Bertie COUNTY NC Tax List 1808 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by murquhar@bellsouth.net Mollie Urquhart http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm From the Windsor Ledger, 1908 (no month given in the article) ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO From time to time we will take from our old records in the court house matter that will prove interesting to the present generation both for the interest that may be found in them and also to familiarize our people with Bertie County history. This week we copy for the tax list of just one hundred years ago - in 1808… Acres of land………..325516 Free Polls…………… 948 Slaves…………………2624 Number of stores………….9 Valuation town property… 13490 pounds Amount of tax on stallions.. 2610 pounds All the property owners who owned 1000 acres of more were: NAME Acres Of land #Slaves Armstead, Stark 1000 7 Askew, Aaron Sr. 2574 5 Bunch, Frederick 1121 3 Bazemore, Jesse 1320 13 Bond, John 1100 18 Capehart, John 1003 8 Cobb, Nathan 1076 2 Clark, John (orphan) 1400 0 Cherry, Solomon 1288 8 Callom, Willis 1270 13 Cobb, John 1000 2 Devereux, John 4000 66 Eason, Abner 1466 11 Eason, Joseph 1179 8 Freeman, Wm 1080 8 Freeman, Charles 1087 11 Green, William H. 2100 6 Gillam, Moses 1172 12 Grimes, James 1500 6 Gray, William Sr. 1775 15 Jacocks, Jonathan 6020 35 Johnston, Sam 1450 9 Jones, Wylie guardian Robert Jones and James Drewery 2450 29 Hardy, Humphrey 1050 6 Hughes, Cornelius 1240 0 Holly, Thomas 1469 13 Hais, Edward 1840 20 Hill, Thomas B. 1080 12 Jordan, Joseph Sr. 2672 15 Jordan, William 1529 17 Johnston, William W. 3500 39 Jones, William Wilkins, William 4874 17 Kittrell,Stanley 1500 9 King, Charles 1552 8 King, Charles Sr. 1542 6 Lurry, William 1640 11 Leggett, Naz. 1060 7 Mitchel, Kader 1238 5 Moore, Moses 1000 7 Outlaw, Joshua 1065 9 Outlaw, Ralph 2319 9 Outlaw, Edward 2121 9 Outlaw, George 3505 26 Perry, Josiah 1270 15 Peterson, Henry 1280 6 Pugh, Francis 1391 10 Pugh, Whitmel 1150 17 Pugh, William Sr. 2732 27 Pugh, John heirs 1076 0 Pugh, Joseph 1126 1 Pollock, Ann V. 2016 14 Pollock, Geo 3190 14 Ryan, Cornelius 1350 18 Redditt, Josiah 1000 6 Rayner, Samuel 1514 11 Robbins, John 1000 6 Ruffin, John 1120 3 Sutton, Thos. 1515 14 Sparkman, William 3672 18 Spivey, Aaron 1674 21 Everett, Jesse orphan 1263 0 Sutton, Willam 2826 28 Stone, David 4307 35 Skiles, William 2701 25 Pender, Starkey 1210 0 Sharrock, Samuel 1000 6 Skinner, J.B. 3650 29 Turner, Jas 1964 20 Tayloe, Benjamen 1196 3 Tayloe, Jas 1090 4 Thompson, Thos 1030 11 Thompson, Lewis 1540 26 Turner, Eliz 2515 5 West, Robert 1500 13 Watford, Wm 2603 13 Watford, John 3491 12 Ward, Dunby est 1324 0 Williams, John D. 1040 8 Williams, Lewis A. 1750 15 Williams, Wm 6607 46 Woods, Jas heirs 1000 0 Wiggins, Blake B. 1000 14 Watson, John 1396 16