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PRESIDENTS OF COUNTY COURT SINCE 1873
John W. Gray, Jesse Jones, John Hinchman, Samuel M. Clark, Samuel Y. Symms, S. P. Hamilton, Cornelius Leach, Peter Larew, C. L. Johnson, C. A. Brown, J. D. Beckett.
COUNTY CLERKS
John Hutchinson 1799-1808
Isaac Hutchinson 1808-1833
John Hutchinson, Jr. 1833-1852
George W. Hutchinson . 1852-1865
James E. Howell 1865-1867
Lewis Callaway 1867-1871
A. G. Tebbetts 1871-1873
James Campbell 1873-1878
Allen A. Nickell .1878-1890
James C. McClaugherty . 1890-1908
E. S. McNeer 1908-
Howell, Callaway, and Tebbetts were Recorders under the Wheeling Constitution. G. W. Hutchinson was the first clerk to be elected.
CIRCUIT CLERKS
M. J. Kester 1872-1884 James D. Beckett .1896-1908
L. A. Nickell 1884-1896 Robert P. Boyd 1908-
SHERIFFS
Until 1852 the office was appointive and the actual work was done by deputies-indicated in list by D. The following names are only such as we could find in the records.
1799-Isaac Estill: D .- John Arbuckle, Robert Dew
1801-William Graham: D .- John Arbuckle, Samuel Graham
1803-James Handley
1805-William Vawter: D .- Hugh Caperton, Jr.
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1811-Joseph Alderson: D .- John Alderson, Henry Alexander
1813-Isaac Estill: D .- Henry Alexander, Matthew Alexander
1815-William Haynes: D .- Michael Erskine
1817-John Gray: D .- Michael Erskine, Samuel P. Parris
1818-Alexander Dunlap: D .- Robert Dunlap, James Dunlap, John Arbuckle
1820-David Kean: D .- Michael Erskine, Robert Dunlap
1823-William Graham: D .- Robert Dunlap, James Dunlap
1825-Conrad Peters: D .- Hugh P. Caperton, Thomas Edgar, Michael Erskine
1827-William McDaniel: D .- Lewis E. Caperton
1828-Adam Thomas
1831-George Walker: D .- Oliver Beirne, Jr., Newton E. Keenan, Wil- liam Adair
1833-Tristram Patton: D .- Newton E. Keenan, David Hall, Jr., George W. Hutchinson, Jesse Ellis
1835-James Handley: D .- Addison Dunlap, Charles C. Alexander
1837-John Hinchman: D .- Alexander Dunlap Jr., Elliott Vawter 1838-John Dickson
1839-Richard Johnson: D .- James McClaugherty, William McClaugh- erty
1841-Joel Stodghill: D .- Benjamin F. Steele, Addison Dunlap, Alex- ander Dunlap
1844-Robert Coalter: D .- William Haynes, B. F. Steele, Addison Dun- lap, Alexander Dunlap
1845-Samuel Clark: D .- Addison Dunlap, B. F. Steele
1848-Michael Alexander: D .- John E. Alexander, B. F. Steele, Samuel W. Windle
1849-William Vass: D .- John W. Lanius, John M. Alderson, William Connell, Samuel M. Wallace, John E. Alexander
1851-John Hinton: D .- J. W. Lanius, Wilson Lively, William Con- nell, John D Clark
SHERIFFS BY ELECTION
1854-John W. Lanius 1869-1873-William Adair
1857-John Hinton 1877-1881-W. W. Pence
1858-Henry J. Kelly 1881-1885-Richard T. McNeer
1863-Samuel A. Clark 1885-1889-J. M. Johnson
1865-1867-Lewis Ballard 1889-1893-Allen G. Neel
1867-1869-Samuel A. Clark
1893-1897-J. E. Hansbarger
1897-1901-C. E. Lynch 1909-1913-J. R. Johnson
1901-1905-J M. Vance 1913- -C. T. Sibold
1905-1909-N. W. Loudermilk
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COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
1866-James W. Bennett
1889-1891-James E. Keadle
1867-1869-Frank Ballard 1891-1893-T. J. Wickline
