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Caldwell's in Livingston Co, KY
I spent some cursory time at the Dallas Public Library this week and checked the Tax Rolls for early Livingston Co, KY. First some historical background:
Livingston was created on December 13, 1798, from a section of Christian Co, KY. No loss of records by courthouse fire.
Christian County was formed from a portion of Logan County in 1796 and organized on March l, 1797. Loss of records by courthouse fire in 1864; but most records seem to be available from the Family History Center on microfilm.
Logan County was formed from Lincoln County on September 1, 1792. No loss of records by courthouse fire. Lincoln Co, KY was one of the original 3 KY counties.
Tax Rolls
Tax rolls are a good check of how long a family was living in an area. Kentucky tax rolls were submitted to VA (when a colony) and then from 1792 to the state government. Even where counties have had court house fires, you can generally use the tax rolls, as a copy has usually survived. Often a person appearing for the first time signifies their reaching age 16 (when reported) or age 21. Check each year’s reporting requirement and columns of info.
1800-1802
I did a check of 1800 -1802. John Caldwell (400 ac) and David Caldwell (3 tracts of 200 ac each) are there.
John Caldwell reported 1 male over 21, 1 male over age 16 (in 1800), 6 blacks over age 16, 10 total blacks, & 4-7 horses.
David Caldwell reported 1 male over 21, 1 male over 16 (1802), 5-6 blacks over 16, 12-14 total blacks and 10 horses. He reported a much larger amount of land in 1802. James Caldwell appears in 1802 with no land and 1 horse next to David Caldwell.
1808-1814
I skipped to 1808. David Caldwell, Robert Caldwell and an S Robert Caldwell all appeared in 1808. There are other Caldwell names entered over the next several years, but I don’t want to be responsible for deciphering the handwriting and maybe making mistakes. David’s land has other Caldwell’s names listed as the land entrant including a Peggy Caldwell (300 ac). S Robert Caldwell’s land entrant in 1809 was Judith Caldwell. Since David often listed multiple tracts with different entrant names including Caldwell, I would suspect that they could be heirs of the original land entrant and the total land was subdivided early to the heirs.
John Caldwell and Francis Caldwell appear in 1809 with no land or horses. Rosannah Caldwell was taxed on 400 ac in 1810 with no males and no horses. Her last tax roll was 1813. There were no Caldwell’s in 1815, so the whole clan had apparently moved on.
What to do next for anyone interested:
The US Census of Livingston Co, KY in 1810 might provide a framework for how many households actually existed and a body count for each household. Deed and court order records should establish land sales or powers of attorney leaving that duty to others. A check of land grants (settlement & preemption, treasury and military) would establish which land was granted to Caldwell’s most likely in an earlier county. Because this family was in Livingston Co. KY’s first tax roll of 1800, the earlier counties mentioned should be traced back to see how long the family was in KY.
Source: Livingston, Co, KY tax List 1800-1824. KY Historical Society Microfilm Roll 248.
Terry Searcy
searcy817@aol.com
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