Certified List Of Voters
Wharton County
In Election Precinct No. 2
Egypt
For the Year Beginning February 1st 1929, and ending January 31st, 1930
Poll Tax records can hold a lot of information when searching for ancestors. As an example I have put two people below to explain it.Mr.Anderson has been in Texas 40 of his 49 years therefore you would know that you need to look in a different state for his birth records, or to check census records. His parents mostlikely were in Wharton County also since he was only nine when he came here. We know from this tax record that Mr.Anderson was a Merchant, meaning he must have owned some kind of a store in El Campo in 1935.It is possible that photos exist of this place of business.Mrs.Anderson has only been in the state for 12 years and in Wharton Co for 7 years. Since Mr.Anderson has been in Wharton County 40 years you know to look for a marriage certificate in Wharton County as they have probably only been married 7 or less years. Since they were in their 30's when they were married it is possible that either one or both have been married before, since people were married at a young age back then. Or he was a widower and needed someone to help with the survivng children.
You can also look for other Andersons to make a connection to this one. Tax records can be an avenue to further your search or atleast point you in the right direction. It is my hope that this record helps you in your search. Janet.
Surname Given Name # of Receipt/Exemp Age In State In County Occupation Race P.O. Address Anderson Mrs. Oscar 4657 41 12 7 Hwf White El Campo Anderson Oscar 4656 49 40 40 Merchant White El Campo
Precinct 2 Egypt
Surname Given Name # of Receipt/Exemp Age In State In County Occupation Race P.O. Address Aldridge Grant 2 57 57 57 Farmer Colored Egypt Aldridge Delia - 42 42 42 Hwf Colored Egypt Anderson Lee - 35 35 35 Farmer Colored Egypt Anderson Allie - 30 30 30 Hwf Colored Egypt Anderson Bob - 49 49 49 Farmer Colored Egypt Anderson Ollie - 47 47 47 Hwf Colored Egypt Anderson Victoria - 59 59 59 Hwf Colored Egypt Anderson Milam - 37 37 37 Farmer Colored Egypt Austin Minor - 55 55 55 Farmer Colored Egypt Anderson India - 37 37 37 Hwf Colored Egypt Anderson Joe - 42 42 42 Farmer Colored Egypt Anderson Ernest - 45 45 45 Farmer Colored Egypt Braun A.W. - 34 13 3 Delco Sales White Bonus Braun Mrs. A.W. - 36 10 3 Hwf White Bonus Brant Alfred - 27 27 3 Farmer White Bonus Brant Mrs. Alfred - 25 25 3 Hwf White Bonus Brown Charlie - 42 42 42 Farmer Colored Egypt Barry L.P - 47 47 25 Farmer White Bonus Barry Mrs. L.P. - 37 37 37 Hwf White Bonus Bursn Tom - 56 56 2 Farmer Colored Egypt Burns Fannie - 47 41 41 Hwf Colored Bonus Bluntson Irene - 30 30 30 Hwf Colored Bonus Bluntson Willie - 35 35 30 Farmer Colored Eldridge Bankson Porter Sr. - 54 54 54 Farmer Colored Eldridge Bankston Rachael - 54 54 54 Hwf Colored Eldridge Bankston Ed - 46 46 46 Farmer Colored Bonus Bankston Nancy - 33 33 16 Hwf Colored Bonus Brooks Isaac - 39 39 39 Farmer Colored Egypt Brooks Elsie - 43 43 43 Hwf Colored Egypt Brooks Davis - 42 31 31 