1869-1871-John A. McMann 1893-1895-William F. Weikle
1871-1873-Augustus B. Beamer 1895-1897-John H. Cook
1873-1875-M. H. Bittenger 1897-1901-J. R. Hoylman
1875-1877-James D. Beckett 1901-1905-B. F. Hoylman
1877-1881-J. P. Campbell 1905-1909-Charles A. Keadle
1881-1885-James D. Beckett
1909-1913-W. R. Fullen
1885-1887-C. M. Honaker
1913- -Walter W. Baker
1887-1889-W. E. Hines
D
PRICES IN VARIOUS YEARS
Captain William Herbert's Appraisement, 1775 (Botetourt County)
sun dial
$0.41
Humes' History, 8 volumes 8.33
white stone pitcher
.50
Bailey's Dictionary 2.50
silver teatongs 2.50
hussar's greatcoat 10.00
framed slate .33
large walnut table, double leaf 4.17
large sea chest, iron clamps
and painted
4.17
Appraisement of Michael Keeney, 1791-Greenbrier
six hides tanned leather $7.00
flannel, per yard
.58
old iron, per pound .04
Adam Bowyer's Appraisement-Gap Valley, 1800
pewter plate
$
.25
kettle, 17 gallons 5.00
goose
.24
man's saddle 1.00
beehive
1.67
dogirons, one pair
3.00
cowhide
2.50
stationary clock
25.00
lockchain
1.27
split basket .17
mare
70.00
Dutch stove
8.00
hog
.70
flax hackle 2.00
iron, per pound
.08
stud horse 100.00
mould for pewter spoons
1.00
negro boy 200.00
sheep
1.68
crout tub .50
spinning wheel
2.00
cattle, per head
5.35
spoons, one dozen
1.00
Walter Neal's Appraisement-Turkey Creek, 1801
still and vessels
$26.33
calfskin .75
loom and tackling
6.00
views
$20.00
geography 1.33
small microscope and 12
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Raymond Stanton's Appraisement-1801
ram
$2.00 corn, per bushel .58
plank, per 100 feet .80 pork, per pound .04
Benjamin Thomas's Appraisement-Indian Creek, 1801
silver watch $16.67 "bare" skin .21
surcingle .50
small deerskin .80
Matthew Patterson's Appraisement-1802
man
$300.00
packsaddle .25
woman
200.00
cups and saucers, one-half
boy
130.00
dozen .58
girl
100.00
worsted stockings, one pair
.58
child
30.00
churn
.75
feather bed and covering ..
23.67
baking tray
.33
loom
12.00
hammer
.25
pair silver kneebuckles with stock
2.67
barrel with lid
.92
steelyards
1.25
Charles Hines' Appraisement-Greenbrier River, 1804
harness
$8.33
Bible .75
corn, per acre
1.33
"dixionary"
.83
wheat, per dozen
.20
glass bottle .12
oats, per dozen
.21
candlestick and snuffers .50
Henson McDowell's Appraisement-1804
blanket $1.33
George Parson's Appraisement-1804
fiddle
$0.67
cotton shirt 1.83
grindstone .67
William Young's Appraisement-1802
rocking cradle
$0.61
rye, per dozen
.29
Appraisement of Thomas Lewis-1804
whipsaw
$6.00
broken flax, per dozen . . .12
garden spade 1.00
Charles Garten's Appraisement-1807
whiskey, per gallon $0.37
Thomas Nickell's Appraisement-1808
plow $2.79 corn, per bushel . . .53
.88
axe
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Robert Patton's Appraisement-Second Creek, 1808
looking glass $1.00 cotton, per pound .37
teakettle
1.50
flatiron
.67
silver-mounted sword
5.00
rye, per bushel
.51
Joseph Dickson's Appraisement-Second Creek, 1805
shirt (700 threads to inch) $0.50
lantern .83
green overalls (hemp) 1.50
yellow "casmire" breeches 2.00
inkstand .25
hunting shirt
1.00
tin cup, one-half pint .06 saltpeter, per pound, crude .21
bandanna handkerchief
.50
saltpeter, per pound, refined .
