08 Thursday Dec 2022
Posted in Atenville, Banco, Beech Creek, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Sandy Valley, Big Ugly Creek, Boone County, Breeden, Chapmanville, Clothier, Cove Gap, Crawley Creek, Dingess, Dunlow, East Lynn, Enslow, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Gilbert, Gill, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Halcyon, Hamlin, Harts, Holden, Kermit, Kiahsville, Kitchen, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Logan, Man, Matewan, Meador, Midkiff, Pecks Mill, Peter Creek, Queens Ridge, Ranger, Rector, Sand Creek, Spurlockville, Stiltner, Stone Branch, Toney, Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne, West Hamlin, Wewanta, Wharncliffe, Whirlwind, Williamson, Wyoming County, Yantus
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, Boone County, Guyandotte River, Hamlin, history, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County, Madison, map, maps, McDowell County, Mingo County, Pineville, Polk's State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Tug Fork, Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne, Wayne County, Welch, West Virginia, Williamson, Wyoming County
04 Thursday Apr 2019
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Enslow, Halcyon, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Charley Mullins, Cherry Tree, diphtheria, Enslow, genealogy, Grover Mullins, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mt. Era United Baptist Church, Roxie Mullins, Stonewall Dalton, West Virginia, Whirlwind
A correspondent named “Chums” from Whirlwind at Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on February 2, 1923:
The post office at Enzelo has been discontinued. Someone will have fun going to Halcyon.
Several families have been attacked with flu and diphtheria in this neighborhood.
Randolph’s visit was very brief. She didn’t talk to suit him.
Why is Troy staying in Cherry Tree so long? Come back, Troy. You’ll receive some warm welcome.
Mrs. C.H. McCloud and three daughters were seen passing down the road yesterday.
Charley Mullins has been on the sick list but is recovering.
Roxie Mullins was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Grover Mullins Sunday.
There was a grand meeting at the Mt. Era church Sunday.
Stonewall Dalton seems real proud of his bride.
Good luck to the Banner.
02 Tuesday Apr 2019
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Crawley Creek, Halcyon, Poetry
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Appalachia, Cecil Workman, Crawley Creek, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, Lawrence Mullins, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mt. Era United Baptist Church, poems, poetry, West Fork, West Virginia
A correspondent from Halcyon at West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 23, 1923:
Out in the air
Out away from town
Away out in the country
Where the trees and birds are found.
There is where my heart is bent
There is where I find content
There satisfaction hangs all around
It even blossoms from the ground.
There is where the Julip bees
Are humming among the trees.
There is where old Barley Corn
Is pouring from his lavish horn.
Hump! And you will say
The city is where I like to stay.
You just don’t know as well as I
Ere the country you would come and try.
Two preachers from Crawley Creek delivered good sermons at Mt. Era Church Sunday.
The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Workman March 13th and left a fine boy.
Lawrence Mullins is the proud possessor of a grandson.
18 Monday Mar 2019
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Albert Mullins, Albert Richards, Appalachia, Evelyn Workman, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, Hensley Cemetery, history, Ida McCloud, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mandy Mullins, Mattie Carter, Nora Brown, Pearl McCloud, Roxie Mullins, Tom Baisden, Vergie Mullins, West Virginia
A correspondent named “Smiles and Cheers” from Halcyon on Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 2, 1923:
(Too late for publication last week.)
Sunday School here is progressing nicely.
Mattie Carter, Evelyn Workman, and Nora Brown were calling on Miss Mandy and Roxie Mullins Thursday.
Roxie Mullins was calling on Mrs. Vergie Mullins Monday evening.
Tom Baisden has started a big job. I think he calls it making sugar. Hustle in, boys, those who want a position.
Albert Richards and his intended were out for a stroll Sunday.
Albert Mullins’ big job is progressing nicely.
Everyone sure does miss Jerona.
Roxie Mullins and her new beau were out for a walk Saturday evening.
Roxie and Mandy Mullins, Ida and Pearl McCloud, Mattie Carter, and a number of others, attended a funeral Friday morning at the Hensley cemetery.
Good luck to the Banner.
14 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon
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Appalachia, Freddie Dingess, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, May Cooper, moonshine, Shamrock, Tom Dingess, Von Dingess, West Virginia
A correspondent named “Jennings” from Halcyon on Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on August 11, 1922:
Miss Freddie Dingess and Miss May Cooper were visitors in Halcyon this week. The girls seemed to enjoy themselves very much. They went in bathing in the creek, rode a log, turned turtle, went barefooted, rode a mule and so on. They sure were a jolly couple. They took back to Shamrock bottom lots of sunshine. Most of the people take back moonshine.
