A List of the Taxable Town Lots within the District of Travers D. Moncure, Commissioner of Revenue in the County of Stafford for the year 1859

Name of Owner Residence Tenure Town Lot No. Value buildings Value of Lots including Buildings Amount of Taxes on Lots Explanation of Alterations
        $ ¢ $ ¢ $ ¢  
Abbott, Elizabeth Stafford fee simple 2 375 00 400 00 1 60 from R. W. Corbin & wife trans'd 1858
Abbott, James T. Stafford fee simple 55 100 00 150 00   60 from Bazil Kiger trans'd 1858
same from Kiger     56     100 00   40 from same trans'd 1858
                     
Bundy, Armistead (B) Stafford fee Sim 66 150 00 200 00   80  
Butler, Eliza (B) Stafford fee Sim 67 100 00 150 00   60  
same   fee Sim 23 100 00 150 00   60  
Barnes, Harrison B.& Sisters Stafford fee Sim 78 & 79 800 00 1000 00 4 00  
Brook, Sarah Stafford fee Sim 92 400 00 500 00 2 00  
                     
Conway, Walker P. Stafford fee ½ of 7 2500 00 3000 00 12 00  
same   fee 10 & 11 200 00 500 00 2 00  
same   fee Part of 81 500 00 500 00 2 00  
same as Trustee   trust 82 450 00 600 00 2 40 from Paul Hall Trustee of the Baptist Church 1859
Conway, John M. Jr. Est. Stafford fee 28 500 00 750 00 3 00 for the benefit of Elz. T. Grinnan
Corbin, Richard W. & wife Stafford fee ½ of 12, 13 & 17 500 00 600 00 2 40 All Judith Potts Int to A. W. Corbin 1859
                     
Dunbar, Anna G. Stafford fee 21 & 22 3000 0 4000 00 16 00 from E. G. Dunbar trans'd 1853
Daffan, W. & A. Goodwin Stafford fee 2 600 00 750 00 3 00  
Davis, James W. Stafford fee Ware House 80 350 00 400 00 1 60 from Eustace Conway trans'd 1852
                     
Easton, Seldon Stafford fee Store House 2 2250 00 2500 00 10 00 from J. B. Ficklen trans'd 1855
                     
Ford, James W. Stafford fee vacant lot 100 00 100 00   40  
Fox, Toby (B) Stafford fee part of 23 120 00 150 00   60  
Forbes, Murray Stafford fee 29 & 35 2250 00 2500 00 10 00  
same   fee Store House 85 600 00 800 00 3 20  
same   fee Ware House lot 85 600 00 800 00 3 20  
same   fee 61 200 00 200 00   80  
same   fee 85 100 00 150 00   60  
same   fee 28 300 00 400 00 1 60  
page 1     32 17,145 00 21,350 00 85 40  
Fitzhugh, William H. Stafford fee Dwelling House lot 6 2250 00 2500 00 10 00 from Anna C. & D. H. Gordon trans'd 1855
same     Stable lot 800 00 1000 00 4 00 from same trans'd 1855
Ficklin, Joseph B. Stafford fee vacant lot 82     100 00   40  
same   fee Stable lot 80 150 00 200 00   80  
same   fee Dwelling House & Lot 20 650 00 860 00 3 40  
same   fee House & lot 9 1000 00 1200 00 4 80  
same   fee small house & Lots 6 & 7 350 00 400 00 1 60 from D. H. Gordon trans'd 1855
same   fee Coopers Shop2 350 00     2 00 from same
same   fee Vacant Lot 95     50 00   20 from same
same   fee Ware House 450 00 500 00 2 00 from same
same   fee Vacant Lot 16     100 00   40 from same trans'd 1855
                     
Green, Duff's Estate Stafford fee Store House & lot 3 2500 00 2750 00 11 00  
same   fee House & lot 300 00 350 00 1 40  
same   fee Elmn Factory 3 11,500 00 12,000 00 48 00  
same   fee Vacant Lot 15     50 00   20  
same   fee Vacant Lot 32     50 00   20  
same   fee Ware House 1& 2 1500 00 1550 00 6 20  
same   fee House & lot & stable 400 00 500 00 2 00  
same   fee Long House 6 600 00 650 00 2 60  
Green Eliza Ann Stafford life Dwelling House 14 2250 00 2500 00 10 00 from D. Green by will trans'd 1855
same from Trustee of town   fee old engine house 20 350 00 400 00 1 60 from trustee of T. of Falmouth tra'd 1859
Grinnan, E. A. Stafford trust 3/4 of 16 200 0 350 00 1 40 from Eustace Conway trans'd 1854
Green, James (B) Stafford fee 32 100 00 150 00   60  
Green, William J. Stafford fee Part of 85 100 00 150 00   60  
Guy, John Stafford fee 3 800 00 1000 00 4 00 from John F. Ficklen trans'd 1853
Greaves, Nathaniel Stafford fee 86 600 00 800 00 3 20  
same   fee 86 600 00 800 00 3 20  
same   fee 86 50 00 100 00   40  
same   fee 86 300 00 400 00 1 60  
                     
