17 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Cemeteries, Leet
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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, genealogy, Hamilton Fry, history, Lincoln County, U.S. South, West Virginia
Hamilton Fry (1815-1864) grave, located at Leet on Big Ugly Creek, Lincoln County, West Virginia. I took this photo in 2011.
17 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Whirlwind
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Alvie L. Thompson, Appalachia, Fred Adams, Frederick Q. Thompson, genealogy, Gladys Adams, Harts Creek, Herbert Adams, Herbert Thompson, history, Hoover Fork, Logan County, Lola Mae Adams, Mary Ann Thompson, Millard Thompson, Myrtle Thompson, Nora G. Adams, Thompson-Adams Family Cemetery, U.S. South, Vernon Lee Thompson, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Willie Thompson
The Thompson-Adams Family Cemetery, which I visited on 24 June 2014, is located 0.7 miles up Hoover Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
Row 1
Vernon Lee Thompson (08 March 1971-10 March 1971)
Frederick Q. Thompson (26 October 1963-19 June 2004)
(gap in graves)
Mary Ann Thompson (1905-1987); d/o Richard and Emma (Keenan) Vance; m. Millard Thompson
Millard Thompson (1903-1983); s/o James and Margurette (Mullins) Thompson
Willie Thompson (17 August 1934-29 October 1976); c/o Millard and Mary A. (Vance) Thompson
Row Below (begin at foot of Willie Thompson)
What appears to be two baby graves are the legs of Mary (Vance) Thompson.
Row 2
Herbert Thompson (23 April 1897-18 June 1986); s/o James and Margurette (Mullins) Thompson
Myrtle Thompson (13 April 1901-19 January 1975); d/o Benjamin and V. Susan (Abbott) Adams
Row 3
Fred Adams (1907-1990); s/o Benjamin and V. Susan (Abbott) Adams
Lola Mae Adams (1907-1986); d/o Otto and Delilah Ann (Browning) Nichols; m. Fredrick Troy Adams
Herbert Adams (28 July 1921-11 April 1984); s/o V. Susan (Abbott) Adams
Gladys Adams (1909-1989); d/o Benjamin and V. Susan (Abbott) Adams
Nora G. Adams (18 February 1903-09 November 1934); d/o Benjamin and V. Susan (Abbott) Adams
Row 4
Alvie L. Thompson (31 March 1929-05 November 2011); s/o Herbert and Myrtle (Adams) Thompson
Little section nearby:
“Chance” (1998-2013)
“Katie”
“Chelsea”
Perhaps another marker
17 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Warren
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Appalachia, Ben Adams, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, Warren, West Virginia
Ben Adams log cabin, Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. I took this photograph in 1995.
17 Saturday Oct 2015
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Addie B. Whited, Anna Whited, Appalachia, Celia Whited, Chautauqua County, circuit clerk, civil war, Confederate Army, education, Effie Whited, genealogy, Greenbrier County, Hattie P. Whited, Henry H. Hardesty, history, Ireland, John A. Totten, Juditha Totten, Kansas, Logan, Logan County, Lynchburg, Maryland, Methodist Episcopal Church, Oakland, R.A. Brock, Randolph County, Richmond, Robert Whited, Russell County, Superintendent of Schools, Thomas C. Whited, U.S. South, Virginia, Virginia and Virginians, West Virginia, Willie G. Whited
From “Virginia and Virginians, 1606-1888,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Thomas C. Whited, who resided at Logan Court House in Logan County, West Virginia:
Of Logan C.H., was born in Russell county, Va., Nov. 25, 1854, and resided there till 1870, when he sent several years traveling in the western part of the United States; in 1877 he located at Logan C.H., and was engaged in teaching; was appointed in 1880 a member of the board of examiners for that county; this position he held until 1885, when he was elected county superintendent of public schools, which position he filled with much credit, and resigned in 1886, having been elected clerk of Circuit Court. He was married March 4, 1880, to Celia Totten. They have been blessed with the following offspring, born in order here given: Effie, born Feb. 20, 1882; Willie G., born Aug. 17, 1884; Hattie P., born Nov. 16, 1886; Addie B., born April 25, 1889. Mrs. Thomas C. Whited was born at Logan C.H., W.Va., Sept. 22, 1861. Her father, Rev. John A. Totten, a minister of the M.E. Church, was born in Oakland, Md., was married to Juditha Bonnifield in Randolph county, W.Va., and died in Greenbrier county, W.Va., in the Confederate camp, in 1861. His widow lives at Logan C.H. The subject of this sketch is a son of Robert and Anna (Meadows) Whited. The father, born near Lynchburg, Va., March 7, 1819, is now residing in Chautauqua county, Kan., where he owns extensive and valuable property, and is one of the largest stock raisers in that State. His wife, and the mother of Thomas C. Whited, was born near Lynchburg, Va., in 1821, and died in Russell county, Va., April 3, 1869. The Whited or Whitehead family came originally from Ireland to Virginia, and were among the first settlers of that State. Its branches are scattered in almost every State of the Union, and particularly in the Western States. They have always been people of influence and position, and noted for honor, industry and energy.
