Black Taxpayers in the Americus Tax Digest
1869*
compiled by Alan Anderson

(* The earliest surviving city tax digest)

A - Peter Anchrom, Coffee Anderson, George Andrews
B - Marshall B____, Allen Barthell, Andrew Bell, George Bell, 
    David Breedlove, Robert Breedlove, Mary Brooks, Nelson Brown, 
    John Burnette, Washington Butts (Defaulters:  Allen Brazwell,
    Miles Breedlove, Nelson Brown)
C - Bartlett Carter, Charles Catledge, Burwell Clayton, Pat Coleman,
    Clarke Comer, Levi Congleton, Lizzie Congleton, George Cook,
    Riley Covington (Defaulters:  Tilman Calhoun)
D - Greene D___d, Elefair Davis, Henry Davis, Isham Davis, Monroe
    Davis, Mary Drewery, Andrew Dudley (Defaulters:  Richard Daniels,
    Jackson Dawson, John B. Dudley)
E - Thomas Edwards, Thomas Elliott, Cicero Ellis, James Ellis, 
    Mitchell Ellis
F - Wm. Fields, Jr., Ph__ Ford
G - John Greene, Solomon Grey, Martin Grinton, Phate Guerry (Defaul-
    ters:  Jerry Grey)
H - Charles Hames, George Hames, Peter Harris, Virgil Harris, John
    Hawkins, John Hawkins, Jr. alias John Roberts, Sam Hawkins, 
    Elbert Head, Jacob Hill, Erma House (Defaulters:  Alfred Hammond,
    Wesley Harrison, John Hill, R.C. Holt)
J - Vince Jackson, Jasper Jeames, Gilbert Jefferson, Dan Johnson,
    Austin Jones, Frederick Jones, Letha Jones
K - Cato Key (Defaulters:  Ellerou King, Emanuel King, Lin King,
    Robt. King)
L - Joseph Lowery, Charles Lyons (Defaulters:  Henry Lewis, Richard
    Lewis)
M - Sam Martin, George Mathis, Larkin Mathis, Wm. McCoy, Peter McRea,
    Abednego Mims, Meshock Mims, Lee Mott
N - Edmund Neil, Oliver Nelson (Defaulters:  Austin Nelms, Sam Nelson)
O - (Defaulters:  Monroe Oliver, Sam Oliver, Henry Osborn, John Osborn)
P - Elizabeth Parker, Jonas Powell (Defaulters:  Charles Payne)
R - ____ Rhodes, Vince Riviere
S - Dennis Shepherd, ____ Smith, Allen Stephens, Sam Stephens, John
    Stewart, Marshal Swanigan (Defaulters:  Wm. Sanders, Sandy Slappy,
    Cato Solomon)
T - Stephen Tondee, Charlotte Toole (Defaulters:  Allen T____, 
    Anthony T____, Miles T___ket, Charles Tennison, Allen Thompson,
    Cobib Tippen)
W - Alvin Ward, Luke Whitehead, Fred Williams, Mortimer Wood