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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Dog tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/11/1

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Survey of Kincardine Shire continued

compared of
duplicate

Strachan Parish [note was too lengthy for transcription box so is transcribed here]
Mr Francis Russell of Black:hall some time after NY [new year] was there, on his notice the 28th September 1797 writes he has no Dogs.

Transcriber's notes

at the present time of transcription the location is known as Mary Culter, Aberdeenshire

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Dog tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/11/1

This volume contains information on dog taxes paid in Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Angus (Forfarshire), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, and Kirkcudbrightshire.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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