Hill, Harris Stafford fee 99 150 00 200 00   80  
Page 2     32 28,300 00 32,150 00 128 60  
Hall, Benjamin Stafford fee 103 450 00 600 00 2 40  
Hewitt, Thomas H. Stafford fee 86 1200 00 1200 00 4 80  
Harding, Strother's Estate Stafford fee 2 450 00 600 00 2 40  
Head, William Stafford fee 97 500 00 600 00 2 40 from Trustee M. E. Church trans'd 1857
                     
Johnston, Benjamin (B) Stafford fee 103 100 00 150 00   60  
                     
Keys, Polly (B) Stafford fee 67 100 00 150 00   60  
Kiger, Bazill Mississippi fee 55     100 00   40 from George Kiger trans'd 1854
                     
Leitch, Hannah & daughters Stafford fee 84 400 00 500 00 2 00  
Latham, Bettie R. Stafford fee 33 & 84 1200 00 1600 00 6 40 from John M. Whitamore 1854
same   fee 56 & 62 200 00 250 00 1 00 from John M. Whitamore 1854
                     
Mason, Alexander H. Estate Stafford fee 30 & 36 1000 00 1350 00 5 40  
Miller, William H. Fredericksburg fee 2 450 00 600 00 2 40  
Moncure, Richard C. L. Stafford fee 2 150 00 200 00   80  
same   fee 9 100 00 140 00   56  
                     
O'Banion, John M. Stafford fee part of 103 1000 00 1200 00 4 80  
same   fee 61 400 00 500 00 2 00  
same   fee Stable lot 250 00 300 00 1 20  
same   fee Blacksmith shop & lot 1 100 00 150 00   60  
same   fee ware house & lot 84 400 00 450 00 1 80  
same   fee Dwelling House & lot 57 & 58 350 00 400 00 1 60  
same   fee 29 & 35 1000 00 1200 00 4 80  
same   fee 24 250 00 300 00 1 20 R. W. Corbin Int to John M. O'Bannon 1857
same   fee 80 350 00 350 00 1 40 from same trans'd 1857
same   fee 81 350 00 400 00 1 60 from same trans'd 1857
same   fee   100 00 150 00   60  
                     
Rose, Lawrence B. Stafford fee 25 & 27 1200 00 1400 00 5 60 from Nathaniel Greaves trans'd 1859
Page 3     32 12,050 00 14,840 00 59 36  
Rose, Lawrence B. Stafford fee pt 20 250 00 300 00 1 20  
Sullivan, Thompson J. Stafford fee Coopers Shop, part of 80 50 00 150 00   60 from A. H. Mason & C. F. Mason trans'd 1858
Seddon, Nancy Est Stafford fee 99 150 00 200 00   80  
Suttle, John H. & Charles F. Stafford fee Part of 81 400 00 500 00 2 00 from J. H. & C. T. Suttle trans'd 1859
Stiers, Mary J. Stafford fee 80 450 00 600 00 2 40  
                     
Waller, Catharine B. Stafford fee 36 1500 00 2000 00 8 00  
same           200 00   80  
                     
Yates, John B. Stafford fee 40 800 00 1200 00 4 80  
same from Duff Green           50 00   20 from D. Green's Exors trans'd 1857
same from A. M. Green           50 00   20 from A. M. Green trans'd 1857
Yates, Betty C. Stafford fee 40 & 47 & 48     130 00   52  
Page 4     13 3,600 00 5,380 00 21 52 fraction none
Township Recapitulation
No. of Freeholders 939
No. of Acres 168,950
Value of Land per acre $9.62
Sum added to land on acc't of buildings $278,700
Value of land & buildings $1,626,142.50
Value of buildings on "Town Lots" $61,990
Value of Town Lots + Buildings $75,335
Land Tax $6,504.57
Lot Tax $301.34
Total Tax $6,912.51

Free African American citizens owning property in Falmouth were noted in the land tax with a (B. In transcribing the close parenthesis has been added


Last Updated on 4/03/2001
Enterred by Gary Stanton
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