.25
John Handley's Appraisement-1811
. white hat
$5.00
half bushel
.75
poplar cupboard
3.00
flaxseed per bushel
.41
walnut chest .92
Thomas Nickell's Appraisement-1811
tumbler
$0.41
flint bottle .62
Thomas Legg's Appraisement-1812
bacon, per pound
$0.08
Archibald McDowell-Second Creek, 1813
windmill
$14.00
wheat riddle .41
white poplar plank, per 100
oak plank, per 100 feet
1.25
feet
.85
Henry Stever's Appraisement-1813
"counter pin"
$5.00
coverlet 6.00
one rose blanket
2.00
linen bedsheet 2.00
cotton bedsheet
2.75
spicemill 1.00
tin pan
.25
iron wedge
.33
checkerbox
1.00
Michael Bickett's Appraisement-1814
log chain
$ 3.00
coffee mill .75
"beauroe"
12.00
flax wheel 2.00
Jacob Mann's Appraisement-Indian Creek, 1815
scythe
$0.65
grindstone 2.00
sifter
.75
chair .62
Store Prices at Lewisburg-1813
putty
$0.25
iron, per pound
.12
bolt
.37
one vial ink .75
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one quire paper .42 door latch .35
blasting powder .75
screws, per dozen 1.67
Daybook Belonging to J. P. Patton-Gap Valley, 1844
eggs
$0.08
meal, per bushel 1.00
potatoes
.25
flour
.03
salt
.04
coffee .25
pork
.03
oats
.25
corn
.50
beef
.02
wool
.30
hay, per load
3.50
buckwheat
.50
Sundry Prices 1856 to 1858
timothy seed, per bushel .. $
4.00
slate .56
potatoes, per bushel
.33
bacon
.13
one dozen oats
.20
jeans, per yard
.41
umbrella
.50
flax hackle .50
.37
COW
8.00
corn, per bushel
.62
hog
2.00
brier scythe
.75
windmill
6.00
one set candlemoulds
.37
copper teakettle
.25
molasses, per gallon
.33
mousetrap
.50
four-prong fork
.25
bureau
4.00
coffee mill .50
brass clock
5.00
32 shocks corn
5.33
man's saddle 4.00
saddle
10.00
churn
.65
wagon and bed
25.00
harrow
2.50
board and washing at
rifle 7.00
academy per month $ 8.00
cookstove and vessels 15.00
iron wedge
.25
cow and calf 15.00
fine bay mare 84.00
broadaxe
.50
fine red cow
25.00
calf
2.00
sheep 1.00
21 chairs
16.50
scythe and cradle
1.00
glass tumbler
.12
large table
1.25
dining table
4.00
bed, bedding, and bedstead 15.00
pan
.25
21 geese 5.00
4 sadirons 1.50
churn
1.25
meal sieve
.37
wool
.25
adze
.75
table cloth 1.25
frow
.50
saddlebags 2.50
fine quilt
5.00
250 bushels wheat 184.00
feather bed
13.60
large map
3.50
sheep
1.50
washboard
feathers, per pound .40
beehive
1.00
two year old cattle, per head 8.00
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bed blanket
1.50
safe
8.00
bed sheet
.75
haystack
4.00
bedstead
5.00
grain cradle
2.50
silver watch
15.00
wheat fan
15.00
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MONROE VOTERS IN 1800
Below we give the names of the qualified voters in the presidential election of November 3, 1800. For the Democratic electors 155 votes were cast, and for the Federalist electors, 42 votes. The election was held by Alexander Stuart, James Alexander, and John Byrnside. The names are spelled as in the original document.
The list is of interest because the suffrage at that time was very much restricted. The voter was a person of some property and consequence.
John Alderson
James Christy
William Fletcher
James Alexander
Anthony Clark
Enoch Foster
Matthew Alexander
Ralph Clark
John Foster
Joseph Algour
Samuel Clark
Grigsby Foster
James Allen
James Collins
James Foster
Samuel Allen
Jacob Cook
Frederick Fraily
John Arnot
Edmund Cornwall
Charles Friend
William Arnot
Lewis Costler
George Gabbard
Philip Beamer
Matthew Creel
Richard Gartin
Ervin Benson
Andrew Crozier
Thomas Garvin
Francis Best
Samuel Daily
Samuel Garvin
Michael Bickett
John Daugherty
Ralph Gates
Thomas Bickett
Coonrod Deboy
James Glenn
John Bickett
John Deboy
James Graham Sr.
