Thursday, December 27, 2018

Rolling Mill Hill

First we will deal with the myth of Rolling Mill Hill and the Trolly Barns. Then on to some actual history about the area. The buildings on Rolling Mill Hill, now home to Pinewood Social and other businesses were built 1939-1941 to be used as city garages and shops. One of the larger buildings was used as a garage to repair and house city owned cars an truck. Others served as the city dog pound, the city sanitary department, the city building department, city sprinkling department and the city street cleaning department.

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Tax List 1787 - Davidson County, Tennessee

Tax List 1787 - Davidson County, Tennessee

History of Davidson County, Tennessee, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, by Prof. W. W. Clayton, J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1880, Reproduced by Higginson book Company, 1996, p. 58

Names of persons who were in Davidson county, in 1787, being the first year in which the tax on land and polls was taken, being (white) males over twenty-one years, three hundred and seventy-two and blacks one hundred and five between twelve and sixty years old.

Name Number of Taxables Name Number of Taxables
Armstrong, William 1 Anderson, Henry 1
Allard, Hardy 1 Armstrong, Francis 2
Bradshaw, H. 1 Boyles, H. 1
Boyers, H. 1 Berry, William 1
Baker, Nicholas 1 Baker, Reuben 1
Baker, A. 1 Borin, B. 1
Borin, William 1 Boyd, James 1
Bell, Hugh 2 Bushnell, __ 2
Baker, Joshua 1 Boyd, John 2
Bosley, James 17 Bell, John 2
Brown, Thomas 3 Butcher, G. 1
Barrow, John 1 Brown, William 1
Blair, Thomas 1 Buchanan, Samuel 1
Byrnes, James 1 Buchanan, John 1
Bowan, Thomas 1 Bradford, Henry 2
Buchanan, Archibald 2 Barnett, Robert 1
Blackamore, John 8 Blackamore, William 2
Blackamore, Thomas 2 Blackamore, George 1
Boyd, Andrew 1 Bodey, William 1
Boyd, John 1 Cartwright, J. 1
Crow, D. 1 Coonrod, N. 3
Cooper, James 1 Crane, John 1
Crawford, George 1 Carr, Robert 1
Contes, C. 1 Cain, Jesse 1
Comstock, Thomas 1 Crutcher, Thomas 1
Crutcher, William 1 Castleman, Jacob 1
Casselman, Andrew 1 Clark, Lardner 1
Casselman, John 1 Casselman, Benjamin 1
Cox, Thomas 1 Cockrill, John 1
Cox, John 1 Cox, Phenix 1
Carnahan, A. 1 Connor, William 1
Canyer, William 1 Cartwright, Robert 5
Cochran, John 1 Craighead, Thomas B. 2
Donaldson, Jacob 1 Duncan, M. 1
Duncan, John 1 Delaney, James 1
Dodge, Richard 1 Duncan, William 1
Duncan, Samuel and John 2 Donaldson, James 1
Duncan, D. 1 Drake, Benjamin 2
Drake, John 1 Drake, Benjamin, Jr. 1
Donaldson, William 12 Donaldson, John 3
Dennings, Robert 1 Exheart, D. 1
Ewing, Andrew 1 Ewing, Alexander 3
Euman, E. 1 Evan, Jesse 1
Edmonston, William, John, Robert, and Robert (2d) 4 Evans, John 1
Espy, James 1 Elliot, Falkner 1
Elliot, __ 1 Frazer John 1
Flancy, Daniel 1 Ford, Issac, Lewis, John 3
Freeland, Samuel 1 Foster, James 1
Frazer, Daniel 2 French, Thomas 1
Gilliland, Hugh 2 Guise, Charles and John 5
Gibson, John 1 Gramer, John 1
Grant, Squire 4 Gallaspy, William 1
Gentry, John 1 Geter, Argolas 1
Glaves, Michael 1 Guffy, Alexander and Henry 2