Miss Tom Dingess from the Logan hospital and Von Dingess of Shamrock Bottom were visitors in Halcyon recently. The jolly things they did were innumerable and is believed they took away both moonshine and sunshine to Shamrock valley.
Everything is unusual around here. We have good crops of which we are reaping the benefit of now. All are jolly and the goose is hanging high.
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon, Holden
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Appalachia, Burl Dingess, Caney Branch, Charles Gore, education, Everett Dingess, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, Hattie Dingess, history, Holden, Ira Gore, Joe Gore, Lee Dingess, Logan Banner, Logan County, moonshine, teacher, W.W. Gore, West Virginia
A correspondent named “Aunt Meg” from Halcyon on Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on September 22, 1922:
Times are good and everybody happy and gay in the old town, but as some of us have never purchased our winter shoes our toes have begun to smell jack frost.
There is some town gossip that Everett Dingess will return to Pennsylvania with his wife and baby where he has spent a few years.
Miss Hattie Dingess has left our town and will teach school on Caney for a few months.
Our home school is progressing nicely under the supervision of Mr. Chas. Gore as teacher. His motto is: “Do good and leave moonshine alone.”
Pete, you walk as if you had spent your past few days in the White House. Has she gone back on you?
Mr. Ira Gore and Burl Dingess made a hurried trip to Holden last week. Boys, what’s your hurry?
Mr. W.W. Gore of Holden spent the weekend with his brother, Joe Gore, of this place.
I wonder why Lee Dingess rides so fast up the hill on his way to the ‘ville. Ask Kris. She knows.
Harvest time has come, boys. Shake off your sleepiness and go to work.
Good luck to the Banner and readers.
28 Monday May 2018
Posted in Cemeteries, Halcyon, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, Elizabeth Kirk, Floyd Caldwell, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, Hog Hollow, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, Martin County, Melvin Kirk, Melvin Kirk Family Cemetery, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Piney Fork, Thomas Kirk, West Fork, West Virginia
Melvin and Susan (Thompson) Kirk Homeplace, Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 24 May 2018. Melvin and Susan are my great-great-grandparents.
Kirk Homeplace sign, Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 24 May 2018. Melvin was born in 1862 to Thomas and Elizabeth “Betty” (Maynard) Kirk and was partly raised in Lawrence (later Martin) County, KY. To see Melvin with his father in the 1870 Lawrence County, KY, Census, follow this link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8S9-4LS?i=7&cc=1438024
Kirk Cemetery sign, Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 24 May 2018. Melvin followed his mother to Piney before 1880. To see Melvin in the 1880 Lincoln County Census, follow this link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB2-9WFZ?cc=1417683
Heading up to the cemetery. 24 May 2018. Melvin was a powerful left-handed timberman. In 1888, he bought a 35-acre farm from Floyd Caldwell.
Kirk Cemetery Statue, Kirk Cemetery, Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 24 May 2018. Melvin played an important role in the Lincoln County Feud. https://www.amazon.com/Blood-West-Virginia-Brumfield-McCoy/dp/1455619183
Melvin Kirk grave, Kirk Cemetery. 24 May 2018. Photo by Mom. Melvin’s property was assessed in Lincoln County until 1897, when it transferred to Logan County. To see Melvin in the 1900 Logan County Census, follow this link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-68V3-C77?i=31&cc=1325221
29 Sunday Apr 2018
Posted in Battle of Blair Mountain, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Halcyon, Holden, Logan, Man, Pecks Mill, Shively, Stone Branch, Whirlwind, World War I, Yantus
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A.M. Hall, A.P. Loyd, Amherstdale, Anderson McCloud, Andrew Jordan, Appalachia, Arthur Townsend, Barnabas, Battle of Blair Mountain, Big Creek, Bilton Browning, Black Sanders, Bruce White, C.C. Chambers, C.E. Lamp, C.G. Miller, C.H. Baisden, Cam Pridemore, Cecil Mounts, Chapmanville, Charles Conley, county clerk, Craneco, Curry, Democratic Party, Dow Chambers, Earl Summers, Ed Haner, Ed Mapper, Ed Riffe, Elmer Gore, Elmer McDonald, Emmett Scaggs, Ethel, Everett Buchannon, Everett Dingess, F.D. Stollings, Foley, Frank Frye, Frank Hurst, Frank Hutchinson, Frank Perry, French Dingess, G.F. Collins, G.K. Mills, genealogy, George Baldwin, Guy Pauley, health officer, Henlawson, Henry Lawson, history, Holden, Jack Mason, John Amburgey, John B. Wilkinson Jr., John Claypool, John Hill, John J. Cornwell, Lake, Laredo, Logan, Logan County, Logan Democrat, Lorenzo Dow Chambers, Lot Murphy, M.B. Taylor, M.F. Waring, Man, Manbar, Marshal Gore, Melvin Conley, Melvin White, Millard Perry, Monaville, Mt. Gay, Omar, Pecks Mill, Pitts Branch, Queens Ridge, R.E. Lowe, R.W. Buskirk, Republican Party, Robert Hill, Robert Peck, Robert Straton, Rolfe, Rum Creek, Sam Scott, Sharples, sheriff, Shively, Sidney B. Lawson, Stone Branch, Thomas Hensley, U.S. Army, Vinson Ferrell, W.B. Phipps, W.E. Perry, W.P. Vance, West Virginia, Wilkinson, William Lewis, Willis Parsons, Woodrow Wilson, World War I, Yolyn
