16 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Logan, Timber
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Cabell County, Canada, Enoch Baker, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Huntington, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, logging, Nova Scotia, photos, timbering, West Virginia
Enoch Baker, a native of Nova Scotia who once worked timber on Harts Creek, is shown here years later at his Huntington, WV, office.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in Barboursville, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Barboursville, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Cabell County, doctor, history, Lincoln County Feud, photos, physician, Virginus R. Moss, West Virginia
Dr. V.R. Moss was one of two physicians who treated Hollena Brumfield after her ambush. Earlier today, I visited his grave at Barboursville Cemetery in Barboursville, WV.
Dr. V.R. Moss was one of two physicians who treated Hollena Brumfield after her ambush. Earlier today, I visited his grave at Barboursville Cemetery in Barboursville, WV.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Hamlin, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, Cabell County, genealogy, history, Huntington, Lincoln County Feud, photos, Professor Coin, Spring Hill Cemetery, Thomas H. Harvey, West Virginia
Judge Thomas H. Harvey was judge during the sensational Haley-McCoy murder trial in 1890. Here’s the Harvey family monument, located at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, WV.
Judge Harvey was brother to the rather famous “Professor Coin.” Here I am earlier today at the Harvey monument.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, Ashland, Blood in West Virginia, Boyd County, Brandon Kirk, Carter County, Cecil L. Hudgins, doctor, genealogy, history, Kentucky, Lincoln County Feud, Logan, Logan County, Olive Hill, photos, West Virginia
Dr. Cecil L. Hudgins was one of two physicians who treated Hollena Brumfield after her ambush. At the time of the Lincoln County Feud, Dr. Hudgins lived in Logan, WV. Earlier today, I visited his grave in Ashland, Kentucky.
Dr. Cecil L. Hudgins was one of two physicians who treated Hollena Brumfield after her ambush. At the time of the Lincoln County Feud, Dr. Hudgins lived in Logan, WV. He later settled in Olive Hill, Kentucky. Earlier today, I visited his grave in Ashland, Kentucky.
31 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, feud, feuds, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Pelican Publishing Company, U.S. South, West Virginia
The book is currently selling quite well at Amazon — it’s in the top .06 percent among all books. It hasn’t sold this well since Christmas. Thanks to all those who are buying… http://www.amazon.com/Blood-West-Virginia-Brumfield-McCoy/dp/1455619183/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413332235&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+in+west+virginia
“Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy” (Pelican Publishing Company, 2014)
31 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Al Brumfield Cemetery, Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, books, Brandon Kirk, genealogy, Harts, history, Hollene Brumfield, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Yesterday, I re-visited the Hollena (Dingess) Brumfield grave in Harts, Lincoln County, WV. Hollena was the daughter of Henderson and Sarah (Adams) Dingess and the wife of Allen Brumfield.
31 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Al Brumfield Cemetery, Appalachia, Benedum Foundation, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, Ward Brumfield, West Virginia
Yesterday, I visited the Ward Brumfield grave, located in Harts, Lincoln County, WV. Around 2002, I helped to write a grant and placed a modern tombstone at Ward’s grave, which was previously marked with a rock. Ward appears as a child in my book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.”
20 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
10 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Whirlwind
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Anthony Adams, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Buck Fork, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, West Virginia
Yesterday, I revisited Anthony Adams’ grave at the mouth of Buck Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud
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Adkins Cemetery, cemeteries, Cole Branch Church, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Missell Dingess, photos, Randolph Dingess, U.S. South, West Virginia
Randolph and Missell (Farley) Dingess grave, Adkins Cemetery, Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. 2014
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, author, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Chief Logan State Park, history, log cabin, Logan, Logan County, Pelican Publishing Company, photos, Phyllis Kirk, U.S. South, West Virginia, writer
Log cabin at Chief Logan State Park, Logan, WV, 2014. Photo by Mom.
06 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Alice Dingess, Almeda Chapman, Appalachia, Belle Adkins, Bill Fowler, Cain Adkins, Caleb Headley, education, Elias Adkins, Elisha Vance, Elizabeth Elkins, Harts Creek District, Henry Shelton, Henry Spears, Isaac Nelson, J.B. Pullen, J.W. Stowers, Jennie Riddell, John B. Pullen, John Gore, John Neace, John Stowers, John W. Gartin, Lincoln County, Philip Hager Sr., Stephen Lambert, teacher, Thomas H. Buckley, Thomas P. Moore, Van Prince, Verna Riddell, West Virginia, West Virginia Educational Directory
The Fred B. Lambert Papers, the West Virginia Educational Directory, and the Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Public Schools provides the following information regarding Harts area teachers in Lincoln County for 1871 to 1883:
Lincoln County, 1871
Elias Adkins, 4 certificate
Philip Hager, 4 certificate
Caleb Headlee, no grade on certificate
Thomas P. Moore, 4 certificate
Isaac Nelson, 5 certificate
V.B. Prince, 4 certificate
Henry Spears, 4 certificate
Lincoln County, 1872
Cannan Adkins, 4 or 5 certificate (varies by source)
Elizabeth Elkin, 3 certificate
W.T. Fowler, 5 certificate
J.W. Gartin, 5 certificate
Philip Hager, 3 certificate
Stephen Lambert, 3, 4, or 5 certificate (varies by source)
Elisha W. Vance, 5 certificate
NOTE: This year, two log school houses were “neatly and substantially gotten” up in Harts Creek District.
