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Davidson County Merchants Licenses and Fees 1839

Davidson County Minute Book B, Page 465 - Records of Davidson County Court Oct 1835 - Sept. 1841

Tax on Merchants and other licenses.
From October 1, 1838 to October 1, 1839

Name of Business License FeeName of Business License Fee
Ensley & Rains 10.00 Wm Gilliam 10.00
Wm D. Park 10.00 Joseph Anderson 20.00
Adams & Crockett 10.00 Saunders & Martin 20.00
Kay & Thomas 20.00 Hamilton & McNairy 10.00
E. C. Stodder 10.00 Conner & McAlister 20.00
Trigg & Greene 10.00 Wm W Brown 3.00
R. H. Gardner & Co. 10.00 John Johnson 4.00
Landon Harrison 10.00 James Ridley 4.00
Robert I. Moore 10.00 A Vanwyck 20.00
Brown & Derious 50.00 A McIntosh 10.00
Hall & Washington 10.00 James Ridley 8.00
Wm. W. Meredith 10.00 James J Gill & Co 25.00
C. & R. McFadden 10.00 Moses Patterson 4.00
W. H. Lucas 10.00 H & J Kirkman 10.00
John Peabody 10.00 Clay & Rice 10.00
David S. Smith 10.00 Wayne & Mayson 10.00
Wm. Swingston 10.00 Thomas Alderson 75.00
Henry A. Cargill 10.00 Ensley & Rains 10.00
J & R Aldrich 10.00 Jesse T. Smith 10.00
A D & C F Berry 10.00 John Tucker & Co. 10.00
Pleasant Smith & Co. 10.00 Wm Pulley 3.00
John Campbell 10.00 Heifs & Colter 10.00
Robert Smith 10.00 Willo. Dozier 5.00
Thomas Farrell 10.00 Thomas Neely 5.00
Wm. McClure 10.00 John Hooper 4.00
Moses Norvell 20.00 Greenfield Kay & Co. 10.00
Wm Crockett & Co. 10.00 Wm Shelton 4.00
Saml Hill 10.00 Wm Trimble 10.00
John W. Walker 20.00 Yellowby & Woodward 10.00
John M Hill 10.00 R Payne & Son 10.00
Alexd Nichol 10.00 John Shelby 8.00
John Nichol 10.00 John Shelby 10.00
I & R Yeatman & Co. 20.00 A B Sluder 10.00
James Erwin 10.00 Enoch Brown 4.00
Samuel Seay 25.00 David T. McGavock 10.00
Johnson Rayburn & Co. 20.00 John Whitsitt 3.00
Paul N 10.00 John H Clopton 8.00
Stevenson, Martin & Co. 10.00 Thomas Demoss 6.00
S W Foster 10.00 Peyton T. Rascoe 3.00
J B Robinson 10.00 George W. Charlton 5.00
Clopton & Earthman 10.00 George J. Cagle 6.00
Jackson Greer 10.00 James McGavock 5.00
John N Todd 10.00 Sylvanus & Benson 10.00
Wm Dunning 10.00 McCurdy & Fussell 10.00
A B Robertson & Co. 10.00 George Gibson 20.00
Morgan Allison & Co. 20.00 Thomas Gowdy 22.00
Otis Arnold & Co. 20.00 J B Snowden 10.00
Hall & Payne 10.00 Wm H Phillips 6.00
James H. Smith 10.00 John B West 10.00
Temple & Bostick 10.00 Martin Stevenson & Co. 10.00
Robert H. Jones 10.00 S Hunt & Co. 10.00
Robert Lusk 20.00 Petet & Co. 10.00
George Wilson 10.00 Carter Allen 3.00
Philip Callagham 10.00 S. P. Cheatham 90.00
Box & Jennett 10.00 S. P. Cheatham 90.00
Thomas Callendar 10.00 Wm. Harris 3.00
Henry M Hutton 10.00 Nichol & Brothers 10.00
Thomas D. Toy 10.00 Trabue & Lapsley 20.00
W. H. Kelso 10.00 Margaret & Madiss 10.00
V. K. Stevenson 10.00 Charles Sayres 10.00
Eakin & Brothers 20.00 S B Fite & Co 10.00
Dyer Pearl 20.00 Jacob Hartshorn 10.00
Bell & Thompson 0.00 Thomas Graham 10.00
Woodward Sullivan & Co. 10.00 Howard Sims 10.00
James W. Wright 5.00 James Williamson 4.00
James W. Wright 8.00 James _____ 10.00
Joseph Cook 3.00 John Larkins 10.00
John W Pennington 6.00 Moses & Aaron Wright 10.00
Joseph L. Ewing 5.00 Wm Love 1.50
John B Lyon 5.00
John Greer 3.00
Wm W Berry 10.00

