The 1899 Tax Records of Brentwood

Tax Records of 1899

The Brentwood Library is pleased to invite you to use online the 1899 tax records of Williamson County’s 15th District, the area commonly considered Brentwood.

There is a definite benefit in researching tax lists for years between when the census was taken. Brentwood residents will have come and gone even in a year’s time. In addition, tax records provide much information that is not often found in census records.  For example, the tax records below contain the value of a parcel of land, as well as describe its area and boundaries. Also, the census collected information about persons residing in Brentwood. The tax lists show all persons who owned property in Brentwood, but did not necessarily reside there.  Note that a second list for District 15 appears on pages 148 and 149, containing taxpayer names for persons identified as "colored."

Tax Records were kept in large ledger books, so they needed to be scanned in sections. A taxpayer's information begins on the left-hand page and extends over onto the right-hand page.  The pages were divided in the following way:

Many of the names in the original tax records are difficult to read, and thus errors are likely to be present in the transcribed records below. In addition, the names handwritten in the original records sometimes are spelled differently from generally accepted usage today.

If you find an error in these transcribed records, please contact the library so that the changes may be made. Please e-mail Reference Librarian Holly Hebert.

Thank you for your interest in this project and in our library!