Now Available from the Stewart County, Tennessee Archives

Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1841-1866

Compiled by Jim Long

Description: This 526-page book contains a transcription of 20 Stewart County, Tennessee tax lists from the years 1841 through 1866. It is a continuation of the first book in this series, Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1804-1840, and includes the 1857 tax list that has survived but has never been microfilmed. This volume contains an every-name index, with over 7,400 names and place names.

During the period covered by this book, the county tax lists survive for all years except 1844, 1845, 1854, and the Civil War period 1862-1864. Particularly helpful in this period are the tax lists for:

· 1850, as a complement to the 1850 census, since the tax list shows the District in which residents lived in 1850, whereas the census does not

· 1860, as a supplement to the 1860 census, since the 1860 census seems to have missed quite a few Stewart County families

· 1865, in comparison to the 1861 tax list, as it may help to identify persons who died during the Civil War period, when the county courts and estate administrations were suspended

Tax lists are an excellent alternative to census records, since tax lists were compiled every year, and listed all white males aged 21-50, all landowners and all taxpayers. Tax records can often pinpoint birth years and are an excellent source for proving residency in a county.

Table of Contents: Introduction • Tax Lists for 1841, 1842, 1843, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1865 and 1866 • Full-Name Index • Place Index

About the Compiler: Jim Long has been doing genealogical work in Stewart County records for more than 32 years. He is a part-time volunteer at the Stewart County Archives, and is the County Coordinator of the TNGenWeb Stewart County Genealogy web site (http://www.tngenweb.org/stewart/). He has previously published Stewart County Tennessee Marriages Revisited, 1804-1881; Stewart County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 1 & 1A; Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists 1804-1840; Stewart County, Tennessee Abstracts of Settlements, Wills and Bonds, 1804-1896; and Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Book Indexes, 1786-1884, all of which are available from the Stewart County Archives.

List Price $ 45.00; Pages: 526 (including index), linen cover with comb binding; Publication: February 2012

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