1800 Kentucky Register's Office Land Tax Receipt – 1,433⅓ Acres on Green River – Relative of Davy Crockett, Logan County Frontier
Original Kentucky Register's Office land tax receipt completed 15 November 1800, acknowledging payment by Thomas McGhee through Joseph Crockett of taxes due for the 1799 tax year.
The receipt records payment on an impressive 1,433⅓-acre tract situated along the Green River in Logan County, with manuscript references to a confluence and Capt. David Apperson, providing important clues to the property's original survey and early ownership.
Printed government receipts from Kentucky's first decade of statehood are increasingly scarce, particularly those identifying large frontier landholdings. This document offers a tangible connection to the rapid settlement of Kentucky immediately following statehood and illustrates the administration of land taxation on the western frontier.
Details
- Original printed and manuscript government document.
- Register's Office receipt.
- Dated 15 November 1800.
- Taxes paid for the 1799 tax year.
- Thomas McGhee, taxpayer.
- Joseph Crockett, receiver.
- Signed by Register Thomas Ragg.
- 1,433⅓-acre Green River tract in Logan County.
- Original laid paper with folds, light age toning, and minor edge wear.
- Reverse bears contemporary filing notation.
An outstanding piece of early Kentucky frontier history, ideal for collectors of western expansion, land grants, genealogy, Green River history, and early American governmental records.
Original Kentucky Register's Office land tax receipt completed 15 November 1800, acknowledging payment by Thomas McGhee through Joseph Crockett of taxes due for the 1799 tax year.
The receipt records payment on an impressive 1,433⅓-acre tract situated along the Green River in Logan County, with manuscript references to a confluence and Capt. David Apperson, providing important clues to the property's original survey and early ownership.
Printed government receipts from Kentucky's first decade of statehood are increasingly scarce, particularly those identifying large frontier landholdings. This document offers a tangible connection to the rapid settlement of Kentucky immediately following statehood and illustrates the administration of land taxation on the western frontier.
Details
- Original printed and manuscript government document.
- Register's Office receipt.
- Dated 15 November 1800.
- Taxes paid for the 1799 tax year.
- Thomas McGhee, taxpayer.
- Joseph Crockett, receiver.
- Signed by Register Thomas Ragg.
- 1,433⅓-acre Green River tract in Logan County.
- Original laid paper with folds, light age toning, and minor edge wear.
- Reverse bears contemporary filing notation.
An outstanding piece of early Kentucky frontier history, ideal for collectors of western expansion, land grants, genealogy, Green River history, and early American governmental records.
