Oakland County Business Taxes Paid 1839 - 1842
| Adams, Eber | Merchant | 7.00 | Highland | Nov 15, 1841 |
| Adams, W. R. | Merchant | 7.00 | Commerce | Jul 20, 1841 |
| Addams, W. R. | Merchant | 2.33 | Commerce | |
| Addams, W. R. | Merchant | 7.00 | Commerce | May 1, 1840 |
| Alfin, Sam | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | May 1, 1840 |
| Allen, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | May 1, 1839 |
| Alvord, R. | Tavern | 3.33 | Lyon | |
| Amdler, R. S. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Ames, Wm A. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 1, 1841 |
| Anarus, S. | Merchant | 5.84 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Andrews, S. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Andrews, Simeon | Merchant | 15.00 | Orion | May 1, 1841 |
| Annis, J. | Merchant | 5.00 | Oxford | |
| Armes, A. J. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 1, 1840 |
| Axford, John K. | Merchant | 2.33 | Orion | |
| Axford, William | Merchant | 15.00 | Independence | Oct 8, 1841 |
| Axford, Wm | Merchant | 2.33 | Avon | |
| Axford, Wm | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | May 23, 1839 |
| Axford, Wm | Merchant | 15.00 | Independence | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Bacon, John | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Bacon, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Pontiac | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Bagley and Payne | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | May 23, 1839 |
| Baker, M. C. | Merchant | 10.00 | Novi | Oct 28, 1841 |
| Ballard, M. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Banghart, G | Merchant | 2.33 | Pontiac | |
| Banghart, G. G. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Banghart, G. G. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Bass and Barber | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Bebee, Andrew | Tavern | 10.00 | Rose | May 1, 1840 |
| Bennett, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Bennett, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Bingham, Dexter G. | Tavern | 5.81 | Rochester | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Birdsell, Charles J. | Tavern | 10.00 | Birmingham | Jul 20, 1841 |
| Bishop and Minot | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Bishop, Henry | Merchant | 8.75 | Rochester | Oct 11, 1841 |
| Bishop,H. | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Booth, William | Tavern | 10.00 | Lyon | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Botsford, Myron | Merchant | 7.00 | Farmington | Nov 18, 1841 |
| Bronson, Richard | Tavern | 10.00 | Orion | Jul 8, 1841 |
| Brown, A. M. | Merchant | 16.00 | Lyon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Brown, John | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Buckland, A. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Burroughs, Ezra | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Burroughs, O. | Tavern | 3.33 | Avon | |
| Burroughs, O. | Tavern | 10.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Burroughs, Orville | Merchant | 10.00 | Avon | Jun 29, 1841 |
| Burroughs, Orwell | Tavern | 10.00 | Avon | |
| Carrey, Wm M. | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Case, Emanuel | Grocer | 8.85 | Royal Oak | Oct 5, 1841 |
| Chace, D. | Merchant | 2.33 | Royal Oak | |
| Chace, D. | Merchant | 7.00 | Royal Oak | May 23, 1839 |
| Chase, D. | Merchant | 7.00 | Royal Oak | May 1, 1840 |
| Chase, Edward | Tavern | 7.00 | Milford | Oct 14, 1841 |
| Clark, S. E. | Merchant | 2.33 | Bloomfield | |
| Cook, E. M. and T | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Coonley, Baldwin D | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 6, 1841 |
| Cory, Wm M. | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Crasen, C. S. and R. | Merchant | 7.00 | Lyon | May 1, 1840 |
| Darrin and Peck | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Darrow and Peck | Merchant | 2.33 | Pontiac | |
| Davis, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Dean, J. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | |
| Dean, J. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Decker, Jesse | Tavern | 10.00 | Orion | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Denneson, John S. | Tavern | 10.00 | Milford | |
| Denny, W. | Tavern | 3.33 | Pontiac | |
| Dervil, T. | Merchant | 7.00 | Commerce | May 23, 1839 |
| Dessing, W. | Tavern | 10.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Dewel, F. | Merchant | 7.00 | Commerce | May 1, 1840 |
| Dezany, L. W. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Dudgen and Hamlin | Merchant | 5.00 | Pontiac | |
| Dudgen and Hamlin | Distillers | 8.33 | Pontiac | |
