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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Print in Letter-Lanscape. Argyle Assessment Roll 1841 Assessment Roll of the Real & personal Estates in the town of Argyle on the County of Washington for the year 1841. Made the 17th day of June by John W. Flack, William Hill & William D. Robertson, Assessors of the said town. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Names of the owners & possessors No of Acres Valuation Of Do of personal Aggregate Dol..Cts possessors of Real & personal Estate Real Estate --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong, Archibald Junr. 196 2550 2550 11.55 Ashton, Thomas Roch 54 ½ 700 180 880 3.99 Armstrong, David H. 22 250 250 1.13 Armstrong, William C. 100 1350 50 1400 6.34 Ashton, James 84 1150 1150 5.21 Bishop, John 101 1200 1200 5.44 Bouin, Philip I. 110 110 0.5 Beaty, Peter $1.75 62 550 550 2.49 Bain, John F. 127 1350 1350 6.12 Bain, James H. 62 450 450 2.04 Barkley, Robert 150 2100 380 2480 11.23 Bain, Phillip 108 1280 1280 5.8 Bain, Hugh Junr. 102 ½ 800 255 1055 4.78 Bain, Hugh 86 ½ 900 900 4.08 Bain, John B. 80 1000 1000 4.53 Bain, Lana Executrix of Philip Bain 680 680 3.08 Bain, James & John French 120 1460 1460 6.61 Bain, Daniel 94 820 820 3.71 Bain, James Junr 40 380 380 1.72 Bain, Casper 22 300 300 1.36 Bain, James 90 1000 1000 4.53 Bain, David 40 400 400 1.81 Bain, John 170 1540 1540 6.98 Bain, Peter 150 150 0.68 Boutwell, Augustus 8-Mar 170 170 0.77 Billings Derick ½ 250 250 1.13 Bain, Peter 8-Jan 150 150 0.68 Brown Margaret & Andrew McMillian ¼ 75 75 0.34 Barden, Asahel 143 1150 550 1700 7.7 Brown, Alexander 10 120 120 0.55 Baker, Herrington 70 420 420 1.9 Burnim, David 141 1100 1100 4.98 Beuhess (?) Margaret & James Henry Execut 23 1/7 (?) 900 5000 5900 26.73 Bidwell, John ¼ 150 150 0.68 Bradly Silas B. & Jesse L. Liegh 200 1500 1500 6.8 Bradly Silas B. 261 2150 2150 9.74 Bennet, James 5 ¾ 1000 40 140 0.63 Boyd, William 120 1320 250 1570 7.12 Black, William 66 470 470 2.13 Baker, John K. 3 350 350 1.59 Barkly, James 115 1650 1650 7.48 Clark, Thomas N. 134 ¼ 2150 2150 9.74 Clark, Ralph & Buskn (?) gl(?) 250 2300 2300 10.42 Easton, Andrew 100 1200 1200 5.44 Edmenston, Mary (widow) 6 ½ 70 70 0.32 Ferguson, Alexander F. 85 1270 1270 5.76 Foil, John 96 880 880 3.98 Ferguson, Alexander 32 250 250 1.13 Flack, James H. 99 890 890 4.04 Fowler, William P. 282 2250 2250 10.2 Ferguson, Samuel 134 1620 295 1915 8.67 Ferguson, John 55 390 100 490 2.22 Foster, Andrew 87 1100 1100 4.98 Foster, James 66 800 200 1000 4.53 Flack, John W. 105 1260 1260 5.71 Fenton, James 150 1650 200 1850 8.39 Fenton, John 120 1320 1320 5.98 Fenton, George 250 250 1.13 Gifford, Gideon 147 1770 1770 8.12 Gavit, Joseph 151 136 1360 6.16 Gavit, John 295 3250 3000 5250 28.32 Gavit, Sydny 400 400 1.81 Gough, Archibald 140 1400 390 1790 8.11 Gifford, Eli 58 700 580 