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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** Copied with permission from Stalkin' Kin, Volume VII, Number 1, pages 29-30, a publication of the San Angelo Genealogical & Historical Society. COKE COUNTY, TEXAS 1889 TAX LIST "Resident Roll 1889 - County of Coke - Rendered for taxation by the owners or agents thereof for the year 1889" (Abstracted from microfilm in the Microfilm Room of Angelo State Universityj San Angelo, Texas, by Mrs. Betty Jane Smith.) Information given on the record include columns for the original grantee; acres; carriage, buggies, wagons; horses and mules; cattle; jacks and jennys; sheep; goats; hogs; goods, wares and merchandisie; miscellaneous property; state and county,taxes including the poll taxes (which qualified a person to vote). Shown on this list abstracted is the number of polls in the household - the number of persons eligible to vote. NOTE: Additional names given in supplement at end. Adams, A. J.. - 1 Adams, F, E. - 1 Adams, G. S. - 1 Allen, M. C. - 1 Allen, H. A - 1 Allen, Louisa - 0 Allen, N. H. - 1 Allison, W. F. - 1 Allison, K. H. - 1 Angel, J. P. - 1 Armstrong, J. R. (had 1 poll but it has been marked out and "none" written Armstrong, J. E. - 1 Austin , J. J. - 1 Barfield, J. M. - 1 Barbee, J. W. - 1 Baldridge., W. E. - 1 Beeman, I. - 1 Bennick., I. M. - 0 Bird, M. - 1 Blair., J. R. - 1 Booziar, Z. - 0 Boyeth., M. D. - 1 Boykin., W. R. - 1 Boykin, B. A. - 1 Brooks, I. N. - 1 Bryan, J. L., - 1 Brown, I. C. - 1 Brown, W. L.1 Burr, D. D. & Bros. - 1 Buchanan, W. F. - 1 Burton., G. W.. - I Byrd, J. F. - 1 Calloway., M. C. - 0 Caraway, W. F. - 1 Capers, J. A. - 1 Capers, S. - 1 Christian, H. - 1 Childress, Wm. - 1 Childress, J. H. .- 1 Clark, J. F. Dr. - 1 Claxton, J. L - 1 Clinton, W. H. - 1 Cox., W. A. - 1 Cox, J. E. - 1 Commers, J. P. - 0 Cotten, J. B. - 1 Collins, S. F. - 0 Conner S. F. - 1 Conner., J. F. Jr. - 1 Cremer, R. J. - 1 Criswell., L. H. - 1 Criswell., Emma - 0 Currey, J. E. - 1 Darrough, G. S. - 1 Dancer, J. G. - 1 Dancer, J. H. - 1 Dickey, J. S. - 1 Douglass, R. E. - 1 Dodd, J. W. - 1 Dunbar, W. S. - 1 Durham, J. L. - 1 Edgar, B. F. - 1 Eidson, W. J. - 1 Farmer, J. J. - 1 Farmer, J. R. - 1 Fancher, H. T. - 1 Farmer, T. M. - 1 Fairbanks, R. - 1 Fairley, D. T. - 1 Fairley, J. F. - 0 Fairley, J. B. - 1 Fannin, F. E. - 1 Flynn, S. B. - 1 Fletcher., G. C. - l Fulcher, W. J. - 1 Fulcher, J. S. - 1 Gentry, T. J. - 1 Gott, R. G. - 1 Gotcher., A. Z. - 0 Green, I. W. - 1 Guest, B. G. - 1 Gunderman, Geo. - 0 Harris, J. H. 1 Hale, D. W. - 1 Hale, D. D. - 0 Harwell, J. F. - 1 Hancock, B. F. - 1 Hamilton, J. To - 1 Hamilton, R. F. & Bro. - 2 Hallmark., W. M. - 1 Hudman, P. W. - Heald , Geo. A. - 1 Henderson, J. P. - 1 Hennesey, T. H. - 1 Heityber & Stumpp - 2 Hinds,, T. J. - 1 Johnson, Frank - 1 Jyles, H. E. - 1 Keith, A. B. - 1 Kemp, W. A. - 1 Kidd, J. W. - 1 Kirkendall, Joe - l Koenig, Fred - 1 Kuykendall, B. S. - 