Between 1879 and 1910, the following men served as justices of the peace in the Harts Creek community. The primary source for this material is “Commissioner’s Record of Destroyed Title Papers 2,” which is located at the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Hamlin, WV. Material is arranged based on the person’s name as given in the deed, the date of the deed, and the date of the deed’s acknowledgment by a JP. I have also found JPs listed in Deed Book 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, and 60. Deed Book “S” at the Logan County Clerk’s Office as well as numerous records in the Logan County Circuit Clerk’s Office have also provided information. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years.

Stephen Lambert (Logan County) 1879, 1885-1886

State v. John Mullins (1879-1880)

NOTE: Moses Dalton stated that he was a “magistrate” in c.1885.

Deed: W.T. Butcher to Birl Farley     11 September 1885     11 September 1885

Deed: William and Emily Dingess to Polly C. Bryant     25 January 1886

Hall v. Baker     30 September 1886, 16 October 1886

NOTE: Stephen Lambert died, according to court docket files, on 21 October 1886 or 23 October 1886

A.B. Lowe was appointed justice in place of Stephen Lambert, deceased     8 November 1886

Andrew D. Robinson (Lincoln County) 1879

State v. John Mullins (1879-1880)

John McCloud (Logan County) 1881-1884, 1890-1892

Deed: Margaret Browning     01 October 1879     29 January 1881

Deed: A.A. Low to Stephen Lambert     1 June 1881     25 March 1882

Deed: Weddington Mullins     14 March 1881     18 July 1882

Deed: Charles Browning     1 June 1881     22 July 1882

Deed: Francis Vance     1 July 1882     10 March 1883

Deed: John Messer     15 September 1882     12 February 1884

Deed: Henry Workman v. Melvin Butcher     24 March 1884

Deed: Henry Workman v. Melvin Butcher     28 March 1884

Deed: Ezekiel K. Johnson     1 July 1882     30 December 1884

Workman v. Butcher     24 March 1884, 28 March 1884, 9 June 1884

Deed: Robert Mullins to Sarah E. Gore     25 November 1890     3 December 1890

Deed: Sophia Kinser     1 June 1881     12 November 1891

Deed: Farabell and John Vance to Salena Vance     11 October 1892

Jeremiah Lambert (Lincoln County) 1881-1884

Deed: John Henry Adkins     10 May 188?     3 June 1881

Deed: Archibald B. Harrison     1 July 1882     7 July 1882

Deed: John H. Fry     1 July 1882     16 August 1882

Deed: Sampson S. Brumfield      1 July 1882     17 August 1882

Deed: Minnis W. Perry     1 June 1881     13 April 1883

Deed: Enos Adkins     1 July 1882     3 June 1883

Deed: Sarah E. Thompson     23 March 1883     23 June 1883

Deed: Miles B. Browning     14 April 1881     10 August 1883

Deed: Elisha Vance     15 September 1882     10 August 1883

Deed: Moses B. Toney     21 August 1882     21 August 1883

Deed: Jeremiah and Ballard Lambert     1 July 1882     12 September 1883

Deed: Van D. Lambert     15 September 1882     30 January 1884

Deed: Albert G. Abbott     23 March 1883     14 February 1884

James H. Marcum (Lincoln County) 1881

Deed: Harmon and Susan Stroud to Louisa A. Wiley     18 November 1881

Canaan Adkins (Lincoln County) 1885-1888

Deed: Mitchell Browning and Charles Kinser     23 March 1883     5 March 1885

Deed: John and Chloe Ann Messer to Floyd Caldwell     16 March 1885     16 March 1885

Deed: Aaron and Nancy Jane Adkins to B.W. Walker     12 June 1885

Deed: John M.P. and Victory Thompson     1 July 1882     18 July 1885

Deed: Sarah E. Vance, Mary L. Nelson, and Peter M. Mullins     25 April 1883     8 August 1885

Deed: Aaron and Nancy Jane Adkins to B.W. Walker     12 June 1885     12 June 1885

Deed: Abner Vance     21 August 1882     6 October 1885

Deed: Telitha Spears to Blackburn Lucas     26 July 1886     26 July 1886

Deed: Charles Lucas to Blackburn Lucas     18 September 1886     18 September 1886

Deed: Charles Lucas to William Bird Brumfield     18 September 1886     18 September 1886

Deed: Sarah A. Perry     14 April 1881     14 February 1887

Deed: William and Jane Manns to Josephine Robinson     19 February 1887     19 February 1887

Deed: Andrew Jackson Browning     23 March 1883     17 June 1887

Deed: Elvira Baisden     1 July 1882     19 November 1887

Deed: Aaron and Nancy Jane Adkins     24 August 1887     24 August 1887/14 February 1888

Deed: Jeremiah Lambert to Van D. Lambert     30 April 1888

Deed: Floyd and Martha Caldwell to Melvin Kirk     7 July 1888     7 July 1888

A.B. Lowe (Logan County) 1886

A.B. Lowe was appointed justice in place of Stephen Lambert, deceased     8 November 1886

