Freestone County, Texas Censuses 1846 PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT LIST AND POLL TAX LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS STATE OF TEXAS (Limestone County is progenitor to Freestone County) [ 1846 Property Tax Assessment and Poll Tax for Limestone Co., State of Texas Background: The Republic of Texas existed from March 2, 1836 to February 19, 1846. Limestone County was formed from Robertson County on April 11, 1846. Background of Tax Assessor: Pleasant Clarke Whitaker lived in Limestone County. Pleasant did a bunch of the tax assessments prior to 1850. Document Information: This document is the tax assessment and poll tax for Limestone County in 1846. This document is dated at end as February 16, 1847. It is signed at bottom by James W. Moore, J. A. B. Cain, M. Bateman, and F. W. Capps. Poll taxes are basically paying a dollar ($1) in order to later vote. This tax assessment has an estimated 200 heads-of-households. The original list is not alphabetical. For example, the first entry is P.C. Whitaker. Sources: 1) The Texas Archives holds the actual documents. 2) FamilySearch has photos of the actual documents, but lacks a searchable index for 1846 so you will have to browse. 22 pages. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-4JDR-C 3) Marion Day Mullins has a book "Republic Of Texas Poll Lists for 1846" which is his transcription. Marion fails to fully transcribe longer entries and makes known mistakes, but generally does a good job of transcribing. 4) The Ancestry website displays Marion's transcription, but Ancestry has a number of bugs with their search such as inability to search by county and incomplete showing surnames with lots of entries. Abbreviations: *LC50* = Limestone County, Texas Census guardian = guardian is the representative usually for the children that are minors. heirs of = the inheritors of the estate after someone dies Marion = Marion Day Mullins. See #3 above. brackets [] = my notes Exr. = executor Do. = ditto = which means repeat of above. Agt = agent = representative Document Title: ] "Assessment of Property within the County of Limestone given by Residents there of made by P. C. Whitaker assessor + collector for 1846" "By Whom" Alsabrook, William H. 1 1/2 lots in Springfield, TX Anderson, Hugh Anglin, Abram [*LC50* 209/209,*1*; 2 parcels] Anglin, Elisha [*LC50* 175/175] Anglin, John [*LC50* 174/174] Anglin, John Jr. [*LC50* 179/179] Anglin, M. [Moses Anglin *LC50* 286/286] 1 lot in Springfield, TX Anglin, Orpha guardian heirs of [*LC50* 175/175; Elisha's wife] Anglin, William [*LC50* 217/217] Baker, John [*LC50* 4/4] Baker, Walter E. [Walter Emerson Baker; *LC50* 5/5] Barclay, David Barnes, William A. [I believe this is William A. Burns; *LC50* 205/205] Barton, Albert Barton, David Sr. Barton, Robert "Samuel, John + David Barton" Barziza, Francis L. Bateman, Micajah [Marion mistranscribes as "Baleman"; *LC50* 132/132; *7*] Bates, Seth H. [Seth Hurin Bates; *LC50* 207/207] Bates, Silas H. [Silas H. Bates; *LC50* 207/207; he owns 3 parcels; *8*] Beasley, Charles Biggs, William J. [William Jackson Biggs; *LC50* 202/202] Blain, S. A. [Marion mistranscribes as "B. A. Blain". Samuel A. Blain; *LC50* 370/370; 3 parcels] Bloodworth, William J. Bolton, William 5 lots in Springfield, TX Boyd, John [*LC50* 232/232] Bruton, Joab Burns, Daniel Campbell, H[enry] E. 1 lot in Springfield, TX [*LC50* 33/33] Capps, Dimon Capps, F. W. [Francis "Frank" W. Capps; *LC50* 350/350] Capps, Henry 5 lots in Springfield, TX [*LC50* 227/227] Carr, B. M. Cartwright, James M. Caruthers, John [*LC50* 260/260] Castleman, M. D. [*LC50* 348/348] Cavens, Thomas Chambers, James S. Claypool, J. S. Claypool, John H. [John N. Claypool; *LC50* 70/70; *4*] Claypool, S[tephen] J. [*LC50* 67/67] Clements, E[manuel Mannen Sr.] [*LC50* 96/96; *2*] Cobb, Pickney [Pinkney Cobb; *LC50* 213/213] Cook, C. T. C. Cook, J. H. W. Cook, James B. [*LC50* 295/295] Cooke, Mrs. Mary [*LC50* 281/281] Cooke, Wildes K. [Wiles K. Cooke; *LC50* 281/281] Do. Adm. Estate of H. Hazletine Corbet, John Coursey, G. M. Covington, John Cox, Ann [shows 2 parcels of G. W. Heard and then shows "Do. Exr. Estate Ann Cox" on 3rd line] Cox, George W[ashington] [*LC50* 251/251; 3 parcels] Culp, Josiah [*LC50* 192/192] Curry, Mrs. Ellifair Curry, T[innan] T. Daniel, William Davis, Brinkley [*LC50* 214/214] Davis, E. B. Davis, Eli [*LC50* 