Source: Dr. R.A. Brock, Virginia and Virginians, 1606-1888 (Richmond, VA: H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, 1888), p. 845-846.
09 Friday Oct 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Appalachia, Ben Adams, Blood in West Virginia, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, miller, photos, Trace Fork, West Virginia
Ben Adams millstone, which I located on Trace Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV (1996)
09 Friday Oct 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts
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Appalachia, Cecil M. Adkins, cemeteries, Cooper Hollow, Cora E. Adkins, Cornis A. Isaacs, genealogy, Harts, history, John Fitzgerald Dingess, Lincoln County, Ruby Adkins, Shirley Jean Adkins, U.S. South, West Virginia, William Aaron Adkins, William Aaron Adkins Family Cemetery
The William Aaron Adkins Family Cemetery, which I visited on 15 February 1998, is located at Cooper Hollow 1.3 miles up Guyan River Road on the right from Harts, Lincoln County.
William A. Adkins (1872-1970); s/o Burrell and Malissa Jane (Adkins) Adkins
Cora E. Adkins (1881-19XX); d/o Gordon and Martella (Workman) Lilly; m. William Aaron Adkins; died 1974
Ruby Adkins (1923-1976); d/o Fletcher and Rachel (Messer) Workman
Cecil M. Adkins (12 May 1909-12 Dec 1953); s/o W. Aaron and Cora E. (Lilly) Adkins
unmarked grave
Cornis A. Isaacs (1934-1935); s/o Ed and Hazel (Ramey) Isaacs
Shirley Jean Adkins; died at age of about one year; d/o Cecil and Ruby (Workman) Adkins
John Fitzgerald Dingess (1970-1970); s/o Gene and Rachel (Adkins) Dingess
08 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Boone County, Civil War
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129th Regiment Virginia Militia, 187th Regiment Virginia Militia, Battle of Boone Court House, Black-Striped Company, Boone County, civil war, Confederate Army, David Enyart, Ezekiel Miller, Knob Hill, Little Coal River, Madison, Union Army, West Virginia
Modern-day view of the Battle of Boone Court House (1 September 1861). The blue dot notes the approximate location of Boone Court House (Madison), which was guarded by Confederates under Col. Ezekiel Miller. Miller commanded about 250 men from the 187th Regiment Virginia Militia, 129th Regiment Virginia Militia, and the Black-Striped Company.
Modern-day view of the Battle of Boone Court House (1 September 1861). The blue dot notes the approximate location of Lt. Col. David Enyart’s Union force (three companies of Kentucky and Ohio men), as well as Union artillery, placed on Knob Hill. Col. Enyart commanded about 750 men.
Modern-day view from the Confederate position looking toward Knob Hill in Madison, WV.
Union troops charged across the Little Coal River and dislodged Confederates from their positions at Boone Court House.
