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3. Provenance |
North Kingstown Town Records Collection North Kingstown, R.I. Records, 1738-1862 Size: .25 ft. Catalog number: MSS 209 Processed by: Elizabeth Delmage, May 2008 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
North Kingstown was first settled in 1641 and incorporated into the colony in 1674 under the name of Kings Towne. In 1722/23, Kings Towne which came to be spelled as Kingstown was divided into North Kingstown and South Kingstown.
These papers include an assortment of records from the town of North Kingstown from 1738 to 1862. Included are town tax records from 1776 to 1782, charters for two North Kingstown militia groups, and other miscellaneous items from town officials relating to official town business. Of particular note, there is a list of all the men between the ages of 18 and 45 that was compiled in August 1862. This list includes the men's ages, occupations and remarks about the men to most likely be used by draft agents during the Civil War (1861-1865).
The State of Rhode Island deposited tax records from 1822 and 1823 in 1829 (#1829. 3. 19. 1-) and it is recorded in the Acts and Resolves of the R.I. General Assembly, January 1829, page 43 that: "The clerk of the committee appointed to take an estimate of the rateable property in this state [in June 1822]. . . deposit in the Cabinet of the R.I.H.S." Also, Mrs. Frederick Shaw donated tax records from 1777 to 1779 in 1924 (#1924. 33. 1.1-). Mrs. Joseph Warren Greene, Jr. donated charters for the North Kingstown Guards and the North Kingstown Rangers in June 1974 (#1974. 70. 8-9) and an anonymous donor gave an 1862 enrollment list in 1976 (#1976. 106).
This collection was rehoused to full archival standards in May 2008. The items in this collection are arranged in chronological order.
Box |
Folder |
Description |
Date(s) |
1 |
1 |
Admitted Freemen of North Kingstown |
29 Aug 1738, 5 Dec 1738 |
1 |
2 |
Proceedings of the Committee of Inspection and Correspondence of North Kingstown against Sylvester Havens and others |
9 Mar 1776 |
1 |
3 |
Taxes - State Rate Bill |
Dec 1776 - Mar 1778 |
1 |
4 |
Taxes - State Rate Bill |
Mar 1777 - Sep 1778 |
1 |
5 |
Taxes - State Rate Bill |
May 1777 - Mar 1779 |
1 |
6 |
Taxes - Lists of taxes levied on certain citizens of North Kingstown |
Oct 1777 - Aug 1780 |
1 |
7 |
Taxes - State Rate Bill |
Jul 1779 - Aug 1780 |
1 |
8 |
Taxes - Receipt for payment of taxes for Benjamin Underwood |
5 Aug 1782 |
1 |
9 |
Proceedings from a convention of members chosen by the towns of Westerly, North Kingstown, South Kingstown, Charles Town, Easton, Richmond & Hopkinton |
21 Apr 1784 |
1 |
10 |
Charter of the North Kingstown Rangers |
Oct 1792 |
1 |
11 |
Charter of the North Kingstown Guards |
May 1813 |
1 |
12 |
Proceedings of Town Council Meetings, 24 Apr 1722 (A true copy by Jonathan Reynolds, Town Clerk) |
13 Jul 1816 |
1 |
13 |
Proceedings of Town Council Meetings, 9 Sep 1776 (A true copy by Jonathan Reynolds, Town Clerk) |
23 Jul 1816 |
1 |
14 |
Taxes - Schedule of the Valuation of Real and Personal Estate |
1822 |
1 |
15 |
Taxes - Town Tax |
1822 |
1 |
16 |
Taxes - State Tax |
1823 |
1 |
17 |
Taxes - Town Tax |
1823 |
1 |
18 |
Certificate of marriage for Abraham Sherman and Phebe Cottrell |
27 Apr 1823 |
1 |
19 |
Enrollment of all the male citizens of the Town of North Kingstown between the ages of 18 and 45 taken by order of the Adjutant General of this State |
26 Aug 1862 |
Freemen - Rhode Island - North Kingstown
North Kingstown Guards
North Kingstown Rangers
Property tax - Rhode Island - North Kingstown
Sherman, Abraham, fl. 1823
Sherman, Phebe (Cottrell), fl. 1823
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
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