Farmer Colored Egypt Burtschell Manley - 31 31 31 Farmer White Bonus Claiborn W.H. - 58 35 10 Farmer White Egypt Claiborn Mrs. W.H. - 50 50 10 Hwf White Egypt Carter D.G. - 59 59 25 - Colored Egypt Carter Fannie - 53 53 25 Hwf Colored Egypt Carter Elliott - 41 41 41 Farmer Colored Bonus Carter Ida - 38 38 38 Hwf Colored Bonus Combs Rance - 53 53 53 Farmer Colored Egypt Cash Rebbecca - 60 60 60 Hwf Colored Egypt Carter Alex - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Bonus Carter J.W. - 60 60 20 Farmer White Egypt Duncan Donald - 39 39 39 Farmer White Egypt Duncan F.B. - 42 42 42 Farmer White Egypt Duncan Mrs. F.B. - 41 40 19 Hwf White Egypt Diggs Sandy - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Egypt Diggs Lucy - 48 48 48 Hwf Colored Egypt Daniels Ben - 40 40 40 Farmer Colored Bonus Daniels Virgie - 36 36 36 Hwf Colored Bonus Daniels Joe - 49 49 49 - Colored Egypt Daniels Izelia - 38 38 38 Hwf Colored Egypt Faulk C.R. - 45 24 24 Mechanic White Egypt Faulk Mrs. C.R. - 33 33 9 Hwf White Egypt Formby Felix - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Egypt Formby Mary - 48 48 48 Hwf Colored Egypt Fry T.L. - 55 55 3 Painter White Egypt Fry John - 49 49 9 Farmer Col Egypt Goodlett R.L. - 46 46 1 Store Keeper White Egypt Goodlett Mrs. R.L. - 43 43 1 Hwf White Egypt Gordon Wm - 60 60 60 Farmer Colored Egypt Gordon Mary - 52 52 52 Hwf Colored Egypt Gordon Caroline - 54 54 54 Hwf Colored Egypt Godsey Layfette - 32 32 32 Hwf Colored Egypt Gordon Ike - 32 32 32 Farmer Colored Egypt Gordon Sylvesta - 31 31 31 Hwf Colored Egypt Gordon James - 42 42 42 Farmer Colored Egypt Gordon Pearl - 41 41 41 Hwf Colored Egypt Gordon Clarence - 44 44 44 Farmer Colored Egypt Gordon Bettie - 43 43 43 Hwf Colored Egypt Gordon Gordie - 47 47 47 Farmer Colored Egypt Gordon Luverta - 48 48 48 Hwf Colored Egypt Hardy Mrs. Bill - 23 23 3 Hwf White Egypt Hodde Bill - 42 42 5 Farmer White Egypt Heard Emmitt - 28 28 28 Farmer Colored Egypt Heard William - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Egypt Holmes Horrace - 40 40 2 Farmer Colored Egypt Holmes Horrace Wife - 38 38 38 Hwf 2 Egypt Hall Dave - 40 40 40 Farmer 2 Bonus Hall Dave Wife 35 40 40 40 Hwf 2 Bonus Henderson Robert - 41 41 41 Farmer 2 Egypt Henderson Cornelia - 41 41 41 Hwf 2 Egypt Houston Napolean 2 49 49 49 Farmer Colored Egypt Houston Ella - 44 44 44 Hwf Colored Egypt Harris Nick - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Bonus Harris Mary - 42 42 42 Hwf Colored Bonus Holmes Richard - 35 35 35 Farmer Colored Egypt Holmes Mary - 37 37 37 Hwf Colored Egypt Henry Ben - 53 53 53 Farmer Colored Bonus Henry Winnie - 43 43 43 Hwf Colored Bonus Janssen Otto - 38 38 20 Farmer White Bonus Janssen Mrs. Otto - 27 27 27 Hwf White Bonus Jones Guy - 28 28 28 Farmer Colored Egypt Johnson Wm - 34 34 34 Farmer Colored Egypt Johnson Bertha - 40 40 40 Hwf Colored Egypt Jones Clay - 54 54 54 Farmer Colored Egypt Krueger Geo - 22 22 22 Tic Inspector White Egypt Koehne Leonard - 26 26 1 Farmer White Egypt Koehne Mrs. Leonard - 25 25 1 Hwf White Egypt Krueger Paul - 57 57 57 Farmer