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Davidson County Schedule of Privilege Fees 1840

Davidson County Minute Book B, page 468 - Records of Davidson County Court Oct 1835 - Sept. 1841

January term 1840 - The court proceeded to assess the county taxes, to be paid by the inhabitants of this county upon all taxable property and privileges for the year 1840, as follows, to wit,

Privileges License Fee
Auctioneers 25.00
Confectioners 10.00
Brokers 20.00
Feats of Activity, shows, sleights of hand or any exhibition for which money is taken 50.00
Playing cards, per deck 0.50
Hawkers & peddlars of clocks or merchandise on each wagon or vehicle so employed 25.00
Retailers of goods wares & merchandise or clocks from boats or water craft 25.00
Keepers of race tract kept by Jockey club 50.00
On every grant ordered for land registered on every 100 acres 0.10
On every town lot, or part of lot, registered 0.20
On every person or firm of copartners or agent of any insurance company from any other state who opens an office 200.00
Wholesale merchants or firm of copartners 20.00
Commission merchants 20.00
Retail merchants, grocers, jewellers & druggists 10.00
Puchasing bills, bonds, notes, or obligations for the payment of money at a greater discount than six percent per annum, on all sums over $500.00 ten cents on each $100.00 0.10
On each toll bridge 20.00
Yeatman Woods & Co. Banking privilege 500.00

And it is ordered that Smith Criddle clerk of this court collect the money arising from privileges.

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Davidson County Merchants Licenses and Fees 1839

Davidson County Minute Book B, Page 465 - Records of Davidson County Court Oct 1835 - Sept. 1841

