The taxable property of Wmson Co in 1839, as taken from the records of Franklin Co, was as follows: value of lands, $27,136; personal property, $139,410; total, $166,546. On this property 20 cents was levied on each $100 for State purposes, and 25 cents for county purposes, making in all $749.25. In 1840 the tax collector reported all collected except $18.01, which was delinquent; thus leaving $721.23 as the amount collected, $325 of it belonging to the State ad $406.23 to the county. By comparing the above figures it will be observed that, at that time, the personal property was valued at more than five times as much as all the lands in the county then subject to taxation. This can be accounted for by the fact that only a small portion of the public lands had then been entered and conveyed to individual purchasers. The manner in which the publix records have been kept makes it impossible to give the annuel increase of the taxable property of the county, but statements, at different periods, have been found sufficient to show how property and taxes have since increased.
In 1856 the personal property of the county was valued, for the purpose of taxation, at $363,710, and the lands and lots at $629,004, making a total of $992,714. A large portion of the public lands had now been entered and made subject to taxation, and their assessed value was nearly double that of the personal property. The State tax charged thereon, including the State school tax, amounted to &7,059.53 and the county tax to $3,687.41 and the total for al purposes to $10,747.36. In 1860 (just before the civil war) the personal property of the county was assessed at $516,271 and the lands and lots at $794,977, making for a total of $1,311,248; and the total charged thereon were $14,439.14. In 1865 (just at the close of the war) the personal property of the county was assessed at $537,923 and the lands and lots at $926,132, making the total $1,464,055. And the State taxes charged thereon were $10,541.25; county, $14,640.55; the total for all purposes being $44,480.37
In 1880 the taxable property was assessed as follows: personal property, $483,290; lands, $806,128; town lots $87,928; railroad track, $35,543; rolling stock, $12,747; total $1,425,636. The taxes charged thereon were State, $2,993.44; State school, $1995.63; military, $142.54; total for all purposes, $51,193.60. The following table shows the assessed value of all property in the county and the total taxes charged thereon in each congressional township for the year 1886 together with the railroads and taxes thereon, and the grand totals
| Township | Personal Property | Lands | Town Lots | Total Taxable Property | Total Taxes |
| 8-1 | $21,730 | $68,612 | $398 | $90,740 | $3,148.94 |
| 9-1 | 54,022 | 100,892 | 23,127 | 178,041 | 5,861.86 |
| 10-1 | 25,288 | 73,625 | 0 | 98,913 | 3,599.72 |
| 8-2 | 31,476 | 84,060 | 0 | 115,536 | 3,405.05 |
| 9-2 | 33,650 | 86,236 | 0 | 119,886 | 3,723.10 |
| 10-2 | 34,539 | 70,410 | 0 | 104,949 | 3,982.35 |
| 8-3 | 40,197 | 78,178 | 1,861 | 120,236 | 4,104.69 |
| 9-3 | 28,533 | 90,636 | 0 | 119,169 | 3,908.54 |
| 10-3 | 29,996 | 76,037 | 12,700 | 118,733 | 5,067.88 |
| 8-4 | 34,943 | 81,328 | 0 | 116,271 | 4,377.55 |
| 9-4 | 33,391 | 81,347 | 845 | 115,583 | 4,329.18 |
| 10-1 | 25,542 | 78,508 | 9,229 | 113,279 | 3,600.66 |
| Marion School Dist | 69,985 | 61,384 | 90,992 | 222,361 | 10,371.69 |
| Totals | $463,292 | $1,031,253 | $139,152 | $1,633,697 | $59,481.21 |
| Carbondale & | Shawneetown | Railroad | $54,248 | $1,642.72 | |
| Cairo & Vincennes | Railroad | $8,308 | $316.88 | ||
| Grand Total | $1,696,253 | $61,440.81 |