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HEAVY TAX PAYERS
North Vernon Plain Dealer - February 23, 1876
"BICENTENNIAL EDITION"

HEAVY TAX PAYERS
$100 in 1876 equals about $2,531.41 as of 2021.
The following is a list of persons in Jennings County who pay a tax to the amount of $50.00 and over.

CAMPBELL TOWNSHIP
Lewis F. Brougher----$75.30
Thomas Bewley----$55.54
Sanford Elliott----$84.91
Moses Fruhauf----$137.00
Bowen C. Heath----$58.08
John C. Lee----$62.61
William G. Stratton----$84.86

COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP
Robert Elliott----$69.50

GENEVA TOWNSHIP
G. F. Amick----$133.11
G. F. & J. Amick----$59.43
Joel Amick----$137.20
William Amick----$170.40
Obed Amick----$167.10
Samuel Burnett----$76.00
Kennedy Brown----$104.53
Elizabeth Clapp----$144.10
Joseph Childers----$132.07
J. B. Curtis----$109.66
James C. Hassey----$132.07
Paul A. H. Martin----$53.96
Madison May----$63.47
Daniel S. Merrill----$91.20
Samuel Marsh----$127.92
Edward D. Maloney----$77.62
Christian Miller----$58.76
Thomas Read----$62.69
Pat Sweeney----$67.14
William Wright----$61.68
Thomas Wilkerson----$424.80
James M. Wynn----$190.81
James Waughtel----$117.58
Simon Wimple----$67.42
Wallis Wilson----$236/44
J.M. & I.R.R. (Railroad)----$805.53

MARION TOWNSHIP
Woodford Barnes----$51.98
Leonard Barnes----$81.20
Zachariah Deputy----$68.76
James A. Deputy,sr----$52.00
Elias L. Deputy----$52.80
Fielding Lett----$103.40
Daniel Lewis----$140.65
James M. Rodgers----$63.59

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP
Solomon Deputy----$192.02
Alexander Lowry----$65.66
William H. Lawrence----$98.36
Charles A. Lowry----$60.63
John Tobias----$110.99
Abram J. Walton----$57.98

SAND CREEK TOWNSHIP
John C. Calhoun----$69.58
Wilton Kellar----$101.80

SPENCER TOWNSHIP
Henry A. Allison----$81.43
William S. Brown----$73.25
Everhart & Moore----$91.32
Jackson L. Kendrick----$159.66
Jacob Klein----$61.35
John Wrape----$147.91
Moses Spencer----$116.00
Samuel Spencer----$99.94
John Sullivan----$50.25
Aaron L. Swarthout----$63.13
Thomas J. Staples, sr.----$55.83
J.P. Swarthout----$86.59
J. & M.R.R. (Railroad)----$1,232.51

VERNON TOWNSHIP
Thompson Childs----$71.93
Samuel L. Crist----$61.91
Henry Carney----$50.15
N. A. Devore----$80.41
James Ewing----$59.16
Samuel A. Spencer----$59.25
Sarah A. Vandergrift----$62.27
J.M. & I.R.R. (Railroad)----$571.27
O. & M. Branch (Railroad)----$427.39

CENTER TOWNSHIP
John G. Klingner----$52.31
Reuben Hargrove----$90.32
T.O. Johnson----$110.83
G.W. Penniston----$50.58
Hugh Scott's heirs----$55.80
O. & M. R.R. (Railroad)----$1050.96
J.M. & I. R.R. (Railroad)----$184.00

NORTH VERNON
Hagerman Tripp----$231.78
M.H. Andrews & Co.----$61/84
T.P. Cone----$100.14
John Hemberger----$81.92
Gallus Kerchner----$53.05
Henry Lang----$79.19
J.B. McMillan----$102.07
Henry Meyer----$137.85
John McCarnan----$89.63
Christian Nichter----$62.71
Samuel Tennis----$61.04
Tripp & Jones----$97.63
Tripp, Brougher & Co.----$60.19
F.W. Verbarg----$50.77
E.S. Whitcomb----$203.65
P.C. McGannon----$203.65
C.T. Wilkerson's heirs----$109.58
O. & M. R.R. (Railroad)----$246.00
J.M.& I. R.R. (Railroad)----$443.02


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