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Map: Southwestern West Virginia (1918-1919)

08 Thursday Dec 2022

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk 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

West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1918-1919, published by R.L. Polk and Company.

James Ferrell Log Cabin on Big Ugly Creek in Lincoln County, WV (1998)

06 Saturday Jun 2020

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, John Hartford, Rector

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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, Doska Adkins, Eunice Ferrell, genealogy, history, James Ferrell, John Hartford, Lincoln County, Mayme Ferrell, photos, Rector, West Virginia

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This log cabin was built by James P. Ferrell before the Civil War. 1998

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My friend Mayme Ferrell lived here. James P. Ferrell was her grandfather. 1998

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One time, I visited with Eunice (Peyton) Ferrell and Doska (Duty) Adkins. 1998

Leet News 11.30.1923

11 Thursday Jul 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Hamlin, Huntington, Leet, Rector

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Anna Fry, Appalachia, Beulah Ellen Skeens, Edith Frye, Edna Brumfield, Ernest Lucas, Ethel Frye, genealogy, H.M. Gill, Hamlin, history, Horn Skeens, Huntington, Irwin Lucas, Leona Lambert, Lillie Lucas, Linnie Brumfield, Lizzie Frye, Lonnie Lambert, Morrisville, Rector, Thanksgiving, Thelma Huffman, Wayne Brumfield, Wealtha Lambert, West Virginia, Willie Payne

A correspondent named “Baby Doll” from Leet on Big Ugly Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following news, which the Logan Banner printed on November 30, 1923:

Miss Thelma Huffman, her chum, __ ___ Brumfield, have __________.

_________ visiting friends and relatives in Huntington.

Miss Wealtha Lambert gave a party Tuesday night. A nice time was reported.

Mr. Willie Payne left this afternoon for Morrisville, W.Va.

Mr. Lonnie and Leona Lambert will spend Thanksgiving in Hunitngton.

Miss Edna M. Brumfield stayed home all day Sunday. Wonder where her sweetie was?

Edith and Ethel Frye are going to school these days.

School is proceeding nicely on Lore Fork.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Horn Skeens a 11 pound baby girl, Buleauh Ellen.

Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Gill made a flying trip to Hamlin attending to personal affairs.

Miss Lillie Lucas has a case of chickenpox and is very ill.

Mr. Wayne C. Brumfield will visit home folks Saturday evening.

Ernest and Irwin Lucas attended church at Rector Sunday.

Miss Anna Fry seems to be quite ill now. Hope she will soon recover.

Miss Linnie Brumfield had lots of company Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Guy are planning to go to Huntington this week.

Mrs. Lizzie Frye entertained company Sunday evening.

James P. Ferrell Cemetery at Rector, WV (2019)

29 Tuesday Jan 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Cemeteries, Hamlin, Rector

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Alomony Ferrell, Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, cemeteries, genealogy, Hamlin, history, James P. Ferrell, James P. Ferrell Cemetery, Lincoln County, Mayme Ferrell, Philip Hager, Rector, Sarah Ann Hager, West Virginia

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Up this way across the old James P. Ferrell homeplace on Big Ugly Creek, Lincoln County, WV. 26 January 2019

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The James P. Ferrell Cemetery contains over 45 graves, most of them identified with a marker. 26 January 2019

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Up this way, behind the old log cabin… 26 January 2019

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James P. Ferrell’s headstone. The death date should read December 5, 1913. 26 January 2019

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Sarah Ann (Ferrell) Hager was the daughter of James and Alomony (Toney) Ferrell and the wife of Sen. Philip Hager of Hamlin, WV. 26 January 2019

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Here’s the grave of my late friend Mayme Ferrell, the last occupant of the old Ferrell cabin. 26 January 2019

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View from the cemetery to the old cabin site. This is the location of the old Rector Post Office. 26 January 2019

Leete News 06.08.1923

03 Monday Dec 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Huntington, Leet, Rector

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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, Chicago, Dollie, Edna Brumfield, football, genealogy, Green Shoal Creek, Hazel Huffman, history, Huntington, J.B. Gue, Leet, Lincoln County, Logan Banner, Lon Lambert, Rector, South Fork, Thelma Huffman, Tillie Huffman, W.M. Payne, Wayne Brumfield, West Virginia, Willie Payne

A correspondent named Red Rose & Smiles from Leete on Big Ugly Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on June 8, 1923:

We certainly are having very fine weather at this writing.