08 Thursday Oct 2015
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7th West Virginia Cavalry, Bertha White, Bilton White, Carlos B. White, civil war, deputy sheriff, Francis M. White, genealogy, Henry H. Hardesty, history, James White, Janette White, Logan, Logan County, Mary M. White, Mary White, merchant, Millard White, R.A. Brock, Richmond, Sarah White, Union Army, Virginia, Virginia and Virginians, West Virginia, Wheeling
From “Virginia and Virginians, 1606-1888,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Francis M. White, who resided at Logan Court House in Logan County, West Virginia:
Is now engaged in merchandising and farming in Logan county, owning a large store and residence at Logan C.H., and a valuable farm in the neighborhood. He has held several important offices of trust, among them that of deputy sheriff of Logan county for three terms; was postmaster at Logan C.H. for eight years, besides many others, all of which he filled honorably and with an efficiency that proves how fully he merits the confidence of his fellow citizens. At the age of 18 he enlisted as sergeant of Co. I, 7th W.Va. Cav., U.S.A., and served most gallantly from 1862, the date of his enlistment, until 1865, when he was honorably discharged and mustered out at Wheeling, W.Va. After the close of the war of the rebellion, against which his service had been rendered, he returned to his native county, and was there married to Miss Mary Riffe, July 25, 1866. Of this union the following are the issue: Sarah, born July 23, 1867, died Oct. 14, 1875; Mary M., born Oct. 4, 1868, died March 23, 1869; Carlos B., born Jan. 3, 1870, resides with his parents; Bilton, born Sept. 17, 1871, died Oct. 11, 1875; Cora, born July 12, 1875, resides with her parents; Janette, born Nov. 20, 1877, resides with her parents; Bertha, born Aril 13, 1879, resides with her parents; Millard, born Sept. 23, 1882, resides with his parents; James, born Set. 3, 1885. The father was born July 26, 1844; the mother Nov. 15, 1841. Mr. White is a descendant of an old and honorable family that has for many years been looked up to as leaders on account of their sterling worth and strong influence. The subject of this sketch is one of the most popular citizens of Logan co. Besides the business above spoken of, he is engaged in the management of his other valuable estate.
Source: Dr. R.A. Brock, Virginia and Virginians, 1606-1888 (Richmond, VA: H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, 1888), p. 845.
08 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, Buskirk House, history, J.B. Buskirk, life, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, U.S. South, West Virginia
Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 21 November 1889
08 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Civil War, Crawley Creek, Green Shoal, Harts, Little Harts Creek
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129th Regiment Virginia Militia, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Aaron Adkins, Abbotts Branch, Abijah Workman, Abner Vance, Addison Vance, Admiral S. Fry, Albert Abbott, Alexander Bryant, Alford Tomblin, Allen B. Brumfield, Anderson Barker, Andrew D. Robinson, Andrew Jackson Browning, Andrew Jackson Vance, Arnold Perry, Barnett Carter, Battle of Boone Court House, Battle of Kanawha Gap, Benjamin Adams, Benjamin Barker, Big Branch, Burbus C. Toney, Calahill McCloud, Canaan Adkins, Carter's Company, Charles McCloud, Christian T. Fry, civil war, Crawley Creek, Daniel Bill Nester, David Workman, Douglas Branch, Edward Garrett, Enos "Jake" Adkins, Evermont Ward Brumfield, Fleming Fry, Fulton D. Ferrell, Garland Conley, genealogy, George Bryant, George Godby, Griffin Stollings, Guy Conley, Harts, Harts Creek, Harvey S. Dingess, Henderson Dingess, Henderson Lambert, Henry Conley, history, Hoover Fork, Ira Lucas, Isaac Adkins, Isaac G. Griffith, Jackson McCloud, James Bryant, James Dalton, James Dingess, James Mullins, James P. Ferrell, James Tomblin, Jefferson Thompson, Jeremiah Perry, Jesse W. Carter, John C. Chapman, John DeJarnett, John Dingess, John H. Adkins, John McCloud, John Quincy Adams, John R. Robinson, John W. Workman, Josiah Browning, Lewis Baisden, Lewis Jupiter Fry, Lewis Vance, Logan County, Martin Dalton, Martin Van Buren Mullins, Mastin Conley, Mathias Elkins, Moses Tomblin, Moses Workman, Obediah Workman, Oliver Conley, Peter C. Dingess, Peter Fry, Reuben Conley, Riland Baisden, Robert Bob Mullins, Robert Fry, Rufus Bryant, Russell Fry, Shade Estep, Smokehouse Fork, Spencer A. Mullins, Squire Toney, Thomas Conley, Thompson Perry, Tolbert S. Godby, Weddington Mullins, West Virginia, William A. Dingess, William C. Lambert, William D. Elkins, William S. Dingess, William T. Fowler, William Workman
The 129th Regiment Virginia Militia, commanded by Colonel John DeJarnett, consisted of men primarily from Logan County, (West) Virginia. The 129th existed to protect Logan County. Carter’s Company, captained by Barnett “Barney” Carter, consisted of many Harts Creek men, all of whom enlisted on 27 August 1861 at Logan Court House, Logan County, (West) Virginia. The 129th, including Carter’s Company, participated in the Battle of Boone Court House on 1 September 1861 and the Battle of Kanawha Gap on 25 September 1861. In 1862, Carter’s Company essentially became Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. (This list will be updated periodically.)
