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Tax Roll in 1884 of Abraham Lyles.

Item

Title
Tax Roll in 1884 of Abraham Lyles.
Description
Abraham’s tax roll in 1884 identifies what year he and his family lived in Pilot Point-Denton, Texas, as there are no prior tax rolls listing the family until this date. Notice that the document list the number of cattle, wagons, and horses or mules the Lyles family had during that year: because of this, he is assumed to be a farmer. It also shows that he owned his own land near the St. John’s Church.
Date
1884
Source
"Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8P-NYDS : 21 July 2017), Abram Liles, 1884.
Subject
Tax Roll
1880s
Taxes
Lyles