LICENSES/PERMITS


The following information was found in the back of the 1874 Alcorn County assessment of persons and personal property book. These are people and/or businesses that received a license in Alcorn Co. The information contained lists the name, number of receipt, date (from and expiration), occupation, and amount paid for the purchase of the license/permit.

Typed and submitted by Vicki Burress Roach on behalf of the Alcorn County Genealogical Society.


January 1, 1877 to January 1, 1878


NAME				OCCUPATIONS				AMT. PAID
Julius S. Oelsner?		Peddler with one horse & vehicle	 30.00
J.M. Bynum & Bro.		Merchant				 20.00
J.F. Williams & Co.		Merchant				 10.00
M.L. Moore			Merchant			 	 5.00

February, 1877 to February, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS				AMT. PAID
J.B. Sherman			Training vendor of jewelry		  25.00

January, 1877 to January, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS				AMT. PAID
L.J. Dorsey, agent		Merchant				    5.00

February 1, 1877 to February 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS				AMT. PAID
A.M. Grigg			Transient vendor of horses & mules	30.00
W.P. Curlee			Attorney at law				10.00
C.E. Stanley			Attorney at law				10.00

March 1, 1877 to March 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Cain Lawrance		Peddler with one horse & wagon	 	30.00
E.J. Oppenheim		Hotel					  15.00

March 27, 1877 to March 28, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
West Tenn. Plan.? 		Minstreals Concert		 5.00

April 2, 1877 to April 2, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
John Heuckamp			Ale, beer & malt liquor		  30.00
Geo. W. Pollock			Private boarding house		  10.00
H.C. Smith			Ale, beer & malt liquor		  30.00

February 1, 1877 to February 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
J.M. Phillips			Merchant			  5.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Green & Gibson			Merchant			  10.00
B.F. Young & Son		Merchant			    5.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
James M. Boren			Merchant			  10.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
R. 	Mott			Selling whiskey by gallon	 50.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
O.A. Gordon				Merchant		 5.00
F.H. Sanders & Bro.		Livery & feed stable		   10.00
D. 	Baum				Merchant		 50.00
I.W. Phillips			Merchant			   5.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
J.T.? Klyce & Co.		Merchant			20.00
Stanley Bros.		Selling whiskey as druggists		100.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
John Gordon			Druggist			 10.00
Rubel Sekles & Co.		Merchants		 	 85.00
L.M. Huggins			Merchants			 20.00
G.W. Small & Bro.		Merchants			 20.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
J.M. Cumby, agent		Merchant			    5.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Liddon & Kimmons		Merchants			  10.00
J.B. Scott			Merchants			   5.00
D.W. Rogers			Merchant			   5.00
James E. Gift			Merchant			  20.00
J.W. McAnulty			Merchant			  10.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
J.M. Bynum		Selling whiskey as druggist		100.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
J.M. Bynum			Merchant			  30.00
S.P. Clark			Merchant			   5.00
A.J. Borroum			Druggist			  10.00
E.E. Voyles			Merchant			   5.00
D. 	Street			Merchant			  10.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
F.H. Sanders & Bro.		Merchant			  20.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Borroum & Hyneman		Merchant			  10.00
Borroum & Hyneman		Selling whiskey by gallon	  50.00
A.H. Taylor			Banking				 200.00
D.L. Malone			Merchant			  20.00
T.D. Young			Attorney at law			  10.00
F.E. Whitfield			Attorney at law			  10.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
W.H. Rowsey			Photographer			  10.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Henry Tschudy		Merchant				    5.00

April 1, 1877 to April 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
L.P. Reynolds			Attorney at law			  10.00

May 1, 1877 to May 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
T.P. Young, Jr.			Hotel				  15.00
J.W. Pickens			Attorney at law			  10.00

September 1, 1877 to September 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
John Walker			Confectionary & c.		   5.00

October 1, 1877 to October 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
J.F. Judge			Peddler on foot			  10.00
Chas. McLaughlin		Peddler on foot			  10.00

October 29, 1877 to October 29, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Thorne's Comedy Co.		Theater				    5.00

October 31, 1877 to November 1, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Thorne's Comedy Co.		Theater				    5.00

November 1, 1877 to November 2, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Thorne's Comedy Co.		Theater				    5.00

November 1, 1877 to November 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Martin Murphey			Peddler with 1 mule		  20.00
M. 	Byrne		 	Peddler on foot			  10.00
J. Haffey			Peddler on foot			  10.00

November 20, 1877 to November 20, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Lee's? Great Eastern		Circus				  50.00

November 22, 1877 to November 22, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Wm. Widdis			Peddler with one horse		  20.00

September 1, 1877 to September 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Mitchell & Reed			Merchants		  25.00

December 1, 1877 to December 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
E.S. Howers			Peddling on foot		  10.00

December 12, 1877 to December 13, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Blaisdell Bros.			Concert				    5.00

December 1, 1877 to December 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
H.? McCoy			Auctioneer			  25.00

December 14, 1877 to December 15, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Simons Troupe			Theater				   5.00

December 15, 1877 to December 16, 1877
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
Simons Troupe			Theater				   5.00

November 1, 1877 to November 1, 1878
NAME				OCCUPATIONS			AMT. PAID
D.J. James & B.W. Brown		Livery feed & sale sta.		  10.00

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