1836 Tax List, District 17, Giles County, Tennessee, TNGenWeb Project (TNGenNet)

Giles County, Tennessee
1836 Tax List, District 17
by Joyce McDonald
Giles County, TNGenWeb Researcher

Ed. Note: District No. 17 encompassed northeasternmost Giles, which in 1836 was at the corner of Maury, Bedford, Lincoln and Giles counties (the basis for the name of the town, Cornersville, incorporated in 1831 (Tennessee Acts of Assembly, 1831), and whose town lots are included below). In February 1836, Marshall County was created by an Act of the Tennessee Assembly, and organized in October of the same year. Marshall created from Maury, Bedford, Lincoln and Giles (apparently a very, very small part of Giles), and in 1870, Giles' County's District 17 was annexed to Marshall (See 1836 Civil Districts, The Maps Our Giles Ancestors Followed and 1836 Giles County Records).

District No. 17 - Begins at the northeast corner of No. 10 at the Lincoln Co. line, thence west with sd line to the road leading from Gordon's to Indian Creek Meeting House and southeast corner of No. 16, thence north with No. 16 to the Ash gap, thence north with the east boundary of No. 15 to the Maury Co. line, thence east with sd line to the northeast corner of Giles Co. and northwest corner of Lincoln Co., thence south with the Lincoln Co. line to the beginning; elections to be held at Cunningham's Mill." (1836 Giles Civil Districts)

