The Lauderdale News, May 12, 1880, p. 3.

Contributed 2 Mar 2001, 
by Lee Freeman

Tax Sale.
List of Corporation Taxes Unpaid.
    On Saturday the 22d day of May, I will proceed to sell at the
Court House door in the town of Florence, county of Lauderdale and
State of Alabama, to pay the taxes assessed thereon for the year
1878, the following described real estate lying in the corporate 
limits of said town and county and State, viz :

    Andrew Blair's estate, part lot 80           10  00
    Noah Barrett pt lot No. 257                      37
    Mrs. E. A. Benham pt lot 115                  7  50
    Mrs. H. A. Cross, pt lot 336,                 4  00 50
    J. J. Cross pt lot 67,                           25
    William Campbell ( col. ) pt lot 357          3  50
    Mariah Ewing lot 223                          2  50
    Mrs. L. J. Glenn part lot 363,                2  75
    C. W. Helden, 384,                           12  86
    James Harvey 306                                 38
    James Hogan, 163                              3  38
    Alex Jones, 60,                               4  00
    J. O. Jones, 117,                             8  00
    Henry Johnson estate 186,                     2  00
    Hilton Key, pt lot 52,                        8  33
    Robt. Key, 201,                               1  00
    N. T. McKay, part lot 376                     9  27
    Wash McCorstin, 162,                          4  50
    J. W. McAlester, 198                         10  90
    Lawson Murdock, 206,                          8  35
    Mary E. Price, 125,                           9  00
    John Rapier's estate, 210                     1  00
    Florida Rolf pt lot 256,                      2  50
    Mrs. A. J. Rice, pt lot 383,                 10  00
    J. H. Richards, pt lot 53,                    2  50
    N. H. Rice, 386,                             12  40
    George Schmidt, 104,                          3  62
    Abe Streiter, 225,                            7  00
    R. W. Simpson, col., 68,                      1  00
    J. S. Woodell, pt lot 365,                    6  25
    J. S. Wilson, pt lot 275,                     1  00
    Rube Walker, 240,                             4  25
        Sale in legal hours.
                        W. E. BLAIR.
        Tax Collector for said town.
April 21, ‘80.-5t.

NOTE: Alex Jones, Hilton and Robert Key, and Abe Streiter should 
probably be listed as colored. John Rapier should probably be listed
as mulatto, or colored.