Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Census Records
1799 Tax List
Books 1 & 2 Totals Page
The photocopy that I worked from contained 17 pages of entries. I assumed that I had the whole 1799 Tax List. However after the totals page for the first book, I had a photocopy of a totals page that included the totals of 2 books. I do not know if I simply did not receive the second book or if the second book of the 1799 Tax List no longer exists. As you can see below there are at most 84 more names missing from this transcription of the 1799 Tax List.
| Book 1 | Book 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males Over 21 | 236 | 84 | 320 |
| Males Over 16 | 26 | 13 | 39 |
| Blacks Over 16 | 53 | 1 | 54 |
| Total Blacks | 136 | 5 | 141 |
| Horses | 348 | 156 | 504 |
| Stud r(?) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Rate | 34/ | 48/ | 82/ |
| First Rate Land | |||
| Second Rate Land | 39,664 | 10,460 | 49,824 |
| Third Rate Land | 1,400 | 10,460 | 11,860 |
| 141 Slaves at 6 ?/4 fee | 8, 81¼ |
| 504 horses at 1½ fee | 7, 56 |
| 6 studs rate(?) for 9 fee | 6, 87½ |
| 49,824 acres 2d rate Land | 49, 82 |
| 11,860 acres 3d rate Land | 7, 41 |
| Total | 80, 47 3/4 |
| Total of both books | |
Updated November 6, 2015