CASEY COUNTY, KY 1807-1821 TAX RECORDS - RICHARD ADAMS FAMILY
Extracted from Family History Library microfilm #7923
by Gary W. Routh, Centennial, CO grouth@grouth.org
January 2009
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The LDS microfilm contains original tax books, many having bad water damage,
and often difficult to read. I printed each ADAMS page for later study and
examination. This list was constructed from my printed copies.
- - - - - - 1807 (March) Page 1
Addams, Richard -no land1 wht male over 21; 2 wht males over 16 under 21; 5 horses
NOTE: two boys 16-21 likly James and Pleasant
- - - - - - 1808 (April) Page 1, Book One
Adams, Richard -no land1 wht male over 21; 1 wht male over 16 under 21; 1 horse
NOTE: Remaining son 16-21 likly Pleasant
James could have left home, but not been 21
This was last year for 16-21 white male tax column
- - - - - - 1809 (no dates) Page 1, Book One, James Twigate's tax book
Adams, Richard -no land1 wht male over 21; 2 horses
- - - - - - 1810 (May) Page 1
Adams, Richard -no land1 wht male over 21; 2 horses
Adams, James -no landNOTE: Don't know if this is our James, but he was over 21
Other Adams families now appearing in Casey Co
- - - - - - 1811 (April) Page 1
Adams, Richard; 400 acres 3rd tax rate; Green River; Logan entered
1 wht male over 21; 1 horse
Adams, James -no land1 wht male over 21; 1 horse
Adams, Pleasant; 70 acres tax rate 3; Green River; Davis entered
0 wht male over 21; 2 horses
NOTE: Pleasant was married, must not have been 21
- - - - - - 1812 (July) Page 1
Adams, Richard; 400 acres 3rd tax rate; G. River; Logan entered
1 wht male over 21; 5 horses
Adams, Pleasant; 70 acres tax rate 3; G. River
1 wht male over 21; 1 horse
NOTE: Pleasant is now 21 paying poll tax
James Adams is gone
- - - - - - 1813 (April) Page 1
Adams, Richard; 400 acres 3rd tax rate; Green River; Jas. Logan entered
**1813 extra: Capt. A. Riffe "Militia Company where Person Lived"
1 wht male over 21; 5 horses
Adams, William -no land**1813 extra: Capt. A. Riffe "Militia Company where Person Lived"
1 wht male over 21; 1 horse
NOTE: William is now 21 paying poll tax
Adams, Pleasant; 130 acres tax rate 3; Knob Lick Creek; Geo. Burke entered
**1813 extra: Capt. R. Geer "Militia Company where Person Lived"
1 wht male over 21; 2 total blacks; 3 horses
- - - - - - 1814 (no date) Page 1
Adams, Richard -no land1 wht male over 21; 4 horses
Adams, William -no land1 wht male over 21; 1 horse
Adams, Pleasant; 130 acres tax rate 3; Knob Lick Creek; Geo. Burke entered
1 wht male over 21; 3 horses
- - - - - - 1815 (no date) Page 1
Adams, Richard -no land1 wht male over 21; 3 horses; total $730
Adams, William -no land1 wht male over 21; 3 horses; total $50
Adams, Pleasant; 130 acres tax rate 3; Knob Lick; Geo. Burke entered
1 wht male over 21; 2 horses; total $320
- - - - - - 1816 (July) Page 1
Adams, Richard; 299 acres 2nd tax rate; Green River;
1 wht male over 21; 3 horses; total $1260
Adams, William -no land0 wht male over 21; 2 horses; total $50
NOTE: No adult male poll tax - was William gone?
Adams, Pleasant -no land1 wht male over 21; 3 horses; total $70
- - - - - - 1817 (no date) Page 1
Adams, Richard; 299 acres 2nd tax rate; Logan entered
1 wht male over 21; 3 horses; total $1296
Adams, Pleasant -no land1 wht male over 21; 32 horses; total $98
NOTE: William is gone to Missouri
- - - - - - 1818 Tax Book missing
- - - - - - 1819 (no date) Page 1 **massive water damage**
Adams, Richard; remaining columns unreadable
looks like no tax was paid
Adams, Benjamin; remaining columns unreadable
looks like no tax was paid
NOTE: Pleasant is gone to Missouri
- - - - - - 1820 (no date) Page 1
** NO ADAMS IN TAX LIST **
- - - - - - 1821 (no date) Page 1
Adams, Benjamin -no land1 wht male over 21 -no tax paid- - - - - - 1822 (no date) Page 1
** NO ADAMS IN TAX LIST FROM THIS DATE ON **
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MY ASSESSMENT OF KEY FACTS
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1. Richard and Susannah Adams were in Casey Co 1807-1819
2. James, 1st born son, likely reached age 21 1809-1810
giving him a birth year of 1788-89.
3. Pleasant married Ruth Sutherlund between 1808-1810,
although he reached age 21 in 1812 tax list,
giving him a birth date of 1790-91.
4. Susannah settled the sale of her 1/8 share inheritance
in 1811, at the same time Richard and Pleasant both
acquire Green River landfor the first time, suggests
this money may have helped.
5. James Adams in this tax list departed Casey Co by
1812. A James Adams is on the same 1812 War roster
as Pleasant's brother-in-law, Daniel Sutherland;
Capt Henry James 2nd Regiment, KY militia roster,
Sept 1812.
6. William reached age 21 in 1813, was living in same
area as Richard, based on militia district.
7. 1813 tax records include militia companies for only
year. Shows Richard on the Green River, but Pleasant
had moved to Knob Lick land in Capt. R. Geer company.
Richard and William are in the same Capt. A Riffe
company as Susannah's wealthy brother Benjamin
Dawson who owned prime Green River property.
8. Pleasant's 1813-1816 130 acres on Knob Lick was part
of his wife's Sutherland land which that family
sold in 1816. Daniel Sutherland and his mother Rebecca
left Casey Co for Logan Co, KY.
9. William is absent in 1816 but tax was assessed for his
horse. He may have already left for Missouri. in 1817
William is no longer in Casey Co.
10. Pleasant is gone by 1819 tax collection. He may have
left in 1818 since we do not have that tax book.
11. Benjamin reached age 21 between 1817-1819 (no 1818 list)
and married local girl, Nancy Snodgrass in 1818. This
would give Benjamin a birth date of 1796-98.
12. Entire Adams family is gone from Casey Co for 1820
tax list. This agrees with Lynchburg's account of
family migration to MO during winter 1819-20.
13. Benjamin Adams was back in Casey Co 1821, then gone.
His wife's father, Isaac Snodgrass had died in 1818
and final settlement was 1822. Benjamin & Pleasant
Adams both received payments from Isaac's estate.