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Personal Property Tax List, Mason County, VA 1805 - 1846

Extract of Greathouse and associated individuals.

1805 - Return of John Cantrell, Comm.

Greathouse - none
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Jesse Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 3.
Hughes, Jesse Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
McDaad, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
McCulloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 3.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.

Certified on 7 Aug 1805. William ? [Perrea/Perrell/Ferrell/Parsons/Terrell], Clerk.

Notes & Reference:

1) No Williams by the name of Perrea, Perrell or Ferrell were taxed for 1805 in Mason County, VA.

1806 - Return of John Cantrell, Comm.

Greathouse - none
Hughes, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; negros over 16: 1; horses: 2.
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Jesse Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.
Hughes, Jesse Jr.; whites over 1: 2; horses: 3.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 1.
McCulloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; negros over 16: 3; horses: 6.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Charles Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 5.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.

Certified on ? Dec 1806. William ? [Parsons], Clerk.

1807 - Return of James J. Greene, Comm.

Greene, James J.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Greathouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Gandy, John; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Gandy, Uriah Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Gandy, Uriah Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Tandy; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Jesse Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Jesse Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; negros over 16: 3; horses: 8.
McCulloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 6.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, George (Ml); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Parsons, George (0); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles (0); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.

Certified on 24 Sep 1807, William ? [Parsons], Clerk.

1808 - Return of [?], not microfilmed on this roll. (missing)

1809 - Return of James J. Greene, Comm.

Gandy, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Greathouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Hughes, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Jesse Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Charles Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 8.
Parsons, George (Ohio); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.

Certified on 16 May 1809, William Perreth [Persith?].

1810 - Return of Thomas Higgins, Comm.

Gratehouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Gandey, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughs, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughs, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughs, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughs, Jesse Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughs, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughs, Job; white males age 16 or over: 1.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; black males age 12-16: 1; black males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 8.
McCown, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McCown, Gilbert; white males age 16 or over: 1.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDade, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
McColluch, John; white males age 16 or over: 4; horses: 8.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.
Parsons, George (purser); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, George (creek); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 5.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 5.
Parsons, Adam; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.

Certified 5 Jun 1810, Thomas Higgins, Comm.

1811 - Return of Maurice Reynolds, Comm.

Greathouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Gandy, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Thomas; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Thomas; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Job; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Hughes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McCown, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
McDade, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
McCulloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 3; horses: 7.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; black males age 12-16: 2; black males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 8.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; black males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 3.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.
Parsons, Henry; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Parsons, Adam; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.

1812 - Return of Maurice Reynolds, Comm.

Greathouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Gandy, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Job; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 1.
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Thomas; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
McCullock, John; white males age 16 or over: 4; horses: 6.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDade, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McMullen, Joseph; black males age 12-16: 2; horses: 10.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 8.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Parsons, George (Me); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Henry; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Parsons, George (River); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Tanner, Samuel; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.

1813 - Return of Allen Prior, Comm.

Greathous, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Gandy, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Wm (?0); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Joab; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 1.
Hughes, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.
Hughes, Hudson; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
McDaid, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDaid, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McCown, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 5.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; black males age 12-16: 2; horses: 9.
McColloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 4; horses: 7.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Adam; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, Wm; white males age 16 or over: 3; horses: 4.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 9.
Parsons, George (R); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Tayt, Edward; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.

Tanner, Samuel: none [He is known to have settled on Spring Creek, near present day Spencer, Roane County, WV in 1812. At that time, he would have been living in a wilderness area that would have been part of Kanawha County, VA.]

Certified on 12 Feb 1813, Allen Prior, Comm.

1814 - Return of John Henderson, Comm.

Gandey, Eli; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Gandey, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 5.
Greathouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Hudson; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Hughes, Israel; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 5.
Hughes, Jesse Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Hughes, Thomas Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Hughes, Thomas; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Job; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 2.
Hughes, Jesse Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Hughes, Jonathan; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
McCown, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDade, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McCulloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 4; horses: 6.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 10.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Adam; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Parsons, Charles Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.
Parsons, George Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.
Parsons, Henry; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 3; horses: 7.
Tate, Edward; white males age 16 or over: 1.

Tanner, Samuel: none

Certified on 3 May 1814, John Henderson, Comm.

1815 - Return of Robert Herriford, Comm.

Gandy, Euriah; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Greathous, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 3.
Hughes, Jonathan; white males age 16 or over: 3; horses: 1; cattle:3.
Hewes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Hughes, Hudson; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4; cattle: 6.
Hughes, Job; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 3; cattle: 11.
Hughes, Thomas; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1; cattle: 8.
Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4; cattle: 10.
Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 7.
Hewes, Jesse Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 5.
Hewes, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 6.
McCown, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4; cattle: 6.
McDade, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1; cattle: 3.
McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; black males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1; cattle: 6.
McCulloch, John; white males age 16 or over: 4; horses: 6; cattle: 33.
Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 5.
Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Parsons, George; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 8.
Parsons, Henry; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 8; cattle: 4.
Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 3; cattle: 11.
Parsons, Charles Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4; cattle: 10.
Parsons, George Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4; cattle: 27.
Parsons, Adam; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3; cattle: 5.
Parsons, John Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Tate, Edward; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2; cattle: 4.
Tanner, William; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.

Certified on 30 May 1815, Robert Herriford, Comm.

1816 - Return of William P. Hale, Comm.

Apr 22 - Gandy, Uriah; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 6.
Apr 24 - Greathouse, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Mar 4 - Hughes, Reuben; white males age 16 or over: 1; black males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Mar 16 - Hughes, Hudson; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.
Apr 20 - Hughes, Job; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Apr 20 - Hughes, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Apr 20 - Hughes, Thomas; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Apr 20 - Hughes, Thomas Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Apr 22 - Hughes, Jesse; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Apr 24 - Hughes, William; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 3.
Apr 24 - Hughes, Jesse Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Feb 26 - McMullen, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; black males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 1.
Apr 24 - McKown, James; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 2.
Apr 24 - McKown, Isaac; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Apr 24 - McKown, Gilbert; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Apr 24 - McDade, James; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 4.
Apr 25 - McKown, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Apr 22 - Parsons, Adam; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Apr 12 - Parsons, Charles; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Apr 20 - Parsons, George (river); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Apr 22 - Parsons, William; white males age 16 or over: 3; horses: 5.
Apr 22 - Parsons, John; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 3.
Apr 22 - Parsons, Charles Sr.; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 6.
Apr 23 - Parsons, John Jr.; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 1.
Apr 23 - Parsons, Joseph; white males age 16 or over: 2; horses: 5.
Apr 23 - Parsons, George (M. C.); white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 4.
Apr 23 - Parsons, Henry; white males age 16 or over: 1.
Feb 15 - Tait, Edward; white males age 16 or over: 1; horses: 2.
Apr 19 - Tait, Sturman; white males age 16 or over: 3; horses: 5.

Certified on 1 Jun 1816, William Perrett, Clk.

Source: Mason County, VA; Personal Property Tax List 1805 - 1846, microfilm, [filmed at Library of Virginia]. WV Archives, Charleston, WV.