W.Z.M. Wilson Tax Receipt, Spartanburg, S.C., September 21, 1880 · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title: W.Z.M. Wilson Tax Receipt, Spartanburg, S.C., September 21, 1880
Accession Number: 2024.16.2.239
Accession Date: 18 November 2025
Accession Creator: Meadow Knapp
Description: W.Z.M. Wilson's tax receipt of $1.35 for the 1879 fiscal year for Spartanburg County, S.C.
R.R.&P.I. Stamp
Miscellaneous math equation on the back
Date: September 21, 1880
Storage Location: Box 28, Folder #7
Text: Front:
TAX RECEIPT.
No.1285 SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S. C., Sep 21 18 80
Received from WZM Wilson One 35/100 Dollars for Taxes due on the following described properly for the fiscal year 1879, viz.:
Lots, Arcs, Building, } Value, $
Personal Property, - - - 20
TOTAL, - - $20
JNB [illegible]
(Read "Notice" on back of this Receipt before leaving County Treasurer's Office.)
State Tax, - - - - - - - $ |09^5
15 per cent. penalty on State Tax, - - -
Ordinary County Tax, - - - - - |06
R.R.&P.I. Tax, - - - - |13
School Tax, - - - - - - - |04
15 per cent. penalty on all County Tax, - - |03
Poll Tax, - - - - - - - 1|00
TOTAL TAX, - - - - - $ 1 35

Back:
NOTICE.
All Taxpayers are hereby notified that this "Tax Receipt" covers only such property as is specified on its face, and if the County Treasurer fails to enter the amount of the property, and value thereof, on the proper blanks, the "Receipt" is illegal.
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