Many changes have taken place in the mode of collecting taxes. During the early history of the State, the chattel tax was collected by Township Collectors, and a County Collector gathered the land tax. From about 1806 to 1820, the State was divided into four districts, and a Collector of non-resident land tax appointed by the Legislature for each district, while at the same time the County Collector collected the chattel tax, and tax upon resident lands. From 1820 until 1827, the County Collector collected all taxes for State and county purposes, but in the latter year the office was abolished, since which it has been the duty of the Treasurer to receive or collect the taxes. In 1810-1811, John Moore; 1812, William McCormack; 1813, James Ballard; 1814-1815, Philip Lewis; 1816, James Ballard; 1817, John Simpkins; 1818, William Ware; 1819-1824, Nathan Bond; 1825-1826, Stephen Moore.