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6KEEN3BUR6GREENSBL'RG, INDIANA,BR D. BRADEN, - * - EditorAH T- ROGERS, * * Associate Editorfor the people rather than the bosses, and the former are undoubtedly for Cumback.TEKM6.year in the county — *..............$1 00neyearout of the county................ 125(IF NOT PAID IN ADVANCE $1.50.)FRIDAY, FEB. 7, 1896.There is a good chance for the Republicans to elect a joint Senator in Decatur and Shelby this year. The vote in 1894 for Secretary of State was as follows:Pop. 193 88/ *•Our City Government,TAX-PJTO OFHep.Dein.Pro.Decatur.....2,7*02,088103Saelby.......2,9813.4132395,761Cj#,501317Republicanplurality,280251U' vT t r» F-m n \T A vm f it ♦ T » V’ A tr«fT*«•On Monday, May 4th‘ will occurthe election of four members of the common council of this city—one trom each of the four wards. ^The council now stands as follows:Republicans, live; Democrats, three.To maintain the eoutroi of citv af-♦p*fairs which the Republican party assumed after the death of Councilman Fromer, it is necessary to earrv , — -n - t * ^three wards in the city. Tins is nut NcaHy AU EaV3 PaSSea Illto tUe GreatTHE FELLOWS WHO BORE THEBUEDEBS OF TAXATION INA WILD AND WOODEN COUNTRY.impossible,and cau be accomplished if no mistakes are made in selecting11Beyond.7ItBelow wh give a list of tax* payers in Decatur county in 1840, taken from the tax duplicate of that year, the oldest record of its kind now on file iu this county. Tne duplicate itself is a curiosity, being no larger thanan ordinary day book. Time has dealt it some pretty hard blows which have caused the back to disappear together with several of the front leaves. For this last mishapthe Washington township list preceding the ITs could not be given.The n cord is written by 11. H. Talbott, who, lor a quarter of a century, was the leading official of the county, serving at this time as collector.'idie writing is hold, uniform and j wiuiam p. shannon.....................exceedingly legible, and with care j Snid*-r........may be kept many years yet. To the descendants of the pioneer families of this county this list is of much interest and The 8taxdaku takes great pleasure in presenting it for their perusal. We give only those who pa id $5 and o ver.\v A S'HI NO TO N Tl W N S HI P.(’lt;;lt;k..............................$ 8 05Joseph Collins............................. 709TliomasCh;.; ............................. 7 57Jamc.- Cariei*............................. 1100Abram Caru-r ....................... 5 ouJames D. Co'ub........................... 12 (HiRobert B. Donnell......................... 10 66•James Donnell ...................... 5 88Martin Duncan............................ 9 10Thomas Foster................. 5 27Alex Foster................................ 0 01Joseph Graham........... s 94R. S. Grant................................ 5 00Griffey Griffetts........................... 533Henry Hall heirs.......................... 5 12James Halsey............................. 7.3Preston E. Hopkins...................... 917Thomas Hamilton......................... 993Cyrus Hamilton......... 9*27Hamuellhod............................... 10 41Joseph Kincaid.......................... 008John Kincaid ...... 1012John Lowe........................... ggoSeth Ltuve................................. 1*254Rod a Logan................................ 937Alexander Logan.......................... 1227Samuel Log a 1........................... 5 00J oin L. Llt;.*gan............................. i71Marlin Logan.............................. ] j (7W; Ilia in Lindsay.......................... 555David G. Lee........................«...... 5 60George Marlow............................ g mJohn Miller, xr............................. 9 54Alex II. Miller.............................. 5 43James McCracken......................... II 05Adam Meek............................... 900Thomas Martin, sr......................... 745Jacob Miller..........David Martin .........Jon 11 Miller, jr.. .......Andrew McCov...............Joseph Rankin...............Nathan Richardson.........Andrew Robison............Ad.am. Rankin...........Daniel Swem.................James Shannon..............- -i.)7 o«j• -oJohn Chambers..........................Joshua Chirk.............. ............ 6 25William Clemens....................... 9 09Thomas Deem ........... « . 5 onThomas Draper.......................... 5 soSarah Drake........................ .... s 00Alfred Daily............................... 553Joseph English ...................... q 35William Elder............................ 736James Elder............................... 9 12A R. Forsyth.............................. 755George Fletcher......................... 0 15William Ford.............................. 5 6uJames Freeman........................ 