William Blanton
John Dickenson
William Graham
James Boyd
Richard Dixon
John Gray Sr.
Charles Brooking
John Dixon
James Gregory
William Brown
Hugh Doolan
Robert Guinn
Isaac Bumby
Henry Douglass
James Gwinn Sr.
John Burnsides
Jonathan Dunbar
James Halstead
James Burnsides Jr.
Robert Dunbar
Christopher Hand
William Campbell
James Dunsmore
John Handley Sr.
Robert Campbell
John Eagan Owen Ellis
James Handley William Hanly
Hugh Caperton
Michael Erskin
John Harper
James Chambers
Isaac Estill
James Harper
Robert Chambers
William Ewin
William Hawkins
Thomas Charl'on
Joseph Ewin
William Hayns
John Campbell
John Handley Jr.
John Cantly Sr.
James Ellison Sr.
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James Henderson
Benjamin Lively Sr
John Robinson James Rolann
William Hinchman
Zadock Lowe
William Hinchman Jr. Nehemiah Lowe
Isaac Scarbrough
John Hinchman
John Loudeback
James Scott
Thomas Hinton John Hogshead Frederick Honaker
John Mahan Adam Mann
John Sparr George Spickhard Thomas Steel
William Hoxie
Archibald McDowell
John Stodghill
Robert Humphreys
Mathias McGlamry
Alexander Stuart
James Humphreys Sr.
John McNutt Nathan Milburn
Michael Swoope
James Humphreys
John Humphreys Jr.
Brice Miller
George Swoope John Swoope Nimrod Tackett
Archibald Hutchison
John Miller
William Tennis
David Hutchison
John Miller Jr.
Michael Miller
Thomas Thomas Adam Thomas John Thompson Sr. John Thompson Jr.
William Jones
James Murdock
Robert Thompson
Coonrod Keller
Walter Neal
William Vawter
John Kerr
Owen Neel
Stephen Vineyard John Wallace
Isaac Kilbon
Andrew Nickle
Joseph Wiseman
John Kincead
Isaac Nickell
Abner Wiseman
Robert King
Robert Nickell
Isaac Wiseman
George King
Thomas Parsons
John Wiseman
Andrew King
Matthew Patterson
James Wylie
Henry Kountz (Gap)
Robert Patton Sr.
Robert Wylie
Henry Kountz (Sinks)
Robert Patton Jr.
Andrew Wylie
Michael Kountz
Joseph Pearson
William Young William Young Jr.
William Leach
Zachariah Philips
Robert Young
Michael Leake
Richard Ramsey
Robert Young Jr.
Samuel Lee
John Reaburn
James Young
Purmest Lee
Benjamin Reid
John Lemons
William Rice
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NATURALIZATION OF FOREIGNERS BY THE COURT OF MONROE
A starred date refers to a declaration of intention to become natural- ized, the record-books containing no mention of the final step.
Bailey, Quinton, H. of Ireland-1812-came here 1795 Baker, Frederick of Germany-1812
William Maddy
Daniel Shumate
Jacob Howard
Jeptha Massy
Alexander Hutchison
John Miller (2)
John Hutchison Robert Johnson James Jones
Joseph Miller
Alexander Montgomery
Humphrey Keys
James Nelson
John Kountz
Daniel Perry
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Ballentine, Andrew of Scotland-1815
Burnside, John of Ireland-1830
Carson, Patrick of Ireland-1855
Collins, Philip of Ireland-1829 Collins, Edward of Ireland-1853 Collins, Owen of Ireland-1856
Ford, George F. of England-1857 Fougeres, Louis of France-1843 Greeve, John of Ireland-1861 Hanshaw, Lawrence of Ireland-1859
Harisah, Hugh of Ireland-1812-came here 1795
Henessy, Edward of Ireland-1861 Hocht, John of Germany-1855
Hogg, William of Ireland-1812
Irons, Thomas of Scotland-1815
Johnston, Thomas J .- 1847 Jones, Hugh of Great Britain-1853
Kadyd, Michael of Ireland-1859
Knox, William of Ireland-1812-came here 1795
Lorentz, Julius G. of Saxony-1860 McCreery, John of Ireland-1846
McCreery, William of Ireland-1846
McDonnell, William of Ireland-1831 Miller, Andrew of Scotland-1816
Mitchell, Joshua of France-1812
Robinson, John of Scotland -- 1853
Ryan, John of Ireland-1847 Sherwood, Daniel of Ireland-1859
Simpson, Patrick of Ireland-1859
Stack, John J. of Ireland-1847
Surgeon, William of Ireland-1852*
Task, Henry of Great Britain-1812
Task, John of Great Britain-1812 Wade, John of Ireland-1852*
Wallace, John of Ireland-1824
Wilson, James of Ireland-1812-born, 1785-Methodist minister
G
RESIDENTS OF 1782
In 1782 there were seven militia districts in Greenbrier. Those of James and John Henderson quite nearly covered the present limits of Mon- roe west of the Potts and Dunlap valleys. The lists of personal prop- erty holders for that year served as a state census.
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The given names following the surnames are spelled as by the assessor and are the names of the householders. Where the number of tithables in one household exceeds one, the number is given followed by T for tithable. Where the spelling of surnames differs from the present usage it is given in brackets. The amount of tax-in the depreciated currency then in use-is mentioned whenever it exceeds five dollars. Slaves are indicated by the letter S prefixed by the number of slaves. The number of horses and cattle owned by the larger stockholders is also given, h standing for horses and c for cattle.
JAMES HENDERSON'S COMPANY
Acres: Simon Alexander: James Allen : Sam'l Alumback: Peter Bailey: John Barns: Jane Barrett: Edw
Black: Samuel
Bland (Blann) : Robert
Blanton: William-$5.04
Boon: Isaac Bostick: Moses
Bowyer: Adam
Boyd : Robert
Bratton (Braten) : Abigail
Bryan: Christopher (4S-11c-$10.75) Burns: Isaac Byrnside: James (13h-23c-$6.96)
Calwell: Saml
Cantly: John (10h-23c-$5.96)
Chambers: James
Charlton : Thomas
Christie (Christy) : James
Cornwell: Edmd
Craig: Wm
Curry: John-Jos-Jas
Davis: John-John-Nathaniel
Dean: Robert
Dickson: Richd (13c-$4.87)
Douglas: Henry
Dempsey (Dymsey) : James
Ellison : Eliz'a (11c)
Erwin: James-Samuel-Wm. (4T-12h-16c-$10.83)-Andw-Robert -Wm.
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Ewing: James-Samuel-Wm (4T-12h-16c-$10.83)
Fleming: Wm
Friend: Abrm
Gardner: John
