9 The distribution of taxable wealth in East Tennessee was as follows:
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Total Wealth |
Wealth in Land |
Wealth in Slaves | ||||||
Place |
Year |
SSTT |
Gini |
Zero |
SSTT |
Gini |
Zero |
SSTT |
Gini |
Zero |
Washington Co. |
1778 |
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Washington Co. |
1787 |
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Sullivan Co. |
1796 |
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Carter Co. |
1796 |
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Grainger Co. |
1799 |
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Jefferson Co. |
1800 |
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Hawkins Co. |
1809-12 |
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Cooke Co. |
1836-37 |
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na = not available
SSTT = Size share of the upper decile of wealth holders
Gini = Gini ratio of wealth inequality
Zero = percent of taxables owning no taxable property, and paying only a poll tax. These data are calculated from tax lists published in Polyanna Creekmore, ed., “Early East Tennessee Taxpayers,” ETHSP 27 (1955), 100-119; 23 (1963), 121-51. Landed wealth refers to acres; slaves, to black polls; total wealth to property weighted by the Tennessee assessment act of 1805: 100 acres = 1.0; town lots = 0.5; taxable slaves = 1.00. The author wishes to thank Mark Orlofsky for his help with data processing.