1809 Grainger County, Tennessee Tax List,
abstracted by Pat Spurlock Elder, copyright 1987-2005
Used here with her kind permission.
"By the provisions of the act of 1797, the justices were authorized to take lists of taxable property and polls in carious captains' companies of the militia. White polls were "all free males and male servants, between the age of twenty-one and fifty years;" slaves, "all slaves male and female, between the age of twelve and fifty years." On Monday, 3 Nov 1809, the Grainger County Court ordered ten justices to take the list of taxable property and make their returns at the next court session. The returns were made February 19, 20, 21, 1810. The amount of tax was omitted on the copy I abstracted from.
The headers for the following list are 1) on each 100 acres 12.5 cents 2) each town lot 25 cents 3) each free poll 12.5 cents 4) each black poll 25 cents 5) each retail store $5.00. The acreage is listed after item 1.
Polls and Taxable property in Captain William Mayses Company of Militia returned by Moses Hodge
John Goan, 90 acres North Holston, Young's Creek, no polls
Claiborne Goan, 100 acres North Holston, Young's Creek , 1 free poll
Henry Ivey, 150 acres North Big Ridge, no poll
Ivy, Philip, 50 acres North Big Ridge, 1 free poll
Thomas Ivey, 15 acres, North Big Ridge, 1 free poll
Benjamin Ivy, 1 free poll
Baxter Ivey, 50 acres, occupant, Young's Creek, 1 free poll
John Ivey, 10 acres, occupant, 1 free poll
James Goan, 1 free poll
Edmund Bolling, 1 free poll
Sherod Mays, 100 ac Cove Spring + 50 acres South Holston
Logan Mays, 50 acres South Holston
Gooden Mays, 50 acres South Holston
List of polls and taxable property in the bounds of Captain Elisha Williamson's Company returned by Henry Boatman
Bolding, David, 1 free poll
Bollon, James, 1 free poll
William Goan, 1 free poll
Shaderick Goan, 1 free poll
James Goodman, 1 free poll
Martha Ivey, 150 acres (location not given)
List of polls and taxable property in the bounds of Captain John Bull's Company, returned by John Moffet
Caleb Gowin, 1 free poll
List of polls and taxable property in the bounds of Captain William Copeland's Company returned by Joseph Cobb
William Bean, 1 free poll
Thomas Bunch, 245 acres on German Creek, 1 free poll
Heirs of Robert Bean, 320 acres B. Station G. Creek
List of Polls and Taxable Property returned by William Clay in the bounds of Captain Richard Cotses' Company
Samuel Bunch, 180 acres at Richland, 1 free poll
Samuel Bunch for John Spencer, 2
John Bunch, Senr. 187 acres R. C. , 2 polls (black?)
John Bunch, Senr. 200 acres R. Knobbs, 6 (black?) polls, 4 other polls
Joseph Branham, 127.5 acres R.C., 1 free poll, 2 black polls
Captain Samuel Richardson's Company returned by David Tate Captain Samuel Richardson's Company returned by David Tate
William Guynn, 200 acres, 1 free poll
Captain Thomas Sharp's Company returned by Mathew Campbell
Jeremiah Cole, 1 free poll
Daniel Goan, 338 acres R. Creek, 1 free poll
Robert Gains, 150 acres R. L. McNabbs, 1 free poll
Captain George Gifford's Company returned by Charles McAnally
Griffee Collins, 1 free poll
Thomas Collins, 1 free poll
Thomas Collins, 1 free poll
Joseph Collins, 1 free poll
Dowell Collins, 1 free poll
Conley Collins, 1 free poll
Captain Brutan Peter's Company of militia returned by Thomas Brown
Robert Fields, 210 acres F. Creek, 1 free poll
Lewis Adkins, 1 free poll
Richard Adkins, 1 free poll
Captain Thomas Norris' Company returned by William Parkison
John Mullins, 1 free poll
Robert Nash, 1free poll
Thomas Nash, 1 free poll
David Bollin, 1 free poll
Stephen Bollin, 1 free poll