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Bristol Town Records Collection Bristol, R.I. Records, 1702-1880 Size: .25 ft. Catalog number: MSS 188 Processed by: Karen Eberhart, May 2007 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The Town of Bristol in Rhode Island was incorporated by Plymouth Colony on October 28, 1681 and the eastern boundary set by royal decree May 28, 1746.
Scope and content:
This collection contains miscellaneous items created by town officials, relating to official town business, or provide information about town inhabitants. Of particular note is the copy created in 1702 of the deed to Mount Hope and Poppasquash from the Plymouth Colony granted in 1681. The census copied in 1880 from a 1688/9 original and the lists of children born and dwelling houses constructed during 1804-1811 will also be of use to genealogists and historians.
The tax records for 1814 were created as part of the United States Federal Direct Tax of 1814. Rhode Island was divided into 3 districts. Bristol was part of the First District. Additional records for the Second Disctrict, which included Providence and the towns in the northern part of the state are located in the Providence Direct Tax, 1814 collection (MSS 214 SG 13).
Provenance:
The tax records providing the description and valuation of real estate in 1814 for owners with last names B-L were donated to the RIHS by George Gorton in 1900. He found them at a junk shop after many of them were already missing. The copy created in 1702 of the deed of Mount Hope and Poppasquash from Plymouth Colony, granted 14 Sep 1680 was donated by the Rhode Island State Library in 1916. The following three items were part of a gift from Rudolf F. Haffenreffer III in 1971: The Adjutants Duty on September 13th General Trainings at Bristol, R.I., 1825-1827; Order to assemble with a list of men, Sylvester Munro, Sergeant; Anthony V. Doorn, Captain, 1800; Claims against the estate of William Munro, 4 Aug 1788.
Processing note:
Inventory:
Box |
Folder |
Description |
Date(s) |
1 |
1 |
Census of 11 February 1688/9, copied from the original record of the Church of Christ listing male church members, and a tally of the wives, children and servants |
22 Jul 1880 |
1 |
2 |
Children born in the Town of Bristol |
1804-1807 |
1 |
3 |
Court Costs - Case of Joseph Angel vs. Jeremiah Chace, Thomas Bowen, Justic of the Peace |
10 Dec 1750 |
1 |
4 |
Court of Common Pleas at Bristol- Copy of the case of Ezekiel Herecy of Hingham vs. Mary Briggs of Little Compton |
1753 |
1 |
5 |
Court of Common Pleas at Bristol - Copy of the case of Joseph Josselyn, Thomas Josselyn of Hanover, Plymouth County vs. Philip Gray of Tiverton, Newport County |
1759-1760 |
1 |
6 |
Deed of Mount Hope and Poppasquash from Plymouth Colony dated 14 Sep 1680, COPY |
3 Dec 1702 |
1 |
7 |
Dwelling houses built and for whom in the Town of Bristol |
1802-1811 |
1 |
8 |
Intemperance agreement |
n.d. [c. 1840?] |
1 |
9 |
Military - The Adjutants Duty on September 13th General Trainings at Bristol, R.I. |
1825-1827 |
1 |
10 |
Military - Order to assemble listing men in the company, Sylvester Munro, Sergeant; Anthony V. Doorn, Captain |
1800 |
1 |
11 |
Military - Return of the Men, Arms, Ammunition and Accoutrements of Captain John W. Bourn's company in Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Seth Peck's Regiment |
25 Sep 1806 |
1 |
12 |
Military - Rhode Island Militia, 2nd Regiment, Bristol Artillery Detachment Blank form used to request bounty pay |
1861 |
1 |
13 |
Military - War Department correspondence from W. Eustis regarding defense of Bristol coastline |
1812 |
1 |
14 |
Munro, William - Claims against his estate |
4 Aug 1788 |
1 |
15 |
Petition of Town of Bristol to the General Assembly regarding tax assessed on the town, signed by Shearjashub Bourn, Daniel Bradford, J. D'Wolfe |
Oct 1779 |
1 |
16 |
Taxes - Description and valuation of real estate B |
1814 |
1 |
17 |
Taxes - Description and valuation of real estate C |
1814 |
1 |
18 |
Taxes - Description and valuation of real estate D |
1814 |
1 |
19 |
Taxes - Description and valuation of real estate E-F |
1814 |
1 |
20 |
Taxes - Description and valuation of real estate G-H |
1814 |
1 |
21 |
Taxes - Description and valuation of real estate I-L |
1814 |
1 |
22 |
Taxes - Assessment on real and personal estate |
1820 |
1 |
23 |
Taxes - Valuation and assessment on real and personal estate |
1822 |
1 |
24 |
Taxes - Assessment of real and personal estate |
1823 |
1 |
25 |
Town meeting to choose jurors for a trial in the Maritime Court |
1 Feb 1779 |
1 |
26 |
Vital Records A-W (1683-1817) copied from unknown source sometime after 1865, 68 pages |
n.d. |
1 |
27 |
Warrant for eighteen men to inquire into the death of a man at the home of Newby Coggeshall |
31 Mar 1761 |
1 |
28 |
Warrant for Joseph Amsbury by Kesiah Hicks, Shearjashub Bourn, Justice of the Peace |
21 Mar 1760 |
Subjects:
Property tax - Bristol - Rhode Island
Direct tax
Temperance
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