The girls and boys are enjoying themselves by playing football and other games.

Mr. Wayne C. Brumfield was the guest of Miss Thelma Huffman Monday.

Miss Edna M. Brumfield was a visitor in Leete this P.M.

Miss W. Lambert of Rector, W.Va., was a recent visitor of Miss Hazel Huffman.

Mr. L.L. Lambert seems to have all his attention on Green Shoal as he goes to see Edna Brumfield almost every Sunday.

Miss Thelma Huffman has just arrived home from Huntington.

We had a grand meeting at Dolly on the first Sunday and we are also going to have a big meeting on the third Sunday. We would like to have everybody come.

We are having a splendid Sunday school at the South Fork of Ugly.

Mrs. W.M. Payne was the guest of Mrs. Tillie Huffman Sunday.

Willie Payne was a business visitor in town recently. Come again, Willie. We are glad to see you.

Miss Thelma Huffman is going to have a long vacation in Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. J.B. Gue is a lively visitor in Dally today.

Big Creek News 11.01.1927

27 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Banco, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Huntington, Logan, Rector

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Appalachia, Banco, Big Creek, C.E. Mitchell, Charles Mitchell, Emma Colegrove, Francis Lucas, genealogy, Grady Frye Lucas, history, Huntington, J.B. Lucas, J.B. Thomas, J.B. Toney, John Hunter, John Toney, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Marie Lucas, Rector, typhoid fever, West Virginia

An unknown correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 1, 1927:

The little son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Lucas was burned about the body and also the right arm, when he turned a cup of hot coffee over Thursday night.

John Toney and John Hunter both of Rector moved to Big Creek last week.

Mrs. Emma Colegrove of Huntington was the guest of her grandmother here Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. C.E. Mitchell was calling on Mrs. J.B. Lucas Sunday evening.

Mrs. J.B. Toney and children of Huntington were weekend visitors here.

Mrs. Francis Lucas of Banco has moved to Big Creek.

Miss Marie Lucas who has been going to school at Logan was visiting homefolks Saturday and Sunday.

Master Grady Frye Lucas, who has been ill with typhoid for some time is able to be out again.

Mrs. J.B. Thomas and Mrs. Chas. Mitchell made a flying trip to Huntington.

Good luck and best wishes to all.

Charles Ferrell of Big Ugly Creek Drowns (1921)

18 Sunday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Rector

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Appalachia, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Charles Ferrell, D.W. Miller, genealogy, history, James Fulton Ferrell, Julia Ferrell, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Philip Hager, Rector, West Virginia

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Logan (WV) Banner, 10 June 1921. Mr. Ferrell was the son of James Fulton and Julia (Adkins) Ferrell.

Harts Creek District Educational Directory, 1914-1929

12 Monday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Banco, Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Harts, Queens Ridge, Rector, Sand Creek, Toney

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Appalachia, Banco, Ben Walker, board of education, Bob Brumfield, Brad Toney, education, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Harts, Harts Creek District, history, James B. Toney, Jim Brumfield, Joe Maynard, John Hager, Lee Toney, Lewis Dempsey, Lincoln County, M.F. McComas, Matthew Farley, Milt Ferrell, Queens Ridge, Ralph Nelson, Rector, Robert Martin, Sand Creek, Toney, Ward Brumfield, Watson Adkins, West Virginia

The following persons served as members of the Harts Creek District Board of Education in Lincoln County, WV:

1914-1915

B.W. Walker, president, Ferrellsburg

Lewis Dempsey, commissioner, Ferrellsburg

B.D. Toney, commissioner, Toney

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Queens Ridge

1915-1916

J.B. Toney, president, Queens Ridge

Lee Toney, commissioner, Rector

B.D. Toney, commissioner, Toney

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Ferrellsburg

1916-1917

J.B. Toney, president, Queens Ridge

Lee Toney, commissioner, Rector

B.D. Toney, commissioner, Toney

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Harts

1917-1918

J.B. Toney, president, Queens Ridge

Lee Toney, commissioner, Rector

John Hager, commissioner, Rector

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Harts

1918-1919

J.B. Toney, president, Queens Ridge

Lee Toney, commissioner, Rector

John Hager, commissioner, Rector

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Harts

1919-1920

M.F. McComas, president, Banco

Ralph Nelson, commissioner, Queens Ridge

John M. Hager, commissioner, Rector

Watson Adkins, secretary, Sand Creek

1920-1921

M.F. McComas, president, Banco

Ralph Nelson, commissioner, Queens Ridge

John M. Hager, commissioner, Rector

Lewis Dempsey, secretary, Harts

1921-1922

No board members listed

1922-1923

J.M. Ferrell, president, Dollie

Watson Adkins, secretary, Harts

1923-1924

Robert Brumfield, president, Harts

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Harts

1924-1925

Robert Brumfield, president, Harts

James Brumfield, commissioner, Ferrellsburg

J.M. Ferrell, commissioner, Rector

Ward Brumfield, secretary, Harts

1925-1926

No board members listed

1926-1927

Robert Brumfield, president, Harts

Milton Ferrell, commissioner, Rector

James Brumfield, commissioner, Toney

Robert Martin, secretary, Queens Ridge

1928-1929

M.C. Farley, president, Fourteen

Gilbert Toppings, commissioner, Queens Ridge

Joe Maynard, commissioner, no address given

R.L. Martin, secretary, Queens Ridge

NOTE: In 1928-1929, Harts Creek District had 24 one-room schools with a total enrollment of 574.

Squire Toney Family Cemetery (2017)

27 Monday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Cemeteries, Rector

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Squire Toney Family Cemetery near Rector on Big Ugly Creek, Lincoln County, WV. I first visited this cemetery in the mid-1990s. Photo by Mom. 23 January 2017.

Harts Creek Area Deed Index (1875-1910)

01 Tuesday Nov 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Green Shoal, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Rector

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A.H. Sanders, A.P. Sanders, Andrew J. Browning, Appalachia, Big Branch, Big Ugly Creek, Broad Branch, Brooks Summerville, Buck Lick Branch, Cassander Spurlcok, Charles Bowden Brumfield, Chloe Maynard, Climena Lucas, Clinton Spurlock, Daisy Brumfield, Ellen Ferguson, Evermont Ward Fry, F.F. Starcher, Fourteen Mile Creek, Francis Fork, G.H. Chenoweth, genealogy, George F. Miller, Giles Davis, Granville Mullins, Green Shoal Creek, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, Henry C. Sias, Hezekiah Adkins, history, Hugh Evans, Isaac Gartin, J.H. Meeks, J.W. Breeding, J.W. Stowers, James C. Tomblin, James D. Porter, James I. Kuhn, Johnny Headley, Joseph E. Chilton, Joseph Gartin, Joseph Maynard, Julia Yantis Walker, Kiahs Creek, Koontz Realty Company, L.V. Koontz, Laurel Fork, Lena Ferrell, Leonard Lucas, Lettie Belle Fowler, Limestone Branch, Lincoln County, Lincoln Fuel Oil and Lumber Company, Mary A. Mullen, Mary Maynard, Midkiff, Nary Gartin, Nine Mile Creek, O.J. Wilkinson, Panther Branch, Patsy Ann Porter, Patterson Toney, Philip Hager, Polly Browning, Smith Ferrell, Squire Toney, Sulphur Spring Fork, Sylvanis Neace, Tucker Fry, Twelve Pole Creek, W.C. Mullen, W.L. Rector, W.L. Starcher, W.T. Gillenwater, Wallace Hager, West Virginia, William U. Stollings, Wirt Toney

The following deed index is based on Deed Book 53 at the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Hamlin, WV, and relates to residents of the Harts Creek community. Most notations reflect Harts Creek citizens engaged in local land transactions; some reflect Harts Creek citizens engaged in land transactions outside of the community. These notes are meant to serve as a reference to Deed Book 53. Researchers who desire the most accurate version of this material are urged to consult the actual record book.

Hezikiah Adkins to Julia Y. Walker     25 acres on West Side of Guyan River     7 January 1909     Fisher B. Adkins, NP     p. 40

Polly Browning to Joseph Maynard     75 acres Laurel Branch of Twelve Pole Creek     14 January 1905     Hugh Evans, JP    p. 412-413

Daisy Brumfield to Charley Brumfield     68 acres Big Branch of Big Ugly     7 September 1907     p. 219-220

J.E. Chilton to Lettie B. Fowler     150 acres East Side of Guyandotte River     15 February 1883     p. 365-366

G.D. Davis to Koontz Realty Company     113 3/5 acres (mineral)     8 May 1907     p. 329

Ellen Ferguson to L.V. Koontz     79 4/5 acres on Green Shoal Creek     14 December 1906     p. 304-305