Tax on Merchants and other licenses.
From October 1, 1838 to October 1, 1839

Name of Business License FeeName of Business License Fee
Ensley & Rains 10.00 Wm Gilliam 10.00
Wm D. Park 10.00 Joseph Anderson 20.00
Adams & Crockett 10.00 Saunders & Martin 20.00
Kay & Thomas 20.00 Hamilton & McNairy 10.00
E. C. Stodder 10.00 Conner & McAlister 20.00
Trigg & Greene 10.00 Wm W Brown 3.00
R. H. Gardner & Co. 10.00 John Johnson 4.00
Landon Harrison 10.00 James Ridley 4.00
Robert I. Moore 10.00 A Vanwyck 20.00
Brown & Derious 50.00 A McIntosh 10.00
Hall & Washington 10.00 James Ridley 8.00
Wm. W. Meredith 10.00 James J Gill & Co 25.00
C. & R. McFadden 10.00 Moses Patterson 4.00
W. H. Lucas 10.00 H & J Kirkman 10.00
John Peabody 10.00 Clay & Rice 10.00
David S. Smith 10.00 Wayne & Mayson 10.00
Wm. Swingston 10.00 Thomas Alderson 75.00
Henry A. Cargill 10.00 Ensley & Rains 10.00
J & R Aldrich 10.00 Jesse T. Smith 10.00
A D & C F Berry 10.00 John Tucker & Co. 10.00
Pleasant Smith & Co. 10.00 Wm Pulley 3.00
John Campbell 10.00 Heifs & Colter 10.00
Robert Smith 10.00 Willo. Dozier 5.00
Thomas Farrell 10.00 Thomas Neely 5.00
Wm. McClure 10.00 John Hooper 4.00
Moses Norvell 20.00 Greenfield Kay & Co. 10.00
Wm Crockett & Co. 10.00 Wm Shelton 4.00
Saml Hill 10.00 Wm Trimble 10.00
John W. Walker 20.00 Yellowby & Woodward 10.00
John M Hill 10.00 R Payne & Son 10.00
Alexd Nichol 10.00 John Shelby 8.00
John Nichol 10.00 John Shelby 10.00
I & R Yeatman & Co. 20.00 A B Sluder 10.00
James Erwin 10.00 Enoch Brown 4.00
Samuel Seay 25.00 David T. McGavock 10.00
Johnson Rayburn & Co. 20.00 John Whitsitt 3.00
Paul N 10.00 John H Clopton 8.00
Stevenson, Martin & Co. 10.00 Thomas Demoss 6.00
S W Foster 10.00 Peyton T. Rascoe 3.00
J B Robinson 10.00 George W. Charlton 5.00
Clopton & Earthman 10.00 George J. Cagle 6.00
Jackson Greer 10.00 James McGavock 5.00
John N Todd 10.00 Sylvanus & Benson 10.00
Wm Dunning 10.00 McCurdy & Fussell 10.00
A B Robertson & Co. 10.00 George Gibson 20.00
Morgan Allison & Co. 20.00 Thomas Gowdy 22.00
Otis Arnold & Co. 20.00 J B Snowden 10.00
Hall & Payne 10.00 Wm H Phillips 6.00
James H. Smith 10.00 John B West 10.00
Temple & Bostick 10.00 Martin Stevenson & Co. 10.00
Robert H. Jones 10.00 S Hunt & Co. 10.00
Robert Lusk 20.00 Petet & Co. 10.00
George Wilson 10.00 Carter Allen 3.00
Philip Callagham 10.00 S. P. Cheatham 90.00
Box & Jennett 10.00 S. P. Cheatham 90.00
Thomas Callendar 10.00 Wm. Harris 3.00
Henry M Hutton 10.00 Nichol & Brothers 10.00
Thomas D. Toy 10.00 Trabue & Lapsley 20.00
W. H. Kelso 10.00 Margaret & Madiss 10.00
V. K. Stevenson 10.00 Charles Sayres 10.00
Eakin & Brothers 20.00 S B Fite & Co 10.00
Dyer Pearl 20.00 Jacob Hartshorn 10.00
Bell & Thompson 0.00 Thomas Graham 10.00
Woodward Sullivan & Co. 10.00 Howard Sims 10.00
James W. Wright 5.00 James Williamson 4.00
James W. Wright 8.00 James _____ 10.00
Joseph Cook 3.00 John Larkins 10.00
John W Pennington 6.00 Moses & Aaron Wright 10.00
Joseph L. Ewing 5.00 Wm Love 1.50
John B Lyon 5.00
John Greer 3.00
Wm W Berry 10.00

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Davidson County Schedule of Privilege Fees 1840

Davidson County Minute Book B, page 468 - Records of Davidson County Court Oct 1835 - Sept. 1841

January term 1840 - The court proceeded to assess the county taxes, to be paid by the inhabitants of this county upon all taxable property and privileges for the year 1840, as follows, to wit,

Privileges License Fee
Auctioneers 25.00
Confectioners 10.00
Brokers 20.00
Feats of Activity, shows, sleights of hand or any exhibition for which money is taken 50.00
Playing cards, per deck 0.50
Hawkers & peddlars of clocks or merchandise on each wagon or vehicle so employed 25.00
Retailers of goods wares & merchandise or clocks from boats or water craft 25.00
Keepers of race tract kept by Jockey club 50.00
On every grant ordered for land registered on every 100 acres 0.10
On every town lot, or part of lot, registered 0.20
On every person or firm of copartners or agent of any insurance company from any other state who opens an office 200.00
Wholesale merchants or firm of copartners 20.00
Commission merchants 20.00
Retail merchants, grocers, jewellers & druggists 10.00
Puchasing bills, bonds, notes, or obligations for the payment of money at a greater discount than six percent per annum, on all sums over $500.00 ten cents on each $100.00 0.10
On each toll bridge 20.00
Yeatman Woods & Co. Banking privilege 500.00

And it is ordered that Smith Criddle clerk of this court collect the money arising from privileges.

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