From the Logan Democrat of Logan, WV, comes this story titled “Sheriff Hurst and Registrars Ready to Enroll,” dated May 24, 1917:
SHERIFF HURST AND REGISTRARS READY TO ENROLL
Final Preparations are Made to Classify Men of Military Age In Logan County
Sheriff Hurst Wednesday gave final instructions to his sixty odd registrars who will enroll all men between the ages of 21 and 30, for military service as ordered by proclamations of President Wilson and Governor Cornwell for June 5, which will be a legal holiday in West Virginia as in other states.
On June 5, all male citizens are required to go to their regular voting places between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. and fill out a blank similar to the one printed in today’s Democrat. The governor has requested that all other public business be suspended on that day and that patriotic parades of school children be held. He also asks all owners of automobiles to help transport to the voting places men of military age and that every assistance possible be given the officers who will make the registration.
To Telegraph Result
As soon as the registration in Logan county is completed, the result will be telegraphed to Washington and then the machinery will be set in motion to select those who will be included in the first call for 500,000 men who will begin training in September. A board will sit in Logan who will select the available men to enter the first army. An absolute, fair and impartial administration of the law is insured as the local board will be directly responsible to the federal authorities and subject to stern penalties should any favoritism be shown. The state officers have nothing whatever to do with the army after the work of selection is completed. Those who will form the local conscription board are:
Sheriff Frank P. Hurst
Clerk, County Court, C.G. Miller
County Health Officer, Dr. S.B. Lawson
Robert Peck, (R.)
Elmer McDonald, (D)
The president in his proclamation ordered all men, 21 to 30 years old, excepting those already enlisted, shall voluntarily present themselves at the places to be designated for registration on June 5. Other main features of his orders follow:
Men away from home may register by mail.
Penalty for refusing to register; up to a year imprisonment.
All federal, state, county, city and village officers are liable for service for registration and draft.
Any person making a false statement to evade service or any official aiding in such an attempt, will be punished by a year’s imprisonment through civil authorities or by military court martial.
Persons ill or who will be absent from home should get registration blanks from the city clerk, if they are in towns of more than 30,000 inhabitants and from the county clerk, if they are in towns of less than 30,000 inhabitants.
Explains Necessity
The main parts of the president’s proclamation in which he explained the necessity for conscription follow:
“We are arrayed against a power that would impose its will upon the world by force.
“The man in the factories or who tills the soil is no less a part of any army than the man beneath the battle-flags.
“We must shape and train for war, not an army, but a nation.
“The sharpshooter must march and the machinist must remain at his levers.”
The whole nation must be a team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted.
“It is not conscription of the unwilling but a selection from a nation which has volunteered in mass.”
Sheriff Hurst has volunteered to do his part of the work in registration without cost to the federal government. The other registrars will do the same. No trouble is expected in enrolling the entire military population of the country.
Registrar’s List
The list of registrars and enrollment places for Logan county follow:
Everett Dingess and Thomas Hensley, Queens Ridge.
Melvin Conley and Charles Conley, Shively.
Cam Pridemore and French Dingess, Pitts Branch.
Vinson Ferrell and Ans McCloud, Chapmanville.
R.E. Lowe, Stone Branch.
G.F. Collins, Big Creek.
W.B. Phipps, Chapmanville.
Ed. Haner, Curry.
Marshal Gore and Frank Frye, Sharples.