1280 5.8 Gifford, Alexander 50 500 500 2.27 Gifford, William 43 450 300 750 3.4 Gibson. Abram 30 300 300 1.36 Gilchrist, James & E. Hunt 69 420 420 2.9 Gibson, Abram Junr. 600 600 2.72 Gilles, George 3 ½ 350 350 1.59 Gillespie, Nancy ½ 50 50 0.23 Gilchrist, Archibald 154 2310 2310 10.47 Gilchrist, Archibald & William 60 420 420 1.9 Gilles, James I. 72 800 800 3.62 Gilles, James A. 50 550 550 2.49 Gilles, Joseph 150 1500 1500 6.8 Gilles, Campbell 72 870 870 3.94 Gilles, Alexander E. 72 800 800 3.62 Guthrie, John 100 1100 1100 4.98 George, Catherine & D. Thompson 60 480 480 2.17 Gilles, John 50 500 500 2.27 Gibson, William 15 ½ 550 1000 1550 7.03 Gilchrist, Alexander R. 12 350 350 1.59 Gilchrist, Duncan C. 44 400 400 1.81 Gilchrist, Andrew 127 1270 1270 5.76 Gilchrist, William 71 800 120 920 4.17 Gilchrist, John 250 60 600 600 272 Gilles, Ann (widow 2 70 70 0.32 Glarier, Asahel 115 1200 100 1300 5.89 Graham, John 600 600 2.72 Graham, John & I. Lister 90 1150 170 1320 5.98 Harsha, David M. 100 1000 1000 4.53 Harsha, James & Henry 106 1000 1000 4.53 Harsha, James & wife 300 300 1.36 Harsha, John 152 1700 1200 2900 13.14 Harsha, James M. 700 700 3.17 Hewy, Joseph 2 40 40 0.18 Hall, James 94 850 850 3.85 Hunt, William 60 560 70 630 2.86 Hall, David 67 750 750 3.4 Harsha, William I. 500 500 2.27 Hartshorn Jedidiah & Robert Armstrong 72 650 650 2.95 Harrison, William 200 200 0.91 Hopkins, Levi 1330 1330 6.03 Huggings, John H. 140 1680 1680 7.61 Hopkins Benjamin Estate of 215 1940 1940 8.79 Hopkins, James 291 2910 2910 13.19 Hall, Mathew 200 1800 1000 8.16 Hutcheson, Alexander 110 1320 1320 5.98 Hopkins, John B. 240 240 1.08 Hopkins, Foreman 240 240 1.08 Hopkins, Charles C. 115 1050 1050 4.76 Hall, James M. 40½ 950 100 1050 4.76 Heath, Isaac 600 600 2.72 Hopkins, Miriam & Martha 65 780 780 3.53 Harsha, George W. ¼ 350 350 1.59 Henry, James 400 400 1.81 Hill, William 92 1020 1020 4.62 Henry W. & Bachasses Estate 96 700 700 3.17 Hall, John K. 150 150 0.68 Hopkins, Asahel G. 2½ 200 200 0.91 Hamblin, Sarah ¼ 75 75 34 Huggins, James 161 1450 1450 6.56 Harsha, George C. 180 2550 2550 11.55 Hall, John 80 960 960 4.35 Harsha, David 136 2050 2050 9.29 Haggart, Andrew Junr 92 1290 1290 5.85 Henry, George Junr & Thomas 100 1200 1200 5.44 Hale, Samuel 16 140 140 0.63 Hall, Robert C. 97 1400 1400 6.34 Hill, James 80 2300 2300 10.42 Huggins, Robert 200 200 0.91 Irwin, David 51 520 520 2.36 Ingals, Periben & O.E. Chapman 2 100 100 0.45 Irwin, James Junr. 72 650 650 2.94 Kilmer, George 69 550 550 2.49 Kilmer, Abraham 115 1270 1270 5.76 Knickerbocker, John 84 450 450 2.04 King, Margaret $5.00 24 1200 1200 5.42 King, Nancy (widow) 60 600 135 735 3.83 Kinny, Morris 80 960 960 4.35 Kinny, Joseph 100 1100 1100 4.98 King, William 300 300 1.36 King, Joseph & Sarah 34 350 350 1.59 Kilmer, Peter ½ 220 220 1 King, James 55 600 600 2.72 Ketchum John & G. McFadden 1 75 75 0.34 Launt, John 