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

46

57

10

na

na

na

na

na

na

Washington Co.

1787

47

64

28

42

60

29

100

94

89

Sullivan Co.

1796

50

67

30

39

60

33

87

92

83

Carter Co.

1796

73

83

39

72

83

41

100

95

91

Grainger Co.

1799

85

86

53

79

88

57

89

92

87

Jefferson Co.

1800

61

75

38

59

74

41

92

92

88

Hawkins Co.

1809-12

63

79

47

68

82

50

82

89

82

Cooke Co.

1836-37

62

77

38

59

75

39

100

95

90

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.