Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-04-04
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the book; taxes $500. The larg-
est tax payer was William Adams,
as follows: 1000 acres $4,000. 4
white 1.-THE 10 black titheS total
blacks (negroes) 20 value $500,
10 horses $500; 90 cattle $500
total $1,000 tax S26.85 the
smallest tax payer was Phoebe
Adams IS shown above. The next
largest was William Smith. who
was the grand father Of Mrs.
Mary Miller and the writer. Of
Nj. Vernon, and the great grand
father of Will II. Fish of this
town; owned and lived in the
house where H. J. Mullins lives
just north of town; the tax book
shows him with 1865 acres, -
negroes ETC., valued SI3.745, tax
bay. Solomon Row, ASH ~
Owens and David N. Lewis, father
of Judge S D. Lewis, present
county attorney, were listed before
they were chargable with tithes.
Taxes for the first two was ) cts.
each, each owned a horse, and
Mr.. Lewis was put down for
I2H cents for three horses he
owned. Many familiar names are
found in this book and but one
as far as the writer has been able
to ascertain, is living today,
William Williams of Aztec, New
Mexico. J, Henry Fish was four
years old when this tax book was
made and is the only person here
now who was a citizen Of Mt.
Vernon in 1899. There were Gas
tax payers and total amount for
that year was $I,I24. 49, less than
town taxes for Mt. Vernon today.
There were 3l2 negro slaves
valued at $I2o. 400 Horses 1900,
Cattle 1874. Hogs and sheep are
not mentioned in the book. John
B. Dysort listed real estate al
S2I5o, slaves $4,000. Half dozen
of Dyscrt families owned from two
to seven negroes each These
families are not represented now
in Rockcastle, some of their
descendants live in Iowa. Among
some of the familiar family names
are: Benjamine Albright, lothian
Brown, Elisha Bullock, Andrew
Baker, David Bethurum, Morgan
3urdett, David Carson. Joseph
Cromer, Stephen Coly.r, Stephen
Cummins, Abraham Chestnut,
Wallice Clark, John Canter, John
B. Cook, Simeon Denny, David
DeBord, Reubin Elkins, John
friedrich, Jesse Fish, William
Gadd, William Griffin, Alexander
Henderson, George Huff. David
Gentry, Barnaba Haley, Joseph
Houk. William P. Hiatt. Charles
Jones. William Kirtley, Latten
R. Kirby, (thought to have been
tax collector for year 1880 Josiah
Joplin, William Laswell, John
Linville, Neelv Lawrence, Robert
Langford, Johnathan Leece, Jack
son Lambert, Holbert Mcclure,
listed with 10000 acres of land
valued $1,000 John Merryman,
Marshal Moore, Andrew McClary,
Mitchell Marct, Galloway Mullins,
widely known in connection with
Alfred Owens who during the
excitement of the great rhetoric
shower of 1888 made tine remark
while pointing to the moon
lust keep your eyes on the main
fugelment, if she starts, to hell
we 60 in a hand basket" Thos.
Miller, Moses Newcomb, Elias
Prewitt, Moses Payne, William
Parsons, David Proctor, John
Quinn, William Riddle, Adam
Renuer, Jesse Runnels, Daniel
Roberts, Robert Rigsby, Pleasant
Ramsey, George Sigmond. Marer
Singleton, Jacob Scarbro, Madison
Sowder, Isaac Snodgrass, John
Southland, John Sayer, Robert
Swinney, Solomon, Tyree, William
Taylor, John Todd, Jesse Wilson,
Richard Williams, John Walker
and Isaac Whitehead. Of the
seventy odd persons named above
the writer has met and talked
with some seventeen of the
number.
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