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1837 Taxpayers, Anderson County, Tennessee

Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 1 Cross Abraham       1  son of unknown, b. 1789-1806, probably not one of mine, probably from the Micajah Cross line that ended up in Scott County, Tennessee
 
 
Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 4 Bray Joshua         Joshua J. Bray, brother of Edward Payne Bray
1837 4 Clardy John          
1837 4 Clardy Michael 480       husband of Rebecca Peters, daughter of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough
1837 4 Messamore James       1 son of William/Willhelm Messamore and Margarethe Elizabeth (Peggy) May, brother of Anna F. Messamore
1837 4 Millican Robert       1 husband of Malinda Messamore, d/o William/Wilhelm Messamore and Margarethe Elizabeth (Peggy) May
1837 4 Millican Harvey       1  
1837 4 Moore Lazrous 100     1  
 
 
Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 5 Braden Jesse       1  
 
 
Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 6 Bay (sic) Joseph H.   125   1 son of John Bray and Jane
1837 6 Bray Edward P.       1 Edward Payne Bray, son of John Bray and Jane
1837 6 Breaden Andrew 150        
1837 6 Breaden Isaac       1  
1837 6 Breaden William       1  
1837 6 Breaden Andrew       1  
1837 6 Cross Alfred       1 The sheriff, son of Brittain Cross and Mary (Polly) Parks
1837 6 Cross John & Will. 1067½ 237 7 2 John the merchant and William the lawyer, sons of Brittain Cross and Mary (Polly) Parks
1837 6 Cobb Morris         father of James Madison Cobb who married Mary (Polly) Peters
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 6 Oliver Charles Y.   100      
 
 
Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 7 Clardy James 100        
1837 7 England Andrew 100       son of Joseph England who served in the Revolutionary War from Burke County, North Carolina
1837 7 Oliver Richard 225     1  
1837 7 Scarbrough James   100   1  
 
 
Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 8 Cross William 174       William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy (The land was in four parcels: 114 acres by deed, 20 acres by deed, 20 acres by land grant, and 20 acres by land grant.  The land was just north of the gap in Pine Ridge, where Scarbrough Road now goes through the gap after passing the Y-12 nuclear facility.)
1837 8 Cross Alfred       1 Alfred Carter Cross, son of William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy.  Alfred moved to his father's land in Dist. 9 after his father died in 1844.  Alfred was probably living on his father's land in Dist. 8 in 1837.
1837 8 Cross Jesse       1 Jesse C. Cross, son of William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy.  Jesse was probably living on his father's land in Dist. 8 in 1837.
1837 8 England Zippora 66       Vesta Zipporah Choate, widow of John England
1837 8 England Titus       1 son of John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate
1837 8 Key John 280     1 purchased the land of Tobias Peters Sr. from the heirs of Tobias
1837 8 Leath Willis 250       father-in-law of Nancy Ann Cross, daughter of William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy
1837 8 Leath Addison       1 husband of Nancy Ann Cross, daughter of William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy
1837 8 Moore Joseph E.       1 Joseph Elvin Moore, son of George Washington Moore and Winiford Peak
1837 8 Oliver Douglas 1160 100 13    
1837 8 Oliver James M.       1  
1837 8 Oliver Douglas       1  
1837 8 Oliver Richard 187.5        
1837 8 Oliver Charles Y. 50        
1837 8 Peters Wesley       1 Wesley M. Peters, son of Tobias Peters Sr. and Elizabeth Rachel Scarborough
 
 
Year District Surname Given Name Acres School Acres Slaves Polls Comment
1837 9 Cross J. & William 400       John Cross the merchant and William Cross the lawyer, sons of Brittain Cross and Mary (Polly) Parks (John and William still lived in Dist. 6 at this point, and had purchased the land in Dist. 9 without moving there)
1837 9 Cross Elijah       1 son of William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy
1837 9 Cross William 35       William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy (William lived in Dist. 8, and this land in Dist. 9 passed to his son Alfred Carter Cross when William died in 1844.  I suspect that William's son Elijah Cross lived on this land in 1837.)
1837 9 England Titus 40 5     son of John England and Vesta Zipporah Choate
1837 9 Leath Willis 150 50     father-in-law of Nancy Ann Cross, daughter of William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy
1837 9 Oliver Richard 227        
1837 9 Oliver William 100     1  
1837 9 Peters Thomas 134 30   1 son of Henry Peters Sr. and Mary Wiatte
1837 9 Peters Henry Sen. 156       Henry Peters Sr., husband of Mary Wiatte
1837 9 Peters Henry       1 Henry Peters Jr., son of Henry Peters Sr. and Mary Wiatte
1837 9 Peters John W.       1 son of Thomas Peters and Sarah (Sallie) England, husband of Catherine Lea
1837 9 Scarbrough Isaac       1 son of William Scarbrough and Mahala (Milly) Wood
1837 9 Scarbrough Wm. 45     1 son of David Scarbrough and Elizabeth Anderson
1837 9 Scarbrough Jonathan 439 481   1 Jonathon Lupton Scarbrough Sr., son of William Scarbrough and Mahala (Milly) Wood
 
 
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