Good morning group, I had some success yesterday in Orange and Montgomery co, VA with my
collateral lines of Overpeck and Argabright. Had only a little Callison success.? The
records are pretty good starting in Virginia and Kentucky but the further west you go --
the more sketchy the early records. There are no microfilms of tax records for Morgan Co.
MO -- don't know if the county has them and just not microfilmed or if they were lost
by fire or otherwise. Wanted to find William and Marian Chapman between 1820 in Ky and
1838 or so when he died in Morgan Co.
Early Grainger Co tax records did not provide much either. I was looking for JONATHAN
Callison but no luck. All I found was
James Callison Jr in 1798 pd tax on 300 acres
James Callison Sr page tax in 1804 on 600 acres
James Callison page tax in 1806 on 300 acres on Holsten River
?When I get home, I need to look at my Greenbrier Records to see how many James were
listed in these years to try to identify them.
We know by 1798 that we have the thrice married James, and his son James. we know that we
have James Jr., son of James and Isabel, We know that we have James who married in 1806
(William) and James who died in 1827 (? John). It is this last James that I am trying to
differentiate in tax records from James, son of the thrice married James.
I am off to work on a different line this AM but maybe I can check Blount Co., AL tax
records later today. Take care all, Marilyn