Rockcastle County Tax List for Baker

Tax list data is available on microfilm for Rockcastle County for the years 1811 through 1875, although a few years are not available.

Acreage and watercourse are in parenthesis. Acreage data for everyone is not listed every year.

Year Bakers on the Rockcastle County Tax List, 1811-1842
1811 Benjamin Baker (may not be Baker, hard to read)
1812 None
1813 None
1814 None
1815 None
1816 John
1817 John
1818 Not available
1819 John, Greenberry
1820 John
1821 John (50 acres, Skeggs Creek, 1st time any Bakers have land on list)
1822 John (50, Skeggs)
1823 Not available
1824 John (50, Skeggs)
1825 John (50, Skeggs), Larkin (100, Rockcastle River, in name of Baker)
1826 John (50, Skeggs), Greenberry (100, Rentfro)
1827 Not available
1828 John Baker (50, Skeggs, in name of Baker)
1829 John (100, Skeggs), Larkin, Andy (50, Clear Creek), Braddock (50, Clear Creek)
1830 John, Larkin, Andrew, Braddock
1831 John, Isaac, Andrew, Braddock
1832 Not available
1833 Not available
1834 John, Joel (80, Skeggs, in name of Evans), Andrew, Braddock, Andrew
1835 John, John Sr, Isaac, Joel, Andrew, Braddock
1836 Not available
1837 John, Andrew (50, Skeggs), Andy (50, Clear), Braddock
1838 Not available
1839 John, Joel, Isaac, Andrew, Greenberry, Andrew, Braddock
1840 John, Joel (80, Skeggs), Isaac, Andrew (50, Skeggs), Greenberry, Andrew, Braddock, Wansley
1841 John, Joel (200, Skeggs), Isaac (141 Rockcastle River), Andrew (275, Skeggs), Greenberry, Andrew (50 Clear), Braddock (100, Clear), Wansley (50 Clear)
1842 John, Joel (200, Skeggs), Andrew (175, Dry Fork of Skeggs), Isaac P (140, Rockcastle River), Andrew (50, Clear), Braddock (100, Clear), Wansley (50, Clear)
1843 Braddock (?, Clear), Wansley (50, Clear), Isaac (147, Rockcastle River), John, Joel (200, Skeggs), Andrew (227, Skeggs)
1844 Braddock (150 acres, Clear), Wansley, Sims, Larkin, John, Isaac, Joel (200 acres, Skeggs), Andy (227, Skeggs)
1845 Braddock (150, Clear), Wansley, Joel (200, Skeggs), Larkin, Isaac (140, Rockcastle River), John, Andrew (250, Skeggs)
1846 Braddock (306, Clear), Wansley, Sims, John, Joseph (120, Skeggs), Joel (205, Skeggs), Larkin, Isaac (140, RR)
1847 Braddock (256, Clear), J?R (50, Clear), Wansley, Andrew (255, Skeggs), Joel (300, Skeggs), John (100 Skeggs), Isaac (100, RR), Joseph (100, Skeggs), Larkin
1848 Braddock (306, Clear), Sims, Andrew (300, Skeggs), Joseph (100, Skeggs), John, Larkin (100, Skeggs), Isaac P (100, RR), Joel (200 Skeggs)
1849 Braddock (287, Clear), Wansley, Sims (50, Clear), Andrew (500, Skeggs), J.C. [Joseph C.] (75, Skeggs), Joel (200, Skeggs), Larkin (100, Skeggs), John, Elizbabeth
1850 Braddock (260, Clear), Wansley, Sims (50, Clear), J.C. (80, Skeggs), Isaac P (300, Skeggs), John, Larkin (100, Skeggs), Joel (150, Skeggs), Joel Jr (50, Skeggs), Andrew Sr (340, Skeggs), Andrew Jr
1851 Braddock (205, Clear), Wansley, Andrew Sr (500, Skeggs), Harris H., Andrew Jr, Joel Sr (100, Skeggs), Andrew J., Joel Jr (100, Skeggs), Larkin (100, Skeggs), Isaac N (300, Skeggs), John Sr, Andrew J., Joseph (100, Skeggs)



There are several Bakers in the early Pulaski County tax lists, including a Joel in 1812.

It seems clear from the above data and from the 1850 census that there were two different groups of Bakers in Rockcastle, one on Skeggs Creek, the other on Clear Creek. It is unknown how, or if, these two groups were related to each other.