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D. W. Lewis: 1 work horse, $500; 1 medical library and medi- cine, $150; $650 in all.
John Phillips: 80 acres land lying on the Merced River and bounded as follows: north by Murray, south by the hills, east by the hills, west by Young, valued at $100; improvements on same, $1500; 3 work horses, $150; 5 stock horses, $150; 8 oxen, $400; 4 stock cattle, American, $80; house and kitchen furniture, $100; 2 wagons, $150; 1 buggy, $50; 7 tons hay, $140; 300 bushels barley, $210; total, $3030.
R. B. Hall's assessment offers some evidence that the lawyer was considered legitimate prey for the assessor; he has the only land, not a town lot, assessed at over $1.25 an acre in the whole county.
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It is "1 acre of land situated on the farm of William Nelson on the north side of the Merced River and valued at $25." He also has improvements on same, $375 ; 1 law library, $200; house and kitchen furniture, $25 ; 1 broken watch, $10; 1 horse and mule, $100; total. $735.
Jacob Ritter : 2 work horses, $150; 1 wagon, $75; money on hand, $50; total, $275.
Howard & Brother have 920 acres land situated on Burns Creek and described as follows (no description), $1150; improvements on same, $1000; 8 work horses, $460; 71 stock horses, $1720; 2 stock cattle, $40; 300 bushels barley, $210; 100 bushels wheat, $100; 1 miscellaneous library, $50; household and kitchen furniture, $100; 30 hogs, $120; 3 guns, $50; total, $5000. Evidently Howard & Brothers, raisers chiefly of horses, were of intellectual and sporting tastes.
William Murray: 160 acres of land described as follows (no description ), $200; improvements on same, $100; 2 hogs, $10; house- hold and kitchen furniture, $25 ; 25 tons hay, $500; $835 in all.
Nelson Howeth: 160 acres land adjoining Cunningham and bounded as follows : on the south by Cunningham, north by the hills, east by the hills, and west by the plains, $200; improvements on same, $300; 2 work horses, $130; 1 wagon, $40; accounts, $30; 4 tons hay, $80; 200 bushels barley, $140; house and kitchen furniture, $50; total, $970.
Cunningham & Brother: 320 acres land situated on Miles Creek bounded as follows : north by Howeth's, south by plains, east by the hills, west by the plains, and valued at $400; improvements on same, $800; 2 work horses, $120; 6 stock horses, $150; 35 stock cattle, Spanish, $525; 900 bushels barley, $630; 100 bushels wheat, $100; 1 wagon, $100; farming utensils, $60; household furniture, $20; 30 tons hay, $600; 1 gun, $10; total, $3515.
McDermott & Laughlin : 320 acres land, Township 8, Range 16 East, Section 2, situated on Mariposa Creek, valued at $400; improvements on same, $3000; 6 mules, $1000; 17 stock horses, $510; 1 jack, $130; 15 stock cattle, Spanish, $225 ; 150 bushels bar- ley, $105; 1 wagon, $100; 2 guns, $40; farming utensils, $5 ; house- hold and kitchen, $50; money on hand, $500; 9 hogs, $20; total, $6085.
James Johnson: 160 acres land situated on Damerons Creek commencing at the line of Mariposa & Merced Counties and running one mile down said creek, valued at $200; improvements on same, $500; 5 work horses, $250; 15 stock cattle, $270; 35 tons hay, $700; house & kitchen, $25; in all, $1945.
William F. Newton : 160 acres land situated on the north side of the Chowchilla and valued at $200; improvements on the same,
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$1200; 3 work horses, $120; 12 head stock cattle, American, $240; 15 tons hay, $300; house and kitchen furniture, $200; $2260 in all. Evidently the owner of Newton's Crossing, the southeast county corner.
I. B. Helms : 36 stock cattle, American, $720; 1 mule, $60; 2 tons hay, $40; 300 bushels barley, $210; household and kitchen, $40; total, $1070.
Robert H. Gilham: Money at interest, $1000.
