Remember that just because your ancestor appears on a 1830 real
property tax list for Coshocton County, Ohio, it doesn't mean he
lived there. A person could have owned property in a place
without living there. People on personal property tax lists are
more likely to have lived in the location. But as for the real
property lists, your ancestor might have speculated on property,
inherited it, acquired it through military service, etc. and
never lived on it. Most property owners lived on or near the
property, but don't use your ancestor's name on a real property
tax list as your sole proof that he lived there.