Auditor of Public Accounts (Taxation): Record of Taxes Paid on Land Owned by Nonresidents, 1818-1839 | Illinois State Archives

Scope and Contents: Various lists of tracts owned by nonresidents and subject to taxation usually include, for each tract, date land originally purchased; names of original purchaser and current owner; legal description of tract or claim number; number of acres; purchase price per acre; total purchase price; classification of land (i.e., first-, second-, third-rate) for assessment purposes; amount of taxes paid on land or name of county in which located; name of federal land district in which located; and notation that tract was located in military district or notation that tract was a type of state land (e.g., saline, school, seminary).