| Dudger and Handler | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Edmunds, C. | Tavern | 3.33 | Milford | |
| Edmunds, C. | Tavern | 10.00 | Milford | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Edmunds, Catherine | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | Oct 15, 1841 |
| Elbridge and Carpenter | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Farr, Joseph G. | Tavern | 5.00 | Commerce | Nov 29, 1841 |
| Firce, Thomas | Tavern | 14.18 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Fish, Simpson | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Fish, Wm S. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Forse, T. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Foster, W. | Merchant | 15.00 | Royal Oak | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Foster, Wm | Merchant | 3.33 | Royal Oak | |
| Fox, F. | Temperance house | 2.50 | Milford | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Fox, T. | Tavern | .84 | Milford | |
| Fox, T. | Temperance house | 2.50 | Milford | Jul 1, 1840 |
| French, Joel | Grocer | 7.00 | Royal Oak | May 1, 1840 |
| Frost and Bechel | Merchant | 2.33 | Troy | |
| Frost, A. P. | Merchant | 7.00 | Troy | May 1, 1839 |
| Fuller, A. | Tavern | 10.00 | Bloomfield | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Fuller, A. | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Furse, Thoman | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 20, 1841 |
| Gifford, G. R. | Merchant | 15.00 | Bloomfield | May 1, 1840 |
| Goodsill, J. C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Grace, A. | Tavern | 3.33 | Farmington | |
| Grace, Amasa | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | |
| Grace, Anan | Tavern | 10.0 | Farmington | May 1, 1840 |
| Green, A. | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Green, Amasa | Tavern | 15.00 | Waterford | Sep 30, 1841 |
| Gulic, Wm | Merchant | 5.00 | Independence | |
| Gulse, Wm | Merchant | 15.00 | Independence | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Hadley, J. | Merchant | 5.00 | Avon | |
| Hadley, J. | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Hadley, J. | Merchant | 15.00 | avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Hadley, J. and M | Merchant | 12.50 | Avon | Jul 8, 1841 |
| Hamlin and Miller | Merchant | 4.67 | Rochester | Oct 11, 1841 |
| Hayden, M. | Merchant | 4.62 | Avon | Jul 20, 1841 |
| Hendlen, R. S. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 20, 1841 |
| Hitchcock, A. | Tavern | 3.33 | Pontiac | |
| Hodge, John | Tavern | 3.33 | Commerce | |
| Hodge, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Commerce | May 23, 1839 |
| Hodge, John | Tavern | 10.00 | Commerce | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Hodges, S. | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Hodges, Schuyler | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Holmes, George C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Holmes, George C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 1, 1841 |
| Homer, G. C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 1, 1840 |
| Homes, G. C. | Merchant | 2.33 | Pontiac | |
| Howard, C. | Merchant | 2.33 | Troy | |
| Howard, C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Troy | May 23, 1839 |
| Hurlbert, A. W. | Tavern | 10.00 | Novi | May 23, 1839 |
| Ingersol and Knight | Merchant | 7.00 | Farmington | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Jarviss, Robert | Merchant | 5.00 | Orion | |
| Jeffers, M. | Merchant | 15.00 | Bloomfield | May 23, 1839 |
| Jeffers, M. | Merchant | | Bloomfield | May 1, 1840 |
| Jennings, Stephen | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Jessup, R. | Merchant | 12.50 | Orion | May 23, 1839 |
| Kelsey, S. R. | Merchant | 6.37 | Bloomfield | May 1, 1841 |
| Kelsey,S. R. | Merchant | 15.00 | Bloomfield | May 23, 1839 |
| Kelsy, S. R. | Merchant | 5.00 | Bloomfield | |
| Kesley, S. R. | Merchant | 15.00 | Bloomfield | May 1, 1840 |
| Knowlton, E. G. | Tavern | 3.33 | Groveland | |
| Ladd, D. M. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 1, 1840 |
| Ladd, D. W. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 23, 1839 |
| Ladd, David M. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Lampham and Sweet | Tavern | 1.46 | Farmington | Mar 16, 1841 |
| Laselur, G. | Tavern | 3.33 | Addison | |
| Lawrence, A. W. | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Lawrence, C. | Tavern | 10.00 | Southfield | May 1, 1841 |
| Loomis and Tinney | Tavern | 10.00 | Commerce | May 1, 1841 |
| Mack and Cooper | Merchant | 2.33 | Avon | |
| Mack and Cooper | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Mack and Sprague | Merchant | 7.00 | Rochester | May 1, 1841 |