Stoneroad Kelly & Co .: 320 acres land, being the northwest Qr. Sec. 17, Township 8 South, Range 16 East, and the South 1/2 of Southeast Qr. Sec. 18, Township 8 South, Range 16 East, valued at $400; improvements on same, $300; 14 work horses, $840; 2 stock horses, $40; 1052 stock cattle, Spanish, $15,780; 1200 pounds bar- ley, $36; accounts, $39; guns and pistols, $50; 1 wagon, $75; 17 stock cattle, American, $340; 5 tons hay, $100; total, $18,000. Note the barley, the first instance so far where it is measured by the pound instead of the bushel. Note also the discrepancy between this assessment at 3 cents a pound and the others at 70 cents a bushel.
Arthur Tombs : 32 stock cattle, Spanish, $480; money on hand, $140; 2 work horses, $100; 2 stock horses, $50; total, $770.
E. J. Stearns : 2240 acres land, being Sec. 10, Township 8 South, Range 16 East, Sec. 9, . . . 17, . . . , and 15, . . . $2240; im- provements on same, $500; 7 work horses, $420; 3 stock horses, $125 ; 11 stock cattle, American, $220; 50 stock cattle, Spanish, $660; total $4165.
I. F. Bedford: 1 work horse, $60; money on hand, $1100; total, $1160.
Allen Helms : 5 work horses, $500; 300 oxen, $1500; 30 stock cattle, American, $740; money at interest, $1500; money on hand, $1000; 2 wagons, $150; 300 bushels barley, $210; 6 hogs, $18; house and kitchen furniture, $100; guns and pistol, $60; total, $5778.
Nicholas Turner: 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek bounded as follows: north by the plains, south by Helms Ranch, east by Kelly & Stoneroad, M. F. Turner, valued at $200; 5 work horses, $300; improvements on land, $40; 6 oxen, $300; 45 stock cattle, American, $900; 650 bushels barley, $455; 1 wagon, $40; 2 tons hay, $40; household & kitchen furniture, $30; money at interest, $1500; total, $4165.
Thomas Anderson : 2 work horses, $100; 6 stock cattle, Ameri- can, $120; 300 bushels barley, $210; 2 tons hay, $40; 1 gun and six shooter, $27; household & kitchen furniture, $30; $527 in all.
Turner & Brother : 320 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek and bounded as follows : on the east by Nicholas Turner Ranch, on the south by the plains, on the north by the plains, on the west by Dameron's ranch, valued at $400; improvements on same, $400; 5
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work horses, $500; 3 colts, $40; 6 work oxen, $300; 26 stock cattle, American, $520; 1200 bushels barley, $840; notes and accounts, $400; house and kitchen furniture, $30; 1 wagon, $40; total, $3470.
Henry Helms : 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek and bounded as follows: north by Nicholas Turner Ranch, south by the plains, east by the plains, west by the ranch of Turner & Brother, valued at $200; improvements on same, $500; 3 work horses, $300; 1 colt, $20; 18 stock cattle, American, $360; 400 bushels barley, $280; notes, $340; 2 hogs, $8; 1 wagon, $50; house and kitchen furniture, $50; 2 tons hay, $40; gun and pistol, $50; total, $2198.
Nathaniel Grodivan: 2 work horses, $80; 10 mustang colts, $50; notes, $300; 20 tons hay, $300; total, $750. We come now to a new handwriting in the book-a fine, possibly feminine hand. "Wagon" is spelled by this writer with two "g's," for a time, after- wards with one. Note also the hay at $15 a ton instead of $20, possibly indicating that Grodivan, with his mustang colts but no land, may have cut some wild hay in the plains.
Isaac H. Ward: 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek bounded as follows: north by Wm. Johnson, south by the plains, east by Turner & Rector, west by the plains, $200; improvements, $400; 6 work horses, $300; 38 beef cattle, $950; $1850 in all.
Givens & Nelson : 320 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek, east by McClellan, north by the plains, south by the plains, west by Turner & Rector Ranch, $400; improvements, $400; 4 stock horses, $320; 12 stock cattle, $240; 50 stock do., Spanish, $750; 40 tons hay, $800; 21 hogs, $50; gun and pistol, $55; $2995 total.