White Egypt Krueger Mrs. Paul - 50 50 28 Hwf White Egypt Lemmons Anthony - 40 40 40 Farmer Colored Egypt Lemons Martha - 43 43 43 Hwf Colored Egypt Lewis Isiah - 47 47 47 Farmer Colored Egypt Lewis Annie - 49 49 25 Hwf Colored Egypt Malone J.C. - 35 35 35 Farmer White Egypt Malone Mrs. Ida M. - 32 32 32 Hwf White Egypt Miles D.B. - 43 43 7 Farmer White Egypt Miles Mrs. D.B. - 38 38 7 Hwf White Egypt Miles Robert - 38 38 27 - White Egypt Miles Mrs. Robert - 52 52 30 Hwf White Egypt Maness G.W. - 60 60 60 Farmer White Egypt Myers Sam - 60 60 60 Farmer Colored Egypt Myers Hallie - 49 49 49 Hwf Colored Egypt Meyers Lemon - 39 39 39 Farmer Colored Egypt Meyers Carrie - 44 44 44 Hwf Colored Egypt Northington Miss Sadie - 53 53 53 - White Egypt Northington Mentor - 44 44 44 - White Egypt Northington Mrs. Mentor - 50 50 31 Hwf White Egypt Northington G.H. - 42 42 42 Clerk White Egypt Northington W.A. - 36 36 36 Autp Dealer White Egypt Northington Mrs. W.A. - 30 30 30 Hwf White Egypt Openhaus L.H. - 51 51 20 - White Egypt Openhaus Mrs. L.H. - 39 39 18 Hwf White Egypt Openhaus R.H. - 48 48 48 Farmer White Egypt Openhaus Mrs. R.H. - 44 44 20 Hwf White Egypt Pieckert J.C. - 56 56 30 Farmer White Egypt Roddy R.C. - 48 48 8 Farmer White Egypt Roddy Mrs. R.C. - 48 17 8 Hwf White Egypt Stovall B.M. - 52 52 1 - White Egypt Stovall Mrs. B.M. - 37 37 1 Hwf White Egypt Smith Sam - 59 59 30 Farmer Colored Egypt Simmons Preston - 28 28 28 Farmer White Egypt Shorter Cobey - 32 32 32 Farmer Colored Egypt Shorter Beulah - 32 31 31 Hwf Colored Egypt Shorter Alberta - 37 37 37 Hwf Colored Egypt Shorter Isaac - 53 53 53 Farmer Colored Egypt Shorter Chas - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Egypt Shorter Gracie - 41 41 41 Hwf Colored Egypt Stanley Manuel - 60 60 60 Farmer Colored Egypt Stanley Sallie - 58 58 58 Hwf Colored Egypt Taylor H.G. - 37 37 32 Clerk White Egypt Taylor Mrs. H.G. - 26 26 12 Hwf White Egypt Thomas Geo W. - 53 18 7 - White Egypt Thomas Mrs. Geo W - 50 18 7 Hwf White Egypt Taylor Jack - 47 47 36 Farmer Colored Egypt Taylor Emily - 41 41 41 Hwf Colored Egypt Tayler Henrt - 39 39 39 Farmer Colored Egypt Tyler Snowy - 36 36 36 Hwf Colored Egypt Tyler Snowy (2nd time) - 36 36 36 Hwf Colored Egypt Williams S.W. - 59 59 1 Farmer White Bonus Wilson Henry - 44 44 1 Farmer White Bonus Washington Frank - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Bonus Williams Simon - 50 50 50 Farmer Colored Eldridge White Tom - 52 52 52 Farmer Colored Egypt White Georgie - 50 50 50 Hwf Colored Egypt Williams Levi - 48 48 48 Farmer Colored Egypt Williams Mary - 44 44 44 Hwf Colored Egypt Williams Chas - 58 58 58 Farmer Colored Eldridge Williams Rosa Belle - 41 41 41 Hwf Colored Eldridge Williams Andrew - 49 49 49 Farmer Colored Bonus Williams Annie - 30 30 30 Hwf Colored Bonus Wygall Wm - 35 35 35 Farmer Colored Egypt Wygall Cora - 42 42 42 Hwf Colored Egypt
This Tax record was transcribed by Janet Barrett Hobizal. Taken from the original records in the Wharton County Historical Museum Files
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