Garrett: Barclay
Glass: John-Saml-William
Gray: John (13h-19c-$6.79)
Green: Garret
Gromer (Gromon) : Fred
Gullett: Wm
Gulley: Thomas
Gwinn: Mathew
Hall: John
Handley: Archbl (2T-13c-$6.88)-James (15c-$4.96)-John (10h- 18c-$7.41)
Harriman: Shad (1S-13h-$7.79)
Henderson: James (3S-33h-22c-$18.58)
Higgenbotham (Hickenbottom) : Moses (13 131c-$7.29)
Hosick (Hosiack) : Alexr
Howard: James-Robert
Hughes: Thos-Wm
Humphreys (Humphress) : John (12h-18c-$6.41)
Erwin (Irwin) : John-William
Jameson : David
Jefferies (Jeffres) : John
Johnston: William
Keenan: Edw-Patrick
Kidney: Danl
Kincaid: John (3S-$9.04)-John-Jno Junr-Thomas-Th (1S-$5.90)
Kinder: Peter
Knox: James-Robt
Larkin (Larkins) : James
Leach: Wm
Lewis: Benjm (12c-$4.17)
Logan: Samuel-Willm
Loudeback: David
Massy: Jeptha-Jacob (17c-$5.73)
Meadows: Israel
McCalmes: David
McGlamery: Mathias
Mclaughlin: John
McMullen: Danl-John
McNutt: James-Francis (12h-30c-$7.92)
Miller: Brice-David-Joseph
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Minns: Wm (1S-$5.37)
Nickell (Nicholas) : And (3S-10c-$8.41) Isaac-Jos-Robert-Thomas (20c-$5.17)
Patterson (Paterson) : Mathw (2S-18c-$8.41)
Patton: Isaac
Perry: Daniel-Swift
Petijohn: Moleston
Phillips: Robt
Ralston (Raulston) : David-Eliz'a-James-John
Reaburn (Reburn) : Henry-John
Rickett (Bickett?) : Tho
Riffe: Jacob Senr (1S)
Robertson: John-Wm
Rodgers: David
Ross: Charles
Ryan: Joseph
Scarborough (Scarborow) : Wm
Scott: James
Sewell: Jas Shannon: William
Stuart: William ($6.12)
Thompson : James-Robert (10h-17c-$5.37)
Tincher: Frans-Sam-William
Turpin (Turpain) : Miram-Moses
Wade: Dawson Wallace: John
Warren: Jacob
West: Littleton-Sam-William (2S-$7.38) Wiley: John
Williams: Joseph (12c-$5.50)-Saml ($5.29)
Wilson: Alexr-Jno-Wm
Wright: Thomas (4h-11c-$11.96)
Wyatt: Edw (1S-$5.37)
JOHN HENDERSON'S COMPANY
Adams: George Blankenship: Ludovick Blows: Val Borden: Christr
Bradshaw: James (1S-16h-14c-$10.92)
Campbell: Samuel
Caperton : Hugh-Jno
Carlisle (Carlile) : David-Esther-John
Clark: Alexr (10c-$5.50)
.
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Cook: Valentine (2S-10c-$8.08)
Creed: Mathw
Ellison (Elison) : Joseph
Ellison: James Senr (13c)-James Junr
Estill (Estille) : Wallace (2S-2T-9h-11c-$13.46)-Boud (2S-11b -19c-$6.12)
Farly (Farley) : Fran (10c)-Math
Ferrel: John
Frazer: David-George (10c)-John (14c)
Friend: George
Fulton: Thomas
Gatliff: Martha-Leah
Goff: John Griffen: Gordon
Hammond (Hammern) : Phil
Hamilton: James-John
Henderson: John (4S-12h-14c-$12.92)
Hughs (Hughs) : Absolum
Hutchinson (Hutchison) : George-John Senr (13c)-John Junr-Wil- liam (1S-15c-$6.29)-William Junr
Jameson: John
Kelly: James
Kenefix (Carnifax) : William
Keatly (Kettly) : Frans (14c)
Kilpatrick: Rodger (1S-22c-$6.08)
Kessinger (Kisinger) : Mathw (11c)
Lafferty (Laverty) : Wm (11h-23c-$6.39)
Leary: Mark-William (19c-$5.08)
Littral: Danl
Machee (McGhee) : Wm (13c)
Mann: Adam-Jacob-Jacob
McDonald: Henry (5S-$11.67)-James-Joh-
Meeks: James (16c-$5.00)
Miller: Jacob (13c)-John (13c)
Mitchell (Mitchel) : Robert
Nicholas: Danl
Null: George
Pack: Samuel (11c)
Pyne (Pine) : Eas
Read: Alex
Raney (Rheny) : Michael
Scarborough (Scarbrough) : James-Robert
Shanks: William (2S-10c-$5.38)
Shelton: Tho (1S-$5.33)
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Shumate: Danl
Smith: Thomas (S?)