| Mack, A | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Maed and McArthur | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | May 1, 1841 |
| Mathews, A. B. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| McConnell, W M | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| McConnell, W. M. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| McConnell, William | Merchant | 2.33 | Pontiac | Jan 1, 1839 |
| McCormick, B. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Mead and Arms | Merchant | 2.33 | Milford | |
| Mead and Arms | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | |
| Miller and Hayden | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Miller, J. | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Miller, Newbury | Merchant | | 7.00 | May 1, 1840 |
| Morns, B. B. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Mosher, A. B. | Merchant | 15.00 | Milford | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Newberry and Miller | Merchant | 2.33 | Avon | |
| Newberry, Seneca | Merchant | 3.50 | Avon | Dec 11, 1841 |
| Newbury and Miller | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Nichols,B. F. | Tavern | 10.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Niles, J. | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | May 23, 1839 |
| Odell, W. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Orake, John | Merchant | 15.00 | Independence | |
| Oroke, John | Merchant | 15.00 | Independence | May 1, 1840 |
| Ororke, Queeman | Merchant | 15.00 | Independence | May 1, 1841 |
| Osmun, Isaac | Merchant | 15.00 | Waterford | Sep 16, 1841 |
| Outmart, O. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Owen, John | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Paddock, C. H. and H. J. | Merchant | 7.00 | Commerce | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Paddock, C. H. and J. | Merchant | 7.00 | Commerce | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Pearsall, C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Troy | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Peck and Campbell | Merchant | 7.00 | Lyon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Peck, A. H. | Agent-Merchant | 3.50 | Pontiac | Jan 5, 1842 |
| Peck, M. | Tavern | 10.00 | Bloomfield | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Peck, M. | Tavern | 10.00 | Bloomfield | May 1, 1841 |
| Peck, M. and P | Tavern | 3.33 | Bloomfield | |
| Peck, Mon | Tavern | 10.00 | Bloomfield | May 1, 1840 |
| Persall, C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Troy | May 1, 1840 |
| Petter, E. . | Tavern | 10.00 | Groveland | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Philbrek, A. | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1840 |
| Philbrick, Harrison | Tavern | 5.00 | Farmington | |
| Philbrick, Harrison | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1841 |
| Philbrick, N. S. | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1840 |
| Philbrick, Nathaniel | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1841 |
| Phillips, A. | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | May 1, 1840 |
| Phillips, Archibald | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Poppleton, O. | Merchant | 15.00 | Birmingham | Jul 1, 1841 |
| Powel, W. H. | Tavern | 3.33 | Oxford | |
| Powell, Nathan | Temperance house | 2.50 | White Lake | |
| Powell, Nathaniel | Tavern | 2.50 | White Lake | Nov 8, 1841 |
| Powell, W. H. | Tavern | 10.00 | Oxford | May 23, 1839 |
| Powell, W. H. | Tavern | 10.00 | Oxford | May 1, 1840 |
| Pratt, William A. | Merchant | 12.50 | Southfield | Nov 11, 1841 |
| Remsley, J. B. | Merchant | 12.50 | Lyon | Jul 1, 1840 |
| Rhodes, John | Temperance house | 2.50 | White Lake | |
| Robertson, W. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Robertson, William | Merchant | 5.00 | Pontiac | |
| Rose, V M | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | May 1, 1840 |
| Rose, V. | Tavern | 3.33 | Royal Oak | |
| Rundell, Warren | Tavern | 10.00 | West Bloomfield | Nov 9, 1840 |
| Sadd, D. M. | Merchant | 2.33 | Milford | |
| Sanders, C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Sarzilier, George | Tavern | 10.00 | Addison | May 1, 1841 |
| See, J. B. and C. | Merchant | 8.75 | Farmington | Jun 1, 1840 |
| See, James B. and C | Merchant | 15.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1841 |
| Sherman, R. | Tavern | 10.00 | Novi | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Sherman, Ruel | Tavern | 3.33 | Novi | Feb 1, 1839 |
| Sherman, Ruel | Tavern | 10.00 | Novi | May 23, 1839 |
| Sherman, Ruel | Tavern | 1.00 | Novi | Nov 12, 1841 |
