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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Contributed by: Marilyn Hoye From the Houston Morning Star [newspaper], September, 1839: List of Taxes due the City of Houston, and published in pursuance to an act Incorporating the City of Houston: ADAMS, GEORGE W. $17.50 ALLEN, A.C. $1.00 ALLEN, GEORGE $39.00 ALLEN, H.R.& S.L. $1,943.00 ANDERSON, A. MORTIMER $25.00 ANDREWS, AMBROSE $10.00 ANDREWS, J.D. $95.00 ARIA, ALEXANDER $7.00 BACHMAN, GEORGE $12.50 BAGBY, THOS. M. $7.50 BAILY & GAY $7.50 BAILY, THOMAS $5.00 BAKER, MOSELY $109.25 BAKER, W.R. $113.25 BALDWIN, GILES W. $4.00 BARKER, ELDRED $28.00 BARKER, EMMA $5.00 BARR, ROBERT $25.00 BARTON, ROBERT $2.00 BEARDSLE & ANDRIANCE $3.50 BEAUCHAMP, JOHN $7.00 BIGELOW & CO. $12.50 BIRDSALL, JOHN $76.00 BLACKBURN $3.00 BODMAN, JOHN R. $15.00 BONZANO, N. A. $7.50 BOWMAN, CHARLES $1.00 BOYCE, ROBERT $1.00 BOYD & COMPTON $25.00 BREECE, THOMAS H. $4.00 BRISCOE, ANDREW $99.00 BRISCOE, GEORGE $51.50 BRONAUGH, WILLIAM A. $2.50 BROWN $20.00 BROWN & FRAZIER $12.50 BROWN, H.C. $2.50 BROWN, MRS. $8.25 BUCKNER $20.00 BURGESS $9.25 BURTON, ISAAC W. $17.50 CANFIELD, B. $17.50 CARAHER, BARNARD $34.50 CARLOS, JOHN $104.00 CARPER, DR. $3.25 CARROLL $3.00 CASTILLO $1.50 CEAPHANT $12.80 CHAMBERLIN, CHARLES $83.00 CHAMBERS, THOMAS J. $13.00 CHRISTY, WM. $10.00 CLARK, JAMES $5.00 CLARK, JOHN $2.50 CLARK, WILLIAM $2.50 COCHRAN, O.J. $4.50 COKE, JAMES D. $1.50 CONGER, JAMES $16.50 CONKLIN, WILLIAM $10.00 COOKE, WILLIAM G. $1.25 COOPER, JOHN $4.00 COPE, JOHN $8.50 CORRI, HENRY $116.25 COURTNEY & CO. $12.50 CRAWFORD, A.C. & CO. $100.00 DANIELS & MUNEAS $6.00 DAVIE $10.50 DAVIS, DURANT $50.00 DAVIS, JAMES H. $28.50 DAWSON, GAMBLE $1.75 DeCHAUMES, M. $27.00 DEMPSEY, MARIA $3.50 DeROLL, CHARLES $65.00 DITTO DITTO, AGENT $12.50 DOBIE & M'CASKELL $14.50 DUNLAP, JOANNA $12.50 EDMONDSON, JOHN $19.00 EMORY, WILLIAM H. $5.00 ENGLISH, COZENS & CO. $15.00 ESTAVOR & BENJAMIN $27.30 EVERETTE, GEORGE $21.50 EWING, DR. A. $10.25 FARELLO, E. $10.00 FISHER, GEORGE $41.25 FITZGERALD, JOHN $3.50 FLYNN, JAMES $1.50 FONTAIN, H. $3.00 FORD, J.A. $14.50 FOREST, MOREAU $5.00 FRAZIER $1.50 FREEMAN, JOHN $7.00 GALAVAR, ALEXANDER $6.00 GARDNER, CHARLES $0.50 GEORGE, FREEMAN $7.50 GILLESPIE, JAMES $4.00 GIRARD, A. $10.50 GOODWIN, JOHN $0.75 GRANDISON, ISABELLA $5.00 GRAVIS $5.00 GRAVIS, THOMAS H. $3.50 GREEN, JOHN $5.00 GREG & DURKEE $15.00 GREY, CAPTAIN $10.00 GREY, WILLIAM F. $42.90 GRIMES, HENRY $12.50 HALL, EDWARD $17.50 HALPIN, PAGET $13.75 HAMILTON, WILLIAM H. $19.00 HART & CO. $12.00 HART, JAMES $2.75 HARTRIDGE, DOCTOR $4.00 HARWICK $0.50 HATHAWAY, H. $5.25 HAYWOOD & CO. $2.50 HAYWOOD, W.W. $7.00 HEDENBERG & VEDDES $34.00 HEDENBERG, A.D. $32.50 HEFFORD & MILLS $50.00 HEWETT, WILLIAM $14.75 HILL, JOHN T. $11.50 HILTON, A. $14.00 HOCKLEY, G.W. $9.50 HOLMAN, JAMES $16.00 HOPKINS, DENNIS $17.50 HOPKINS, MATTHEW $2.50 HOSLEY & PERKINS $25.50 HOUSTON, JAMES $16.00 HOUSTON, WILLIAM $5.00 HOWARD, JESSE C. $7.50 HOWE, N.B. $5.00 HUDSON, RADCLIFF $8.50 HUFFMAN, JOHN $5.00 HUGHES $22.50 HULL, JOHN $15.00 HUNT, FRANCIS $5.00 HUSTON, FELIX $20.00 HUTCHESON, J.G. $27.50 ISBELL, JOHN $10.50 JACK, PATRICK C. $3.00 JACKSON & STIFF $1.50 JARVIS, E. M. $18.00 JOHNSON, SOLOMON $2.58 JORDAN, JOHN $6.00 KEMPTON, N.A. $33.50 KENEDAY, ELIZABETH $1.25 KESLER, CHARLES & CO. $68.50 KESLER, HENRY $98.75 KING, THOMAS $4.00 KINGSBURY, TIMOTHY $21.50 KINKENNON, MRS. $2.12 LAMAR, M.B. $39.00 LANE, WILLIAM $5.75 LATHAM, L.J. $8.00 LAWRENCE, WILLIAM $1.25 LAWRENCE, WILLIAM $1.25 LAWSON, ANDREW $20.00 LEAGUE, ANDREWS & CO. $561.50 LEE, WILLIAM D. $75.00 LEE, WILLIAM D. $75.00 LEITH, J.R. $3.50 LEITH, J.R. $3.50 LESLIE & CLARK $0.50 LEVENHAGEN & CO. $172.00 LIMSKI, FREDERICK $11.00 LOCKHART & BAILEY $18.00 LOCKHART, JANE $13.25 LONG, WILLIAM $7.00 LOVE, JAMES $609.87 LUCAS, JOHN H. $10.00 MANN, PAMELIA $188.50 MARIELLE $1.00 MARK, JOHN $6.00 MARKS, ADELINE $7.50 MARSTON, T.R. $21.25 MARTIN, HENRY $19.00 MARTIN, M. $29.00 MASON, CHARLES $9.50 MATOSSI $5.00 MAYNARD, W.C. $3.50 MENTER, THOMAS $0.50 MERRILL, DR. $9.00 M'FARLAN, FANNY $7.50 MILLER, CHARLES $6.00 M'KAIN & ALLEN $15.00 M'KINNEY, THOMAS F. $28.00 MOODY, J.W. $7.17 MOORE $3.00 MOORE, ANDREW $15.00 MOORE, JOHN W. $19.80 MOORE, WILLIAM $9.00 MORELAND, I.N. $10.00 MORGAN, ELIZABETH $17.50 M'RORY, MRS. $5.50 MULLER $2.75 MULRYNE, DOCTOR $13.12 NEWLAND, JOHN $10.00 NEWLANDS, J.A. $50.50 NILES, J.W. $2.50 NORRIS, NELLY $4.00 O'ROURKE, PATRICK $22.75 OWENS, L.R. $3.00 OWINGS, JOHN $36.50 PACE, E. $2.00 PARKER $12.50 PARKER, ISAAC $10.50 PARKER, JAMES W. $31.75 PARKER, JOSEPH A. $76.75 PARKER, WILLIAM M. $13.00 PEASE, E.M. $5.00 PHILLIPS, ALEXANDER $2.50 PHILLIPS, G.C. $3.00 PHILLIPS, M. $33.50 PIERPONT, J.E. & CO. $120.00 PIERPONT, WILLIAM $45.00 PIERPONT, WILLIAM & CO. $255.00 PILANT, J. $25.75 PILLOW, WILLIAM B. $1.50 POE, GEORGE W. $38.25 PORTER, $12.00 PORTISS, D.Y. $6.00 POWELL, ALMIRA $11.50 PRICE, JAMES H. $7.00 PRICE, JOHN $13.50 PRIESTLY, JAMES $4.25 RANDELL, J.T. & CO. $60.37 REED, ISAAC $1.00 REID, JOHN R. $10.00 REILEY, JAMES $6.00 REINMANN, AMELIA $42.00 RENNY, WILLIAM $1.80 RICHARDSON, WILLIAM $22.00 ROBINSON, JAMES $4.25 ROBINSON, STERLING C. $8.50 ROBINSON, THOS. $10.50 ROGERS, M.T. $15.00 ROSS, RICHARD $6.00 RUTHERFORD & BIGELOW $29.00 SANDERSON, HARVY $67.25 SCOTT & LUBBOCK $9.00 SCOTT, JOHN $1.00 SECRETS, PHIL. $36.50 SHEARN, $15.00 SHELBY, A.B. $15.00 SHEPHERD, WILLIAM M. $8.50 SHIPMAN, DANIEL $13.50 SINCLAIR, JOHN $1.50 SMITH, ASHBEL $83.95 SMITH, GEORGE A. $3.50 SMITH, S.R. & CO. $40.00 SNEAD, JOHN H. $30.00 SNIDER, $3.50 SPENCER, CHARLES $0.25 SPRIGG, M.S. $2.00 STANLEY, L.C. $72.50 STEEL, COL. $7.50 STEEL, JOHN $8.50 STEPHENS, GEORGE $45.00 STEWART, F. $48.50 STOCKBRIDGE, DAVID $1.00 STOCKBRIDGE, EBEN. $7.50 STOCKBRIDGE, ELAM $14.00 STOCKBRIDGE, SAMUEL $2.00 SULLIVAN, $1.50 SWEAT, PHILLIPS $29.75 TALBOT, $25.00 TAYLOR, A. & CO. $57.00 TEAL, J.F. $11.00 TOBY, GEORGE $1.50 TOMKINS, A.M. $8.50 TOWNSEND & WHEELER $5.00 TOWNSEND, B.D. $61.60 TRAVIS, N.W. & A. $12.50 TROIT, HENRY $16.75 TUCKER, ANN $8.00 WILKINSON, J. $12.50 WOLFENBERGER, S. $13.00 WOODRUFF, JOHN $15.50 WYNUS, A. $35.75