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Brierly families buried - Nicholas County, KY

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Brierly families buried - Nicholas County, KY

Posted: 22 Feb 2000 3:39AM GMT
Classification: Cemetery
Edited: 8 May 2010 4:16AM GMT
Surnames: Brierly
The Brierly family cemetery is located near Bald Hill, KY (a tiny, tiny village) in Nicholas County. It's not visible from the road and you have to walk thru the woods to get to it. The thru-road that ran to it was closed several years ago.

The site was chosen when Leonard (Lennie - one of many, many Leonard Brierlys) told his mother that he wanted to be buried there when he died- he was just a child and loved to play there. Less than a year later he became ill and died and the family started the cemetery. Lennie was the son of Robert Brierly (b. 1850) and Rebecca Ward Brierly (b. 1849). Here is a list of the people buried there:

Leonard Brierly (Lennie) 1871-1880
Orval Brierly 1875-1918
Robert Brierly 1850-1930
Rebecca Ward Brierly 1849-1937
William Robert Roy Brierly, 1908-1910
Jessie O'Rear Brerily, 1911-1913
William Davis Brierly, 1924-1926
Thomas Henry Brierly, 1852-1937
William Ambry Brierly 1855-1929
Lorene Ward (no dates)
Darius Workman (no dates)
Elizabeth Workman (no dates)
Will Askins (no dates)
Mollie Askins (1873-1943)
Rena Brierly, 1888-1890
Bertha May Brierly, 1892-1894
Bertha Workman, died 1897
Nancy Smitson Brierly 1827 is birthdate - no death date; this is Leonard Lyons Brierly's wife (mother of Robert, Thomas Henry, William A, and Martha Ellen)
Martha Ellen Brierly Toomey, 1848-October 25, 1888 (this is my dad's grandmother - she died and left behind 6 children - the youngest just 3 years old)
Hobert Kelley, n.d.
Lula Kelley, n.d.
Melia Kelley, n.d.
Shell Henderson, n.d.
Jim Henderson, n.d.
Ed Henderson, n.d.
Peter Henderson, n.d.

I believe Mollie Askins is the daughter of Robert and Rebecca. I have no idea what the Workman and Kelley connection is.

There is another Brierly Cemetery but it is located in Robertson County, KY on Brierly Ridge right outside of Mt. Olivet. Also, Leonard Lyons Brierly is buried at the Old Corinth Cemetery in Robertson County.

Hope this helps someone out there in cyber-land!
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
sandragriffet... 22 Feb 2000 10:39AM GMT 
DAWN 4 Mar 2000 8:56AM GMT 
sandragriffet... 4 Mar 2000 6:04PM GMT 
sandragriffet... 11 Jul 2000 5:55AM GMT 
txgrl631 20 Apr 2010 12:28PM GMT 
SandraBrierly 15 Jan 2012 12:42AM GMT 
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