Jesse B. Wallen: Tax Schedule Timeline 1854 - 1875

JESSE B. WALLEN 

1827 - 1877

KENTUCKY
Tax Schedules 1854 through 1875

In my opinion not enough is known about my paternal 3rd great grandfather Jesse B. Wallen. He died in 1877 when my great grandfather, Oliver Morton Wallen, was just 7 years old and, in his diary, Oliver only mentions his grandfather in reference to his tombstone in the family burying ground. 

"Dec. 23, [1904] - ...Jess and I went to Langford station and got nice sawed stone and cut names, birth, and death on them and put to all their graves except grandfather's which had a marbel stone but it had fallen down. I fixed it up this week. We have cleaned the graves off nicely and filled them up well....Jess done the cutting and dressing and most of the work at our family burying ground. Sleep on dear ones and take thy rest, it will not be long until I come to meet thee. O. M. Wallen."

View looking Southeast from the family burying ground "Wallen Francisco Cemetery"

I have the 1830 through the 1870 census information for Jesse, from Hawkins and Hancock Co., Tennessee to Rockcastle Co., Kentucky. I know who all his children were and where they lived, who they married, their escapades out West and who all their children were, etc. And Jesse's wife, Louisa Tyree Wallen, lived to a pretty old age, passing away sometime between 1913 and 1914 in Texas. As "Grandma Wallen" she is mentioned throughout Oliver's diary. I know that Jesse's immediate cause of death was "liver complaint", whatever that means, and I have touched his tombstone, but so far I know very little about the man Jesse B.

Once I collected all the data from the yearly tax schedules, I found I had quite a bit of new and interesting information. It would appear Jesse was a fairly successful farmer on a decent sized farm with horses, mules, cattle, hogs, hay, corn, wheat, and he even tried growing tobacco one year. He was enrolled in the militia from 1860 through 1872 and his nearest neighbor was J. C. Graves. (Boy, have I got some stories about HIM!) 

This is the 21 year Tax Schedule Timeline for Jesse B. Wallen:

1854 -Walden, Jesse  100 ac   Skeggs Crk   $300 land val.- 1 horse $75 - 7 cattle $15 - 18 hogs - $390 total value

1855 - Wallen, Jesse  100 ac  Skeggs Crk  $400 - 1 horse $100 - 13 hogs - $500 total value

1856 - Wallen, Jesse  100 ac  Skeggs Crk $300 - 1 horse $100 - 10 cattle $25 - 1 child bet. 6-18 yrs - 4 hogs - $425 total value

1857 - Wallen, Jesse  100 ac  Skeggs Crk $500 - 2 horses $130 - 6 cattle $10 - 1 child bet 6-18 yrs - 10 hogs - $640 total value

1858 - Wallen, Jesse B.  100 ac Skeggs Crk $400 - 2 horses $150 - 6 cattle $10 - 8 hogs - $560 total value

1859 - Wallen, Jesse B.   100 ac Skeggs Crk $400 - 2 horses $175 - 7 cattle $25 - 2 children bet 6-18 yrs - 12 hogs - 250 bu corn -  49 bu wheat  - $600 total value

1860 - Wallen, Jesse B.  100 ac Skeggs Crk. $400 - 2 horses $200  - 7 cattle $10 - 2 children bet. 6-18 -  8 hogs - enrolled militia - 300 bu corn - 47 bu wheat - $610 total value

1861 - Wallen, Jesse B.   100 ac Skeggs Crk $500 - 3 horses $225 - 7 cattle $25 - 2 children bet 6-18 yrs - 10 hogs - enrolled militia - 350 bu corn - 10 bu wheat - $750 total value

1862 - Wallen, Jesse  100 ac Skeggs Crk $400 - 3 horses $200 - 6 cattle - 3 children bet 6-18 yrs - 23 hogs - enrolled militia - 250  bu corn - 25 bu wheat - $600 total value

1863 - Wallen, J. B. Jr.  100 ac Skeggs Crk $400 - 4 horses $140 - 7 cattle - 3 children bet 6-18 yrs - 4 hogs - enrolled militia - 400 bu corn - 30 bu wheat - $540 total value

1864 - Walden, J. B.   100 ac Skeggs Crk  $400 - 4 horses $175 - 5 cattle $15 - 3 children bet 6-18 yrs - 3 hogs - enrolled militia - 300 bu corn - 55 bu wheat - $590 total value

1865 - Wallen, Jessee   100 ac Skeggs Crk. $500 - 4 horses $200 - 6 cattle $ - enrolled militia - 4 children bet 6-20 yrs - 7 hogs - 30 bu corn - 20 bu wheat $765 total value

1866 - Wallen, Jesse Jr.  100 ac  Skeggs Crk $500 -  4 horses $200 - 7 cattle $70 - 7 children bet 6-20 - 5 hogs -  350 bu corn - $770 total value

1867 - Wallin, Jesse B. 100 ac  Skeggs Crk $500 - 3 horses $185 - 6 cattle $60 -  enrolled militia - 4 children bet 6-20 yrs - 15 hogs - 400 bu corn - 20 bu wheat - $745 total value

1868 - Wallin, Jesse B.  100 ac  Skeggs Crk $500 - 4 horses $200 - 6 cattle $50 - enrolled militia - 4 children bet 6-20 yrs - 15 hogs - 400 bu corn - 40 bu wheat - $750 total value

1869 - Wallin, Jessee B.  100 ac  Skeggs Crk $500 - 3 horses $180 - 10 cattle $95 - enrolled militia - 6 children bet 6-20 yrs - 9 hogs - 10 pounds of tobacco - 75 bu corn - $775 total value

1869 - Wallin, Jessee B.  $200 - Increased Valuation

1870 - Wallen, Jessee B.  100 ac Skeggs Crk $700 - 3 horses $150 - 7 cattle $65 - enrolled militia - 3 children bet 6-20 yrs - 1 hog - 2 tons of hay - 400 bu corn - 59 bu wheat - $915 total value

1871 - Wallin, Jesse B.  100 ac  Skeggs Crk $700 - 3 horses $150 - 7 cattle $50 - enrolled militia - 3 children bet 6-20 yrs - 9 hogs - 2 tons hay - 500 bu corn - $900 total value

1871 - Wallin, Jessie B. $100 Increased Valuation

1872 - Wallin, Jessee B.  100  Skeggs Crk $800 - 3 horses $150 - 10 cattle $70 - enrolled militia - 2 children bet 6-20 yrs - 10 hogs - 2 tons hay - 400 bu corn - $1020 total value

1873 - Wallin, Jesse  100 ac Skeggs Crk $800 - 3 horses $100 - 1 mule $50 - 10 cattle $70 - 3 children bet 6-20 yrs - 12 hogs - 3 tons hay - 350 bu corn - 73 bu wheat - qualified voter - $1020 total value

1874 - Wallin, Jesse B.  100 ac - NR John Graves - $800 - pct. #1 - 3 horses $175 - 1 mule $75 - 10 cattle $75 -  legal voter - 2 children bet 6-20 yrs - 5 hogs - 3 tons hay - 300 bu corn - $1125 total value

1875 - Wallin, Jesse B.   100 ac  NR  J.C. Graves $800

           Wallin, Jesse B.      40 ac  NR  J.C. Graves  $85  - 4 horses $175 - 2 mules $100 - 8 cattle $50 -  legal voter - 2 children bet 6-20 yrs - 5 hogs - 2 tons hay - 500 bu corn - 25 bu wheat - $1210 total value

Page from the Rockcastle Co. tax schedule

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