Sullivan (Sulivan) : Timothy
Swope (Swobe) : George Tackett (Tacket) : John
Thacker (Thaker) : Davd Thompson: John Tony: Wm
Trimble: Davd
Trotter: James (13c)
Welton: John
West: Luke
Williams: James ($5.12)
Wilson : Andrew-James-Wm
Woods: Adam (11h-23c-$11.29)-Andw (1S-14c-$5.58)-Archble (3S-14h-14c-$11.92)-Peter (1S-10h-20c-$7.50)-Michael (1S-12h- 13c-$7.88)
Wylie (Wiley) : Robt (3T-13c-$6.88)
H RESIDENTS OF 1799
William Vawter was the first tax commissioner for Monroe, and his list of personal property owners, given herewith, is the earliest list of citizens of which we have any knowledge. Following each surname at the left margin are the given names of the various heads of families bearing that family name. When a figure, inclosed in brackets, follows a given name, it indicates the number of tithables in the household. In other in- stances there is but one tithable. The letter S-in brackets-indicates slaves. It will be noticed that there were two men named Thomas Burns. The assessor marks one of these as living in Second Creek gap. Similar distinction is made in several other instances.
Given names are spelled as in the tax list itself. Surnames are spelled according to the present custom, and when the assessor used a different style, the same is given in brackets. But when the name appears to be ex- tinct, his own spelling is followed.
It is to be remembered that in 1799 Monroe did not extend into the val- leys of Potts and Dunlap creeks.
A comparison of this list with that of 1782 shows a much larger number of given names. The pioneers of 1782 were usually young men, and the multiplication of the given names is largely a natural increase.
Acort (Eckart?) : John Adair: John-Robert
Agen (Eagan?) : John
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Alderson: John-Joseph-Thomas (3)
Alexander: Andrew-James (3) (2S)-Matthew (1S)
Alford: George-Jean-James-John-Joseph-Thomas
Allen: Charles-James-Saml-Wm
Arnot: Henry-Wm
Askins: Michael Senr (2S)-Michael Junr
Atkins: Jacob Senr-Jacob Junr-Parker-Sherrod
Bailes: John
Baker: Henry
Backett (Bickett?) : Michael
Baldwin: Lucas
Ballard: Curtis-Elijah (3)-John-Larkin-Thos (1S)-William Senr -William Junr
Ballengee: Jean (2)
Beamer (Bemer) : Philip
Beard: Wm
Benson: Erwin (3S)-Bable
Berry: Benjamin-John-Wm
Best: Francis
Bickett: Henry-John-Thomas
Blake (Blaik) : Joseph
Bland: John-Robert (2)
Blankenship (Blankingship) : Beverly-Hilry-Richard
Blanton: John-Thos-Wm
Blythe (Blith) : William
Boden: John
Bostick: John-Mary-Margaret
Bower: Adam Senr (2) (1S)-Adam Junr
Boyd: James-John-Patrick (2S)-Philip
Bradshaw (Bratche) : Moses
Brison: Alex
Brooking (Brookin) : Chas (2)
Brown: John Senr-John Junr-Wm (2)-Wm (2) (BR)-WII (Sinks)
Buckland: John (2)
Burdie: Jiles
Burdette (Burdit) : Asher-Charles-Elizabeth-Wm
Burns: Andrew-Magneas-Thomas-Th (gap)
Burk: David
Busby (Busbe) : Isaac Caile: John
Callaway: Isaiah (2)-Zachariah
Campbell: John-Robert-Saml-Wm Canaday: Saml
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Canterbury: John-Saml Cantly: James-John Senr-John Junr-Saml Cantor: John-Truman Caperton: Hugh (2) (2S) Carr: John Cart: Adam-David
Chambers: James-Robert (2) Charlton: John-Thos Senr-Thos Junr
Christy (Christa) : James Clark: Anthony-James-Ralph-Sarah (2) (1S)-Saml-Wm Coalter: John Cobb: Wm Cole (Coal) : Isaac