John C. C. Russell: 3 work horses, $150; 1 mule, $50; 4 work cattle, $200; 66 American stock cattle, $1320; 1 waggon, $20; $1740 total.
Wm. Johnson: 160 acres land situated on the north slough north side of Mariposa Creek bounded as follows: north by the plains, south by Turner & Rector Ranch, west by the plains, east by the plains, $200; improvements, $250; 10 work horses, $500; 30 stock do., $600; 75 stock cattle, American, $1500; 125 stock cattle, Spanish, $1725; 10 beef cattle, $250; notes, $150; 2 waggons, $100; house & K. F., $70; 1 watch, $50; 1 pistol, $25 ; total, $5420.
Robert L. McClellan : 160 acres land situated on the south side of Mariposa Creek bounded as follows : east by Hazelton, west by the plains, north and west by the plains (this is correct), $200; improvements on the same, $100; 6 work horses, $500; 32 beef cattle, Spanish, $800; 88 stock do., $1320; 150 bushels, $105; 12 tons hay, $240; 1 waggon, $125; gun and pistol, $30; total, $3420.
George Cummings: 5 work horses, $300; 5 stock do., $150; 110 do. cattle, $1650; notes, $1100; barley, $40; total, $3240.
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Samuel Lovejoy : 2 mules, $200; 600 bushels barley, $420; gun & pistol, $30; total, $650.
James Morse : 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek, valued at $200; 1 horse, $50.
N. S. Hazleton : 480 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek and undescribed, valued $600; improvements, $400; 4 work horses, $270; 20 American stock cattle, $400; 50 Spanish do. do., $750; 700 bush- els barley, $490; 1 waggon, $30; money on hand, $135 ; household & K. F., $40; total, $3115.
Wall & Brothers: 6 work horses, $300; 100 beef cattle, $2500; pistol, $40; money on hand, $1200; total, $4040.
M. L. Madison : Money on hand, $600.
Wm. Wall: 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek unde- scribed, valued $200; improvements, $300; 1 mule, $80; 4 stock cattle, $80; 700 bushels barley, $490; money on hand, $500; notes, $250; 1 waggon, $25; household & K. F., $10; total, $1935.
Edward Hunter : 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek and described as follows: N. E. Qr. Sec. 15, Town 8 South, Range 15 East, valued $200; 15 stock horses, $300; 2 work do. $150; 16 stock cattle, $240; 1 waggon, $125; notes, $600; household & K. F., $100; 1 watch, $100; total, $1815.
Rogers & Harold: 320 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek, being the North E. Qr. and S. W. of Sec. 15, Township 8 South, Range 15 East, valued $400; improvements on same, $500; 6 work horses, $400; 3 colts, $80; 6 work oxen, $300; 164 American stock cattle, $3300; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 20 tons hay, $400; 2 wag- gons, $150; 1 gun & pistol, $40; house & K. F., $75; 8 hogs, $40; total, $6385 ; threshing machine, $250; total, $6635.
Wilcox & Cormack: 320 acres land, being in the north east Qr. and South East of Section 10, Township 8 South, Range 15 East, valued at $00; improvements, $300.
Wilcox & Graham: 4 work horses, $240; 9 work oxen, $450; 20 Spanish stock cattle, $300; 2000 bushels barley, $1400; 1 waggon, $100; notes, $150; 3 tons hay, $60; 1 gun, $15 ; household & kitchen, $10; total, $2750.
David Swann : 160 acres land, being (in) Section 9, Township 8 South, Range 15 East, valued at $200; improvements . .. , $300; 6 work horses, $300; 2 colts, $12; 60 Spanish stock cattle, $900; 1 waggon & harness, $50; 200 bushels barley, $140; household & kit- chen furniture, $10; 1 ton hay, $20; total, $1932.
John Julin : Money and accounts, $155; 1 horse, $70; total, $255.
C. C. Overton : 160 acres land situated on Mariposa Creek and undescribable, valued at $200; improvements .. . , $400; 6 work horses, $750; 3 colts, $100; 6 work cattle, $300; 22 American stock
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cattle, $440; 50 hogs, $150; 300 bushels barley, $210; 1 waggon, $100; 3 guns, $20; H. & K. Furniture, $100; poultry, $10; total, $2780. Note the poultry and the high-class horses and colts.
Robt. L. Green: 4 stock cattle, $80.
Bullard & Jopling: 320 acres land situated on Miles Creek and undescribed, valued at $400; 400 bushels barley, $280; improve- ments, $100; total, $780.
Wm. M. Jopling: Notes, $360.
G. T. Bullard: 3 work horses, $150; 2 work cattle, $100; ac- counts, $40; total, $290.
J. M. DeSpain: 320 acres land situated on Miles Creek and undescribed, valued at $400; 1 note, $50; 200 bushels barley, $140; 1 waggon, $40; improvements, $50; total, $680.
Dyer & Hadley: 160 acres land situated on Owens Creek un- described, valued at $200; improvements , $250; 6 work horses, $600; 1 waggon, $100; 100 bushels barley, $70; 160 hogs, $480; 5 tons hay, $100; money on hand, $120; accounts, $25 ; house- hold & K. Furniture, $82; total, $2027.
Jones & Walker: 320 acres land situated on Owens Creek and undescribed, valued at $400; improvements . .. , $150; 2 work horses, $100; 2 work oxen, $100; 1 waggon, $40; 700 bushels bar- ley, $490; money on hand, $40; household & K furniture, $10; total, $1330.
Wm. Freeman: 1 work horse, $50; 4 work oxen, $200; 1 wag- gon, $40; 10 tons hay, $200; 1 note, $600; total, $1090.
E. R. Hunt : 160 acres land situated on Owens Creek and undescribed, valued at $200; 1 mule, $50; 900 bushels barley, $630; total, $880.
Thomas Hopkins: 1 horse, $75.
Boling & Brothers: 320 acres land situated on Miles Creek and undescribed, valued at $400; improvements on same, $600; 500 bushels barley, $350; 10 tons hay, $200; household & kitchen furni- ture, $10; total, $1560.
Carpenter & McKiney: 320 acres land situated on Miles Creek and undescribed, valued at $400; improvements . . . , $300; 6 oxen, $300; 20 stock cattle, $300; 15 beef cattle, $600; money on hand, $1000; notes, $600; household & K. furniture, $50; 3 tons hay, $60; 1 pistol, $30; 7 work horses, $350; total, $3990; 600 bushels barley, $420; total, $4410.
Alfred Wilson: 160 acres land, being the Southwest Qr. of Sec. 17, Township 7 south, range 16 east, situated on Miles Creek, valued at $200; improvements, $400; 4 work horses, $240; 3 colts, $35; 600 bushels barley, $420; 1 wagon (the handwriting is still the same, but the spelling is reformed), $50; money on hand, $100; 2
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guns, $10; house hold & K. Furniture, $20; an unspecified item, $160; total, $1635.
F. C. Hathaway: 240 acres land situated on Miles Creek (in) Section 17, Township 7 South, range 16 east, valued at $300; im- provements, $600; 3 work horses, $150; 4 colts, $50; 5 work oxen, $250; 20 American stock cattle, $400; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 1 wagon, $50; 10 tons hay, $200; 5 hogs, $15; house hold & K. furniture, $50; total, $2765.
David Arnott: 160 acres land situated on Bear Creek bounded as follows: north by the plains, south by the plains, east by Miller, west by Mudgets ranch, valued at $200; improvements . . . , $300; 6 work horses, $360; 7 stock do., $210; 2 work oxen, $100; 6 beef cattle, Spanish, $180; stock do., $960; money on hand, $100; 1 wagon, $100; 12 tons hay, $240; 800 bushels barley, $560; total, $3310.
