Ray County, Missouri, Genealogy Resources, Assessor List for 1821

Assessor List for 1821

The following list was transcribed from the Ray County Assessor's List for 1821, "Missouri Pioneer Book" Volume 2 February 1968, p. 39-41, compiled and published by Miss Nadine Hodges & Mrs John Vineyard & Mrs Howard W. Woodruff issn 0276-1637 The list was sorted alphabetically for ease of locating names. The number on the left indicates the order in which the name appeared on the original list. Joan Graham Atkinson has volunteered to do lookups in this book.
From the book: The names listed below were copied from the original record in the Assessor's Office in the Ray County Court House at Richmond. On the back of the first page was the following notation in handwriting which indicated that it had been made many years ago: "Assessor's List, but for what year - does not say - supposed for 1821." Undoubtedly it was for that year since the list was signed by Zadoc Martin, Assessor of Ray Co., and according to county records he was assessor only from April, 1821, to January, 1822. At the time of this tax list, 1821, Ray County covered all of the areas now included in the counties of Clay, Carroll, Clinton, DeKalb, Gentry, Worth, Caldwell, Daviess, Harrison, Livingston, Grundy and Mercer. The assessment was against all property, Real Estate and Personal, including slaves, horses, cattle, jewelry, etc. The notation "unmarried" was made opposite the names of single men and $1.00 assessment valuation was added to each. In this list of names (*) indicates "unmarried".