Black Sanders and George Baldwin, Lake.
Henry Lawson and John Hill, Henlawson.
J.B. Wilkinson, Jr., and M.B. Taylor, Logan.
L.D. Chambers and Frank Perry, Rolfe.
Cecil Mounts and C.H. Baisden, Mt. Gay.
Willis Parsons and W.P. Vance, Holden.
R.W. Buskirk and William Lewis, Omar.
Melvin White and Robert Hill, Pecks Mill.
Elmer Gore, Ethel.
A.M. Hall, Ethel.
Arthur Townsend, Holden.
C.E. Lamp, Holden.
C.C. Chambers and Robert Straton, Logan.
A.P. Loyd and G.K. Mills, Holden.
Sam Scott and Bruce White, Monaville.
Dr. Smoot and Guy Pauley, Blair.
Lot Murphy, Mt. Gay.
Ed. Mapper, Wilkinson.
F.D. Stollings and John Claypool, Foley.
Millard Perry, Everett Buchannon, Emmett Scaggs and Dr. Thornberry, Man.
John Amburgey and W.E. Perry, Amherstdale.
Earl Summers and Frank Hutchinson, Manbar.
M.F. Waring, Laredo.
Ed. Riffe, Craneco.
Andrew Jordan and Bilton Browning, Barnabas.
Dow Chambers, Yolyn.
Jack Mason, Rum Creek.
Logan (WV) Democrat, 24 May 1917.
04 Sunday Feb 2018
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Ferrellsburg, Halcyon, Women's History
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Appalachia, Babe Dingess Family Cemetery, Brandon Kirk, Brandon Ray Kirk, cemeteries, Clementine Dingess, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Halcyon, Harry Kirk, Harts Creek, history, Jake Adkins, Lettie McKibbon Adkins, Lincoln County, Logan County, Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church, photos, West Fork, West Virginia
Julius David “Babe” Dingess (c.1847-bef.1900) was the son of Julius C. and Eliza (Smith) Dingess. He married Venila Stollings. 3 February 2018.
This cemetery is located near Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church on West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV. I last visited here on October 20, 1997. 3 February 2018.
Clementine “Tine” (Adkins) Dingess grave… Tine was the daughter of Enos “Jake” and Lettie Kib (Toney) Adkins of Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV. 3 February 2018. Photo by Dad.
28 Sunday Jan 2018
Posted in Cemeteries, Halcyon, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Auglin Watts, Bearwallow Gap, Bill's Branch, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Bryant-Dingess Cemetery, Burl Bryant, cemeteries, French Bryant, genealogy, Harry Kirk, Harts Creek, history, Hugh Dingess Hollow, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, Mosco Dingess, photos, Piney Fork, Smokehouse Fork, West Fork, West Virginia
Dad and I recently cleared the Bryant-Dingess cemetery at Bearwallow Gap in the head of Piney Fork and Hugh Dingess Hollow on Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. I last visited this cemetery over twenty years ago. 27 January 2018.
The cemetery was overgrown with saplings. Four persons are buried here: French Bryant, Burl Bryant, Auglin Watts, and Mosco Dingess. 27 January 2018.
French Bryant (1855-1938), son of Rufus Bryant, is a major character in my feud book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.” My Kirk family liked French. 27 January 2018
Burl Bryant grave (lower) and Auglin Watts grave. 27 January 2018.
Looking downhill toward cemetery. 27 January 2018.
Up above the cemetery are these magnificent rocks. 27 January 2018.
Looking from the rocks down into Hugh Dingess Hollow of Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek. 27 January 2018.
The ridge above the cemetery. 27 January 2018.
