Captain James Wilkinson’s District, 1806

 

Robert C. Carpenter, Contributor

Kathy Gunter Sullivan, Transcriber, 2010

 

Robert C. Carpenter:

Capt. Wilkinson's Company is in extreme eastern Catawba County near Sherrill's Ford area. Its eastern and possibly northern boundary was the Catawba River. I am not sure of its other boundaries, and it may appear that some tax lists have been lost on its other boundaries.

 

This company had few Germans in it. I counted a total of 79 names on the tax list. Of that number I was only able to count 5 German names: Turbeyfill, Lineberger, and Holdsclaw. This was an affluent district. The number of black polls almost equaled the number of white polls. In addition two stud horses and two cotton gins were taxed. The location of this district in the Catawba Valley,in an earlier settled area, and the preponderance of English-speaking peoples may account for the affluence. Clearly the Sherrill, McCorkle, Abernathy, and Knox families account for a significant number (22) of the surnames.

 

Capt. Wilkinson's Company includes some of the 1st Company of the 1790 Lincoln County census. A few persons in the 10th Company of the 1790 Lincoln County census would also be included within Capt. Wilkinson's district: Sherrills, Turbefills, Harwells, Knoxes, Crunkleton, and Abernathy family members. It may be more accurate to say that the Wilkinson Company was a combination of both of these 1790 Companies.

 

Kathy Gunter Sullivan:

In 1804, this district was captained by Gardner Harwell. The 1806 captain was James Wilkinson as in that year the county court appointed the following men as patrols in Captain James Wilkinson’s district: Jonathan Long, Thomas Long, John Turbyfill Jr., Thomas Harwell, and Robert Abernathy.

 

Wilkinson continued as company captain until at least 1810, and on the 1810 census, his district is identified on the following pages in an erratic, reverse-order sequence:

p. 482. Robert Abernathy-Robert Childers

p. 461. Absolom Duncan-James Haines

p. 460. Francis Harwell-James Lee Jr.

p. 459. Michael Lineberry-Begin Perkins

p. 458. Begin Perkins Jr.-Jeptha Sherrill

p. 457. Elisha Sherrill-Wiley Weston

 

 

Captain [James] Wilkinson’s District, 1806

Lincoln County Tax Lists 1805 [sic]-1806; box no. CR.060.701.4, North Carolina State Archives.

 

Tax List Captain Wilkinsons Destrict

April 2^nd 1806

 

[Taxables]	Whites	Blacks	Land
John Cronkleton			280
James Reed	1	1	150
Williamson Harwell	1
Robert Knox		1	294
Robert Knox Jr	1
Jonathan Long	1	1	230
Thomas Gilland	1		560
Benjamin Cornelius	1		193
Wesley Sherril	1
Benjamin Stiles			128
Smith Miller 1 Stud Horse	1		193
John Fisher	1		100
Joshua Sherril Snr		1	1130
Samuel Harwell		5	125
Jessey Sherril	1
Joshua Sherril Jr	1
Matthew McCortle	1	1
Jesey Parrish	1
John Mayhew			160
Littlebeary Turbyfill	1		100
Aven Sherril	1	1	158
Harbert Harwell		5	250
Nicholas Sherril	1	2	100
Daniel Asbury		1	165
James Wilkinson		1	200
Alexander Sherril	1	1	130
Jacob Gabril			470
Alexander Work		6	1350
Nancy Haris			186
Elisha Sherril			339
Elisabeth Mcortle widow		1	270
William Mayes one Cotton gin 40 Saws	1	2	100
Charles Connors Heirs			340
Ezikel Fisher			100
Abram Gabril one Stud Horse	1
William Knox	1
Alexander Mcortle	1		1823
John Edwards			60
Henry Partain	1		174
James Holdsclaw		1	260
Wheeler Edwards	1
Henry Dillon one Stud Horse	1		200
David Clark Esqr	1	1	380
Benjamin Stacy	1		175
Frederick Harwell	1		46
Buckner Abernathy	1
Thomas Harwell	1		50
William Rece Clark	1
Francis Harwell	1	2	183
Benjamin Edwards	1
Nathaniel Edwards	1		120
Moses Sherril		1	231
Lewis Day	1
Isaac Williams	1		100
Jeptha Sherril	1
Gardner Harwell	1	1
George Little			240
Robert Childras	1
Lodowick Turbyfill	1
Harbert Abernathy	1	2	148
James Lee Jr	1
Absalom Duncan	1	1	150
John Stiles	1		124
John Limbarger	1		135
Tinch Carter	1
James Loftin	1	2	483
Eli Sherril	1		141
Joshua Sherril Son of Adam	1	4	113
John Roberson	1		208
Aron Sherril	1	1	163
Robert Abernathy	2	6	350
Michal Limbarger	1		100
Aron Mayhew	1		60
Elisha Stacy	1		100
Thomas Kerr	1
Levi Sherril	1
Mordica Howard	1
John Turbyfill			148
James Lee Snr one Cotton gin 24 saws			350

 

Land 14,586

White Polls 58

Black Polls 52

Cotton Gins 64 Saws

Studs 2

 

Duplicate Made Out