Rockcastle County Tax List

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; not everyone's acreage is listed for every year. This is tax list data sporadically collected, so an absence of an individual should not be especially noted, unless otherwise indicated.

Year Selected individuals on the Rockcastle County Tax List, 1811-1875
1811 Armistead Brown
1812 Richard Kirby, Geo Little, Richard Gentry (1st appearance)
1813 Richard Kirby, Geo Little
1814 Thomas Brown, Thomas Brown (two individuals)
1815 John Bustle, Betsy Brown, Richard Kirby, John Cromer
1816 John Bustle, Richard Kirby (land on Clear Creek and Dix River),
1817 John Bustle, Thomas Brown, Richard Kirby, John Southard (1st appearance)
1818 Not available
1819 Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby (250 acres, Skeggs Creek, grant in name of Taylor), Jesse Kirby, David Gentry (1st appearance)
1820 Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Jesse Kirby, Charles Brush
1821 John Bustle, Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Jesse Kirby
1822 John Bustle, Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby (250-acre Taylor grant), Jesse Kirby
1823 Not available
1824 John Bustle, Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Jesse Kirby, Richard Bray
1825 Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Jesse Kirby
1826 Richard Kirby, Thomas Kirby
1827 John Bustle, Thomas Brown, Worley Brown, Holbert McClure Sr (200, Skeggs), Holbert McClure Jr (50, Skeggs), Nicholas Minks (50, Skeggs, name of self, only only Mink(s) on list)
1828 Thomas Brown, William Brown
1829 Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Thomas Kirby, Edwin Kirby, Holbert McClure Sr (100, Skeggs), Holbert McClure Jr (50, Skeggs), Nathaniel McClure (225 Skeggs), Nicholas Minks (50, Skeggs, only Mink(s) on list)
1830 William Brown, William Brown (80 acres, Brush Creek), Worley Brown, Thomas Brown Sr, Thomas Brown Jr, Richard Kirby, Edwin Kirby, Nicholas Minks
1831 William Brown (Brush Creek), Leroy Brown, Thomas Brown Sr, Thomas Brown Jr, Elizabeth Brown, Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Thomas Kirby, Edwin Kirby
1832 Not available
1833 Not available
1834 Leroy Brown, Thomas Brown, Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Thomas Kirby, Edwin Kirby, Holbert McClure Jr (10000, Skeggs, name of Buckner), Nathaniel (200, E.Fk. Skeggs), Nathaniel (125, Skeggs, name of Taylor; 100, Skeggs, name of McClure), William McClure, Nicholas Mink (50, Rockcastle River, name of McGinnis), Robert Nichols
1835 William Brown (not on Brush Creek), Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Thomas Kirby, Edwin H Kirby, Jas. Kirby
1836 Not available
1837 Richard Kirby, Thomas Kirby (150, Skeggs), Edwin Kirby. Lalen Kirby, Joseph Kirby
1838 Not available
1839 Richard Kirby, Francis Kirby, Thomas Kirby (150, Skeggs), Edwin Kirby. Lalen Kirby, Joseph Kirby, Thomas B Nichols (405, Rockcastle River)
1840 Leroy Brown, William Brown, Richard Kirby, Thomas Kirby, Edwin Kirby. Lalen Kirby, Joseph Kirby, Charles Kirby, William Kirby, William C Kirby, Thomas Nichols (255, RR), William Warren (100, no watercourse given)
1841 Leroy Brown, William Brown, Benjamin Bray (130, Skeggs Creek in Rockcastle; 50, Line Creek in Pulaski), William Isaacs (50, Line), John Isaacs (100, Line), Isach Isaacs, Thomas Nichols (350 ,RR)
1842 Francis Kirby (does not appear on tax list after 1842), Thomas Kirby (150, Skeggs)
1843
1844 Rachel Brown, Elizabeth Brown
1845
1846 Worley Brown, Thomas Brown
1847 William Brown (100, Rockcastle River), Thomas Brown, William Brown, Leroy Brown (100, Skeggs Creek)
1848 Thomas Brown, Leroy Brown (50, Skeggs Creek, 5 children between the ages of 5 and 16), Rachel Brown, Willis Bustle, Thomas Nichols (169, Skeggs; 8000 in Laurel County)
1849 William Brown, Thomas Brown, Cyrenia Brown
1850 Browns: William, Thomas, Rachel, Elizabeth, Polly, Cyrena, D.C., Wilson Sr, Wilson Jr, James, Jonas, Jotham, Absolam, John, Stephen
1851 Thomas Brown, Rachel Brown
1852
1853
1854
1855 Thomas Kirby (225, Skeggs)
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860 Syrena Brown, Elizabeth Brown, Ambrose Brown
1861 Thomas B Nichols (1200 acres, Line Creek; 50 acres, Sinking Valley)
1862
1863
1864
1865
1875 William Brown (nearest neighbor-Isaac Mize), John J. Bloomer (nn-Smith Renner), William Shiplet (500 acres on Line Creek, nn-James V. Carroll)