Mecklenburg Co Land Taxes

1782, 1787-1807, 1809-1813

Compiled by Martha Hills

NOTES:
1.  1800, 1807 were too faded.
2.  Whatever is in the box is what was written there on the original
document except the ?.
3.  1783-1786  -- no tax list pages exist except for pages concerning the
land alterations/alienations.
4.  1810:  the Littleberry listed with 142 A. is a younger one.  The clerk
copied the list from one year to the next and added any new property owners
at the end.
5.  I will define alienations/alterations as soon as I can find out.  I
assume they are land transactions.
6. 1808 didn't have a tax list.
 
 

PROPERTY OWNER 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792
Charles Bowen 160 160 160 160 160 160
James Bowen 117 117 117 117 117 117
Robert Bowen 60 60 60 est 60 est 60 est 60 est
David Bowen Senior 70 NO LAND        
Littleberry Bowen 50 100 100 100 100 100
Isham Bowen 80 80 80 80 80 80
Hicks Bowen 50 50 50 est 50 est  50 est  50 est
Jesse Bowen 75 75 75 75 75 155
Sterling Bowen 50 NO LAND        
William Bowen son of Wm 50 50 50 50 NO LAND  
             
Samuel Kirks 80 80 80 80 80  
             
PROPERTY OWNER 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798
Robert Bowen est NO LAND          
Littleberry Bowen 100 100 100 100 100 439 1/2
Isham Bowen 80 80 80 80 80 80
Charles Bowen 160 160 160 160 161 161
Hicks est 50 50 50 50 50 50
James Bowen 117 117 117 117 117 117
Jesse Bowen 193 193 193 193    
Charles & Isham Bowen 60          
Charles & James Bowen   60 60 60 60 60
David Bowen (upper distr)     25 25 25 25
Winnefred Bowen         293 146 1/2
             
Charles Kirks 58 58 58 58 58 58
             
PROPERTY OWNER 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804
David Bowen [upper distr] 25 25 25 25 25 25
Lewis Bowen [upper distr] 50 50 50 50 50 50
Littleberry Bowen 439 1/2 ? 439 1/2 439 1/2 439 1/2 481 1/2
Isham Bowen 80 ? 165 1/2 165 1/2 165 1/2 165 1/2
Charles Bowen 219 ? 233 1/2 233 1/2 233 1/2 85 1/2
Hicks Bowen estate 50 50 50 50 50 50
James Bowen 117 ? 217 217 217 217
Charles & James Bowen 60 ? 60 60 60 60
Winefred Bowen 146 1/2 146 1/2 146 1/2 146 1/2 146 1/2 146 1/2
Jeffah Bowen           60
Asa Bowen           88
Charles Kirks alienated          
             
PROPERTY OWNER 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810
David Bowen [upper distr] 25 25 25   25 25
Lewis Bowen [upper distr] 50 50 50   50 50
Elisha Bowen [upper distr]   88 1/2 88 1/2   88 1/2 88 1/2
Littleberry Bowen 481 1/2 481 1/2        
Isham Bowen 165 1/2 165 1/2     195 195
Charles Bowen 85 1/2 85 1/2     15 1/2 15 1/2
Hicks Bowen estate 50 50     50 50
James Bowen 217 117     117 117
Charles & James Bowen 60 60        
Winefred Bowen 146 1/2 146 1/2        
Jeffah Bowen 60 60     130 130
Asa Bowen 88 88     88 1/2 88 1/2
Littleberry Bowen           142
Littleberry Bowen Kirks     435   435 293
             
PROPERTY OWNER 1782         1811
Hicks Bowen 50          
Jesse Bowen 75          
Littleberry Bowen 50          
Charles Bowen too faded          
Robert Bowen 60          
David Bowen 100          
[too faded] Bowen Sr. 50          
             
Elisha Bowen [upper distr]           88 1/2
David Bowen [upper distr]           25
Lewis Bowen [upper distr]           50
Littleberry Bowen           142
Isham Bowen           195
Charles Bowen           15 1/2
Hicks Bowen estate           50
James Bowen           117
Jeffah Bowen           130
Asa Bowen           88 1/2
Leonard Bowen           151
             
Littleberry Bowen Kirks           263
PROPERTY OWNER ACRES DESCRIPTION
1812    
Elisha Bowen 88 1/2 Waters Aarons Creek
Lewis Bowen 109 1/2 Waters Buffaloe
Benjamin Bowen 60 Waters Buffaloe
     
Isham Bowen 165 No Descriptions this year of lower district
Charles Bowen 87 1/2  
Hicks Bowen estate 50  
James Bowen 117  
Jeffah Bowen 130  
Asa Bowen 118 1/2  
Leonard Bowen 151  
   
Littleberry Bowen Kirks 233  
     
PROPERTY OWNER    
1813    
Benjamin Bowen 60 Waters Buffalo/ Charles Hamlin, David Northington, Wm Davies
Lewis Bowen 109 1/2 Waters Buffalo/ [no names]
     
Littleberry Bowen 142 West side Eagles Nest Creek
Isham Bowen 165 East side Stithe Creek
Charles Bowen 87 1/2 On Long Branch
James Bowen 117 West side of Laytons Creek
Jeffah Bowen 130 On Long Branch
Asa Bowen 118 1/2 West side of Eagles Nest Creek
Leonard Bowen 151 West side of Taylors Road
     
Littleberry Bowen Kirks 253 East side of Eagles Nest Creek

Lunenburg tithe records for 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1764

Mecklenburg tax records 1782-1805

Mecklenburg tax records for 1806-1828

Combined land records for Brunswick, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg (patents, deeds, tithes, land tax records)
 
 

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Martha Hills and/or Frances Harper