20 Thursday Jul 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon
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Appalachia, crime, Doc Workman, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, photos, true crime, West Virginia, Workman Fork
Doc Workman (1893-1956) lived and died here on Workman Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
15 Thursday Jun 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Halcyon, Native American History, Queens Ridge, Shively, Spottswood, Stone Branch, Warren, Whirlwind, Yantus
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Albert Thornton, Alice Dingess, Alonzo, Anna Adams, Appalachia, Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, Beatrice Adams, Ben Adams, Bob Dingess, Brown's Run, Browns Run School, Buck Fork, Buck Fork School, Bud Dingess School, Bulwark School, Chapmanville District, civil war, Cole Adams, Confederate Army, Conley School, Crawley Creek, Daisy Dingess, Dalton School, Dave Dingess School, Dixie Mullins, E. Burton, East Fork, Ed Dalton, education, Edward Chapman, F.M. McKay, Fisher B. Adkins, Fisher Thompson, genealogy, George Doss, George Mullins School, Harts Creek, history, Hoover School, Howard Adams, Hugh Dingess School, Ina Dingess, Ivy Branch School, J.A. Vickers, J.L. Thomas, John Conley, John Dingess, L.D. Stollings, Lee Dingess School, Limestone Creek, Local History and Topography of Logan County, Logan County, Lower Trace School, Manor School, Marsh Fork, Melvin Plumley, Middle Fork, Native Americans, Pigeon Roost, Piney School, Reuben Conley, Road Fork, Rocky School, Sallie Dingess, Smokehouse Fork, Stephen Hart, Striker School, T. Doss, Thelma Dingess, Three Fork School, Tim's Fork, Timothy Dwight, Twelve Pole Creek, Ula Adams, Union Army, West Fork, West Virginia, White Oak School, Workman School, World War I
Teachers identified the following schools in Chapmanville District of Logan County, WV, and offered a bit of local history in 1927:
Dave Dingess School, est. 1814
Ula Adams, teacher
One room frame school
“Harts Creek derived its name from Steven Harts, said to have been killed by Indians on the creek.”
Striker School, est. about 1874
Edward Chapman, teacher
One room frame building
Three Fork School, est. 1878
One room frame building, originally a log house
Nine Confederate veterans live here: George Doss, T. Doss, L.D. Stollings, Ed Dalton, Ruben Conley, John Conley, Ben Adams, E. Burton, Melvin Plumley. A Union veteran lives here; he originated elsewhere. Three branches of Crawley Creek are Road Fork, Middle Fork, and Pigeon Roost. Alonzo is the local post office.
Bulwark School, est. 1880
Robert Dingess, teacher
One room frame building
“All fought on the Confederate side” during the Civil War. One man gained great merit from our district as a marksman with the American marines during World War I.
Lee Dingess School, est. 1891
Cole Adams, teacher
One room frame
Five local men served in the Confederate Army.
Browns Run School, est. 1892
Ina Dingess, teacher
One room frame building
“Sent several soldiers to help the South.” The fork is named for a Brown who lived at its mouth.
Buck Fork School, est. 1894
No teacher given
One room frame building
A Church of Christ exists nearby. Three local men served in the Confederate Army. One local soldier lost both hands in World War I.
Ivy Branch School, est. 1895
Anna Adams, teacher
Albert Thornton was the first teacher here. “Trace Fork received its name from the original road leading to Twelve Pole Creek.”
Hugh Dingess School, est. 1897
Sallie Dingess, teacher
One room frame building
Conley School, est. 1897
J.L. Thomas, teacher
One room frame building
The first house built on Smoke House Fork at its mouth had no chimney for quite a while and smoked badly.
Dalton School, est. 1897
Thelma Dingess, teacher
One room frame building
“This district furnished a lot of Civil War veterans and played her part.”
Bud Dingess School, est. 1904
Beatrice Adams, teacher
One room frame building
“East Fork named on account of its being the most Eastern fork of Harts Creek.” One local soldier served in the Confederate Army.
Hoover School, est. 1910
Howard Adams, teacher
One room frame building
A Christian Church exists in the vicinity. Four local men served in the Confederate ARmy. “Harts Creek named from Steven Harts murdered by Indians.” Three boys went from here and one was wounded at the battle of Argonne.
George Mullins School, est. 1910
Dixie Mullins, teacher
One room frame building
“Buck Fork named from large number of male deer on creek.”
Rocky School (no date)
Daisy Given Dingess, teacher
References an Indian mound on Pigeon Roost where tomahawks, arrowheads, etc. can be found. Indian burial ground.
Under the Tim’s Fork entry, it says that John Dingess was killed in battle at Cloyd’s farm. Tim’s Fork is named for Timothy Dwight, who lived there.
Lower Trace School, est. 1919
Alice Dingess, teacher
Two room frame building
“Sent several soldiers to help the South.” Also, “Harts Creek named from Steven Harts.”
Piney School, est. 1921
F.M. McKay, teacher
One room building
No permanent churches exist locally; people meet occasionally in one of the school houses. Four local men served in the Confederate Army. “Piney was named because of so much pine growing there.”
White Oak School, est. 1922
Fisher Thompson, teacher
One room rented frame building
Manor School, est. 1923
Located at Limestone
Workman School, est. 1924
Fisher B. Adkins, teacher
One room frame building
Marsh Fork derived its name from the marshy land near its mouth.