Collins: James
Connor: Augustine-Henry-John-Michael
Cook: Jacob-Wm
Cooper: Chas
Cornwell: Edward (23)-John Senr-John Junr
Cosler (Kessler ?) : Lewis
Cottle: Jacob-John
Counts : John Crawford: James Creed: Matthew
Crother: Andrew
Crump : George
Cummins: Robert
Curry: James-John
Dailey (Dayley) : James-Saml Dalton (Dolton) : Bradley-Wm-Wm Junr Daugherty: John Davenport (Devenport) : Joel
Davis: John-Joseph (2)-Peter-Richard-Saml-Wm Decamp: Zachariah
Dick: Wm Dickenson: Jacob (3)-John (2) Dickson (Dixon) : Henry-John-Joseph -- Richard-Wm Donally (Donely) : Patrick (1S) Douglas: Henry Dowlen: Hugh Down (Doun) : Cathren Dubois (Deboy) : Conrad-Crisley (Christian) -John Dunbar: Jonathan-Joseph-Robert Dunlap: Alexander (1S) Dunn: John-Thos-Wm (2)
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Dunsmore (Dunsmer) : James
Dwire (Dwyer?) : James
Eads (Eadis) : Burwell-Calton-Jacob
Eastrig: Wiatt
Edwards: Arthur (2)
Elliot (Ellet) : James
Ellis: Jacob-Owin
Ellison (Elleson) : Asa-James Senr-James Junr-John
Estill: Isaac (4S)
Evans (Evins) : Morgen
Ewing: Jane-Joseph-Saml (1S)-Wm
Falkner: Henry
Farley: Drewry-Edward-Francis-Gideon-John-Matt
Fee: Thos
Fink:Daniel (2)
Fitzpatrick: James (2)
Flowers: Thos
Ford: Lewis
Foster: Bedford-Enock-George-Grigsbe-James-John-Nimrod
Fraley: Fredrick
Francis: John
Friend: Chas
Fulton: Thos
Galbert: George (2)
Garten (Gartner) : Griffey-Richard-Nathaniel (1S)-Wm
Garvin: John-Thos-(2)
George: Reuben
Glenn: James (1S)
Galahan (Golihan) : Edward (2) (3)
Gore: Joseph
Graham: James (4) (2S)
Gray: James (2) (1S)-John (2S)
Green: Barnabas-Jesse
Gregory: James
Griffith: Wm
Gullett (Gullet) : Wm (1S)
Gunnor: John
Gwinn (Guinn) : James Senr (2)-James Junr-Moses-Robert-Saml Senr-Saml Junr
Hall: Benjamin (1S)-John Senr-John Saml
Halstead (Halsted) : John
Ham (Hamm) : Saml
Hand: Christopher-George
Handley: James-Jean-John Senr (3) (1S)-John Junr
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Hanger: George Hank: Wm
Harman: Henry Harper: John (2) Harrison : Joseph-Reuben-Thomas Hart: Patrick
Harvey: Benjamin-John (RC) (3) (1S)-John (HC)-John (IC)- Nicholas (2)
Hatch: Jane (1S)
Hawkins: James-John-Wm Haynes: John (2)-Wm (3S) Henderson: James-Sarah (3S) Hewitt : John Higgenbotham (Hickingboton) : Thos Higgens: Martin
Hill: Jeremiah Hinchman (Henchman) : John-William Senr-William Junr
Hines (Hinds) : Chas Hinton : Thos Hoke: Henry Holdaway: Chas (2) Hollen: Francis Hollerain: William
Holsapple (Holsople) : Philip
Honaker (Honecor) : Fredrick
Houchins (Howchens) : Edw-James Hughes (Hues) : Jobe
Humphreys: James Senr-John Senr (2)-John Junr-Saml Hutchinson (Hutcheson) : Alxr-Andrew-David-Isaac-James-John
(2)-Samuel-Wm Junr
Hutson: Peter James : Wm Jarrell (Jerrel) : Daniel (3) (1S)-Elijah-Gibson-John-Simeon Jarrett: David Johnson: Benjamin-Benjamin (Sinks)-George-Richard-Robert-Wm. -Thos (2) Jones: Francis-James-Peter-Wm Kean (Keain) : Aaron-Israel (2)-John-Josiah (2) Keatly: Francis Keaton: James Keenan: Chas-Edw Keller: Adam-Conrad (3) Kelly (Kelley) : John Kilburn: Isaac
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Kilpatrick: James-Thos (1S)
Kincaid (Kinkead) : John (2)-John Junr-Mary
King: Andrew-George (2)-Robert
Kessinger (Kissinger) : Mathias-Michael Kitchen: Margret (8S)
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