These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. This tax list was submitted by The Eckhart Public Library Staff. (We have not included the amount of tax or the land where it was in the hundreds It is typed as it appeared in the New Era Newspaper January 17, 1863. T = Township, R=Range, S=Section) Copyright 1999. DELINQUENT TAX LISTS A list of Lands and Town Lots within the county of DeKalb, returned delinquent by the Treasurer thereof for the Taxes of 1861, including the interest and penalty thereon, and also Taxes for the year 1862. BUTLER TOWNSHIP No. 1 NAMES T R S ACRES BOLINGER, Henry 7 33 12 100 Same 7 33 12 40 BELL, James 17 33 12 160 Same 18 33 12 80 GRAGG, John 18 33 12 80 Same 18 33 12 80 HOUSEL, Abram* 36 33 12 40 Same 36 33 12 40 JACKSON TOWNSHIP No. 2 GRAVES, Jedikiah 2 33 13 80 Same 2 33 13 80 SPEARS Samuel 2 33 13 40 DUCK Samuel 10 33 13 80 WIDNEY Charles 11 33 13 40 MOORE George 13 33 13 40 HAMMOND, F 33 33 13 80 TRAST PHILLIP 34 33 13 40 MOORE John S 23 33 13 160 CONCORD TOWNSHIP No. 3 HAMILTON Mathew 12 33 14 1 OWEN Ransom 2 33 14 20 Same 2 33 14 40 FRANKS, Isaac 3 33 14 80 LEFLER Daniel 3 33 14 80 HARDSUCK,G.D 12 33 14 1 Same 12 33 14 1 Same 12 33 14 1 WILMOT, G. W. 23 33 14 75 COBORN, Gordon* 24 33 14 35 NEWVILLE, TOWNSHIP No. 4 BAILY & SMITH 5 33 15 69 COATS Noyce 6 33 15 HEADLEY, T. 6 33 15 1 HENDRICKS, J. E 6 33 15 39 ELLIS, Southard 6 33 15 80 BLUKE, J. B.* 12 33 15 80 BOOTH, William 16 33 15 35 GLAYSTON, A 19 33 15 55 WARNER, William 20 33 15 40 STAFFORD TOWNSHIP No. 5 ACKLEY, A. P. 5 34 15 40 HICKS, D. W. 6 34 15 34 CHILSON, Harrison 31 34 15 69 PEEPER, Albert 31 34 15 50 WILMINGTON TOWNSHIP No. 6 JONES William. 2 34 14 36 LAMPSON Andrew 2 34 14 40 HANVER Anderw 3 34 14 10 BRANDON Daniel 3 34 14 40 CATHER John. 5 34 14 Same 5 34 14 55 NODINE Henry 5 34 14 5 Same 8 34 14 30 PACKER W. P.. 10 34 14 40 PACKER A. L.. 10 34 14 12 PROCKTER Julius 12 34 14 40 YOAT Isaac 12 34 14 10 Same 12 34 14 10 BENNETT John J 13 34 14 80 MAUGHLER Jacob 13 34 14 54 Same 13 34 14 40 JOHNSON Uriah 17 34 14 80 MADDEN W H 17 34 14 40 KENESTICK John 22 34 14 40 HASE Solomon 23 34 14 77 HARMAN Amos 24 34 14 40 LUDWIG Joseph 26 34 14 20 SHOWALTER Jacob 26 34 14 60 HUNTSMAN David 28 34 14 40 EASTERDAY Samuel 29 34 14 25 UNION TOWNSHIP No. 7 BASSETT Charles 3 34 13 GLOYD & BOWSER 11 34 13 40 ROCKWELL Will 12 34 13 40 GLOYD & BOWSER 13 34 13 80 MERRILL Solomon 13 34 13 40 STRAIGHT W K 28 34 13 80 SAVAGE S D 36 34 13 80 Same 36 34 13 20 SAVAGE James c 36 34 13 10 SAVAGE F A 36 34 13 10 RICHLAND TOWNSHIP No. 8 DISLER John A 2 34 12 36 DILLMAN Samuel 2 34 12 73 CALKIN M F 4 34 12 WILSON Morgan 5 34 12 30 DEETERS George 10 34 12 60 TREESH William Jr. 10 34 12 80 TOWNLEY JW & RW 16 34 12 25 WYATT S B 16 34 12 27 CARASSEL Eli 27 34 12 80 SANDERS Benjamin 28 34 12 40 Same 28 34 12 80 WATSON & MAYER 29 34 12 9 NICHERSON Benj 32 34 12 80 R R CO 33 34 12 80 SHAUMAN Geo. Jr. 35 34 12 40 FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP No 9 KRUCHBAUM Geo 2 35 12 5 JONES W H 8 35 12 40 DEEDS Henry R 10 35 12 80 HEITCHI Margaret 11 35 12 40 SHATTO Jesse 12 35 12 60 CHASEY John 15 35 12 80 DEEDS Henry E 15 35 12 80 BELL Robert H 15 35 12 7 Same 15 35 12 88 Same 15 35 12 10 WEBB Nelson 16 35 12 40 BARKEY Christian 18 35 12 100 MERCER W M 22 35 12 SHORT A W 22 35 12 78 WELLS Joshia 35 12 Same 22 35 12 