Source: Local History and Topography of Logan County by J.A. Vickers (Charleston, WV: George M. Ford, State Superintendent, 1927).
23 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon, Women's History
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Appalachia, Delia Workman, Floyd Workman, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, Jeff McCloud, Logan County, Louisa McCloud, Melvina McCloud, photos, West Virginia, Workman Fork
Pauline Workman, daughter of Floyd and Delia (Adkins) Workman, with Melvina McCloud, daughter of Jefferson and Louisa (Thompson) McCloud. Melvina was born about 1915 and Pauline was born about 1920. They were residents of the Harts Creek section, Logan County, WV.
15 Wednesday Mar 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Appalachia, cemeteries, Chloe Mullins, Floyd S. Gore, genealogy, Harvey Gore, history, John Gore, John Gore Family Cemetery, Joseph Gore, Leander Gore, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, Margaret Gore, Martha Gore, Martha Lawson, Mary Ann Lawson, Nancy Jane Toney, photos, Rebecca McDonald, surveyor, West Fork, West Virginia
John Gore (1816-1895), son of Joseph and Martha (Pine) Gore. Husband to Margaret “Peggy” Dingess. Settled on the West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
John Gore Land Grant (1848), Logan County, (West) Virginia.
John Gore obituary, Logan County Banner (Logan, WV), 9 October 1895.
John Gore grave, West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 5 June 2015.
09 Monday May 2016
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, Elizabeth Vance, genealogy, Harry Kirk, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, Marvel Vance, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Piney Fork, Thomas Kirk, West Fork, West Virginia
Elizabeth “Betty” (Maynard) Kirk-Vance grave, located on Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV. Betty (1837-1902), the daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Welch) Maynard, was my great-great-great-grandmother. She married Thomas Kirk, then Marvel Vance. Mom found the grave, Dad deciphered the writing on the stone, and I knew her death year. Photo by Mom. 7 May 2016
09 Saturday Jan 2016
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon, Harts, Shively, Spottswood, Warren
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Albert Sidebottom, Allen Ellis, Andrew Conley, Ann Dingess, Bettie Conley, Brook Hager, Charley Conley, Cora Dingess, Dorthena Gore, Elbert Dingess, Eliza Mullins, Ellen Meadows, Emery Mullins, genealogy, George W. Deskins, Gordon Farley, Harts Creek, Henry Meeks, history, Jackson Adkins, James P. Mullins, Jeff Vinson, Jeremiah Sias, John Adams, John Coburn, John Conley, John F. Dingess, Josephus Workman, Leona Williamson, Leota Hager, Logan County, Lourena Fry, Margaret Adams, Margaret McCloud, Minnis W. Perry, Moses Dempsey, Nellie Workman, Ozilla Thompson, Peter Carter, Peter Dalton, Peter Mullins, Robert L. Browning, Rosa Marcum, Roxie Dempsey, Sallie Adkins, Sally Adams, Sarah Ball, Stella Abbott, Tilda Vance, Van B. Prince, Virginia Perry, Washington Dempsey, Washington Vance, West Virginia, William Fleming
The following list of Logan County marriages for the period of 1891 to 1892 reveals the names of preachers operating in the Harts Creek area. This is a “working list” and will be updated. The source for this material is “Marriages-Births-Deaths, 1872-1892,” pages 65-69, and “Logan County Marriages, 1893-1913,” which is located at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years. NOTE: Marriage records for the Lincoln County section of the community are unavailable.
