Tax Collector, 1781 - 1975

Series consists of volumes containing the annual warrants issued to tax collectors by the selectmen. Recorded in the volumes are the taxpayer's names, generally in alphabetical order, and information noting the payment, abatement, or lack of payment on poll (resident) tax and property taxes. Often poll and property taxes are contained in the same warrant book. Records also include the tax collector's cash book for some years, and cards pertaining to taxes owed to the town and tax sale reports; cards contain property descriptions. Also under the oversight of the Tax Collector are applications for residency used to establish the resident tax warrant. Applications contain addresses and employment information.