Title: Levi Perryman Papers, 1871-1917
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Abstract
The Levi Perryman Collection, 1871-1917, documents the life and activities of a Texas Sheriff and Tax Collector from Montague County, Texas.
Administrative/Biographical History
The Levi Perryman Collection, 1871-1917, documents the life and activities of a Texas Sheriff and Tax Collector from Montague County, Texas, illustrating the difficulties of collecting taxes after the Civil War and the increase in criminal activity. Levi Perryman was a sheriff and tax collector in Montague County, Texas, from 1873 to 1880. Montague County was created from Cooke County in 1857 on the north central Texas border with Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and was organized in 1858 -- therefore, Perryman worked in the county when it was just fifteen years old and had a total of about 11,000 residents.