45 POWELL George 25 35 12 10 JARVIS Jedediah 29 35 12 160 LONG Jane C 30 35 12 40 BOAK J A 35 35 12 2 RICE R R 35 35 12 40 Same 36 35 12 20 Same 36 35 12 14 SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP No. 10 LONGNECKER Sam 2 35 13 40 DILLINGHAM Alf 7 35 13 80 LOCKHART AM &WC 8 35 13 5 GRAMBLING Isaac 10 35 13 40 BOWER John 12 35 13 40 HAINES Samuel 13 35 13 40 DECKER J W 15 35 13 40 Same 15 35 13 80 TREESH David 28 35 13 128 ELLENWOOD Joe 30 35 13 40 Same 31 35 13 74 FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP No. 11 LAYMAN Samuel 7 35 14 40 WAGONER Margaret 9 35 14 40 WATERMAN Miles 16 35 14 80 JACKMAN & BOYER 17 35 14 4 ABRIGHT Henry 32 35 14 80 HOVERSTOCK Jacob 36 35 14 80 TROY TOWNSHIP No. 12 KNISELY David 5 35 15 124 PORTER Daniel 5 35 15 40 PORTER Mathias 5 35 15 40 SWINEHART George 5 35 15 40 HASWELL Lewis 7 35 15 15 ROSENBURY John 8 35 15 80 CASEBEAR Hesekiah 20 35 15 40 WYCHOFF M A 31 35 15 Same 31 35 15 80 TOWN LOTS ORANGEVILLE LOT BAIRS MARY 120 Same 121 Same 122 Same 123 Same 124 Same 125 BARNES David 64 Same 65 Same 66 Same 67 Same 68 COLE Daniel 62 Same 63 Same 69 Same 70 Same 71 VIENNA OUT-LOT LOT BAIRD Lorenzo 10 Same 65 Same 66 COATS Noyce LAWRENCE J M 62 MOORE Erastus 41 Same 44 Same 32 WEEKS G W 59 BUTLER OUT-LOT LOT (EGNEWS Add.) CHAMBERS James 95 KENNEDY A A 67 MCGAW T N 69 RICHARD Worth 66 (DANFORTH'S Add.) ANDREWS Jerry 14 BEUEBE John 7 Same 8 KEPLER Samuel 11 ISHERWOOD A M 66 MILES Jereome 37 SEGEBERE Joseph 4 UNKNOWN OWNER 5 WALLACE Thomas 33 WHALEY Arvre E 35 DANFORTH Isaac 16 (NORRIS Add.) BLAKER John 13 LANNING J R 11 Same 14 (TOONLENSON'S ADD.) ARMSTRONG D 5 SHULL George 7 AUBURN OUT-LOT LOT (OLD PLATT) BENSCHUSTER ENSIGNE 256 (WESTERN ADD.) REED Robert 55 (OLD PLATT) BUMPUS Russel 94 Same 7 (WESTERN ADD.) CAMPBELL Elson 135 (OLD PLATT) DICKINSON T R 301 (WESTERN ADD.) ENSLEY Jacob 71 KETCHUM Leonard 19 144 (OLD PLATT) LOCKWOOD Alonzo 22 1 Same 22 (WESTERN ADD.) LATSON W A & S J 148 MCMELLAR J 112 PIERCE M F 13 Same 14 Same 47 Same 68 Same 69 RICHARDS Michael 104 (OLD PLATT) SPROTT S W 205 (WESTERN ADD.) WOODBURY & WATKINS 3 (OLD PLATT) WHITE Wesley 255 (WESTERN ADD.) WHETSEL Henry 34 (OLD PLATT) WRIGHT F A 226 WATERLOO OUT-LOT LOT (OLD PLATT a part) BOWMAN James 20 (HORNBERGER'S ADD.) BAXTER C K 178 (OLD PLATT) BEERS J P 57 FRANKS & HAYNES 155 (HORNBERGER'S ADD.) HORNBERGER Isaac 175 (OLD PLATT) HUTCHINSON Amos 158 JARVIS & CRANE 5 KRUEGER Herman 122 LENT R J 151 LUNCEFORDD M 118 (HORNBERGER'S ADD) MERRILL Sophia R 188 (OLD PLATT) PLUM Alonso 48 SLOAN N 915 UNIONTOWN OUT-LOT LOT BERMISTER Richard 10 CRONK Anthony 25 HANK Ephriam 29 SPREAGLE William 28 LAWRENCE OUT-LOT LOT SMITH J M 6 Same 7 CORUNNA OUT-LOT LOT SMITH G W A 60 (MCMILLANS 1st ADD.) MCMILLEN A W 15 (MCMILLANS 2nd ADD.) Same 4 (MCMILLANS 3rd ADD.) Same 5 I, George KUHLMAN, Auditor in and for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full and complete list of all the Lands and Town Lots, in said County, returned and remaining Delinquent for the Tax of 1861, and in some cases for previous years... (NOTE:* HOUSEL , Abram is questionable. Could not verify. COBORN is probably COBURN, BLUKE could be FLUKE, except that the only FLUKE we show lived in Richland and Union Townships. Many of the names are probably misspelled. We had to go by the names as they appeared in the newspaper.)