1891
Van B. Prince __ January 1891 Peter Dalton and Evaline James
Josephus Workman 10 January 1891 Emery Mullins and Estella Abbott
Josephus Workman 05 February 1891 William Fleming and Lourena Fry
Van B. Prince 28 May 1891 Peter Carter and Margaret Adams
James P. Mullen 04 June 1891 J.D. Ellis and M.L. Berry
Van B. Prince 08 June 1891 Elbert C. Dingess and Ozilla Thompson
Gordon Farley 4 September 1891 Andrew Conley and Ellen Meadows
Van B. Prince 08 October 1891 Henry Meeks and Leota Hagar
Van B. Prince 15 November 1891 Robert L. Browning and Sarah Ball
Washington Dempsey 24? November 1891 Moses Dempsey and Sallie Adkins
Van B. Prince 23 December 1891 Jeremiah Sias and Margaret McCloud
Jackson Adkins 24 December 1891 John Cobern and Leona Williamson
Gordon Farley 31 December 1891 O.J. Simms? and Bettie Conley
1892
Van B. Prince 11 January 1892 Washington Vance and Sally Adams
Gordon Farley 26? January 1892 John Adams and Dorthena Gore
Van B. Prince 29 January 1892 Jeff Vinson and Brook Hagar
Gordon Farley 13 February 1892 Peter Mullins and Eliza Mullins
Van B. Prince 01 March 1892 John Conley and Nellie Workman
Isaac Fry 07 March 1892 Minnis W. Perry and Virginia Perry
Van B. Prince 08 March 1892 Allen Ellis and Tilda Vance
Gordon Farley September 1892? John F. Dingess and Ann Dingess
Gordon Farley September 1892? Albert Sidebottom and Cora Dingess
Wash Dempsey October 1892 Charley Conley and Rosa Marcum
Washington Dempsey December 1892 George W. Deskins and Roxie Dempsey
08 Friday Jan 2016
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon, Harts, Spottswood, Warren, Whirlwind
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Anthelia Gore, Arminta Thompson, Caroline Dingess, Charley Brumfield, Charley Curry, Dump Farley, Dyke Garrett, Ella Workman, Farabell McCloud, Floyd Hager, Frances Adkins, genealogy, George Thompson, Harts Creek, James A. Hager, James Messer, James P. Mullins, James Williamson, Jesse Gore, John Chapman, Josephus Workman, Julia Browning, Lena Chapman, Logan County, Lucinda Hall, Margaret Vance, Pat Anna Dingess, Richard Kirk, Rosa B. Farmer, Sarah Ann McCloud, Susan McCloud, U.S. Richards, Van B. Prince, Vinson Collins, West Virginia, Wilson Abbott
The following list of Logan County marriages for 1890 reveals the names of preachers operating in the Harts Creek area. This is a “working list” and will be updated. The source for this material is “Marriages-Births-Deaths, 1872-1892,” pages 62-64, which is located at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years. NOTE: Marriage records for the Lincoln County section of the community are unavailable.
1890
Van B. Prince 23 February 1890 James Williamson and M.J. McCloud
Van B. Prince 25 March 1890 A.S. Lowe and Susan McCloud
Van B. Prince 28 March 1890 James Rose and Mary Marcum
Van B. Prince 17 April 1890 Vinson A. Collins and B. Ella Workman
Van B. Prince 25 April 1890 James Messer and Margarett Vance
J.P. Mullins 18 May 1890 John Chapman and Lena Chapman
Van B. Prince 23 May 1890 U.S. Richards and Pat Anna Dingess
Josephus Workman 25 May 1890 Wilson Abbott and Rosa B. Farmer
Van B. Prince 3 July 1890 Richard Kirk and Sarah Ann McCloud
M.V. Prince 19 July 1890 Floyd Hager and Farabell McCloud
Josephus Workman 14 September 1890 George B. Farley and Lucinda Hall
Van B. Prince 23 October 1890 James A. Hager and Julia Browning
Josephus Workman __ November 1890 Jesse Gore and Araminta Thompson
Van B. Prince 9 November 1890 Charley Curry and Frances Adkins
Josephus Workman 13 November 1890 George Thompson and Anthelia Gore
Dyke Garrett 27 November 1890 Charley Brumfield and Caroline Dingess
03 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Alva Gore, cemeteries, Chester Farley, Claude B. Workman Jr., Diana Rose Moore, Donetta Gore, Easter Walsh, Elizabeth Farley, Elzie D. Gore, Flora M. Gore, Freda J. Gore, French Gore, genealogy, Glen Tracy Farley, Goldenseal, Gore-Farley Family Cemetery, Guy Farley, Halcyon, Harts Creek, Harvey Gore, India Farley, James Farley, Jerry Farley, Jewell Fleming, John C. Clark, John Lee Workman, Joseph E. Gore, Joyce Bartram, Logan County, Lossie D. Gore, Marvin Lee Farley, Nora Dingess, Ova F. Dingess, Phillip R. Gore, Polly Ann Clark, Roberta Joyce Gore, Roxie A. Gore, Terry Farley, Thomas Watson Joe Kirk, Traci Elizabeth Phipps, Troy Dingess, Vida Lee Gore, Vincent D. Farley, West Fork, West Virginia
The Gore-Farley Family Cemetery, which I visited on 25 July 2011, is located on Gore Road at Halcyon, an old community situated at West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV.
