Freestone County, Texas
Censuses



   1849 PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT LIST AND POLL TAX
             LIMESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS
                STATE OF TEXAS  
     (Limestone County is progenitor to Freestone County)

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1849 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.
  
Document Information:
  This document is the tax assessment and poll tax for Limestone County in 1849.
This document is dated at end as Sept. 6th, 1849.   

Sources:
  1) The Texas Archives holds the actual documents.
  2) FamilySearch has photos of the actual documents, but lacks a searchable index
so you will have to browse. 40 pages.
     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-4J8Q-P

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
brackets [] = my notes
Exr. = executor 
Do. = ditto = which means repeat of above.
Agt = agent = representative
 
Document Title:
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"                                     Assessment 
  Made for the year 1849 by George W. Cose assessor and collector for Limestone 
County, of property owned by non-residents and those lying therein, or which has 
met, been rendered for taxation."

"By Whom"