1.  Christian County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, 1797-1816.  Heritage Quest, Microfilm No. V20-72 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).  The more you work with the tax lists, the more you realize how sloppy, inconsistent, and incomplete they are.  Don't read them absolutely literally, and don't conclude that because someone is absent for a year or more that they are not in the county.  People were occasionally exempted from taxes, for a variety of reasons (e.g., old age, poverty, service to the community, widowhood, etc.).  Below, a grey cell means that datum was not taken that year.  The date the list was turned in to the county clerk by the "lister" (tax collector) was not recorded after 1811.

The county was divided into two districts, but the tax lists did not distinguish between them every year.  If an individual occurs on both sides of the 1806-1807 change (from N-S to E-W), it can be helpful in locating them in today's Christian, Todd, or Trigg Cos.  The tax lists reflect the two districts in these years:

1799	No. 1 and No. 2
1801	North/No. 1 and South/No. 2
1804-1806	North and South
1807-1809	East/No. 1 and West/No. 2

We obviously have two (or more) Samuel's here, and the big question is:  How does the Samuel THOMPSON who married Matilda BRADLEY relate to the Samuel THOMPSON who married Polly READER?  The fact that Elizabeth THOMPSON — supposed daughter of Samuel and Mary — married in 1806 in Christian Co., KY, makes it almost certain that her parents were in Christian Co. in 1806.  So which Samuel is which on this list?  Or are they the same person?  That is, was Matilda BRADLEY the second wife of the Samuel who married Mary?  Or was the Samuel who married Matilda son of the Samuel who married Mary (and/or Elizabeth?)?

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
											1st	2nd	3rd
1797-1801	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1802		Aug 13	Thompson Samuel	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1803-1804	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1805	North	Apr 13	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1806	North	Jun 02	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	400	Trade Water	John Thompson	Same	-
1807	West	-	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	- - -	- - -	90 400 400	Tradewater do do	Thos McCarrel Metilday Bradley his own name	same same same	- - -
1808	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1809	No. 2	Oct 24	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	- - - -	- - - -	400  90 400 400	Tradwater Tradwater same same Hopkins Cty	Wm Bradley* Thomas McCarrell Matilda Bradley Samuel Thompson	- Thos McCarrell - Saml Thompson	- - - -
		Oct 24	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1810		Jul 11	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	- - -	- - -	400 400  90	Trade Water Same Same	M Bradley Saml Thompson Tho[unreadable]	Same Same Same	- Same -
		Jun 30	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1811		Jun 17	Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	- - -	- - -	400  90 400	T Water Same Same	Saml Thompson Saml Carrel M Bradley	- - -	- - -
1812			Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	- - -	- - -	400 400  90	T water Same Same	Matilda Bradley Bradly Thos McCarrell	Same Same Same	- - -
1813			Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	- -	- -	400  90	T water same	J Bradley T M[unreadable]	same S Thompson	- -
1814			Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	- - -	- - -	400 400  90	T water same same	W. Bradly M. Bradley Thos McCarrel	same same same	- - -
1815			Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	- - -	- - -	400 400  90	Trade water same same	Wm Bradley Matilda Bradley Thos McCarrel	- - Saml Thompson	- - -
1816			Thompson Samuel	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	- - -	- - -	400 400  90	Wf same same	- M Bradley Samuel Thompson	- - -	- - -
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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.

*There is something written between Wm. Bradley's name and Thomas McCarrell's name, but I can't decipher it.

.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

.  Email from June Riccio.