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IV

THE TAX LEVY OF WORCESTER COUNTY FOR THE
YEAR 1766

[THIS TAX LEVY FOR WORCESTER COUNTY FOR THE
YEAR 1766 WAS ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF THE COUNTY
COURT HELD AT SNOWHILL TOWN ON DECEMBER 8, 1766.
As FAR AS HAS BEEN LEARNED, THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME THAT A DETAILED PRE-REVOLUTIONARY MARYLAND
COUNTY TAX LEVY HAS APPEARED IN PRINT. IT IS OF

ESPECIAL INTEREST IN THIS CONNECTION AS THROWING
SIDE-LIGHTS UPON SEVERAL MATTERS WHICH CAME BEFORE
THE ASSEMBLY DURING THE 1766-1768 PERIOD, AND ALSO
BECAUSE IT SHOWS IN GREAT DETAIL THE VARIOUS WAYS
IN WHICH THE TAXPAYERS' MONEY WAS SPENT FOR THE
SUPPORT OF A COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THE 118,513
POUNDS OF TOBACCO REQUIRED FOR THE ANNUAL SUPPORT
OF THE COUNTY WAS TO BE RAISED BY A TAX OF 31 POUNDS
OF TOBACCO ON EACH OF THE 3823 TAXABLE INHABITANTS
OF THE COUNTY. THE LEVY IS DISCUSSED IN MORE DETAIL
ON PAGES cvi-cviii.]

Worcester County to wit
At a Court of his Lordship the right Hon.^rble Frederick absolute
Lord and Prop.^ry of the Province of Maryland and Avalon Lord
Baron of Baltimore & so forth. Held at Snowhill Town in and for
the County af.d the first Tuesday of November to wit the fourth
Day of the same Month in the Year of our Lord God one thousand
seven hundred sixty and six by his said Lordships the right Hon.^rble
the Lord Prop.^ry his Justices the Peace in and for the County af.^d to
keep assigned of whom to wit at an Adjournment of the same Court
held at Snowhill Town af.^d on Monday the eighth Day of December
next after the said first Tuesday of November were

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Present.

William Allen

William Ellegood

John Scarborough

George Layfield

Esquires

The

Joshua Mitchell

Benton Harris

his said

Respect full

John Evans

Adam Spence

Lordships

Joseph Dirickson

and

Justices

John Selby

Joseph Dashiell