Hall v. Baker     18 November 1886

John B. Pullen (Lincoln County) 1888

Robert Fry to Wilford Fry, Martha J. Fry, and Rosa A. Fry     3 January 1888

Elias Vance (Lincoln County) 1889-1896

Aaron and Nancy J. Adkins to Malissia Adkins     14 August 1889     14 August 1889

Marine and Polly Spurlock to Laura Fry     6 November 1889

Polly C. Bryant to children     15 July 1891

Minerva McCloud     15 September 1882     7 November 1891

2 June 1893

Andrew and Elizabeth Elkins to Thomas J. Adkins     27 March 1894

George A. and Julia Alderson, Floyd and Emily Rakes, and C.D. and Vietta T. Haverty to J.L. Caldwell     7 December 1894

Enos Adkins et ux to Allen Brumfield     28 December 1894     14 May 1895

Charles Lucas to Sarah Brumfield     6 July 1895     6 July 1895

Samuel Workman to Melvin Kirk     29 September 1896     29 September 1896

On 26 August 1898, JP Vance was sentenced to serve two years in the state penitentiary for embezzlement.

David F. Smith (Lincoln County) 1892-1907

Richard and Olive F. Adkins to Sarah M. Adkins     18 June 1892

Peter Mullins to Jerry Lambert     12 January 1901

Lewis and Malinda Nelson to A.E. Wagner     4 December 1906

Anderson Fry to A. Gill     7 January 1907

Jefferson and Nancy E. Lucas to Cumberland Adkins     11 April 1907     12 April 1907

Hiram “Hi” Lambert (Lincoln County) 1893-1894

Deed: Farabel and John Vance to John H. Adkins     6 December 1893

Deed: Salena Vance     25 December 1893     25 December 1893

Deed: Peter M. and Mary A. Mullins et al to J.L. Caldwell     24 November 1894     29 November 1894

J.S. Payne (Lincoln County?) 1894

I.N. and Elizabeth Mullins to J.L. Caldwell     1 September 1894     7 September 1894

Sol Adams (Logan County) 1895-1897, 1899, 1907-1908

Between September and October of 1895, the Logan County Banner referenced him as Squire Sol.

Between February and September 1896, the Logan County Banner referenced him as Squire Sol.

Deed: Allen and Sarah Tomblin to William Conley     07 July 1894     09 April 1897

Cynthia Ann Mullins deposition     21 October 1899

Deed: Charles Washington Mullins to Jerry Lambert     18 June 1907

Deed: Clementine and Ed Dingess et al to Catherine Adkins     1 October 1908     16 October 1908

Deed: Clementine and Ed Dingess et al to Ann F. Davis     1 October 1908     16 October 1908

Isaac Fry (Lincoln County) 1897-1904

Richard and Spencer Adkins to D.P. Lambert     17 July 1897

Charles Adkins to Malinda Adkins     25 April 1898

Russell S. Stollings et ux to William D. Farley     24 March 1900

25 June 1900

Susan and Levi Rakes et al to J.L. Caldwell     28 July 1900     30 July 1900

28 July 1904

Jefferson Lucas (Lincoln County) 1899-1907

Isaac G. Gartin to William Manns     3 January 1899     3 January 1899

William Manns to William H. Manns     3 January 1899     3 January 1899

John P. Lucas to A.B. Staley     12 March 1907

William Bird Brumfield (Lincoln County) 1899-1904

J.H. and Amanda McComas to Blackburn Lucas     30 August 1899     30 August 1899

William and Rebecca Bell et al to Thomas H. Harvey and George F. Miller     12 January 1900

Malinda J. Vance to Emma Vance     21 July 1904     21 July 1904

George F. Frye (Lincoln County) 1901-1902

Farabell Vance to Salena Vance     7 May 1901

Enos Adkins to A.G. Adkins and F.E. Adkins     15 February 1902     15 February 1902

Rufus Pack (Lincoln County) 1903-1909

Isaac and Nancy M. Workman to Abijah Workman, Jr.     2 February 1903

Henry C. and Martha Sias to Isaac F. Nelson     17 February 1909

Charles Adkins (Lincoln County) 1905-1910

02 November 1905

Charles and Caroline Brumfield to J.M. Brammer and B.F. Scearcy     7 November 1906

Blackie Lucas to Elizabeth Lucas     15 July 1907

Asa and Rebecca Williamson to Hugh Evans     18 February 1908

William Workman to Joseph Browning     15 July 1908

Malinda Adkins to Isaiah Adkins     20 July 1908

02 January 1909

Joseph and Rosey Browning to Lace Marcum and T.R. Shepherd     1 April 1910

William Toppins (Wayne County) 1907

Deed: L.C. and Pinkston Queen to Sarah B. Maynard     18 December 1907

Hugh Evans (Lincoln County) 1908

Deed: John W. and Evaline Sartin to George Shepherd     29 July 1908

A.E. Wagner (Lincoln County) 1910

Deed: Anderson Fry to Rush and Mary Slate     14 January 1910

J.M. Brammer et ux to David Farley     11 April 1910     19 April 1910