Receipts and letter from D. H. Alcorn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; April 29, 1871

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Receipts and letter from D. H. Alcorn to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn; April 29, 1871

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Alcorn, D. F.Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk), 1816-1894 Chamberlin, C. F.Clarke, Unknown Cooper, Unknown Dowd, Solomon Ely, Unknown Hewson, H. F.King, Henry Nugent, Unknown Petit, Unknown

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Page 1

Friar's Point, Miss. April 29 1871

Received of James L Alcorn the sum of Two Hundred & Seventy Three ¹⁰²/₁₀₀ Dollars, In full of all Personal Taxes for the Year 187 .

State Tax, —		121.38
County Tax, —	100%	121.38
Special Tax, —	Jail & Poor 25%	3 034²
Special Tax, —		27310²

D. F. Alcorn
Sheriff and Tax Collector,
Coahoma County, Miss.

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Friar's Point, Miss. April 29 1871

Received of J L Alcorn the sum of [unclear]-ty Seven & ¹⁴/₁₀₀ Dollars, in full for all State, County [unclear] -ecial Taxes due on the following lands in Coahoma County, Miss., for the fiscal year 1870

[fold] -mberlin & Co., Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis.

DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS.	S.	T.	R.	No. Acres.	Value per Acre. DOLLS. CTS.	State Tax. DOLLS.	State Tax. CTS.
E 1/2	4	28	5	320 12	2 00	3	21
All less Lot 13	9	28	5.	543 92	2 00	5	44
E 1/2 of S E 1/4	14	28	5	79 84	2 00		80
E 1/2 of S W 1/4	14	28	5	79 84	11 00	4	40
E 1/2 of S W 1/4	10	27	6	80 00	2 00		80
Town L a/c. Friars Point 18, 19, 25, 26, 27 & 28					200 00	1	00
105					600 00	3	00
				1103 72

Total State Tax on Lands,	18 65
County Tax,	18 65
Special Tax,	4 66
Special Tax,
Levee Tax,	55 18
	$97 14

D. F. Alcorn
Sheriff & Tax collector

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Friar's Point, Miss. April 29 1871

Received of J L Alcorn the sum of [fold] Hundred & Twenty Seven 12/100 Dollars, in full for all State, County [unclear] -cial Taxes due on the following lands in Coahoma County, Miss., for the fiscal year 1870

[unclear] -berlin & Co., Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis.

DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS.	S.	T.	R.	No. Acres.	Value per Acre. DOLLS. CTS.	State Tax. DOLLS.	State Tax. CTS.
E 1/2 of S E 1/4	26	28	3	80 15	5 00	2	01
E 1/2 of N E 1/4 & S E 1/4	35	28	3	240 57	5 00	6	02
S W 1/4 of N E 1/4, N W 1/4 & S 1/2	36	28	3	524 28	5 00	13	11
Lat 1	4	29	3	69 50	2 00		70
All	5	29	3	427 80	2 00	4	28
Lot 8	6	29	3	51 65	2 00		52
Lots 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 & 12	7	29	3	201 50	2 00	2	02
All	17	29	3	639 40	2 00	6	40
E 1/2	18	29	3	319 31	2 00	3	20
1/2 of Mound in N E 1/4, (Burial Ground)	22	29	3	3 00
N E 1/4 of N W 1/4 & S E 1/4 of S W 1/4	28	29	3	80 00	2 00		80
Lots 6, 7 & 8	7	28	4	104 93	15 00	7	87
S E 1/4 of S E 1/4	21	29	4	39 91	10 00	2	00
S W 1/4	22	29	4	160 00	10 00	8	00
S W 1/4 of S E 1/4	28	29	4	40 00	10 00	2	00
E 1/2 less—N W 1/4 of S E 1/4	28	29	4	279 52	10 00	13	98
				3261.52

Total State Tax on Lands,	72 91
County Tax,	72 91
Special Tax,	18 23
Special Tax,
Levee Tax,	163 07
	$327 12

D F Alcorn
Sheriff & Tax collector

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Friar's Point, Miss. April 29 1871

Received of J L Alcorn the sum of [unclear] -ven Hundred & Thirty Nine 84/100 Dollars, in full for all State, County [unclear] Special Taxes due on the following lands in Coahoma County, Miss., for the fiscal year 1870

C. F. Chamberlin & Co., Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis.

DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS.	S.	T.	R.	No. Acres.	Value per Acre. DOLLS. CTS.	State Tax. DOLLS. CTS.
N E 1/4 of S W 1/4 & W 1/2 of S E 1/4	32	26	3	121 17	2 00	1 21
N E 1/4 of N E 1/4, W 1/2 of E 1/2 & E 1/2 of W 1/2	1	27	3	360 27	2 00	3 61
E 1/2	20	27	3	317 56	2 00	3 18
Lots 9 & 15	1	28	3	79 56	18 00	7 16
S 1/2	4	28	3	319 26	2 00	3 20
S W 1/4 of N E 1/4 & S E 1/4	5	28	3	200 11	2 00	2 01
E 1/2 of N E 1/4 & N E 1/4 of S E 1/4	8	28	3	120 87	5 00	3 03
W 1/2 & Lot 15	9	28	3	360 00	5 00	9 00
All	12	28	3	489 69	18 00	44 07
All	13	28	3	626 50	18 00	56 39
Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10	14	28	3	209 00	18 00	17 81
Lots 8 & 9	15	28	3	91 00	18 00	8 19
N E 1/4	23	28	3	160 00	18 00	14 40
E 1/2 of N W 1/4	23	28	3	80 00	18 00	7 20
S 1/2 of N E 1/4, N W 1/4, S E 1/4 & E 1/2 of S W 1/4	24	28	3	485 03	18 00	43 67
W 1/2 of N E 1/4, E 1/2 of N W 1/4 & S W 1/4	25	28	3	325 20	5 00	8 13
				4345 22

