Dear Members of the Lewis County, Kentucky Discussion Group, There were 23 people (22 men and one woman) who owned land on Briery Creek in the 1862 Tax List of Lewis County, Kentucky. They are listed here "almost" alphabetically, with the number of acres in the tract of land, followed by its value in 1862. These families would likely have had Quincy Post Office mailing addresses. John HACKWORTH was the largest landowner on Briery Creek in 1862, with 1600 acres valued at $4000. 1. George AUMILLER, 62/$500 2. Alexander BELL, 31/$300 3. David CORNES(CARNES?), 27/$100 4. L.(Lewis) P. ELLIS, 4/$600 (Lewis P. ELLIS was Captain of Company "E", Twenty-second Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Union Army, who was followed by Alexander BRUCE in the Captaincy) 5. James EVANS, 35/$200 6. Evan EVANS, 50/$100 7. Charles HILLERMAN, 200/$200 8. John HACKWORTH, 1600/$4000 9. Walter H. HOGG, 76/$150 10. Stephen HUBBARD, 10/$200 11. John R. KEITH, 200/$250 12. Joseph KIMBALL, 70/$700 13. Samuel MCKEE, 20/$400 14. Ruth MCDOWELL, 219/$250 15. Riland(?) MCCOY, 100/$35 16. Henry MCKEE, 100/$100 17. William S. MCKINNEY, 4/$700 18. William L. NEASE, 400/$110 19. C.L. OSBOURN, 65/$800 20. George SMITH, 50/$150 21. James STONE, 200/$250 22. Abraham THOMAS, 40/$400 23. Alfred THOMPSON, 290/$800 Sincerely, Randal W. Cooper