13 150 150 5.68 Launt, Abram 139 1600 1600 7.35 Launt, Rebecca Executrix of William Launt 400 400 1.81 Launt, Cassarey 139 1650 1650 1.48 Leigh, Jesse S. 28¾ 800 800 3.62 Leigh, Gabriel 30 210 210 0.96 Lidle, John 59 550 550 2.49 Loudon, Joseph 103 930 930 4.22 Lytle, Andrew & John Bealy 81 650 650 2.94 Lundy, William 90 1170 1170 5.3 Leigh, Jesse Administrator of William Leig 200 200 0.94 Leigh, Jesse & S. H. Murphy 78 670 670 3.04 Lasher, Harman 100 1000 1000 4.53 Lasher, Joseph 400 400 1.81 Lendrum, George 82 1000 600 1600 7.25 Launt, Henry G. 83 960 960 4.35 Livingston, William & John 93 880 450 1330 6.02 Lendrum, William 200 200 0.91 Lashey, Peter 107 1250 1250 5.66 Lashey, George 60 600 600 2.72 Livingston, Nathaniel M. 38 350 350 1.59 Lester, John 175 2450 500 2950 13.37 Lester, David 100 1000 1000 4.53 Lester, George 100 100 0.45 Livingston, James 140 140 0.63 Lendrum, Alexander 100 100 0.45 McNaughton, Malcom G. 640 640 2.9 McNaughton, Duncan F. 170 1600 1600 7.25 McNeal, Daniel 136 1600 150 1750 7.92 McNeal, Archibald 206 2670 2670 12.1 McNeal, John A. 119 1400 1400 6.34 McCollum, John 117 1170 1170 5.3 McNeal, John _y 146 1320 1320 5.98 McMillen, John 1¼ 125 125 0.57 Monaghan, Gilbert 50 650 650 2.95 McKercher, Daniel 153 1800 930 2530 11.46 McFadden, Thomas 140 1300 200 1500 6.8 McKaller, Elizabeth 600 600 2.72 McNeal, Nancy & Murrey 37 500 100 600 2.72 McDougal, Alexander I. 110 1350 1350 6.11 McGeoch, Alexander 154 1700 300 2000 9.06 McQuarrie, Hugh 40 500 500 2.27 Morrison, Elisabeth Executrix of Robert Mo76 760 760 3.45 McNeal, John D. 200 200 0.99 McCall, Aaron 1 500 500 2.27 Maxwell, Daniel 135 1550 1550 7.03 McKaller, Anthony 285 3400 3400 15.4 McKaller, Archibald 210 2200 2200 9.96 McKaller, Charles 5 50 50 0.22 Miller, David & Harrison G. 8 75 100 175 0.79 McEachron, Peter 45 350 350 1.59 McCollum, Daniel 117 1050 1050 4.76 McNaughton, Duncan Seven 135 1400 250 1650 7.48 Mairs, John $2.32 by H. K. White 84 840 840 3.8 Miller, Garrit 136 1270 1270 5.76 Martin, Joseph K. 100 900 900 1.08 Martin, Mason 2 40 125 165 0.74 Mairs, George Rev. 400 400 1.81 Mills, James 95 1200 1200 5.44 Miller, Margery Cinton (?)et y 100 900 100 1000 4.53 Mushet Feilpha & D. Bostwich ½ 100 100 0.45 McCoy, Joseph 104 1040 275 1375 5.96 McCoy, Jane Widow 115 950 950 4.3 McCoy, William 30 250 250 1.13 McCoy, John L. 50 450 450 2.03 McCoy, William G. 85 85 0.38 McNeal, Alexander A. 37 ½ 400 400 1.81 McNeal, James 115 830 340 1170 5.3 McNeal, Margaret 50 550 550 2.49 McNeal, Peter 48 ½ 540 540 2.45 McDougal, John 1000 1000 4.53 McConnelly, Neal 75 600 600 2.72 McMullen, Alexander 240 1900 1900 8.6 McMillan, George 108 1200 1200 5.44 McDougal, James 75 750 750 3.4 McEachron, James 2.27 94 750 750 3.4 McCaslin, John 72 860 220 1080 4.89 McCaslin, Archibald 40 480 220 700 3.17 McConnelly, David 250 250 1.13 McDougal, Alexander S. 3-Jan 40 40 0.18 