Row 1
Roberta Joyce Gore (15 August 1934-01 September 1971); d/o Ira Wilson and Maggie (Gore) Gore
Row 2
Joyce Bartram (07 November 1956-07 November 1956)
Row 3
Freda J. Gore (18 October 1939-18 October 1939)
Phillip R. Gore (30 November 1943-30 November 1943)
Claude B. Workman, Jr. (22 May 1956-24 May 1956)
Marvin Lee Farley (02 November 1938-29 November 19__)
Row 4
Harvey Gore (22 December 1913-04 November 1971); s/o Joseph and Flora (Dingess) Gore
Flora M. Gore (1882-1935); d/o William S. and Nancy (Perry) Dingess
Joseph E. Gore (1877-1963); s/o Harvey Lee and Polly (Hall) Gore
Row 5
Easter Walsh (12 April 1936-30 August 1937)
French Gore (14 August 1918-14 March 1960); s/o Joseph and Flora (Dingess) Gore; WV PFC CO A 708 MIL POLICE BN WWII
Row 6
Lossie D. Gore (06 January 1935-08 December 1979); s/o Elzie and Roxie (Curry) Gore
Polly Ann Clark (29 February 1908-11 September 1983); d/o Joseph and Flora (Dingess) Gore; m. John C. Clark
Row 7
Glen Tracy Farley (26 March 1937-24 April 1978)
Traci Elizabeth Phipps (05 June 1976-05 June 1976)
Row 8
Troy Dingess (11 December 1913-still alive?); s/o Julius C. and Polly (Farley) Dingess
Ova F. Dingess (05 January 1916-26 April 1985); d/o Elzie and Roxie (Curry) Gore; m. Troy Dingess
Elzie D. Gore (14 April 1890-19 June 1982); s/o Harvey and Polly (Hall) Gore
Roxie A. Gore (04 October 1896-no date); d/o Andrew Russell and Pheobe (Farley) Curry; m. Elzie D. Gore; Roxie was featured in the Summer 1990 issue of Goldenseal magazine
Row 9
Chester Farley (15 September 1907-19 March 1993); s/o James and Elizabeth (Dingess) Farley
India Farley (15 September 1911-05 January 1995); d/o Joseph and Flora (Dingess) Gore; m. Chester Farley
Row 10
Jewell Fleming (20 December 1932-25 July 2000)
Row 11
John Lee Workman (11 May 1983-04 February 1992); s/o Lucas and Debra Workman
Row 12
Guy Farley (10 August 1915-06 June 1974); s/o James and Elizabeth (Dingess) Farley; PVT US ARMY
Vincent D. Farley (21 July 1921-20 February 1969); WV S1 US NAVY WWII
Jerry and Terry Farley (03 August 1949-04 August 1949)
Row 13
Thomas Watson Kirk (07 September 1934-25 May 1993); s/o Musco and Sallie (Workman) Kirk; nicknamed “Joe;” PVT US ARMY
Diana Rose Moore (26 November 1968-29 January 1969)
Row 14
Vida Lee Gore (18 October 1916-06 November 2008); d/o James and Elizabeth (Dingess) Farley; m. Alva Gore
Alva Gore (27 March 1914-17 July 1981); s/o Elzie and Roxie (Curry) Gore
____ Gore (14 February 1941-14 February 1941); d/o Alva and Vida (Farley) Gore
Donetta Gore (__ December 1945-__ December 1945)
Still Born (__ January 1958, only date)
Row 15
James Farley (07 March 1881-22 January 1938); s/o W. David and Lucinda (Bryant) Farley
Elizabeth Farley (24 July 1879-13 August 1940); d/o William S. and Nancy (Perry) Dingess; m. James Farley
Nora Dingess (30 December 1908-03 October 1990)
30 Sunday Aug 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ferrellsburg, Halcyon
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Appalachia, Cole Branch, Eva Kirk, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Iris Kirk, Lincoln County, Logan County, Lois Kirk, Mingo County, Pat Kirk, Pigeon Creek, Piney Fork, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
Pat and Eva (Brumfield) Kirk, my great-grandparents, with daughters, Lois and Iris. For most of their lives, they lived on Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV, Pigeon Creek in Mingo County, and Ferrellsburg in Lincoln County. Poppy and Grandma married on 30 August 1911 (my birthday) at Cole Branch of Harts Creek.
05 Friday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Appalachia, cemeteries, genealogy, Gore Family Cemetery, Harts Creek, history, John Gore, Logan County, photos, West Fork, West Virginia
John Gore (1816-1895) grave, located on West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. I discovered this grave yesterday
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