1 Laughlin, D. L. - 1 Lasswell, G. C - 1 Linley, J. M. - l Linley, J. W. - 1 Locke, W. C. - 1 Lovelady, J. W. - 1 Luckert, H. K. - 1 Mc --(The Mc's are out of order on the tax list, appearing after Q Mashan, G. P. - 1 Mad1son, George - 1 Malone, W. B. - 1 Monteith (Monkith?), H. - 1 Murphy, J. M. - 1 Myers, D. F. - 1 Nunn, H. J. - 1 Nunn, T. M. - 1 Nations, T. L. - 1 Norfleet, J. H. B. - 1 Odom Land & Livestock Co. - 0 Odom., G. G. - 1 Parker, W. A. - 1 Patton, Harry - 1 Pagitt J. N. - 1 Pace, K. - 1 Perry, Geo. - 1 Phillips, N. G. - 1 Phillips, R. C. - 1 Price, Mrs. W. T. - 1 (Had Mrs. but it was crossed out) Preston, A. J. - 0 Purvis, P. F. - 1 Preston, Allice T. - 0 Queen, W. L. - I McCabe, J. Q. - 1 McPeters, H. T. - 1 McBride, D. A. - 1 Richards, M. A. - 1 Richards, W. T. - 1 Richards, R. F. - 1 Rivers, L. D. - 1 Robinson, W. H. - 1 Roe, Chas. - 1 Robbins, W. A. - 1 Rudd, E. J, - 1 Russell, Henry - 1 Sayner, Sam'l. - 1 Sayner, J. W. - 1 Shaw, T. H. -1 Sheppard., M. B. - 1 Simmons, G. J. - 1 Smith, J. R. - 1 Smith, J. R. & Bro. - 0 Smith Bros. & Kuykendall - 0 Smith, J. J. S. (?) - 1 Smith A. G. & T. J. - 2 Smith, Nat - 1 Stokes, J. W. - 1 Smith, R. R. - 1 Stark, J. W. - 0 Stewart, W. J.- 1 Stewart, J. E. - 1 Stewart, N. L. - 1 Stubblefield, Jake - 0 Swaim, D. B. - 0 Taylor, J. L. - 1 Teague, C. B. - 1 Teel, E. M. - 1 Thorn, M. L. - 1 Tompson, H. F. - 1 Treadwell, J. J. - 0 Trimble, G. E. - 1 Trimble, B. L. - 1 Vanhollebecke, B. - 1 Vancleve, Harvey Vestal, J. J. - 1 Warren, T. H. - 1 Warren, J. E. - 1 Walling, W. P. - 1 West, J. H. - 1 Weathers, J. W. - 1 Westley, A. P. - 1 Williamson, Geo. - 1 Williams, M. I. - 1 Wiley, W. H. - 0 Wileys T. J. - 1 Williams, K. M. - 1 Williams, Chas. - 1 Worley (Wooley?), A. T. - 0 Wulfgin, H. A. - 1 Yarbro, W. D. - 1 Yarbro, C. H. - 1 Youngblood, J. A. - 1 Youngblood, J. J. - 1 Youngbl6od, M. E. - 0 Youngblood, T. A. - 1 Youngblood, E. A. - 0 Youngblood, M. L. - 1 Youngblood, P. H. - 1 "SUPPLEMENT TO REGULAR ROLL 1889" Block,, J. W. Brooks, J. A. Brook, E. Byrd,J. T. Campbell, E. L. Cawley, W. M. Commier, Jules Copeland, C. Jeff Everett, W. S. Glass, W. J. Miles, Kemp Miller, J. M, Phillips, N. T. Rhodes, Frank Roland, R. C. Simpson, S. C. Sullivan, Mike Walling, J. D. Whitesides, Rufus Austin Northern Land & Cattle Co.. Austin Land & Northern Land & Cattle Co. NOTE: The statement of the amount of taxes collected was written on a piece of paper at the end of the list of the microfilm - the paper bearing the letterhead of the County and District Clerk's Office, Coke County, Hayrick, Texas 188 , T. C. Collier, Clerk. The statement was dated Aug. 15, 1889 and signed by W. S. Buchanan, Sheriff & Tax Collector, Coke County, Texas. At this date, Hayrick was the county seat of Coke County. For the complete information given on the tax roll for a person, please send a SASE and $1.00 to the San Angelo Genealogical and Historical Soc. Inc., P. 0. Box 3453, San Angelo, Texas 7690.