The period of depression and embarrassment that followed throughout the west, prevented property from advancing in Ohio. In 1826, '27, '28, '29, '30, a material change in the amount of property taxable took place, from a few hundred thousands, to more than fifty millions. The total value of taxable property of the State for 1835, (exclusive of three counties from which returns had not been received,) amounts to the sum of ninety-four millions, four hundred and thirty-seven thousand, nine hundred and fifty-one dollars.

School Funds.—The amount of school funds loaned to the State, up to Nov. 15th, 1835, is—

Virginia Military land fund,$109,937
United States Military land fund,90,126
Common School fund,23,179
Athens University,1,431
School section, No. 16,453,000
Connecticut Western Reserve, 125,758
Total,$803,432

The following tabular view of the acres of land, total amount of taxable property, and total amount of taxes paid for 1833, is taken from the Ohio Gazetteer. It should be noted that in all the Western States, lands purchased of the government of the United States, are exempted from taxation for five years after sale. It is supposed that such lands are not included in the table. I have also placed the population of each county for 1830, from the census of that year;—reminding the reader that great changes have since been made.

Counties.Population 1830.Acres of land.Total Amount of taxable property.Total Amount of Taxes paid.
Adams12,231234,822$832,565$6,995.41
Allen57814,15951,214725.28
Ashtabula14,584449,7421,347,90013,524.97
Athens9,787365,348481,5795,820.90
Belmont28,627301,5111,591,71611,590.33
Brown17,867267,1301,358,9448,179.35
Butler27,142257,9892,514,00720,111.55
Carroll—185,942529,5756,876.92
Champaign12,131233,493908,5715,956.66
Clark13,114247,0831,114,9957,744.89
Clermont20,466280,6791,542,62715,645.31
Clinton11,436239,404785,7706,482.14
Columbiana35,592317,7961,491,09914,217.28
Coshocton11,161246,123850,7089,307.28
Crawford4,79179,582217,6753,630.09
Cuyahoga10,373292,2521,401,59118,122.96
Dark6,204107,730260,2593,312.81
Delaware11,504338,856830,0938,516.66
Fairfield24,786308,1631,992,69713,716.97
Fayette8,182234,432544,5396,428.98
Franklin14,741325,1551,663,31513,247.34
Gallia9,733205,727427,9624,826.55
Geauga15,813381,3801,427,86915,832.65
Greene14,801251,5121,441,90712,082.36
Guernsey18,036275,652908,1099,855.72
Hamilton52,317239,1227,726,09197,530.42
Hancock8139,30250,929421.70
Harden210125,607118,4251,291.43
Harrison20,91622,4121,025,21012,400.97
Highland16,345317,0791,065,8638,755.29
Hocking4,00892,332215,2721,919.29
Holmes9,135182,439556,0606,364.03
Huron13,346504,6891,512,65515,490.88
Jackson5,94157,874197,9322,239.69
Jefferson22,489230,1451,855,06413,149.44
Knox17,085313,8231,252,29413,329.41
Lawrence5,36756,862241,7822,280.80
Licking20,869393,2052,101,49517,370.83
Logan6,440203,509519,6223,925.65
Lorain5,696360,863889,55210,539.09
Madison6,190256,421600,5784,643.91
Marion6,551168,164390,6025,599.78
Medina7,560296,257931,59910,198.31
Meigs6,158229,004380,1725,111.58
Mercer1,11012,68854,118714.30
Miami12,807240,0931,000,7486,423.09
Monroe8,76895,520280,5723,666.61
Montgomery24,362267,3492,293,41914,649.12
Morgan11,800169,135452,9914,945.02
Muskingum29,334366,6092,362,61618,567.75
Perry13,970175,123729,2416,116.55
Pickaway16,001300,9691,798,66510,924.76
Pike6,024129,153521,1094,114.37
Portage18,826472,1562,019,02917,787.06
Preble16,291246,6781,086,3227,441.82
Richland24,008433,6201,354,16915,069.92
Ross24,068328,7652,897,60517,474.81
Sandusky2,85195,822275,9923,354.64
Scioto8,740105,539963,8827,926.93
Seneca6,159108,758302,0893,916.51
Stark26,588374,1011,854,96716,635.58
Shelby3,67166,863194,4681,961.26
Trumbull26,123556,0111,807,79216,635.58
Tuscarawas14,298237,337902,7788,955.75
Union3,192259,101380,5355,193.68
Warren21,468243,5172,143,06516,247.33
Washington11,731282,498681,3017,463.12
Wayne23,333382,2541,451,99614,584.77
Williams and others not incor.1,08917,79790,0661,351.02
Wood1,10217,981127,8621,572.22
Total937,90317,133.48178,019,526730,010.75

Ohio Statistics—1836.

From the Annual Report of the Auditor of State, it appears there were returned on the General List for Taxation, 17,819,631 acres of land, under the new valuation, made under the law of 1833-4.

Lands, including buildings, valued at$58,166,821
Town Lots, including houses, mills, etc.15,762,594
269,291 Horses, valued at $40 each,10,491,640
455,487 Cattle, valued at $8 each,4,043,896
Merchants' capital, and money at interest,7,262,927
2,603 Pleasure Carriages, valued at 199,518
Total amount of taxable property,$94,438,016

On the value of taxable property, the following taxes were levied:

State and Canal tax,$142,854.15
County and School tax,396,505.80
Road tax,66,482.16
Township tax,102,991.65
Corporation, Jail, and Bridge tax,51,276.89
Physicians' and Lawyers' tax,3,144.19
School-House tax,1,482.84
Delinquencies of former years, 13,044.37
Total taxes,$777,782.07