Albert Abbott*, Abbotts Branch
Benjamin Adams, Crawley Creek
John Quincy Adams, Harts Creek
Aaron Adkins
Canaan Adkins, West Fork of Harts Creek [Lincoln County Feud]
Enos “Jake” Adkins, 1st Lieutenant, Douglas Branch (Ferrellsburg)
Isaac Adkins, Jr., Harts Creek (Big Branch area)
Isaac Adkins, 2nd Sergeant, Harts Creek (Big Branch area)
John H. Adkins
Lewis Baisden
Riland Baisden
Anderson Barker
Benjamin Barker
James M. Berry
Jacob Browning
Josiah Browning, 4th Sergeant
Andrew Jackson Browning, Harts Creek
Allen B. Brumfield, Big Ugly Creek
Evermont Ward Brumfield, Big Ugly Creek
Alexander Bryant, Harts Creek
George Bryant, Harts Creek
James Bryant, Harts Creek
Rufus Bryant, Harts Creek
Ed Burchett
William F. B_____
Jesse W. Carter
Barnett Carter, Captain, Hoover Fork of Harts Creek
John C. Chapman, 1st Corporal
Garland Conley, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek
Guy Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)
Henry Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)
Maston Conley, Chapmanville
Oliver Conley, Crawley Creek
Reuben Conley
Thomas Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)
James Dalton, Harts Creek
Martin Dalton, Harts Creek
Harvey S. Dingess*, Crawley Creek
Henderson Dingess, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek [Lincoln County Feud]
James Dingess, 3rd Corporal
John Dingess
Peter C. Dingess, Crawley Creek
William A. Dingess
William S. Dingess
Mathias Elkins
William D. Elkins*, 2nd Corporal
D.J. Estep
Shade Estep, 4th Corporal
Fulton D. Ferrell, 3rd Sergeant
James P. Ferrell, Big Ugly Creek
Samuel Ferrell
Isaac Fleming
William T. Fowler, West Fork/Marsh Fork of Harts Creek
Admiral S. Fry, Green Shoal
Christian T. “Jack” Fry*, Abbotts Branch
Fleming Fry
Lewis “Jupiter” Fry, Big Ugly Creek (Gill)
Peter Fry
Robert Fry
Russell Fry
Edward Garrett, 2nd Lieutenant
Isaac G. Gartin, 2nd Lieutenant, Little Harts Creek
George Godby
Tolbert S. Godby, 1st Sergeant
Isaac O. Jeffrey
Henderson Lambert, Bend of the River
William C. Lambert, Bend of the River area
Ira Lucas
Calahill McCloud, Harts Creek or Twelve Pole Creek
Charles McCloud
Jackson McCloud
John McCloud
B. McNeely
James Mullins
Martin Van Buren Mullins, Harts Creek
Robert “Bob” Mullins, Harts Creek
Spencer A. Mullins, Bridge Branch area (Atenville)
Weddington Mullins, Harts Creek
Daniel “Bill” Nester, Browns Branch
William Owens
Arnold Perry
D.H. Perry
Jeremiah Perry
Thompson Perry
Andrew Robinson, Harts Creek
John R. Robinson
Griffin Stollings
Jefferson Thompson, Thompson Branch of Harts Creek
Alford Tomblin, Sr., Harts Creek
Alford Tomblin, Jr., Harts Creek
James Tomblin
Moses Tomblin
Burbus C. Toney, Green Shoal area (Toney)
Squire Toney, Big Ugly Creek
Andrew Jackson Vance
Abner Vance, West Fork of Harts Creek
Addison Vance
Lewis Vance
James Wills
Abijah “Bige” Workman
David Workman
John W. Workman
Moses Workman
Obediah Workman
William Workman
(*) denotes my direct ancestors
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