208/208] Davis, James M. 3 lots in Springfield, TX [*LC50* 224/224] Dickens, Lewis Dickson, William W. [*LC50* 42/42] Dowdy[sic, Dawdy], H[owell] B. [*LC50* 97/97] Downs, Absalom [*LC50* 119/119] Durrett, S. M. 5 lots in Springfield, TX Eaton, Richard, Jr. [*LC50* 188/188] Eaton, Richard, Sr. [*LC50* 212/212] Edwards, Benjamin [Benjamin F. "Waco" Edwards; *LC50* 108/108] Elkins, A. 3 lots in Springfield, TX Epps, Robert C. [Robert Carter Epps; *LC50* 69/69; *6*] Faulkenburg, J. T. [John Terrell Faulkenberry; *LC50* 178/178] Faulkenburg, Nancy [Nancy (Douthit) w/o David Faulkenberry; *LC50* 178/178] Follett, Robert [not sure about the surname; could be Lallett] Fox, John Franklin, G. W. [Marion mistranscribes as G.F. Franklin] Franks, Elijah Furguson, Joseph [Joseph Ferguson; *LC50* 182/182] Gentry, George [George Gipson Gentry; *LC50* 364/364] George, J. W. Gholson, A. G. Griffin, Jackson Griffin, L. Guyton, J. B. Hardin, J. B. [Joseph B. Hardin; *LC50* 136/136] Hardin, Robert E. Harwell, Thomas Heard, G. W. [2 parcels; shows "Do. Exr. Estate Ann Cox" on 3rd line] Heard, J. A. Hill, Allen 3 lots in Springfield, TX Howard, William R. Jackson, E. T. James, William H. Jones, William C. Kirkwood, Thomas L. 5 lots in Springfield, TX Kolb, William G. Kuykendall, Matthew Lawson, Ruffin Lott˙Ar ?? Lott, Celia guardian Lott, Jesse Lott, John Jr. Lott, John Sr. Lott, Miller Mackey, Elias Manes, Shadrick [Marion transcribes as Manis] "Do. gar. or Heirs S. Manes" [I believe this notation is Ditto Guardian for Heirs of S. Manes. Marion only transcribes as "S. Manis". ] Manning, Levi Martin, James Martin, S. W. Martin, William N. P. Mathews, E. W. Math˙s, ??ert Matthews, Jefferson McDonald, Green McKinsey, Richard McKinsey, Rowland McLean, James B. Menefee, Jarat Menefee, Thomas S. Menefee, William Miller, Lucretia + M. Miller, Robert Moore, James W. 5 lots in Springfield, TX Moore, Joseph H. Moore, Richard Moore, Samuel Morgan, G. W. "William J. Morgan agt. do. Joseph Morgan do. Barba Morgan" [so 1 parcel + 1 parcel as Agent + 1 parcel as agent for Joseph + 1 parcel as agent for Barba] Nanny, Charles Nelson, James Nix, Isaac [Marion transcribes as "Isaac Hix". I believe the last name is Nix] Oaks, Charles Oliver, John E. Owens, Augustin [2 parcels] Owens, C. C. 5 lots in Springfield, TX Owens, Mrs. Mary 5 lots in Springfield, TX Phifer, Bradley 26 1/2 lots in Springfield, TX Phifer, Forest Philpott, H. Philpott, J. P. Pierce, H. E. Pleasants, L. C. Plummer, L. T. M. Polk, Thomas A. Potter, Daniel *LC50* 65/65; *5* Powers, Elijah Jr. Powers, Elijah Sr. Powers, Francis Powers, L. B. Powers, William C. Puckett, Jackson Reed, Elijah Ridgeway, Garat M. Roberts, W. W. Rowland, Riley H. 3 lots in Springfield, TX Scarborough, D. B. *10* "D. agt. Mary R. Scarborough" [Ditto agent Mary R. Scarborough. Marion incorrectly only transcribes as "M. R. Scarborough"] Seeley, David [he owns 7 parcels] Shannon, J. K. Simmons, James Simpson, G. W. Smith, Charles Smith, Elizabeth executrix estate Smith, Green L. Smith, John D. Sparks, Levi Springfield, James M. Steel, Alfonzo "B. LA. NB. + the estate of Ethan Stroud" [10 parcels] Stroud, Mandred + Memory [3 parcels] Townsend, Joshua 1 1/2 lots in Springfield, TX Townsend, William Vary, D. W. C. Vaughn, D. D. Walker, Gideon Walker, Landon Walker, Sanders 2 lots in Springfield, TX Walker, Thomas Ward, John Ward, Stephen Watkins, William Welch, Charles Welch, William West, Mrs. Jane West, John West, Michael Whitaker, P. C. Williams, Josephus 3 1/2 lots in Springfield, TX Wilson, William C. Winkler, David T. Winkler, Thomas L. Wolverton, T. L. ========================================================= Parcel map = https://historictexasmaps.com/collection/search-results/3562-freestone-county-state-of-texas-general-map-collection *1* = Abram Anglin's parcel was just SW of Fairfield, TX *2* = Emanuel Mannen Clements Sr.'s parcel was just west of Fairfield, TX. *4* = John N. Claypool's parcel is north of Fairfield, TX. *5* = Daniel Boone Potter's parcel is north of Fairfield, TX. *6* = Robert Carter Epps's parcel is north of Fairfield, TX. *7* = Micajah Bateman's parcel is north of Fairfield, TX. *8* = Silas H. Bates' parcel is far north and tad east of Fairfield, TX. *10* = David B. Scarbrough's parcel is on Trinity far north of Troy, TX. It is misspelled on parcel maps as "D. B. Scarberou" where the "gh" is lost in the river.