Total State Tax on Lands,	232 26
County Tax,	232 26
Special Tax,	58 06
Special Tax,
Levee Tax,	217 26
	$739 84

D. F. Alcorn
Sheriff & Tax collector

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Friar's Point, Miss. April 29 1871

Received of J L Alcorn the sum of [unclear] Hundred & Seventy & 80/100 Dollars, in full for all State, County [unclear] Special Taxes due on the following lands in Coahoma County, Miss., for the fiscal year 1870

C. F. Chamberlin & Co., Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis.

DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS.	S.	T.	R.	No. Acres.	Value per Acre. DOLLS. CTS.	State Tax. DOLLS. CTS.
N W 1/4 of S W 1/4	7	28	2	37 73	18 00	3 40
S 1/2 of N 1/2 & S 1/2	18	28	2	452 70	18 00	22 64
All	19	28	2	602 48	18 00	54 23
N W 1/4 of S W 1/4 & S 1/2 of S W 1/4	20	28	2	118 95	18 00	10 80
N 1/2 of N W 1/4	29	28	2	82 33	18 00	7 41
N 1/2 of N 1/2	30	28	2	154 80	18 00	13 94
Lots 10, 11, 12 & 13	5	29	2	187 05	15 00	14 03
All except Lots 4 & 5	7	29	2	455 70	15 00	34 28
Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15	8	29	2	413 84	15 00	31 04
S 1/2	16	29	2	316 56	2 00	3 17
All	17	29	2	638 68	15 00	47 90
All	18	29	2	542 72	15 00	40 71
All except Lot 15	28	29	2	593 57	9 00	27 71
N 1/2 of N E 1/4	29	29	2	80 36	9 00	3 62
Lots 2, 9, 10, 15 & 16	33	29	2	232 23	2 00	2 33
S 1/2 of S 1/2	18	25	3	160 00	2 00	1 60
				5069.70

Total State Tax on Lands,	318 81
County Tax,	318 81
Special Tax,	79 70
Special Tax,
Levee Tax,	253 48
	$970 80

D. F. Alcorn
Sheriff & Tax collector

Page 6

Friar's Point, Miss. April 29^th 1871

Received of Alcorn & Nugent the sum of Two Hundred and eighty four ²⁴/₁₀₀ Dollars, in full for all State, County and Special Taxes due on the following lands in Coahoma County, Miss., for the fiscal year 1870

C. F. Chamberlin & Co., Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis.

DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS.	S.	T.	R.	No. Acres.	Value per Acre. DOLLS. CTS.	State Tax. DOLLS.	State Tax. CTS.
E 1/4 of S E 1/4	8	27	5	81 16	14 00	5	68
All	9	"	"	643 72	14 00	45	41
All	16	"	"	640 00	14 00	44	80

Total State Tax on Lands,	95 89
County Tax,	95 89
Special Tax,	23 97
Special Tax,
Levee Tax,	68 49
	$284 24

D. F. Alcorn
Sheriff & Tax col

Page 7

J L Alcorn
Tax Receipt for 1870

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Friar's Point, Miss. April 29^th 1871

Received of J L Alcorn the sum of Two Hundred and eighty four ²⁴/₁₀₀ Dollars, in full for all State, County and Special Taxes due on the following lands in Coahoma County, Miss., for the fiscal year 1870

C. F. Chamberlin & Co., Stationers and Blank Book Manufacturers, St. Louis.

DIVISIONS OF SECTIONS.	S.	T.	R.	No. Acres.	Value per Acre. DOLLS. CTS.	State Tax. DOLLS.	State Tax. CTS.
E 1/2 of S E 1/4	8	27	5	81 16	14 00	5	68
All	9	"	"	643 72	14 00	45	41
All	16	"	"	640 00	14 00	44	80

Total State Tax on Lands,	95 89
County Tax,	95 89
Special Tax,	23 97
Special Tax,
Levee Tax,	68 49
	$284 24

D. F. Alcorn
Sheriff & Tax col

Page 9

[unclear] of Clarke, Ely & Co.
NO. 302 FRONT STREET,
Memphis, Tenn., April 29 1871

To His Excellency
Gov J. L. Alcorn

Jackson
Miss

Sir

Under instructions from Your Excellency of a recent date I have to report That on the night of the 24 Inst on the plantation of Pettit & Cooper. Henry King ^cd Shot and Killed Solomon Dowd also Colored Henry King is now in my Custoday

Yours Rept

D F Alcorn
Sheriff &c

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PRECIS.

No.

Executive Office,
State of Mississippi,
County of Coahoma

From D. H. Alcorn
Address Friars Point
Dated Apl 29—71
Received
Answered

Reporting felonies in his County

JAMES L. ALCORN,
Governor.

H. F. HEWSON,
Private Secretary.