General Histories of Coleman County, Texas


1861 Tax Roll of Coleman County Residents ... Taken in Brown County
(earliest known roll for Coleman County)

 

(From A History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985 
edited by Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates - used by permission.)




Charles Arnett
William Bevans          135 cattle
Wm. F. Burke             1 horse, 30 cattle
J. N. Beasley               200 cattle
Samuel Crimer
J. J. Collins                  6 horses, 180 cattle
H. M. Childers, Sr.      4 horses
H. M. Childers, Jr.       6 horses, 400 cattle
Elisha Childers            2 cattle
J. J. Daniel                   2 horses, 300 cattle
Thos. Foresight
L. D. Greaves               1 horse, 100 cattle
Malcomb Hunter          2 horses, 20 cattle
H. H. Hunter
James M. Hunter           1 Negro, 4 horses, 500 cattle
F. Marion Hodges         1 horse, 100 cattle
Jas. Lindsey
J. Mullens                      2 horses, 2000 cattle
Wm. Mullens
Jno. Nicol                       2 horses, 85 cattle
W. C. Parks                   
3 horses, 1000 cattle
J. L. Poplin                      2 horses, 175 cattle
J. R. Rustin                      1 horse
Jas. Richardson
Jno. Rhodes                    1 horse, 80 cattle
Jno. Sheen                       5 horses, 200 cattle
Elizabeth St. Clair           1 horse, 90 cattle
T. C. Small                      1 horse, 190 cattle
P. T. Turner                2 Negroes, 6 horses, 1000 cattle
W. P. B. Wilbern             3 horses, 300 cattle
F. M. Wilbern                  3 horses, 150 cattle
Elizabeth Watts                1 horse
Gilbert Watts       

(The cattle were mostly rendered at $5 each and the horses at $50 to $75.)
(All males over 21 are on this list, as they were required to pay a poll tax.)
(NOTE: there are many misspelled names on early records... example - Childers should be Childress.)


 
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