22 9 5R. S. Grant............................... 5 15David Gant................ 7 87John Grey heirs........................... o 00William Hamilton......................... 6 75R. M. Hamilton........................... 6 95James Hamilton........................... 14 85G. W. Hopkins............................ II 20William Hillis............................ 0 24John Hazelrigg. sr............ 13 05Adam Hood................................ 6 45John House ......................... 7 21John Hughes............................... 6 45William Hood...........................•... 893Robert Hamilton ..................... 10 35Samuel Hamilton *.................... 5 15M. F. Jamison........................ 5 20Ezra Lathrop.............................. 6 75William Loyd............................. 528Quarles Moor.............................. 6 40William Meradith......................... 6 35James Morgan ....................... 10 40William Mires.......... 5 85A. C. McCoy................................. 5 76Adam R. Meek............................. 18 26Joseph Mitchell............................ 6 60Thomas Peery............................ 6 28William E. Potter......................... 5 75Thomas C. Pemberton.................... 627Thomas Parker............................ 6 28Jacob Rybolt............. 5 75John Ross.................................. 5 05Abram Ricketts............................ 5 75John Rvbolt............................... 5 01James Sefton................. 5 90James Saunders........................... 6 36J. F. -Stevens........................... 16 75J. F. Shannon.............................. 6 69»Jacob Stewart............................. 7 45Jacob Smith............................... 5 50Jacob Sidner............................... 10 21H. H. Talbott............................... 15 09John Thomson............................. 5 25W. H. Thomson, sr......................... 7 73Gabriel Wood All........................... 10 25Zebina Warriner ..................... 7 35John T. West............................... 15 01Wesley White............................ 5 55Samuel Logan............................. 5 63W. P. Lowe...............................i. 9 55William Hendricks........................ 720Mary McHarg heirs....................... 6 40CLAY TOWNSHIPDodridge Alley............................ 17 11Cyrus Alley............................... 6 26Henry Barr................................ 5 27Jackson Braden........................... 8 25Walter Braden........................... 13 41Henry Critser.............................. 6 47David Douglas..................... 5 42Andrew Dunn.............................. 4 95James Dunn................................ 8 37Charlotte Edwards........................ 8 00Benjamin Furguson...................... 5 35Philip Fix...................... 7 59John Henderson........................... 5 41Daniel Heaton............................ 8 00Abel Inman ............................. 9 80William J. Lowrev....................... 6 40Edmond Marshall........................ 7 61John Marshall............................ 618Thomas K. Myers......................... 10 94Joseph Rouze.............................. 5 50Caleb Starts............................... 13 19Philip Stark............................... 6 56Abner Stark............................... 9 11John Smallev ........................ 5 79♦James Swinney........................... 9 84John A. Turner........................... 6 32Abel .Todd.................................. 6 75* ♦Reuben Thomas........................... 5 07Edward War thin.......................... 6 85JohnW. Knight........................... 5 12Henry Sefton heirs....................... 5 12FUG IT TOWNSHIP.Sampson Allej' ...................... 6 83James Arderv......... ...............*.. 10 0oThomas Ardery............................ 13 40John P. Antrobus.......................... 10 56William Anderson........... 13 98George Anderson.......................... 6 27Charles Bloomfield....................... 519Daniel %ell................................. 5 06Eaton Barnes.............................. 10 95Janies Bonner............................. 19 47John Brison.............................. 5 36Woodson Clark.......................... 18 09Luther A Donnell....................... 10 16Samuel Donnell, jr........................ 5 61Samuel A Donnell.................. 8 92John C. Donnell............................ 764James Donue A heirs..................... 8 96Thomas Bftangll, fjjj* ...... 9 616 9777 91(•; 6 205 21-1 1'• 257 470ft5 31■ Thtuna-. Throp............................. 19 53.Lewis Terry................................ 0 pjJo-eph Wut'.uley.......................... ;;lt;•bmc, Wallace............................ 