Millers Creek trickles down from the mountain along side route 52 near Sand Field Ky. where it is
immediatedly joined with Little Sinking Creek, it continues its flow north westerly along Route 52 to
Crystal Ky. where it is joined by Billys Fork Creek, next after about two miles it is joined by streams
that flow from Sudders Fork, Furnace Fork, and Long Branch. It then turns into a south westerly direction and
flows into the Kentucky River about a mile north west of Pryse Ky.
The railway station at Pryse was called Texola but most people referred to it as Pryse.
This area was a burgeoning community in the the early 1900's due to massive drilling of Oil Wells
in the area which created the need to build a refinery which created many jobs. By the late 1930's
most of the oil had depleted causing the refinery to shutdown. Many of the old and rusting tanks
are still visable today.

Another mile down the Kentucky River along the old railroad which parrallels what is now Route 1571
near the old Mt. Tabor Church was the site of the old Millers Creek railway station, which no longer exists.
As in many once heavy populated areas Millers Creek railway station once had a Post Office a store
and several other structures, all since gone.

Route 1571 was a secondary road and was not used to any extent by automobile traffic until sometime
in the 60's or 70's due to being flooded. Route 52 across the mountain through Tipton Ridge was the main route
since it could be navigated year round. However it was still used by people who traveled by foot, horseback,
wagons, and occasionally automobiles. I once rode a mule bareback from Irvine to Crystal for a man
who purchased it and paid me two dollars to deliver it. Needless to say my backside was a little sore when
I arrived.

Millers Creek from start to finish is about 10 miles but in the late 1700's when settlers moved into
the area it was occupied by hundreds of people on through the 1800's and into the first part of 1900.
Although many family members had moved on west to the wild frontiers during the 1800's the biggest move
happened during the second world war. People who were not in the military moved north to work in
defense plants at major industrial areas in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois to name a few.
Many later moved back but for the most part they remained as most had good jobs and never lived as good.

The early settlers of this area all came from the eastern areas of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee,
where most had served in the military during the Revolutionary War, the Indian Wars, and the War of 1812
where some had held high positions. Many of them received large land grants from the government for their
service in the military such as Archibald Crawford who received some 20,000 acres centered in the
Tallega area of what is now Lee Co. in 1814. His brother Valentine Crawford who settled at Crystal Ky.
along Millers Creek purchased 5,491 acres from John Wilson in March of 1815., and most of the people who descend from that area can claim some kinship to this family.

According the to 1900 Estill Co. Ky. Census Milers Creek Precinct the
follow surnames were found living along Millers Creek.

Abner - Abney - Ambergy - Austin - Akers - Armstrong - Arthur - Ashcraft
Barnett - Beckly - Bechler - Berryman - Bishop - Brandenburg - Broaddus - Bristoe - Bryan,
Britten - Burgher - Burns - Byers, Barnes - Byers - Breading - Benton - Brandenburg -
Baker - Berry - Brown - Blackwell - Brooks
Campbell - Case - Caudle - Centers - Colwell - Crawford - Crow - Curtis - Chruse - Conley
Cole - Crawford - Cox - Childers - Combs - Cartwright - Collins - Capp
Drake - Durbin - Dozier - Daily - David
Embry - Estes - Edwards - Everman
Flinchum - Flynn
Gross - Gillum - Gee - Gilbert - Gabbard
Horn - Howell - Hamilton - Hendley - Hawkins - Hood - Holly - Hall - Hounsell - Huff - Hughes -
Hardin
James - Jones - Johnson
Kelly
Lunsford - Leathers - Lutes - Lee - Lyle
Moorfield - McDavid - Mullins - Meadows - Moberly - Moreland - McKnight - Mackey - McIntosh -
Marcum
Newkirk - Norton - Neal
Oaks
Powell -Proffet - Patrick - Pryse - Puckett - Pitts - Pasley - Powell
Rader - Rawlins - Reed - Robbins - Russell - Rogers - Rankins - Richardson - Rison - Reed - Reynolds
Slawter - Smith - Smyth - Sparks - Snowden - Samples - Stamper - Scrivner - Schuyler - Stewart - Sale -
Stewart - Sheridan - Smithers
Tuggle - Tipton - Thacker - Townsend
Willoby - Williams - Wise - Whitman - Waters - Warren - Webb - Watson - Winters