McKeacher, G. & D. Stevenson 100 1150 1150 5.21 McGeoch, William 50 50 0.22 McDougal, Andrew 122 1350 1350 6.12 McDougal, Daniel 112 1240 1240 5.62 Mairs, McFadden ½ 200 200 0.91 Matthews, James B. 10 200 200 0.91 Mix, Samuel & J. Hall 12 ¼ 130 130 0.58 McEachron, Charles 70 500 500 2.27 McEachron, James 70 500 500 2.27 McEachron, Alexander 100 600 600 2.72 McEachron, John N. 100 750 750 3.34 McEachron, Archibald 56 580 580 2.62 McAuley, Robert 107 800 800 3.62 McEachron, Philip 120 1300 1300 5.89 McEachron, Jacob & Andrew 63 320 320 1.45 McIntyre, John & William 91 650 650 2.94 McEachron, Henry 110 1100 1100 4.98 Mahaffy, John & Alexander 94 950 950 4.3 McEachron, Henry T. 70 770 770 3.49 Milliman, Isaac L. 200 2800 2800 12.69 McDougal, John 84 840 840 3.8 McDougal, Alexander P. (?) 77 770 770 3.49 Murry, Thomas 64 950 600 1550 1.02 McGivern, Daniel 1 ½ 125 125 0.56 McDougal, James S. 197 1970 1970 8.92 Mack, Jesse 91 1550 1550 7.03 Mack, Charles 4 ¼ 400 200 600 2.72 McDougal, Agnes 50 650 650 2.95 McDougal, John S. 342 3000 3000 13.59 McEachron, Peter J. 120 1400 300 1700 7.7 McEachron, Peter N. 30 330 330 1.49 Martin, Robert 134 1620 1620 7.34 Martin, William 500 500 2.27 Martin, Thomas 49 500 500 2.27 McEachron, William 100 1350 1350 6.12 Oatman, Sheldon & D.H. Armstrong 60 640 640 2.9 Prindle, Lawrence G. 56 610 610 2.76 Pister, John 148 1350 230 1580 7.16 Pollock, William 129 1290 1290 5.84 Proudfit, Mary 50 600 600 2.72 Potter, Abel W. 140 1200 1200 5.44 Padden, William & R. Stiles 62 500 500 2.27 Pollock, James & T, Carle 108 1250 1250 5.66 Pollock, James 280 280 1.27 Patterson, Joseph 120 1450 3000 4450 20.16 Reid, John W. 80 760 760 3.44 Reid, Alexander 150 1500 1500 6.8 Reid, John 150 1500 1500 6.8 Reid, Archibald 60 560 560 2.54 Reid, William H. 70 770 770 3.49 Reid, David 71 ½ 650 650 2.95 Reid, John J. 180 2160 1000 3160 14.31 Riggs, Edward 70 900 900 4.08 Riggs, John 500 500 2.27 Randles, Alexander Executrix of Andrew Ran195 2170 2170 9.83 Ross, Oliver & L. Robertson 100 1050 1050 4.76 Robertson, Thomas 110 110 0.5 Reid, Arthur & John 354 3800 3800 17.21 Robertson, John S. 160 1650 1650 7.48 Robertson, Gilbert 148 2150 150 2300 10.42 Robertson, Archibald 202 2550 2550 11.55 Robertson, William D, 46 500 200 700 3.17 Richardson, J. & Murry McNeal 111 1300 1300 5.89 Robertson, Joseph 150 1650 260 1910 8.65 Robertson, William 75 750 270 1020 4.62 Robertson, David 75 750 750 3.39 Robertson, Nicholas 33 1050 1050 4.75 Robertson, John 50 500 1000 1500 6.8 Ross, John ½ ? 