Adams County

Treasurer's Office
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 Jean Reddington

507 Vermont St

Quincy, IL 62301

TAX RECORDS

(217) 277-2245

    The Adams County Treasurer’s Office contains the County’s records regarding property ownership, the party responsible for paying taxes, the amount of tax due for property within Adams County and property tax collection information. Duplicate copies of property tax bills are also stored within the Tax Records Department. The records maintained within the Tax Records Department serve as a resource for attorneys, realtors, abstractors, property owners and other interested individuals.  The tax records contained within the Tax Records Department and the Adams County Courthouse are considered public information.  Also available are historical Adams County Tax Records, which are stored at Gardner Museum of Architecture and Design.  These include:

             Annual Real Estate Tax Assessment and Collections Books

                        South Part Adams County, 1851-1860

                        North Part Adams County, 1851-1860

                        Quincy, 1854-1856, 1858-1861, 1863-1880, 1882-1930

                        Adams County Townships, 1880

                                    Melrose, Lima, Keene, Houston, Northeast, Ursa, Mendon,

                                    Liberty, McKee, Columbus, Payson and Beverly

             Delinquent lands and town lots sold in December 1823 for 1882 taxes

             Mortgage loans prior to 1897

             Personal property taxes, Quincy, 1880

             Personal property taxes, Adams County Townships, 1880

                        Lima, Keene, Northeast, Mendon, Clayton, Ellington, Gilmer,

                        Melrose, Burton, Richfield and Beverly

             Railroad tax books

                        1873-1877, 1880-1881, 1897-1936

                        Quincy, 1906

    Further information may be available from the Secretary of State Archives Department in Springfield, Illinois.  For more information, please contact (217) 782-4682.