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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1808
Page
4
A sales notice from Prince George county dated December 11 1804 advertises Whip an imported stallion by Saltram and grandson of Herod for stud in Washington and other towns. It outlines season and mare fees plus transportation options and notes his racing and breeding value with high prices paid for his progeny and many Virginia race successes.
Certification states that the imported horse War has stood for two seasons near his stand within a quarter mile of pasture. The statement notes numerous foals and fillies seen in the fat season, claiming the progeny by War are equal or superior in quality.
Flying-Eagle a blood bay stallion likened to Old Quicksilver by judges will stand at William Wilkins in Columbia County near the C House. Mares taken for the season at fifteen dollars or 400 lbs of red cotton with payments due by November 76th, twelve dollars at cover, twenty five dollars insurance, season runs to July 30. Edward Jordan listed with Wilkins, horses fed at moderate price. no liability for accidents.
On the first Tuesday in May next at the Market House in Anguila the tax sale will occur for Road and Well Tax 1807. Properties include a billiard table owned by William Lyon tax 31 dollars 86 cents a jail-adjacent lot owned by Taliafero M Cox tax 10 dollars two lots in Augusta held by Robert Creswell esq to satisfy tax for Thomas Young of Savannah 1 dollar 12 cents and 26 acres on Bedford road above Horriburg belonging to Philip Whitton tax 182 dollars.
A long list of properties in Waynesborough and surrounding lands are offered for sale due to delinquent taxes. The items include 3 town lots in Waynesborough, multiple tracts of land ranging from 2 to 700+ acres, and houses. all show tax due amounts from cents to dollars. Names such as James Sharp George Seegar Levy Lowry John Sharp Amos Elliott Elizabeth Sime Francis Seth and Ebenezer Garman appear in the notices alongside parcel sizes and neighboring landowners. The sale is led by William Wynn as collector, dated March 190 with addresses and terms implied by the tax records.
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