1	Adkins	William	*
2	Adams	Joshua
3	Adams	Martin	*
12	Adams	Pleasant
4	Adams	Richard
8	Adams	William
9	Adkins	Wiatt, Jr.	*
15	Adkins	Wiatt, Sr.
11	Adkins	William
6	Allen	Abraham	*
5	Allen	Isaac	*
7	Allen	John	*
10	Allen	John
14	Allen	Thornton V.	*
13	Averett	Howard
30	Baitman	John	*
96	Bancroft	Timothy	*
317	Barbee	W.	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
18	Bartleson	John A.	*
25	Baxter	Stephen
357	Bear	Jacob	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
364	Beard	Jacob	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
21	Beaty	William
328	Beck	Abraham	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
17	Best	Humphrey
19	Black	James W.	*
31	Black	William
29	Black	William L.	*
27	Bogart	Alexander	*
369	Bradford	Edward	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
33	Brewer	Henry
22	Brewer	Stephen	*
28	Brewer	Thomas
339	Brown	Christian	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
20	Brown	Hugh
24	Brown	James	*
336	Brown	John	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
26	Brown	Joseph
32	Buchanan	James
16	Buckridge	James
23	Burns	Jeremiah
39	Campbell	Thomas
40	Camron	Elisha
62	Camron	Jonathan
47	Carell	James
41	Carell	John
54	Cary	Jefferson	*
58	Cary	Kemp
56	Cary	Nathaniel
36	Casner	Jonas
49	Clack	Dickson	*
43	Clark	Rensselaer
341	Clark	William	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
360	Clay	Stephen	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
44	Clevenger	John
37	Clevenger	Pharis	*
45	Clevenger	Richard
50	Clevenger	Samuel
64	Clevenger	Zachariah
38	Collier	John	*
354	Collins	Eliazer W.	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
63	Collins	James	*
333	Comstock	Stephen	Owen Stone - "his taxable land" original owners Willaim Madden, Stephen Comstock
382	Coon	Michael
61	Coots	Abraham
42	Cornelius	Benjamin
55	Cornelius	John
34	Cox	Joseph
35	Creason	William
52	Creek	Abraham
65	Crocket	David
60	Crockett	Joseph
51	Crowley	James
53	Crowley	Jeremiah
59	Crowley	John
66	Crowley	John
46	Crowley	Samuel
57	Crowley	Samuel
48	Crowley	Thomas
70	Dagley	James
362	Daly	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
367	Davis	Albin	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
73	Davis	John	*
68	Davis	Norman
71	Davis	William
72	Dean	John
67	Dobson	John
318	Doxey	John	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
69	Duvaul	Daniel
356	Eaton	George	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
74	Edwards	John
75	Edwards	Thomas
81	Elliott	John
77	Elliott	William	*
340	Elsford	James	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
78	Estes	Henry
76	Estes	Peter
79	Estes	Thomas
80	Evans	John
337	Ferrell	George	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
91	Ferrens	John	*
89	Fields	Benjamin
85	Fields	Ebenezer
90	Fields	John, Sen.
92	Fields	Joseph
82	Fields	Levy
87	Fields	Stephen	*
88	Fields	Thomas
83	Finley	Travis
94	Fletcher	David
93	Fletcher	Jesse
95	Fletcher	Moses	*
84	Fowler	Joseph
86	Frost	Thomas
105	Garnet	Foushee
106	Gauge	Joseph
107	George	Baley
110	Gill	Joseph
100	Gilliam	Cornelius
97	Gilliam	Jesse
102	Gilliam	John
378	Gilliger	Anthony
103	Gillmore	James
108	Gragg	Benjamin
109	Gragg	Henry
323	Green	Duff	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
101	Grooms	Abraham
98	Grooms	Francis	*
99	Grooms	John	*
104	Grooms	William
118	Hall	Elisha
117	Hall	William
122	Harris	John
344	Harshley	Wm.	following lands taxed to Wm. Harshely? Original Patentees: John Kelly, Monathan Hunt, and many others
121	Henderson	Wm., Jr.	*
116	Hiatt	James
132	Hill	Alexander
115	Hill	James	*
131	Hill	Jesse
313	Hill	Richard
129	Hill	William	*
120	Hinkston	Harlow	*
114	Hixon	Andrew	either Thomas Hixson or Andrew Hixon *
113	Hixson	Thomas	either Thomas Hixson or Andrew Hixon *
126	Hodge	John	*
124	Homes	Davis
374	Hoods	Teal?	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
130	Huff	John
123	Huffman	Ezekiel
119	Huffman	Uriah	*
346	Hunt	Monathan	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
125	Hutchings	John	*
314	Hutchings	Joseph	*
128	Hutchings	Moses	*
127	Hutchings	Smith
112	Inglish	Thomas
111	Irons	Peter
135	Jacks	Thomas	*
134	James	James
133	Jeffers	George
136	Keeny	John
345	Kelly	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
361	Ladd	Reubin	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
366	Lahorty	Charles	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
352	Lambourn	Coffer	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
145	Lamm	James
154	Lamm	Joshua
139	Lance	Isaac	*
375	Land	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
142	Lanehart	William	*
322	Langham	Angus	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
138	Lany	Patrick
148	Ledgewood	John
151	Ligget	Jonathan
147	Liles	David
143	Liles	Malachi
150	Liles	William
141	Lincoln	John	*
153	Linvill	Aaron
152	Linvill	Abraham
144	Linvill	Richard
140	Livingston	John
146	Livingston	Samuel
363	Loudon	Giles	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
149	Lowthian	Isaac
137	Lyon	James
332	Madden	William	Owen Stone - "his taxable land" original owners Willaim Madden, Stephen Comstock
186	Magill	David
172	Magill	Samuel	*
327	Mahan	James	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
163	Malott	John S.
176	Malotte	William	*
177	Manbery	Theoderick
168	Mann	Jesse
347	Mann	Stephen	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
