Do you find the early tax lists a useful source in your genealogy research? Even though I included tax lists in my research arsenal, I have to admit that at first they were pretty useless. However, now, looking back at the early research, they are useful in helping document residency. So what changed? Did I …
Category: Taxes
Re-Visiting Tax Lists
Do you ever find yourself retracing your research steps because you learn about a new family connection? Yep, that's me. I'm going back thru the early tax lists for Madison County, KY. I wrote about my journey with suspected CRAWFORD family members in my January 2019 post, Tax Man Cometh. At the time, I mentioned finding …
Botetourt Virginia Titheables
Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit the Family History Center in Topeka, Kansas. During this visit, I was able to access digitized images from Botetourt County, Virginia. I was thankful these records were available at the family history center since they were locked at affiliate libraries. Botetourt County, VirginiaList of Tithables, 1770-1789FS Film …
Dooley
Have you ever seen a name in a deed or court document and thought to yourself, 'Hey, I've seen that name before?' Well that was my situation when I was looking at tax records for Barren County, Kentucky. Since I found James Crawford with 200 acres of land on the Marrowbone listed on the 1800 tax …
More Taxes
Well, I'm chasing those Crawfords thru another set of Kentucky tax lists. This time, I'm looking in Pulaski County, Kentucky. Another Crawford researcher told me that the William Crawford found in the Madison County, Kentucky tax lists moved to Pulaski County prior to moving to Missouri. On the off chance that I would find some …
Lincoln County Taxes
Do you find little clues in tax records? When I reviewed the Lincoln County Kentucky tax records, I made some discoveries that are helping my CRAWFORD research in the area. Discovered John Crawford -- who owned 913 acres of landSellers families listed beginning in 1787Rebekah Crawford (widow) listed in 1787-1791James Crawford owning 114 acres of land on Sugar Creek …
Barren
Have you ever re-looked at some tax records and discovered that you can now figure out who these people might be when before they were just a list of names found in that county? Well, that has been my experience as I'm going back thru some of my Crawford Kentucky research in hopes that it …
Arrival in Ohio
Have you ever 'lost' an ancestor for a period of time? That's my situation with my ancestor, James Crawford. James and Sally Duggins are married in Garrard County, Kentucky in 1799. In 1813, there is a land record where James Crawford has made full payment for the NW 1/4 of Section 14, Township 7, Range …
Lincoln County Mystery
Do you have same name issues in your genealogy research? Or, do you have 'mystery men' of the same surname in the same location as your ancestor? That's what happened when I looked at the Lincoln County, Kentucky tax lists for 1787-1805. I had found Lincoln County KY marriage bonds where Rebekah Crawford gave permission …
Migration Clues
Have you used city directories to help locate a person between census years? Although I'm not finding as much detail in tax lists, I am finding that they help track migration in the early 1800s. I've been doing FAN club research in early Kentucky. So far, I've been concentrating on the area that became Garrard …