Would anyone have access to the 1835-1838 Morgan County tax lists? I am looking for a James Ray and an Abner Ray. And a question pertaining to the 1839 tax list: Is it a correct assumption if no section-township-range listed, that these are not real estate taxes, but personal taxes? And that these people are probably not land owners? Jim Ray

Jim, I believe these tax records were among the ones I looked at on microfilm, which I was able to get through my local LDS Family History Center branch. Maybe you could try that route. Juli

Jim - I don't find Abner Ray in the 1836 Land Tax Records, but do find James Ray listed (there are several other Ray listings) Morgan County, 1836, Page 93 (Included Cass & Scott) Line 25, Date of Land Entry: 23 Oct 1830, Patentee from U.S. Government: James Ray Present Owner: James Ray No. of Acres: 80 Section: E 1/2SW 15-14-13 Co. Tax: $1.20 and another entry: Morgan County, 1836, Page 94 Date of Land Entry: 18 Dec 1826 Patentee from U.S. Govt.: William Ambers Present Owner: James Ray No. of Acres: 80 Section, TN, RW: E 1/2 SE 28-14-13 Co. Tax $1.20 1840 Morgan County, Illinois Tax List James Ray is listed in the Personal Property Section, but the person who extracted the data didn't include the amount of taxes owed/paid. I don't see him included in the Property tax section and I don't find Abner listed either. Neither of them are listed in the 1841 or 1842 Tax Lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ray" < > To: <ILMAGA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:05 AM Subject: [ILMAGA] Fw: Morgan tax lists > Would anyone have access to the 1835-1838 Morgan County tax lists? I am looking for a James Ray and an Abner Ray. > > And a question pertaining to the 1839 tax list: Is it a correct assumption if no section-township-range listed, that these are not real estate taxes, but personal taxes? And that these people are probably not land owners? > > Jim Ray > > > ==== ILMAGA Mailing List ==== > Greene County is well covered on the MAGA site. Find the 1855 State Census as well as the 1860 and 1880 Federal Census. Many biographies from the 1879 Greene History are online with indexes of Bios from the 1879 and 1905 Histories. > >