Hogan, Daniel 1 Harrod, Barnard 1
Hardin, M. 1 Hooper, William 1
Hooper, Absalom 7 Hall, James 1
Handley, S. 1 Huston, Ben 1
Hardin, B. 1 Hogan, H. 1
Henry, Hugh and Isaac 2 Hay, David 3
Hodge, F. 1 Harmand, Anthony 1
Hampton, A. 3 Howard, John 1
Hollis, James, John, Joshua
Samuel
4 Heaton, Robert and Amos 5
Hinds, William, Hamilton
James and Thomas
3 Harrold, Robert 1
Hays, Robert 4 Hope, John 1
Hannah, Jos. 2 Hornberger, Phil. 1
Harris, James 1 Ilor, M. 1
Jones, James and John 2 James, Daniel and Edward 2
James, Thomas 7 Joslin, Ben 1
Johns, Richard 1 Johnston, William 1
Kirkpatrick, John 3 Kennedy, Robert 1
Love, Joseph 1 Loggans, William 1
Lewis, Thomas and Hugh 2 Lenier, James and Henry 4
Lucas, Andrew 1 Lyles, Hugh 1
Long, William 1 Lancaster, Jno., 2 and Wm., 1 3
Lynn, Adam 1 Lindsay, James 1
Luper, John 1 Martin, Joseph 1
Marshall, William 1 McAllister, James 1
Mears, William 1 McNight, William 1
McFarland, John 1 Motheral, John 1
Mitchell, William 2 Mayfield, Isaac 1
Marshall, John 1 McGowen, Samuel 1
McDowell, John 1 McNight, Robert 1
Moore, William 1 Marlin, Archibald 1
McCarty, Jacob 1 McAntosh, Ben 1
Miller, Isaac 1 McAntosh, Thos. And Chas. 2
Murdoch, John 1 Martin, Samuel 2
McCain, Thomas 1 McFarland, Thomas 1
Maclin, William 7 McGough, John 1
Molloy, Thomas 3 Miniss, Ben 1
Moore, Alexanderv 1 McWhister, William 1
Martin, Archibald 1 McCutchen, Patrick, Samuel,
And James
3
McSpadden, __ 1 Murry, Thomas 1
McLane, Ephraim 1 McLane, Ephraim, (2d) 1
McFadden, Jas. 2, David 1, 3 McFarlin, James 2
McSea, John 1 Nobles, Mark 1
Neal, Thomas 1 Nash, William 1
Nusam, Jonas 2 Neely, Isaac 2
Nevilles, George 4 Owens, Charles and Arthur 2
Oglesby, John 1 O’Neall, Jonathan 2
Overall, Nathaniel and Wm. 2 Prince, Francis 10
Phillips, John 1 Pennington, Jacob 4
Pirtle, George 1 Payne, Matthew, George and
Josiah
3
Peterson, Isaac 1 Pollock, William B. 1
Pennington, Isaac 3 Prochman, Phil. 1
Ruland, Lewis 1 Ray, Stephen 1
Rounsevall, David, Isaac and
Josiah
3 Robertson, Alex 2
Robertson, M. and Mark 2 Ralston, David 1
Ramsey, William 1 Reckner, Coonrod 1
Roberts, Isaac 1 Reed, Alexander 1
Robertson, Elijah 6 Robertson, Richard 1
Robertson, James 8 Ramsey, Josiah 2
Ross, James 1 Stuart, William 1
Shaw, Joseph, William and
David
3 Shannon, Samuel, William
and David
3
Shoat, Isaac 1 Standley, David, Joseph and
John
3
Smothers, A. 1 Spiles, W. 1
Singleton, St. John 1 Smith, Jesse and Ezekial 2
Stump, Frederick 4 Stump, Frederick, Jr. 1
Shannon, John 1 Steel, Andrew 1
Sutton, M. 1 Stull, Zachariah 1
Scott, James 1 Swanson, Edward 1
Sides, P. 2 Shelby, Evan 4
Thompson, Azariah 4 Thompson, Thomas,Laurence and Andrew 3
Taylor, Thomas 1 Thomas, John, William, Isaac, John 4
Tillsforth, Isaac 3 Thompson, Charles, James, Robert 3
Taitt, William 1 Titus, Ebenezer 1
Todd, James 1 Tennin, H. and James 2
Walker, Samuel, John, Phil. 3 Walker, John 2
Wells, H. 1 Winters, C. and M. 2
Wallace, Samuel 1 Willis, James 1
Williamson, James 3 Williams, Dan and Daniel 2
Williams, Sampson 1 Williams, William 2
Woolard, Isaac 1 White, Solomon 1
Wilcocks, Samuel 6