Oldham HIGHTOWER

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Oldham HIGHTOWER

Husband: Oldham HIGHTOWER
Birth: bef. 1783/4, ca. 1776
Resided: Christian Co., KY
Father: Austin Augustine HIGHTOWER
Mother: Keziah __?__

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Sources:

1. Christian County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, 1797-1816. Heritage Quest, Microfilm No. V20-72 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).

Year District Dates of
Receiving
Lists Persons Names
Chargeable with
the Tax A B C D E F G Acres Watercourse In Whose Name
Entered In Whose Name
Surveyed In Whose Name
Patented

1^st 2^nd 3^rd

1797-8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

1799¹ 2² [unreadable] Hightower, Oldham 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - -

1800 May 16 Hightower, Oldham 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - -

1801-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Legend for numerical data [grey indicates that particular datum was not taken that year]: A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20; C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses & Mares (gelded male horses and female horses); F = Stud Horses (intact male horses); G = Rate of Covering (stud fee, in dollars); 1st/2nd/3rd refer to 1st Rate, 2nd Rate, or 3rd Rate land.

¹Livingston Co. was formed in 1798/9 from western Christian Co. (it was created legislatively in 1798 and organized locally in 1799). In 1799, the Christian Co. tax book is labeled "Christian or Livingston." The Livingston Co. tax books begin in 1800.
²"District 2" in 1799 is the southern half of Christian Co.; after 1804, District 2 was the western half of the county.

Oldham is the only HIGHTOWER on the list between 1797 and 1803.

2. A.B. Willhite. [n.d.] Christian Co., Kentucky, Tax List, 1804-1809. (self-published; available from author at 4396 Coopertown Rd., Russellville, KY 42276, or from the Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY):

Pg. in
Willhite Year Dist.* Last
Name First
Name A B C D E Acres Watercourse

7 1804 South Hightower Oldham 1 - - - 3 200 Richland Creek, Livingston Co., Ky

- 1805-9 - - - - - - - - - -

Legend for numerical data:
A = White Males 21 or over; B = White Males 16-20 (this column not used in 1809); C = Blacks over 16; D = Total Blacks; E = Horses

*The county was divided into just two districts: from 1804 to 1806, into North and South Districts; and from 1807 to 1809, into East and West Districts.

Richland Creek is a tributary of the Cumberland River, which river forms the boundary between today's Livingston and Lyon Cos. I've never quite figured out why someone from one county would show up on the tax rolls of another county, but it does happen, and not all that infrequently. Oldham is the only HIGHTOWER in this book.

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