The tax records that time period are definately in the Columbia County courthouse. It seems like the tax records start about 1855-56. We have been there and used them. Good luck. Tom Sisolak Fort Worth, TX --------------- > Columbia County wasn't established until 1852. Prior to that it was > part of Hempstead, Lafayette and Ouachita counties. There is a good > chance that there are tax records at the courthouse although I cannot > verify it. I do know that luckily Columbia County has only had a few > fires at the courthouse and everytime the majority of the records were > undamaged. It would be worth it to give them a call or a visit. > > Michelle Rasberry > Administrator > ARCOLUMB Mailing List > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Can someone please tell me if the Columbia County Tax office has tax > > records during the period of 1850 through 1880 ? > > > > Winston McCain > > > > ==== ARCOLUMB Mailing List ==== > > Also visit the rootsweb Columbia County Genealogy Website > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcolumb/index.html > > > > ==============================