In the Midland News on 12 Aug 1976, Gladys Hoover published a list of taxpayers in Georgetown and Smiths Ferry from 1876. A lookback in history an the Centennial Directory on the Biicentennial of the birth of our nation.
According to the directory Georgetown had a population of 297 in 1870. The value of real estate was $30,887; fifteen horses and mules $470; twenty-three cows $230. Each taxpayer’s occupation was specified. To me the interesting entries rather than boatman were one miner, one physician, one cigar maker, and several gentlemen.
Historically Yours 12Aug1976
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