvania Septennial Census (1779-1863)

Lists of state residents who were eligible to pay tax. Later records include age, occupation, gender and more.

Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration (1768-1801)

Digital images of supply taxes, 18-penny taxes, liquor taxes, carriage and billiard table taxes and others, searchable by an index of over 1 million names. Includes number of negroes and land owned.

Colonial Pennsylvania Records (1664-1780)

Around 120,000 records from the state's colonial period, including military, tax, marriage, and land records.

IRS Tax Assessment Lists (1862-1918)

An index to and digital images of registers recording 8.8 million instances of taxation. The records list the name of the person or business being taxed: their address and details tax assessed and paid.