Continuation of the tax lists for 1821 Allen Co. Shown is the name of the head of household, the acreage of land owned, location based on the nearest waterway. If more than one white male over 21 shown, it will be so indicated. These were done in alphabetical order only by the first initial of the last name so are just in the order that the clerk recorded payments on the matching page. DEVASHER, John C: 120 acres W. Creek; 150 acres W Creek; 14 acres W Creek; 135 acres W Creek; 50 acres W Creek. DEARING, Elisha, 220 acres W Creek DAVIS, William, no land DICKERSON, John, no land DRY, Benjamin, no land DORSON?, WIlliam, 100 acres Difficult Creek DRY, William, no land DRY, Jacob, 252 acres, Difficult Creek DINWIDDIE, Alexander H, 100 acres, W. Creek DOBBINS, James D or P, no land DURHAM, Henry, 100 acres, W Creek DINWIDDIE, William Jr, 100 acres, B Fork DUFF, Fielding, no land (2 entries), owned 2 lots in Scottsville. DINWIDDIE, William Sr, 250 acres, B Fork DURHAM, Washington, no land DORSON, Johnathan: 87 acres L Creek, 18 acres L Creek, 5 1/2 acres L Creek, 50 acres Barren River DEAN, Aulsey, 1000 acres H Creek DOPSON (DODSON?), Thomas, no land DRY, George, 131 acres Difficult Creek DOSS, John L, no land DAUTTON, George, no land DINWIDDIE, Thomas, 100 acres, B Fork. Favor. As you can tell, the clerk figured that everyone would know the names of these creeks and abbreviated them. For the experts in Allen Co land, would one of you send to the list the names of the various creeks indicated so people out of the area will know what the clerk was talking about. The only one the clerk ever wrote out was Difficult creek. I assume B Fork is Barren Fork? To be continued next week - Sandi Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html SCKY Links: http://www.public.asu.edu/~moore/Gorin.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/