300 300 1.36 Robertson, James W. 8-Jan 100 400 500 2.27 Ross, Samuel 100 100 0.45 Rouse, Joseph 150 2750 2750 12.45 Rouse, William H. ¼ 225 550 775 3.51 Rouse, John C. ½ 600 50 650 2.94 Reid, Daniel 212 2600 1770 4370 19.8 Reid, Alexander 30 400 400 1.81 Rowan, Archibald M. 21 850 850 3.86 Robinson John & George 68 680 680 3.08 Robinson, Alexander P. 110 1100 1100 4.98 Robinson, William 92 830 830 3.75 Reynold N. & Hiram 147 1650 1650 7.48 Ransom, Stiles & D. Taylor Guardian of A. 92 920 920 4.17 Reynolds, John 150 150 0.68 Shipherd, Samuel L. 130 1250 150 1400 6.34 Skinner, William 80 600 200 800 3.62 Shaw, James 190 2050 2050 9.3 Stevenson, James 3 50 200 250 1.13 Stevenson, John 90 1350 440 1790 8.11 Savage, Thomas 137 1780 1780 8.06 Shipherd, William 84 1000 1000 4.53 Smith, Daniel T. & John 34 ½ 400 400 1.81 Stewart, Samuel 3 140 1300 1300 5.89 Stewart John & Samuel 3 56 300 300 1.36 Stewart, Samuel & William 110 1000 1000 4.53 Stewart, George 81 820 820 3.71 Stewart, William 84 ½ 840 840 3.8 Shankland, Joseph 81 Cts 47 ½ 400 400 1.81 Soames, Jonas 210 2350 1400 3750 17 Stewart, James ½ 500 200 700 3.17 Shark, Cornelius ¼ 300 300 1.36 Skellie, Alexander 28 170 170 0.77 Smith, David B. 50 360 360 1.63 Smith, Henry 300 2250 2250 10.2 Smith, John 700 700 3.17 Shaw, William 55 450 450 2.04 Sebring, Abraham 131 1700 420 2120 9.6 Sill, David 190 2490 2490 11.29 Sill, Daniel 130 1700 1700 7.7 Selfridge Joshua 112 1120 1120 5.07 Small William & D. Stevenson 48 ½ 400 400 1.81 Stevenson, Daniel 110 1880 21000 22880 103.67 Stevenson, William ¼ 600 2200 2800 12.69 Stiles, Ransom 233 ¼ 4600 5100 9700 43.95 Savage, James 124 ¼ 1700 1700 7.7 Stewart, Christen (Widow) 300 300 1.36 Selfridge, Oliver Junr 7 600 600 2.72 Savage, James H. 96 750 750 3.4 Skellie, Benjamin 124 1200 190 1390 6.3 Stewart, Jon M. 110 1100 1100 4.98 Selfridge, Oliver ¼ 150 150 0.68 Smith, Henry & A. Patten 15 120 120 0.55 Stiles, Ransom & Wm Bussing 70 560 560 2.54 Safford, Gideon 126 1000 120 1120 5.07 Safford Gideon O. 50 400 150 550 2.19 Stiles, Ransom & H. Shipherd 8-Feb 300 300 1.36 Stiles, Ransom & P. Gilchrist ½ 150 150 0.68 Stevenson, Wm & Wm McGeoch ½ 200 200 0.91 Stevenson, Daniel 2 100 1500 240 1740 7.88 Stiles, Ransom & Mrs. Proudfit ½ 350 350 1.59 Stewart, James & John M. 8-Jan 150 150 0.68 Stewart John M. Dexter & Taylor ¼ 150 150 0.68 Shaw, James near Hebron 110 1000 1000 4.53 Snyder, Mary 42 250 250 1.13 Stewart, James 1400 1400 6.34 Seal, John 100 1300 1300 5.89 Strever, Ephraim 73 450 450 2.04 Strever, Amanda & R. Stiles 106 1270 1270 5.76 Shannon, John 500 500 2.27 Shannon, James 207 2800 2800 12.68 Shannon, Robert 250 250 1.13 Stewart, Samuel 10 200 60 260 1.18 Stewart, James Junr 147 1650 1650 7.48 Telford, John 74 ¼ 1000 710 1710 7.75 Tinkey, Stephen 135 1200 1200 5.44 Timmerman, Henry 139 1530 160 1690 7.66 Timmerman, Stephen 80 850 850 3.85 Teft, Asa Jr & Thomas 68 730 1200 1930 8.75 Tanner, B. & J. S. Smith 52 260 260 1.18 Todd, Jane (widow) 7 100 100 0.45 Taylor, James 94 860 860 3.9 Taylor, George ¼ 150 150 0.68 Taylor, Duncan 61 ½ 600 600 2.72 Taylor, James B. 98 1100 250 1350 6.12 Terry, Seth H. 152 2100 2100 9.51 Tinkey, Abram $2 112 950 950 4.3 Terry, Seth H. Guardian for the Heirs of I 250 250 1.13 Taylor, John 15 220 220 1 Truman, Philip 32 300 300 1.36 Tilford, James $1.68 112 1200 1200 5.44 Todd, John 160 1500 1500 6.8 Todd, John Junr 38 380 380 1.72 VanKirk, Catherine ½ 80 80 0.36 White, William A. 40 450 320 770 3.5 White, John A. Waterobit ? 