| Shurts, A. C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Simpson and Fish | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Sloat, M. | Merchant | 5.00 | Pontiac | Jan 25, 1842 |
| Smith, A | Merchant | 7.00 | Lyon | May 23, 1839 |
| Smith, A. | Tavern | 7.00 | Lyon | May 23, 1839 |
| Smith, A. | Tavern | 7.50 | Lyon | May 1, 1840 |
| Smith, A. C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Novi | May 23, 1839 |
| Smith, H. H. | Merchant | 7.00 | Lyon | May 1, 1840 |
| Spears, M. G. | Merchant | 5.00 | Pontiac | |
| Spears, M. S. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 1, 1839 |
| Sprague, O. | Merchant | 7.00 | Lyon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Sprague, Orrin | Tavern | 3.33 | Milford | |
| Sprague, R. | Merchant | 2.33 | Avon | |
| Sprague, R. | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Sprague, R. | Merchant | 7.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Stephens, Orrin | Vnictler | 9.00 | Milford | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Stewart, John | Merchant | 7.00 | Farmington | Oct 11, 1841 |
| Stewart, T. H. | Tavern | 3.33 | Farmington | |
| Stewart, Thomas H. | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | |
| Stoddard, C. E. | Tavern | 10.00 | Bloomfield | May 1, 1840 |
| Stone, D. R. | Merchant | 2.33 | Pontiac | |
| Stone, John | Merchant | 2.33 | Holly | |
| Suer, G. A. | Merchant | 6.42 | Avon | May 23, 1839 |
| Sull and Draper | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Swartz, Jane | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1840 |
| Swatz, J. | Tavern | 9.50 | Waterford | May 23, 1839 |
| Talmag. and Porter | Tavern | 10.00 | Farmington | May 1, 1839 |
| Taylor and Crawford | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | Oct 15, 1841 |
| Taylor, Dan B. | Tavern | 4.19 | Rochester | Mar 16, 1841 |
| Taylor, I. L. | Tavern | 10.00 | Bloomfield | |
| Thomas, John | Merchant | 15.00 | Farmington | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Thomas, W. | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Thomas, William | Tavern | 5.00 | Pontiac | |
| Thomas, Wm | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Thomas, Wm | Tavern | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Thompson, John A | Merchant | 15.00 | Avon | May 1, 1840 |
| Thumber, H. C. | Merchant | 7.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Trowbridge, J. and S. | Merchant | 5.85 | Southfield | Jan 25, 1842 |
| Tuttle, I. | Tavern | 3.33 | Commerce | |
| Tuttle, J. | Tavern | 10.00 | Commerce | May 23, 1839 |
| Tuttle, Jesse | Tavern | 10.00 | Commerce | May 1, 1840 |
| Tuttle, Jesse | Tavern | 10.00 | Commerce | Jul 20, 1841 |
| Tuttle, T. | Merchant | 2.33 | Commerce | |
| Tyson, George P. | Merchant | 15.00 | Southfield | Oct 18, 1841 |
| Van Avery, P. | Merchant | 2.33 | Southfield | |
| Van Avery, P. | Distillery | 8.33 | Southfield | |
| Van Avery, T. | Merchant | 7.00 | Southfield | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Van Avery, T. | Distillers | 25.00 | Southfield | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Van Every, Peter | Merchant | 15.00 | Southfield | Sep 28, 1841 |
| Van Every, Peter | Distiller | 12.50 | Bloomfield | Nov 9, 1841 |
| Vanavery, P. | Merchant | 15.00 | Southfield | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Vaughn, W. H. | Merchant | 5.00 | Avon | |
| Walker, Samuel | Merchant | 8.75 | Pontiac | Jan 8, 1842 |
| Wandall, J. H. | Merchant | 7.00 | Milford | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Warner, W. J. | Merchant | 6.42 | Farmington | Jun 1, 1840 |
| Warren, W. S. | Merchant | 7.00 | Farmington | May 23, 1839 |
| Warren, Wm J. | Merchant | 2.33 | Farmington | |
| Webster, Friend | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | Jul 16, 1841 |
| Wells, Rufus | Tavern | 10.00 | Novi | Nov 12, 1841 |
| Wendall, T. | Merchant | 2.33 | Milford | |
| Whitfield, Thomas | Tavern | 3.33 | Waterford | Jan 1, 1839 |
| Whitfield, Thomas | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | May 23, 1839 |
| Whitfield, Thomas | Merchant | 15.00 | Waterford | Oct 12, 1841 |
| Whitfield,Thomas | Tavern | 10.00 | Waterford | May 1, 1840 |
| Whitney, S. | Tavern | 10.00 | Southfield | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Whitney, S. | Tavern | 10.00 | Southfield | May 1, 1840 |
| Whitney, Solomon | Tavern | 10.00 | Southfield | Jul 1, 1841 |
| Wilcox, A. G. | Tavern | 15.00 | Avon | Nov 6, 1841 |
| Wilcox, S. J. | Distillers | 25.00 | Avon | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Williams, E. J. | Merchant | 15.00 | Pontiac | May 1, 1841 |
| Wing, W. H. | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | Jul 23, 1839 |
| Wing, W. H. | Tavern | 10.00 | Royal Oak | May 1, 1840 |
| Yarrington, O. | Tavern | 10.00 | Lyon | Feb 28, 1842 |