The tax-ledger series is a promising primary anchor; exact entries and images should be captured before final publication.
The records are used to reconstruct Nearest Green after emancipation and demonstrate how record types disagree.
Weaver reports that Moore County tax ledgers from 1873 through 1884 repeatedly record Nearest Green, while census records vary in names, spellings, ages, and household details.
Narrative section beginning “WHILE STEPHANI, Miss Neat, and I” — eight tax ledgers and conflicting census entries
Narrative section beginning “WHILE STEPHANI, Miss Neat, and I” — eight tax ledgers and conflicting census entries
Paraphrase or evidence description checked against PDF sheets 84–87 during the complete 333-sheet textual and visual review on 2026-08-27. PDF-sheet numbering is used. 2026-09-16 crosswalk supersedes earlier PDF-only locators. Reader location is the distinctive passage opening above (not a formal heading). Verified internal source sheets: 97–98. Earlier coordinates 84–87 retained here for audit. 2026-09-29 fresh complete333-sheet review: Numeric Page corrected84 to97; verified tax-ledger passagePDF97–98. Existence of eight ledgers spanning1873–1884 does not establish payment in every intervening year.
Verified evidence record from Love & Whiskey. This record describes the source evidence without treating the author’s historical claim as an independently inspected primary record.
Evidence
Weaver reports that Moore County tax ledgers from 1873 through 1884 repeatedly record Nearest Green, while census records vary in names, spellings, ages, and household details.
Context
The records are used to reconstruct Nearest Green after emancipation and demonstrate how record types disagree.
Research annotation
The tax-ledger series is a promising primary anchor; exact entries and images should be captured before final publication.
Locator and verification
Reader locator: Narrative section beginning “WHILE STEPHANI, Miss Neat, and I” — eight tax ledgers and conflicting census entries
- Internal PDF provenance: 97–98
- Source section: Tax and census reconstruction
- Evidence type: Paraphrase
- Verification: Paraphrase or evidence description checked against PDF sheets 84–87 during the complete 333-sheet textual and visual review on 2026-08-27. PDF-sheet numbering is used.