Giles County, Tennessee
1812 Tax Lists
An Annotated Original Transcription
(Alphabetical and Numerical)
by Giles County, TNGenWeb Researchers
Joyce McDonald and Carole Hammett
Unfortunately, only the clerk's copy of the 1812 Giles County Tax List is extant. This copy is headed:
“An Enumeration of all free Taxable inhabitants in the county of Giles, as returned to the Clerk of said County Court by the I...(?) App..(?) for that purpose,” and concludes with “A Copy. s/German Lester, Clerk of Giles Cty Ct, Somerset Moore, Presd. Justice.”
The list consists of 25 single-column pages numbered 1 to 25 and renumbered 99-123, with each name preceded by a number beginning with 1 and ending with 1,056.
Despite this being a clerk's copy, we are fortunate that it was not “alphabetized” by the Clerk (as is too often the case). Although some sections were “fair alphabetical” (the surname alphabetized by first letter), others were not, and ultimately, the pattern developed into a minimum of six sections, five of which appear to be areas of the county (based on a combination of the ordering patterns and other records). The sixth section may “belong” to either the section preceding it or the section following.
We have therefore published the tax list in two formats, alphabetical and numerical, with the alphabetical list serving as an index to the numerical list, which has been “sectioned” and annotated
- 1812 Giles County Tax List - Alphabetical
- 1812 Giles County Tax List - Original Order
- Nos. 1-161 162 names, no visible pattern; appears to be predominantly Elkton and Indian Creek area, but also includes Pisgah and Pulaski and others.
- Nos. 162-328 167 individuals, alpha by first letter of given name; appears to include Campbellsville (which should have been “intruders” at this time, but also other areas.
- Nos. 329-359 31 individuals, no visible pattern; also appears to include Campbellsville settlers (and others); may be an addenda to above section.
- Nos. 360-524 165 individuals, alpha by first letter of surname; appears to be predominantly general area of Pulaski and surrounding
- Nos. 525-676 152 individuals, alpha by first letter of surname) Possibly Capt. Thomas K. Gordon's List; appears to be predominantly Brick Church and Elk Ridge Church area, but also Robertson's Fork
- Nos. 677-852 175 individuals, no order; appears to be predominantly Lynville and Buford Station, but also Brick Church and Robertson's Fork
- Nos. 853-1056 203 individuals, no order; appears to be predominantly Elkton and south county, includes numerous “intruders.”.
Transcribed and Proofed 2001 by Giles County, TNGenWeb Researchers Carole Hammett and Joyce McDonald from TSLA Microfilm: Tax Lists: Davidson to Grainger, and gifted to TNGenNet, Inc., a nonprofit public benefit corporation universally and perpetually dedicated to free genealogical and historical research on the Internet. This gift is conditioned on no changes being made to the original content without the express condition of one of the donors.