40 350 350 1.59 Watson, Thomas 80 700 700 3.17 Williamson, Thomas 100 800 800 3.62 White, Henry K. 128 1400 1400 6.34 Wythe, John & L. Carle 123 1200 1200 5.44 Weleh, William 10 400 1500 1900 8.61 Wood, Samuel 100 1500 1500 6.8 Williams, John 195 1800 1800 8.15 Williams, Abyah 43 350 350 1.59 White, William 3 70 130 200 0.91 Wilman, Edward 53 470 470 2.13 Williamson, William 48 ½ 500 500 2.27 Willette, Cornelius S. 59 660 660 2.99 Willette, James W. 112 1250 240 1490 6.75 Williamson, John 105 1200 1200 5.44 Webb, Darius 1 200 200 0.91 Wilson, Nathaniel 85 950 950 4.3 Residents Non Residents Totals Valuation 34,136 92 ½ 380,695 790 88,730 469,425 790 2126.93 3.58 34,228 ½ 381,485 88,730 470,215 2130.51 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owners Names No of Lots Non Resident lands Valuation in the town of Argyle --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel B. Barkley 20 &21 Of farm Lots-70 Acres near 580 2.63 the south east corner of said lots and bounded as follows on the East by Archibald McKaller South by Greenwich line & west by Lands of Asa Teft Joshua Duffy 22 Of farm lots 9 acres bounded 80 0.36 East by the land of Charles McWaller South by the highway west by the land of Archibald McKaller & North by the land of Anthony McKaller Hunters Kellogg 125 Of farm Lots 13 ½ Acres bounded 130 0.59 North by the highway West by C.C. Hopkins South by John Mairs East by Duncan Taylor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 790 3.58 We do severally certify that we have set down in the above Assessment Roll all the real Estate situated in the town of Argyle according to our best information & that we have estimated the value of the said real Estate at the sums which a majority of the assessors have decided to be the true value thereof & at which they would approve the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor & also that the said assessment roll contains a true statement of the aggregate amount of the taxable personal estate of each & every person named in the said roll over & above the amount of debt due from such persons respectively & excluding such slack as are otherwise taxable & that we have estimated the same according to our best information & belief [Signatures] John W. Flack William Hill William D. Robertson The Board of Supervisors of the County of Washington at their annual meeting in November 1841 ordered the following taxes to be levied & collected in the town of Argyle for the current year. County Tax $1234.31 Town Expenses 216.82 School Money 295.08 Deficiency in 1840 13.86 Collection fee on School tax 20.44 Roads & Bridges 250.00 ________ Attest. A. L. Bakin, Sup. Clerk $2130.51