GEORGIA

WILLIAM MATHEWS

Tax Digests 1785-1799

YEAR

DISTRICT

 

Lincoln

Wilkes

Oglethorpe

Warren

Elbert

 

C

F

G

I

J

M

N

P

BB

CC

KK

HHH

1785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1786

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

059

1787

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1790

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

075 Footnote

 

Footnote  

1791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

030 Footnote

 

 

1792

027

 

088A

 

055A

 

039

 

 

008 Footnote

 

1793

020

006

 

 

 

 

 

009

 

068

048

1794

018

 

 

 

 

 

 

057

 

 

Footnote  

1795

 

006

 

089B

 

 

 

043

These districts became part of Oglethorpe County in 1795

1796

These districts became part of Lincoln County in 1796

 

 

 

 

 

1797

006

 

029

 

080

1798

082

 

 

 

 

1799

 

 

 

 

055

See Frank Parker Hudson, Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records, 1785-1805, (2 Volumes).


Frank Parker Hudson's compilation is an incredible resource for this time period. The district letters are as assigned by him in his book. The numbers are also assigned by him, numbering each person in sequence as that person appears in the tax digest.


Moses Mathews, often said to be the father of William Mathews, appears starting in 1785 in District G, in the southern part of present day Lincoln County.


Joel Miller and William Miller appear in 1790 in District KKK, in the eastern end of present day Madison County. This area became part of Elbert County in 1791.

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com