Lincoln County, 1873
T.H. Buckley, 1 certificate
Elizabeth Elkin, 2 certificate
John Neace, 4 certificate
Lincoln County, 1877-1878
Belle Adkins, 3 certificate
Canaan Adkins, 2 certificate
Thomas H. Buckley, 2 certificate
Alice Chapman, 2 certificate
Almeda Chapman, 2 certificate
Alice Dingess, 1 certificate
John Gore, 2 or 3 certificate (varies by source)
Stephen Lambert, 5 certificate
Henry Shelton, 1 certificate
NOTE: Total youths in county (2771); total students (2199); average daily attendance for county students: 47 percent.
Lincoln County, 1879-1880
Bell Adkins, 2 certificate
Alice Chapman, 1 certificate
Almeda Chapman, 1 certificate
J.W. Stowers, 2 certificate
Lincoln County, 1883
John B. Pullen, 2 certificate
Jennie Riddel, 2 certificate
Verna Riddel, 1 certificate
John Stowers, __
NOTE: I spelled names as they were spelled in the record.
05 Monday Jan 2015
Posted in Chapmanville, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Aracoma Drug Store, author, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Chapmanville, genealogy, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, Pelican Publishing Company, U.S. South, West Virginia, writer
The book and I will appear at Aracoma Drug Store in Chapmanville, WV, today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. If you’re local, come see us!
Aracoma Drug Store in Chapmanville, WV
04 Sunday Jan 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, cemeteries, doctor, East Lynn, genealogy, history, John H. Napier, merchant, Napier Cemetery, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Virginia
John H. Napier grave, located at East Lynn in Wayne County, WV
To reach the Napier Cemetery, you must drive through the creek.
Rock formation near the cemetery
John Napier, whose grave is shown here, was a merchant in Hart during the 1880s.
02 Friday Jan 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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author, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Boone County, Coal River Public Library, Lincoln County Feud, Racine, West Virginia, writing
On January 3, my book and I will appear at the Coal River Public Library in Racine, WV, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. If you’re local, come see us!
Coal River Public Library, Racine, Boone County, West Virginia
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-West-Virginia-Brumfield-McCoy/dp/1455619183
24 Wednesday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood, Whirlwind
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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Blood in West Virginia, Bob Mullins Cemetery, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, civil war, Confederacy, Confederate Army, Ed Haley, genealogy, Harry Kirk, Harts Creek, Jackson Mullins, Lincoln County Feud, Lionel Adams, Little Harts Creek, Milt Haley, photos, Spottswood, West Virginia, Whirlwind
Jackson Mullins grave (to the right, marked by rocks), identified by a WPA map
Jackson Mullins tombstone, courtesy of the U.S. government
Dad and I; photos by Mom
Dad and I
Dad, Lionel Adams, and I. Lionel is the great-great-grandson of Jackson Mullins.
Jackson Mullins was the father-in-law of Milt Haley and the grandfather of Ed Haley
Jackson Mullins tombstone, placed at the Bob Mullins Cemetery on Harts Creek in Logan County, WV
22 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Appalachia, Douglas Branch, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, history, Jake Adkins, James Toney, Lettie Kib Adkins, Lincoln County, Nancy Toney, photos, West Virginia
Lettie McKibbon Adkins (1833-1904), daughter of James and Nancy (Gillespie) Toney and wife of Enos “Jake” Adkins. Jake and Kib lived at Douglas Branch in present-day Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV.
21 Sunday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, book, Chloe Mullins, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Jackson Mullins, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, Milt Haley, photos, Trace Fork, Weddie Mullins, West Virginia
Weddie Mullins, son of Jackson and Chloe (Gore) Mullins. Weddie was also a brother-in-law to Milt Haley. All were residents of the Trace Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.
15 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Anthony Adams Jr., Appalachia, Ben Adams, Blood in West Virginia, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, Victoria Adams, West Virginia
Anthony Adams, Jr. (1880-1955), son of Benjamin and Victoria (Dingess) Adams. Ant was a child during the Lincoln County Feud. This image was made about 1917.
30 Thursday Oct 2014
Posted in Culture of Honor, Lincoln County Feud
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Amazon, Appalachia, author, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, history, Lincoln County, Merritts Creek Station, Pelican Publishing Company, Phyllis Kirk, West Virginia, writing
“Blood in West Virginia” Brumfield v. McCoy” is a current Top 10 Best-Seller for Pelican Publishing Company at Amazon. Photo by Phyllis Kirk
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