171	Martin	Isaac
188	Martin	William	*
174	Martin	William B.
384	Martin	Zadoc	Signed by Zadoc Martin, Assessor of Ray County
158	Martin	Zadoc, Jr.
164	Martin	Zadoc, Sr.
179	Masingill	Blake
183	McClellan	James W.
355	McCollister	Wm.	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
189	McCoy	Jacob	*
175	McCray	Daniel
157	McCroskrie	Andrew
169	McCroskrie	Isaac
156	McCroskrie	John
185	McElwee	David
155	McGaugh	John
190	McGee	Charles
329	McGirk	Andrew S.	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
373	McMann	Samuel	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
359	McMurphy	Davis	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
370	Meaker	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
178	Meguire	Francis
358	Miller	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
161	Miller	Sebron J.
166	Miller	William
165	Millsaps	William
167	Monroe	Thomas
162	Monroe	William
181	Montgomery	David	*
170	Moor	Andrew
180	Morgan	Henry	*
315	Morgan	William	*
160	Morris	Edward
325	Morrison	James	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
173	Munkers	Richard
182	Munkirs	Benjamin
187	Munkirs	James
184	Munkirs	Redman
159	Murray	Edmond
192	Newman	Alexander	*
193	Nichols	John	*
194	Nicholson	Robert
326	Nowlin	Peyton	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
191	Nutting	David
199	Officer	Thomas
197	Officer	William
195	Oliphant	Samuel
196	Osborn	William
198	Owens	John
371	Ownslaw	Nathaniel	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
342	Parish	Samuel	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
368	Peace	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
353	Peare	Demon	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
203	Peebly	Hannah
205	Peebly	Thomas	*
381	Peterson	Henry
209	Piburn	Edward
206	Pierce	Robert
212	Pogue	Andrew	*
207	Pogue	Robert
211	Porter	Hugh	*
210	Porter	Joseph	*
380	Porterfield	Sarah
202	Potter	Eldridge
204	Prewit	Samuel
201	Price	William
208	Pritchet	Robert
200	Proffit	John
351	Pulney	Benjamin	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
349	Raymon	James	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
216	Reed	Absalon
218	Reed	Jonathan	*
233	Renfroe	John
219	Reynolds	James
214	Reynolds	Russel
217	Richards	Lewis
220	Richards	William	*
236	Richy	John
227	Riffe	Jacob
228	Riffe	John
335	Riggs	Romulus	Romulus Riggs, taxed for land - Original patentees: John Brown, George Ferrell, Dunbar Sullivan, Christian Brown, James Elsford, William Clark, Samuel Parish
223	Riggs	Timothy
232	Rightsman	John
231	Rightsman	Peter
224	Roberts	Aaron
234	Roberts	Edward	*
221	Roberts	Jonas
230	Roberts	Nicholas
229	Roberts	Samuel
235	Robertson	Andrew
372	Robertson	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
319	Rogers	Ebenezer	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
225	Rollins	William
213	Rowland	Dowdle
222	Rowland	George
226	Rowland	Mathew
215	Russle	Andrew
255	Sampson	Benj., Sr.
243	Sampson	Benjamin
259	Scott	Charles
245	Scott	John	*
248	Scott	William
264	Shacleford	Daniel
265	Shaw	William	*
365	Shealds	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
254	Shelton	Lewis
246	Shelton	William
239	Shields	John	either John Shields or William Shields *
240	Shields	William	either John Shields or William Shields *
263	Smith	Ahi
266	Smith	Elijah	*
237	Smith	Humphrey
262	Smith	Polly, Mrs.
267	Smith	Terah
241	Smith	Thomas	*
324	Smith	Thomas	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
249	Smith	William L.	*
258	Snowden	Jacob
269	Snowden	James
261	Snowden	Lovell
257	Sollars	Elisha
251	Sollars	Sabert
244	Sollars	Thomas	*
268	Spicer	Wilson
260	Splawn	Mayberry
256	Stanley	James
253	Stanley	John
238	Stanley	Larkin	*
247	Stanley	William	*
242	Stephens	Calvin	*
377	Stokes	William	Present Owner; Original patentees: Anthony Gilliger, William Stokes, Sarah Porterfield, Henry Peterson, Michael Coon
379	Stokes	William
250	Stone	Christopher
252	Stone	John
331	Stone	Owen	Owen Stone - "his taxable land" original owners Willaim Madden, Stephen Comstock
338	Sullivan	Dunbar	Original patentee, Romulus Riggs taxed for land
271	Tarwaters	Jacob
273	Taylor	George	*
350	Taylor	Warren	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
272	Telford	James
321	Tennel	George	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
270	Tevault	Jesse
275	Thompson	John	*
279	Thornton	John	*
280	Tillery	Eppe	*
278	Trotter	John	*
277	Turnage	William
276	Turner	John
348	Turner	John	Original patentees, Following lands taxed to Wm. Harshley?
274	Turner	William
289	Vanderpool	John
287	Vanderpool	Medders	*
285	Vanderpool	Winant, Jr.
284	Vanderpool	Winant, Sr.
290	Vanlandingham	Hugh
282	Vasser	Samuel
288	Vaughn	Enos
286	Vickery	Abner
281	Vickery	Hardin	*
283	Violett	John W.
320	Wallis	George	owned property in Ray County and resided in other "countys"
299	Welldon	Benedick	*
312	Wells	Joseph
305	West	Littleton
309	Whitlock	Tarlton
302	Whitson	Abraham
298	Wiggins	William
293	Willard	Alexander
306	Willhyte	James
300	Williams	Alexander
296	Williams	Francis	*
308	Williams	James
307	Williams	Samuel	*
294	Wills	George	*
301	Wills	James
297	Wills	James B.
311	Willson	John	*
304	Willson	Thomas
310	Wollsey	Noah	*
292	Woodard	Chesley
291	Woods	John
295	Woods	Joseph
303	Woolsey	Nehemiah

Last Updated 10/20/2002

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