H. T. Miller : 160 acres land situated on Bear Creek bounded as follows : the claim of Arnott's on the north & south, northeast by Hammond & Cantor & west by Arnott's, valued at $200; improve- ments, $50; 3 work horses, $180; 2 stock cattle, $30; 7 tons hay, $140; 300 bushels barley, $210; total, $810.
Mudgett & Bro .: 320 acres land situated on Bear Creek and bounded as follows : north by the plains, south by the plains, east by Arnott's, and west by Reid's Ranch, and valued at $400; improve- ments, $400; 40 stock horses, $900; 400 bushels barley, $280; 25 tons hay, $500; guns and pistol, $40; household and K. furniture, $30; 1 wagon, $100; total, $2650.
A. C. Robinson : I horse, $70; gun and pistol, $19; total, $89. S. B. Read & Bro .: 160 acres land situated on Bear Creek and bounded as follows : East by Mudget's, west by Rop & Hale, south & west by the plains, valued at $200; improvements on same, $600; 2 work horses, $120; 3 colts, $50; 9 work oxen, $450; 15 stock cattle, $225; 100 bushels barley, $70; 30 bushels wheat, $30; 1 wagon, $100; 10 tons hay, $200; gun & pistol, $20; household & K. furniture, $50; total, $2115.
Given & Son: 480 acres land situated on Bear Creek and un- described, valued at $600; improvements on same, $500; 50 Ameri- can stock cattle, $1000; 300 Spanish do., $4500; 5 work horses, $300; 4 colts, $160; 5 tons hay, $100; 1 six shooter, $20; 1 wagon, $40; 25 hogs, $75 ; household & K. furniture, $30; total, $7345.
Ross & Hale : 320 acres land, being the N. E. Qr. & S. E. Qr. of Sec. 11, Township 7 South, Range 15 East, valued at $400; im- provements on same, $1000; 5 work horses, $300; 1 stock do., $30; hogs, $300; 1 wagon, $150; 500 bushels barley, $350; 5 tons hay, $100; 200 bushels wheat, $200; household & kitchen furniture, $20; 1 miscellaneous library, $30; total, $2880.
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Thos. J. Price : 160 acres land situated on Burns Creek and un- described, valued at $200; improvements on same, $500; 5 work horses, $375 ; 6 colts, $120; 4 work oxen, $200; 150 American stock cattle, $3000; 200 bushels barley, $140; 112 ton hay, $30; money on hand, $1000; H. & K. furniture, $250; 1 gun & pistol, $15; total, $5830.
A. J. Gregory : 160 acres land, being S. W. Qr. of Sec. 18 S., Range 14 East, valued at $200; improvements on same $300; 2 American stock cattle, $40; 3 stock horses, $100; total, $640.
James Karnes: 160 acres land situated on Burns Creek and undescribed, valued at $200; improvements on same, $300; 7 work horses, $420; 9 colts, $150; 9 work cattle, $450; 20 American stock cattle, $400; 25 Spanish do., $375 ; 5 beef cattle, $200; 20 tons hay, $400; 250 bushels barley, $175; 1 wagon, $50; 1 note, $70; H. & K. F. & pistol, $60; total, $3150.
John Slinkard: . 1 horse, $75; 3 beef cattle, $150; 9 stock do., $180; money & notes, $495; total, $900.
W. W. C. Edwards: 2 horses, $120; notes, $1400; total, $1520.
M. W. Graham: 320 acres land bounded north by River Mer- ced, east by Foreman, south by the hills, west by Wheat & Jenkins, $400; improvements on same, $500; 2 work horses, $200; 20 stock do., $500; 75 Spanish stock cattle, $1125 ; 4 tons hay, $80; 1 waggon, $150; accounts, $25; household & kitchen furniture, $20; total, $3000.
R. B. Graham: 1 horse, $40; 4 tons hay, $80; 1000 bushels barley, $700; total, $820.
C. J. Prescott: 1 lot situated in the town of Snelling and bounded as follows (no description given), $40; 1 horse & lumber, $130; accounts $200; 1 gun & pistol, $30; total, $400.
