Thanks Cynthia, 1838 would be Richard F Giddens, my GGG GF. His father Reuben did not come to Red River County until 1840. Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Samples" <samples88@earthlink.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] 1838 Tax List > I spent a couple of hours in the PJC library this morning looking at microfilm, and one of the things I found was the 1838 Tax Roll of Red River County, Republic of Texas. I printed out the pages (there are about 15), and I want to get it typed but it won't be in the next few days. I remember that a question came up on this list at one time, and I didn't even know they existed. > > In the meantime, I will do lookups if somebody had people in the area at that time. There are several columns--one for land but there is nothing in that one; slaves; horses; mules; cattle, clocks, and matches? > > I found one Giddens, looks like it starts with an R. He had two horses. > > This is pretty hard to read and I will probably need to make another trip to look at the microfilm again before I get it online. > > Cynthia Samples > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >