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Massachusetts Supply Tax and Beef Tax
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This page provides links to images of the Massachusetts tax legislation pertinent for patriotic service (see Massachusetts Tax Acts immediately below)
and the tax lists in several Massachusetts towns that correspond to the tax legislation.
You will notice that the legislation for the 1782 & 1783 supply taxes include a schedule of the amount each town was required to pay.  
If you are unsure of whether you have the correct tax list for a town, match the total amount collected for the state with the amount the town was required to pay
as stated in the Act.  The amounts should be close.   (If there is more than one district in a town, add the total for all districts together.)
NOTE:  After the image loads, click the image to make it larger.
Massachusetts Tax Acts: Act for Hiring Soldiers Apr 1778
Beef Tax Sep 1780 Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1779 Supply Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783
Beef/Supplies Dec 1780 Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1780 (Assessed on the value (Assessed on the value
Beef Tax June 1781 (6-months men) of real estate possessed of real estate possessed
Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1780 on April 2, 1782. on November 15, 1782.
Clothing Collection 1778 (3-months men) Poll tax rate is 16 shillings Poll tax rate is 16 shillings
Clothing Collection 1780 Act for Hiring Soldiers Dec 1780 8 pence.) 8 pence.)
Clothing Collection 1781 Act for Hiring Soldiers June 1781
Act for Hiring Soldiers Mar 1782
                                                       
Town
Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Andover Oct 1780 South District April 1782 East District Nov 1782 East District
Oct 1780 East District April 1782 North District Nov 1782 West District
Oct 1780 West District April 1782 South District Nov 1782 South District
Oct 1780 North District April 1782 West District Nov 1782 North District
Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
2083     6       8 2095     8      4
                                                       
1782 Supply Tax
Ashby April 1782 Supply Tax Nov 1782 Valuation
Use the Nov 1782 Valuation to 
determine first names.
                                                       
Barre Paid for Services Rendered, 1781
See patriot Joseph Robinson as an example.
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Continental Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax
Bedford 892211 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
                                                       
Berwick, ME Advanced Money for Hiring Soldiers (See pages 1009-1012)
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # Hiring Soldiers & Clothing &
War Tax Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Beverly 864853 Title 1 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Title 2 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5
7 8 9 7 8 9 7 8 9 7 8 9 7 8 9
10 1 10 10
2 3 4 Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
5 6 7 2190   0   0 2025   0   0
8 9 10 11
                                                       
Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Billerica Nov 1780 Beef Tax June 1779 April 1782 Supply Tax Jan 1783 Supply Tax
Oct 1779 Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
810   0    0 810   0    0
                                                       
Beef Tax
Cambridge July 1781 2nd Precinct
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Hiring Soldiers Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Carlisle 892204 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
Items 3 - 6
4 5 6 Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
360   0   0 360   0   0
                                                       
Charlestown List of Those Suffering Losses 17 Jun 1775 at the Hands of the British (see pages 155 - 174)
                                                       
Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax 1782 Supply Tax
Chelmsford Dec 1780 List 1 Feb 1780 List 1 June 1782 List 1
Jan 1781 List 2 Feb 1780 List 2 June 1782 List 2
Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence
698   6    8
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Concord 964882 Title Clothing 1778 Paid for Wood Supplied to the Continental Army, 1776
964883 See patriot Thomas Barrett Sr as an example.
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # War Tax Hiring Soldiers &
Hiring Soldiers Tax Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Danvers 876093 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
876100 Title
Item 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6
7 8 9 7 8 9 7 8 9
10 11 10 11 12 10 11 12
13
Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
1460   0   0 1468   19   2
                                                       
Dunstable Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers (see pages 127 - 129)
                                                       
Falmouth (now Portland, ME) Suffered Damages by the British October 1775
                                                       
Grafton Donated Clothing to the Soldiers 1778 (see page 347) 
                                                       
Groton Furnished Clothing (start page 151) Advanced Money to Hire Soldiers (see page 96)
                                                       
Haverhill Furnished Clothing for Army (see pages 417 - 420) Loaned Money to Hire Soldiers (see pages 406 - 408)
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Provided Clothing or Supplies to the Army
Ipswich 878655 Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Check all images.
                                                       
Lexington Suffered Damages by the British
                                                       
Lynnfield 1783 Supply Tax
                                                       
Manchester Title 1779 Continental Tax 1781 Hiring Soldiers Tax
                                                       
Mansfield Gave Money to Support War Effort
                                                       
1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Medford May 1782 Supply Tax Jan 1783 Supply Tax
Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
785   0   0 785   0   0
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
1780 Beef Tax 1781 Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Methuen 887747 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 4 4 4 5
                                                       
Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax Continental Tax 1780 1783 Supply Tax
Middleton West & East Sides June 1780 West & East Sides Jan 1783 Supply Tax
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
1780 Beef Tax 1781 Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Milton 968021 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6
7 8 7 8 9 7 8 9
10 11 12 10 11 12
13 13
Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
865   16   8 870   16   8
                                                       
Nantucket Loaned Money to the Government (See pages 259 - 260. Original list is here pages 316 - 345.
Check BOTH colums.)
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
1783 Supply Tax
Newburyport 893099 Title 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NOTE:  
The "Title 1783" page states "Continental
Title 1783 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 & Town Tax" at the top of the page.  
In addition, the poll tax rate is 16 shillings
35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 and 8 pence.
52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
                                                       
Newton Loaned Money (see pages 366 & 371)
                                                       
Northborough Furnished Cash to Support the War (see pages 75 - 76)
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # 1781 Beef Tax & 
1780 Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Oakham 825075 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 4 4 5 4
Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence
285   0   0
                                                       
Oxford Raised Money to Supply Beef to the Army (see pages 131 - 132)
                                                       
Plymouth Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers
(see pages 404 - 412) (see pages 432 - 436)
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Plympton 912062 Title 1783 Supply Tax
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
                                                       
Portland, ME See Falmouth
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Reading 890235 Title 1780 Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Item 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6
7 8 9 7a 7b 8 7 8
Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
1052   10   0 1052   10   0
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Rehoboth 562566 1782 Supply Tax Title Supplying Beef
See patriot Squire Wheeler.
Film #
                                                       
Sharon See Stoughtonham
                                                       
Sherburn See Nantucket
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Stoneham 904951 Title 1782 Supply Tax
1 2 3
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # Hiring Soldiers & Hiring Soldiers &
Beef Tax List 1 Beef Tax List 2 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Stoughton 932779 Title 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Title 2 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6
9 10 11 12 7 8 9 7 8 9 7 8 9
13 14 15 16 10 11 12 10 11 12 10 11 12
17 18 19 20 13 14 Title 13 14 15 13 14 15
21 22 23 24 16 17 Title 16 17 18
25 26 27 28 Title
29 Title Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
1303   16   8 1318   6   8
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # Hiring Soldiers &
Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax
Stoughtonham (Sharon) Title 1 2 3 Title 1 2 3
940502
4 5 6 4 5 6
7 8 9 7 8 9
Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence
546  13  4
                                                       
Sudbury See Wayland
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm #
Clothing for the Army
Templeton 864110 Title 1
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # March 1779 - South Ward March 1779 - North Ward Oct 1779 - South Ward Oct 1779 - North Ward
Continental Tax Continental Tax Continental Tax Continental Tax
Topsfield 968007 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 4 5 6 4 5 4 5
Contributed Money to Hire Men for Continental Army
1 2
                                                       
Uxbridge Various Payments for Service, Loaning Money, etc. Furnished Blankets for the Soldiers
                                                       
Walpole 1778 Continental Tax 1778 Continental Tax Furnished Clothing 1778
Advanced Money to Hire Soldiers (see pages 129 - 130) Furnished Clothing (see page 129)
                                                       
Waltham Contributed Money to Hire Soldiers (see pages 94 - 99)
                                                       
Watertown Advanced Money for the War (see pages 27 - 28)
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # Hiring Soldiers,
Continental Tax Hiring Soldiers Tax Beef Tax Beef, & Clothing Tax
Wayland 892221 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 (All Taxes are 1781.)
4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6
7 7 8 9 7 8 7 8 9
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # 1779 & 1780 1781 Tax for
Continental Tax 1781 Beef Tax Hiring Soldiers
Westford 968017 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5
7 8 9
10
                                                       
1782 Supply Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Westminster June 1782 Supply Tax Feb 1783 Supply Tax
Assessed Amount Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence pounds - shillings - pence
645   0    0 645   0    0
                                                       
War Tax
Weston June 1782 North Side Only
pages 103 - 105
                                                       
Paid Subscription for Soldiers' Bounty
Wilbraham 1
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # 1779 & 1780
Continental Tax 1780 Beef Tax 1783 Supply Tax
Wilmington 887764 Title 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
4 5 6 4
Assessed Amount
1 2 3 pounds - shillings - pence
396   13   4
4
                                                       
FamilySearch
Microfilm # Oct 1780 Beef Tax Dec 1780 Beef Tax 1782 Supply Tax 1783 Continental Tax
(includes Second Parish) (includes Second Parish) (includes Second Parish)
Woburn 893879 Title 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 9 10 11 12 9 10 11 12
13 13 14 15
Assessed Amount
pounds - shillings - pence
1089   3   4
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