Original Assessment, 1855

The meager extent to which the county had been improved in 1855 is shown by the original assessment roll which is still preserved. There was no real estate assessment, as the title to the land was still vested in the government. Land improvements but not the land, were taxed. Taxes were also levied on buildings, stock, and goods held for sale. In the list published below there will be found under each name and following the enumeration, the total assessment, the amount of the tax to be paid for county purposes and the amount of tax to be paid for school purposes:

F. Riley, 2 acres of breaking $12.00, 1 neat cattle $25.00, 1 dwelling house $10.00; total value $47.00, county tax $0.80, school tax $0.12.

H. Dimler, 1½ acres of breaking $9.00, 1 neat cattle $25.00, 1 dwelling house $10.00; $44.00, $0.75, $0.11.

J. Binginginghimer, 6 neat cattle $337.00, 1 dwelling house $25.00; $362.00, $6.15, $1.91.

E. Board, 6 neat cattle $280.00; $280.00, $4.76, $0.70.

P. Snyder. 8 neat cattle $330.00; $330.00, $5.61, $0.83.

A. Myer, 2 neat cattle $125.00, 1 dwelling house $25.00; $150.00, $2.55, $0.38.

F. Ide, 4 neat cattle $250.00; $250.00, $4.25, $0.63.

H. Bradley, 1 acre breaking $6.00, 1 dwelling house $40.00; $46.00, $0.78, $0.12.

P. Boyden, 2 acres breaking $12.00; $12.00. $0.20, $0.03.

L. S. Carpenter, 3 acres breaking $18.00; $18.00, $0.31, $0.05.

C. Kelley, 1 dwelling house $100.00; $100.00, $1.70, $0.25.

S. Kelley or Uncle, 1 dwelling house $100.00; $100.00, $1.70, $0.25.

Charles B. Jordan, 9 acres breaking $54.00, goods on hand, $200.00, 1 dwelling house $10.00; $264.00, $4.49, $0.66.

John McDonald, Sr., 54 acres breaking $324.00, 16 neat cattle $425.00, 3 horses $300.00, 8 hogs $50.00, 1 dwelling house, barn and shop, $340.00 ; $1,439.00, $24.46, $3.59.

A. L. Cooley, 20 acres breaking $120.00, 1 neat cattle $62.50, 2 swine $12.00, 1 dwelling house $100.00; $294.50, $5.00, $0.73.

D. P. Chase, 10 acres breaking $60.00, 3 neat cattle $150.00, 1 swine $5.00, 1 dwelling house $40.00; $255.00, $4.34, $0.64.

David McPherson, 21 acres breaking $126.00, 6 neat cattle $225.00, 5 swine $40.00, 1 dwelling house $100.00; $491.00, $8.35, $1.23.

Caleb Chase, 14 acres breaking $84.00, 1 neat cattle $25.00, 1 hog $7.00, 1 dwelling house $150.00; $266.00, $4.52, $0.66.

Samuel Carriek, 14 acres breaking $84.00; $84.00, $1.43, $0.21.

John Mallet, 20 acres breaking $120.00, 1 dwelling house $10.00 $130.00, $2.21, $0.33.

William Carsley, 12 acres breaking $72.00, 2 cattle $125.00, 1 dwelling house $10.00; $207, $3.52, $0.52.

 Wright County |Minnesota AHGP 

Source: History of Wright County, Minnesota, by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Volume I, 1915