5James Wise............................. 7 69A DA MS TOW Nsl! 1 p.Marti n Adkins........................Nat ha-i Bullock.... ' ..................... 5 lt;;0William Chambers........................ 5 04Eli Critser.................................. c, 50Richard Dickson..................... 5 u»Mescs Guthrie............................. 5 87Israel Gregg............................... : mHafer G Ian ten........................N 9 r oWilliam Huffman......................... 59Thomas Israel........................ 009Dav id .1 e we tt...........................20 99Robert Kennedy..................... 5 ;lt;»Manly Kemble............................. 15 or,George MEler........................... 5 00Austin Moore— ........................ 5 49Philip Martin.............................. 7 86John Paul.................................. 12 7.5W. W. Pierce ........................... 6 55William Peterson.......................... 750Jcluibod Palmerton....................... 9 80John M. Robison........................... 8 104George W. Sidner......................... 689Peter ZeiglcS*............................. 7 24CLINTON TOWNSHIP.Isaac Davison.............................. 6 15Andrew Dale............................... 5 15Thomas Donnell..................... 5 39Jane Douglas.............................. rfioWilliam Furgason...................... 5 13William Finley........................... 5 75Thomas and John Meek............ 6 52Hugh McCracken.......................... 5 15George McLaughlin...................... 9 11John Kisling............................... 5 75Charlotte Kemble......................... 5 95William Ruddle................ 9 33Nathan Swails............................. 10 32Nathan Sidwell............................ 681Nancy Wilson.............................. 5 66Abram Carta ....................... 8 00Jacob Sandusky........................... 7 20MARION TOWNSHIP.John Burk................................. 6 32W. W. Bush................................. 6 75Joshua Cobb............................. 5 70VV i! 1 i ar d Cob b ....................... 6 00Joseph Clark............................... 5 00William Fortune.......................... 5 52Nathan Hunter................. 11 38Charles Harding........................... 505Burrell Jackson........................... 6 55Sampson McConnell....................... 6 80Jeremiah Petit............................ 6 40John Robbins.............................. 7 35James Elder............................... 6 80SAXDCRKKK TOWNSHIP.Samuel DeArmond........................ 8 44James Davis.................. 500Jacob Robbins............................. 7 36William Robbins, sr....................... 6 79Nathaniel Robbins........................ 22 79Jeremiah Smith........................... 6 35Benjamin Taylor.......................... 5 75JACKSON TOWNSHIP,William Evans........................... 5 48James Fisher.............................. 5 60John Rohrer............................... 7 39Samuel Williams.......................... 7 32•Saltcreek township.Robert Ross.............................. 4 ?8NOTES.Martin Adkins, of Adams township, was the heaviest tax-payer in the county, being assessed at $11,500 and paying into the treasury $23.75.James Freeman, then the merchant prince of Greensburg, was the second heaviest tax-payer, being assessed at $11,480 aud paying 22.96.The tax levy was uniform throughout the county and amounted to twenty cents on the $100; fifteen cents of which were for State and five cents for county purposes. A poll tax of twenty-five cents for the county and fifty cents for the State was also Imposed.The heaviest tax-payer in Salt-creek township was Robert Ross who paid the enormous (?) sum of $4.28.There were only four persons in Jackson township who paid over five dollars tax. At that time Jackson was sparsely settled and beaver ponds and swamps made it a favorable place for chills and fevers. It was the last township in the countyto be brought under the control of the husbandmen, and is now the banner township of the county iu producing agricultural products.How time has changed Jackson!Fugit township, being the oldest township in the county, was the wealthiest in ,‘the county with the exception of Washington.The third heaviest tax-payer inlt;the county was Nathaniel .Robbins,of Sandjcreek township, who moved to Oregon iu 1852.Tile heaviest tax-payer in Claytownship was Dodridge Alley, whorepresented this county in the Legislature. He was a conspicuous fiaure iu Clay township at that time.
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Greensburg Standard
Greensburg, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 07, 1896
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