Persons Names Acres
Land No.
Lots Slaves
12 to 50 White
Polls Transcriber Notes

Aikin John 1

Alexander Arthur 1

Alexander Elias 1

Andrews K. C. 50 1

Andrews Mike 1

Andrews Silas M. 1 2

Andrews John's Adm. 164 1

Armour John P. 1

Bartlett William 54 1

Bayard James 308 1

Bayne Griffin 10 1

Bearden Wynn 1

Bills Isaac 142

Black William 218 1

Brents P. A. 1

Brown Nimrod 1 1

Brown Richd. 300

Brown Walker 1

Buckanan Robert 80

Burgess Harrison 511

Butler Richd. 1

Butler Sarah 225 6

Callahan William 145 1

Campbell Geo. W. 2800 27

Caruthers Hugh 234 2

Clark James A. 148 1

Clark Jos. H. 1

Clark Joseph M. 1 1

Cockrell W. S. 1

Collins Geo. 1

Collins John Jr. 1

Collins John Sr. 4

Collins Roswell 1

Cook John 1

Cook Levi 1

Cook Morris 1

Cook William 1

Cox John 4 1 1

Cox Robert 259 4 1

Cox Sarah 100 5

Cunningham Saml. 96 3 1

Cunningham Aba. 205 3 1

Curry Henry 1

Dabney John 433 8

Dabney Robt. C. 1 1

Davis Micaijah C. 96 1

Day Saml. heirs 1

Doggatt Miller 357 1 1

Doggatt Miller 1 1

Doggatt Solomon 127 1

Edwards John, Doct. 1 2

Esselman Alexr. 3 1

Ewing John C. 1

Ferguson Francis Esqr. 118 6 1

Few William 1

Fowler Holman R. 100 1

Franklin Binja. 75 1 1

Gardner John 72

Gant Jeremi. 97

Gibbons John 465 20 1

Gibbons John C. 1 1

Gill John 50 1

Gill Saml. H. 1

Gillespie S. G. 118 1

Goodrum Willi. 1

Gorden Robt. Jr. 150 4 1

Green Robert 50 1

Griffin Anderson 168 1

Griggs Harden 1

Griggs Willis 1

Hanes William 1

Hardy William D. 1

Haynes James C. 99 1

Haynes James S. 57 1 1 3

Henderson John 300 2 1

Henderson William's heirs** 287 1

Hill David 103

Holly Absolem 1

Horton Wade 1

Houston Jonathan 1 1

Johnston William 450 14

Jones Benja. 172 2

Jones Isaac 114 1 1

Jones John H. 1

Jones Sarah 100

Jones Seaborn 1

Kennady Geo. W 1

Kennady James 116

Kennady Tho. D. 428 4 1

Kennady Tho. J. 2 2 1

Kerr Mary's Admr. 1

Kirsey D. B. 1

King F. W. 1

Lee Susun E. 191 1

London Saml. H. 124 1 1 1

Marsh Simeon 583 7 1 1

Massey J. J. 1

Massey James Sr. 1

Massey E. M.'s Admr. 3 5

McCanliss John 1

McCanliss William 1

McCarver Epraim 1

McClure Saml 100 1

McClure W. H. 90 1

McClure Willian 197

McCure Rob. A. 1

McIntire Duncan 250 10 1

McRay Donald 1

Meadows A. F. 60

Mealer Jane 60

Mealer Wm. 1

Miller John L. 1 1 2

Mitchell And. 1

Mitchell James 94 1

Moffitt James 1 2

Moore Peter 76 2

Mosby/Mosley Geo. H. 1

Nance Joseph 366 3 1 1

Nelson Robt. J. 637 1

Norman Alexr. 1

Palmer Elias 3 1

Palmer Henry 254 1 1

Park and Nichol 1

Park Moses 1

Park Robt. C. 1

Parks John L. 77 1

Patrick Ephraim 200 1

Patrick J. M. 1 1 2

Patrick Saml. 134 1

Perkins W. M. 200 1 1

Plaister Tho. P. 23 1 2

Pole Armistead 1 1

Powell Elias 100 1

Ragen James 1

Ragen Thomas 1

Ralston David 1 1

Ralston James 136

Reynolds Theo. W. 346 9 1

Richardson Elizabeth 2

Robinson R. W. 1 1 1 1

Rodgers Frank 188 4 1

Rodgers J. B. 552 17 1

Rodgers J. N. M. 1

Rodgers James 3

Rolston John 1 1

Rothrock Jna. 1

Sawyears Allen 100 1

Sawyers Elisha 100 1 1

Simons Garrett 1

Smith Ballard 50 1

Smith Calloway 1

Smith James 1

Smith Franklin 1

Smith Sidney P. 100 3 1

Stewart David 93 1

Stinson Alexr. 403

Stratton Tho. 1

Sullivan N. F. 1

Swaney William 140 3 1

Tanner Jacob 1

Thompson Caswell 1

Trigg Ira 1

Tucker B. D. 1

Tucker Richd. G. 1

Ussery D. G. 114 1 1

Vaughan Russel 1 1

Walker Thomas 460 3

Walker Woodson 180 1

Webster John 1

Webster Richd. 1

Webster Shadrack 4

Webster William 1

White James K. 1 1

Wilkes Nancy 1

Wilkes J. J.'s heirs 2

Williams Allen 305 1

Wineau(?) Henry 126 1

Yarbrough John 238 1

** This entry reads "William Henderson's Heirs," with the apostrophe s ('s) and "Heirs" added later, which may explain why the entry also includes one white poll (if he died this same year, but after the tax collector had entered his name?).

Originally created from an online edition of the Giles Historical Society transcription, but subsequently proofed by Joyce McDonald from TSLA microfilm, "Tax Lists, Davidson - Grainger." Proofing status: Double-proofed as of date of last upload. See also Introduction to 1836 Giles County Tax Lists for important added information

Additional Notes: On 20 Jun 1837, Jeremiah Gant was of Marshall County and John L. Miller of Giles County when they conveyed to James S. Haynes of Giles, a "negro girl named Zan," for love and affection for Elizabeth N. Miller and Lucinda S. Miller, children of the sd. John L. Miller and grandchildren of Jeremiah Gant, being the children of Winney Moriah Miller, deceased, late the wife of said John L. and daughter of sd. Jeremiah. (Janell McCann's [URL to be added]. Jeremiah Gant is not on either the 1840 Giles or Marshall Census; J. L. Miller is on the Giles 1840, p. 130.

Of the living individuals on this list, those whose surnames are apparently (at a glance) missing from the 1840 Giles County Census are: Griffin Bayne, Isaac Bills, P. A. Brents, Henry Curry, John C. Ewing, John and John C. Gibbons, Wade Horton, Jonathan Huston, D.B. Kirsey, Epraim McCarver, Alexr. Norman, Tho. P. Plaister, Armistead Pole and Jna. Rothrock. Neither do any of them appear on the 1840 Marshall.

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