Louis Bundy : 190 acres land bounded north by the hills, east by Hempstead, south river, west Muggler, $237; 1000 bushels bar- ley, $700; 800 bushels do., $560; improvements, $1200; 8 work horses, $600; 2 tons hay, $40; 2 wagons, $50; threshing machine, $400; house hold & K. furniture, $5; 1 gun, $10; 1 reaper, $100; total, $3902. Reduced two hundred bushels barley at seventy cents, $140; total, $3762. Note: The entry about the reduction appears to be in the handwriting of E. G. Rector, the first county clerk, in- dicating that the supervisors made the reduction.
Andrew Forney : Money & notes, $1200.
James Perrin : 10 work oxen, $500; 1 wagon, $75; money on hand, $30; notes, $930; accounts, $150; 1 horse, $30; total, $1715. Erastus Kelsey : 150 acres land S. 1/2 of N. W. Qr. of Sec. and fractions 5 & 6 of S. 1/2 of N. W. Qr. of Sec. 8, Town 5 South, Range 15 East, valued at $193; improvements on same, $400; 3 work horses, $180; 9 stock cattle, $180; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 18
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tons hay, $360; 1 reaper, $50; 1 wagon, $10; 1 note, $50; farming utensils, $10; house hold & K. furniture, $20; total, $2153.
Kellott & Karrens : I house & lot, $400; stock & tools on hand, $350; total, $750.
N. D. Phelps : 1 work horse, $65; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 1 note, $140; 1 pistol, $25; total, $930; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 200 bushels wheat, $200; 8 tons hay, $160; total, $1990.
James Kibbe: 160 acres land bounded on the east by Chas. Murry, south by W. Nelson, west by L. P. Willson & north by the low hills, valued at $200; improvements on the same, $300; 5 stock horses, $200; 40 bushels barley, $28; house hold & K. furniture, $25; total, $753.
John H. Foreman : 160 acres land bounded north by the river, east by Shirley, south by Graham, west by Graham, $200; improve- ments on same, $400; 4 work horses, $240; 5 American stock cattle, $100; 2 tons hay, $40; 1 wagon, $200; 4 hogs, $10; farming utensils, $20; house hold & K. furniture, $50; total, $1260.
D. C. McCroskey : 1 work horse, $95; medicine, $130; ac- counts, $40; total, $265.
F. E. Quivis: 300 acres land, being the Northwest Qr. of Sec. 9 and the southwest Qr. of Sec. 4, Township 5 South, Range 14 East, $375; improvements, $800; 3 work horses, $230; 2 colts, $80; 1 wagon, $60; 800 bushels barley, $560; 5 American stock cattle, $100; house & kitchen furniture, $50; total, $2255.
E. G. Rector : 3 lots Nos. 1, 2, & 3, Block 3, Range 3 North of the base line situated in the town of Snelling, $85; improvements, $300; goods on hand, $250; lumber, $350; accounts, $712; 1 horse, $150; total, $1847.
O. G. Poultney : County scrip, $3338; notes, $469; accounts, $30; total, $3837.
E. E. Bragg : 1 horse, $100; 1 chest tools, $60; total, $160.
G. W. Holstead : 160 acres land, being the west 12 of the north east Qr. and the northeast Qr. of northwest Qr. and Southwest Qr. of northeast Qr. of northwest Qr. of Sec. 8, Township 5 south, range 14 east, $200; improvements, $600; 2 work horses, $200; 6 stock horses, $180; 400 bushels barley, $280; 2 tons hay, $40; 7 stock cattle, American, $140; 1 note, $100; house & kitchen furni- ture, $50; total, $1790.
John H. Webster: 3 work horses, $300; 2500 bushels barley, $1750; 2 tons hay, $40; notes, $500; 1 wagon, $10; money on hand, $600; total, $3200.
S. L. Bayless : 1 horse, $50; 250 bushels barley, $175; total, $225.
Larkin Belson: Notes, $625; 400 bushels barley, $280; total, $905.
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Sarah J. Smith : 143 acres land, being a fraction of Sec. 21, Township 5 South, Range 12 East, $178 ; improvements, $100; total, $278.
