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England Taxes in Anderson County, Tennessee

Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1836 6 England Alfred             son of Joseph England who served in the Revolutionary War from Burke County, North Carolina
1836 6 England Andrew             son of Joseph England who served in the Revolutionary War from Burke County, North Carolina
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1837 6 England Alfred 585 710   1     son of Joseph England who served in the Revolutionary War from Burke County, North Carolina
1837 6 England Andrew       1     son of Joseph England who served in the Revolutionary War from Burke County, North Carolina
1837 7 England Andrew 100           son of Joseph England who served in the Revolutionary War from Burke County, North Carolina
1837 8 England Zippora 66 $100 $0.05       $0.05 $0.25 Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
1837 8 England Titus       1 $0.12½ 1 $0.12½ $0.62½ son of John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate
1837 9 England Titus 40 $80 $0.04 5 $25 $0.01¼     $0.04 $0.26¼ son of John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1838 8 England Zipporah 66 $100 $0.05       $0.05 $0.25 Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
1838 8 England John       1 $0.12½ 1 $0.12½ $0.62½ son of Titus England and ElizabethJohn was born in 1815, so it is curious that he didn't start paying his poll a year or two earlier.
1838 9 England Titus 40 $80 $0.04 5 $5 $0.00¼   1 $0.12½ $0.16½ $0.83¾ son of John England and Vesta Zipporah ChoateTitus's poll indicates that he moved from Dist. 8 to Dist. 9 between 1837 and 1838, although he already owned his land in Dist. 9 before 1838.
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1839 8 England Zipporah 66 $100 $0.05       $0.05 $0.25 Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
1839 8 England John       1 $0.12½ 1 $0.12½ $0.62½ son of Titus England and Elizabeth
1839 9 England Titus 40 $80 $0.11 5 $5 $0.00¼   1 $0.12½ $0.16½ $0.83¾ son of John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1840 8 England John       1 $0.12½ 1 $0.12½ $0.62½ son of Titus England and Elizabeth
1840 8 England James       1 $0.12½ 1 $0.12½ $0.62½ son of Titus England and Elizabeth.  The 1830 and 1840 censuses suggest that he was born between 1816 and 1820.  He died in 1846.  This tax record is probably the best indication we have of his birth date, suggesting that he was born about 1819.
1840 8 England Zippora 66 $100 $0.05       $0.05 $0.25 Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
1840 9 England Titus 40 $80 $0.04 155 $155 $0.07¾   1 $0.12½ $0.24½ $1.21¼ son of John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1847                   In 1847, all of Dist. 1, Dist. 2, and Dist. 3 were missing from the tax book, as was part of Dist. 4.
1847 4 England Ziporah     1 $400       Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
1847 7 England Frederick       1     Need to double check this one.  When I proofread the microfilm the second time, there was no Frederick in Dist. 7
1847 7 England (T or J) (Ayers or Agent) of 50/$200           I need to double check this one and compare to other years.  The microfilm was very hard to read.
1847 9 England Elizabeth 140/$150     1     surname unknown, widow of Titus England, the poll was probably for her son Richard.  Her older sons John and William paid their poll from their own households, and her older son James died in 1846.  The only other son who was old enough to pay a poll was Richard.
1847 9 England John       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
1847 9 England William       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1848 7 England Frederick 300/$25     1      
1848 8 England Zipporah     1       Probably living near or with daughter Milly England and son-in-law Jesse C. Cross
1848 7 England Jesse? Ayers of 500/$200           I need to double check this one and compare to other years.  The microfilm was very hard to read.
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1849 7 England Frederick 100/$300     1      
1849 9 England John       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
1849 9 England Elizabeth 60/$75           widow of Titus
1849 9 England William       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
1849 9 England Zipporah     1 $600       Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1850 7 England Frederick       1      
1850 8 England Wiley       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
1850 9 England John       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
1850 9 England Elizabeth 60           widow of Titus
1850 9 England William       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
1850 9 England Jacob       1      
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1859R 9 England John       1     son of Titus & Elizabeth, Gson of John & Zipporah
Year District Surname Given Name Acres $Value $Tax School Acres $Value $Tax Slaves $Tax Polls/ $Tax State Tax County Tax Comment
1888 7 England James 4/$100     1     son of Frederick C. (Fred) England and Rhoda Elizabeth (Rody) Butler, from Burke County, North Carolina, not one of mine

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