The ARGUS of WESTERN AMERICA

Frankfort, KY, Friday, September 25, 1818

The Argus of Western America was a newspaper published in Frankfort in the early 19th century. The following is taken from the September 15, 1818 "extra" edition in the collection of the Manuscript Department of the Kentucky Historical Society. The following list is incomplete. Note: Property owned and taxes due did not necessarily mean that the land owner was a resident of that County, but merely that the property was located that County.

Noice of Delinquent Taxpayers 1818

Notice is hereby given, That the Direct Tax of the United States for 1816 on the following described property situate in this state, having remained unpaid one year form the time of the notification of the Collector in whose distric the said property lies, that the tax had become due and payable; the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the said tax due thereon, with an addition of 20 percent, will be sold at public sale at the court-house in the town of Lexington, in the county of Fayette, on the 18th day of November 1818, at 10 o'clock A.M. and to adjourn from day to day until the sales are completed.