Samuel Scott: 320 acres land situated on Merced River and undescribed, $400; improvements, $1000; 11 work horses, $950; 12 stock horses, $240; 20 stock cattle, American, $400; 570 do. do., Spanish, $8550; 6 work oxen, $300; 30 beef cattle, $900; notes, $550; 3 wagons & 1 carriage, $220; 10 tons hay, $200; firearms, $10; house & kitchen, $20; farming utensils, $20; total, $13,760.
Thomas Hardaway : 250 bushels barley, $175.
William Prothero: 1 horse, $30.
A. B. Thornton : 160 acres land bounded north by Scott, east by Scott, south by the river, west by Gregory, $200; improvements, $400; 4 work horses, $240; 400 bushels barley, $280; 6 tons hay, $120; 1 note, $20; farming utensils, $25 ; 1 wagon, $80; total, $1365.
W. W. Jackson: 70 acres land, being a fraction of the north- west Qr. of Sec. 19, Township 5 South, Range 14 East, $87; 2 work horses, $120; 400 bushels barley, $280; 1 wagon, $40; 1 ton hay, $20; 100 bushels wheat, $100; total, $647.
Pleasant Henderson : 320 acres land bounded as follows : north by public lands, south by Barfield & Ross, east by Ross, west by Thompson, $400; improvements, $300; 5 work horses, $200; 18 stock cattle, American, $360; 800 bushels barley, $560; 125 do. wheat, $125; 1 wagon, $50; firearms, $10; 6 tons hay, $120; house and kitchen furniture, $50; total, $2175.
Charles W. Smith: 303 acres land, being fraction of Sec. 21, Township 5 south, range 15 east, $378; improvements, $400; 4 mules, $240; 9 stock horses, $180; 12 stock cattle, American, $240; 14 hogs, $42; 1 wagon, $50; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 6 tons hay, $120; H. & Kitchen furniture, $50; farming utensils, $25; total, $2425.
Thomas Eagleson & Mother : 320 acres land, being the southwest Qr. of Section 15 and the northeast Qr. of Section 16, Township 5 south, range 13 East, $400; improvements, $1200; 6 work horses, $450; 3 stock do., $60; 8 stock cattle, American, $160; 1000 bushels barley, $700; money on hand, $100; notes and accounts, $100; goods on hand, $1500; 1 wagon, $100; 15 hogs, $50; 1 reaper, $50; 1 buggy, $75; house & kitchen furniture, $50; total, $4975. One thousand dollars of the above property is exempt from taxation on account of the widow.
Erastus Eagleson : 1 gold watch, $125.
E. E. Hewitt: 1 lot in the town of Snelling, being No. 4, Block 3, Range 3 north of the base line, $25; improvements, $800; 1 work horse, $75; 1 buggy, $100; money on hand, $200; goods on hand, $500; house & kitchen furniture, $100; total, $1800.
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Samuel H. P. Ross: 450 acres land, being the northeast Qr. of Sec. 23 and the southeast Qr. of Sec. 22, and a fraction of the northeast Qr. of Sec. 26, Township 5 South, Range 13 East, $568; improvements, $700; 6 horses, $300; 7 stock cattle, American, $140; 1 wagon, $75; 1000 bushels barley, $700; 6 tons hay, $120; notes and accounts, $150; house & kitchen, $25; total, $2778.
T. C. Dean: 250 acres land, being the southwest Qr. of Sec. 22 and the northwest Qr. of Sec. 17, Township 5 south, range 13 east, $312; improvements, $500; 5 horses & mules, $400; 7 stock cattle, American, $140; 350 bushels barley, $245; 1 note, $46; 25 hogs, $75; farming utensils, $20; total, $1863.
William B. Thompson: 160 acres land, being the northwest Qr. of Sec. 22, Township 5 South, Range 13 East, $200; improvements, $250; 2 work horses, $150; 4 stock horses, $100; 6 stock cattle, American, $120; 350 bushels barley, $245; 1 wagon, $50; house & kitchen furniture, $50; total $940.
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