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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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