Lena Ferrell to A.H. Sanders     49 acres (oil and gas)     5 December 1906     p. 305-306

D.C. Fry to Koontz Realty Company     4 acres     8 May 1907     p. 320-321

D.C. Fry to Koontz Realty Company     90 acres Green Shoal Creek     8 May 1907     p. 322-323

Joseph and Nary Gartin to W.R. and Mary Lucas and L.C. and Climina Lucas     75 and 15 acres on Sulpher Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek     8 January 1910     p. 45-46

W.T. Gillenwater to Koontz Realty Company     82 acres (mineral)     16 July 1907     p. 315-316

Philip Hager to Koontz Realty Company     136 1/2 acres     17 May 1907     p. 318-319

Wallace Hager to Smith Ferrell     158 acres Broad Branch of Big Ugly     4 April 1907     R.E. Lowe, JP     p. 166-167

L.V. Koontz to Koontz Realty Company     799 2/3 acres Big Ugly Creek     24 June 1907     p. 310-311

J.I. Kuhn to Isaac G. Gartin     75 acres Little Harts Creek     1 September 1879     p. 281-284

J.I. Kuhn to Climenia Lucas et al     496 acres on Fourteen Mile Creek     6 June 1880     p. 288-291

James I. Kuhn to William Mann and Isaac Garten     1 August 1879     Francis Fork of Hezekiah Creek     p. 285-288

Lincoln Fuel, Oil, and Lumber Company v. A.P. Sanders, W.C. Mullen, and Mary A. Mullen     correction to deed     5 October 1910     p. 243-244

L.C. Lucas to Climena Lucas     37 acres on Fourteen Mile Creek     13 December 1909     p. 53

Chloe Maynard to Joseph Maynard     100 acres Twelve Pole Creek     10 October 1907     p. 410-411

Mary Maynard to Joseph Maynard     85 acres Twelve Pole Creek     21 October 1905     p. 409-410

George F. Miller to Koontz Realty Company     33 acres (mineral)     13 May 1907     p. 317-318

Granville Mullins to William U. Stollings     10 acres Limestone Branch     28 March 1910     p. 416

Sylvanis Neace to J.W. Breeding     75 acres on Buck Lick Branch of Guyandotte River (Laurel Hill District)     12 February 1910     p. 133-134

J.D. Porter et ux to W.L. Rector     Big Ugly Creek     27 March 1902     p. 333-339

Patsy Ann Porter to Joseph Maynard     Tract on Ridge Between Laurel Branch and Wiley Branch     4 August 1908     p. 414-415

W.L. Rector et ux to G.H. Chenoweth 3/16 undivided interest in tracts on Harts Creek and Big Ugly Creek     28 December 1903     p. 340-

W.L. Starcher et ux to F.F. Starcher     interest in four tracts on Big Ugly Creek    27 September 1907     p. 347-349

A.H. Sanders et ux to L.V. Koontz     Stowers Farm on Green Shoal     10 December 1906     p. 288-291

A.H. Sanders et ux to L.V. Koontz     49 acres on Big Ugly Creek     12 March 1907     p. 301

A.H. Sanders et al declaration of trust to A.P. Sanders     25 July 1907     p. 329

A.P. Sanders to W.C. Mullen     150 acres Big Ugly Creek     2 October 1907     p. 164-165

A.P. Sanders to A.H. Sanders     278 acres Lick Branch of Laurel Fork of Big Ugly     31 October 1907     p. 227-228

Henry C. Sias to John T. Headley     75 acres on Steer Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek     17 February 1909     p. 1-2

Cassander Spurlock et ux to A.H. Sanders     89 1/3 acres on Big Ugly Creek     5 December 1906     p. 307-308

Clinton Spurlock et ux to E.W. Fry et ux     15 acres near Nine Mile Creek on Guyandotte River     3 June 1901     p. 194

Clinton Spurlock to Clinton Spurlock and E.W. Fry     7360 square feet at Midkiff     1 January 1906     p. 195-196

J.W. Stowers et al to A.H. Sanders     144 1/3 acres     7 December 1906     p. 308-309

Brooks Summerville et ux to F.F. Starcher     interest in four tracts on Big Ugly Creek     1 November 1907     p. 346-347

James C. Tomblin to Andrew J. Browning     Painter Branch, Big Branch of Harts Creek     19 March 1875     Jeremiah Lambert, JP     p. 170-171

Patterson Toney et ux to L.V. Koontz     437 acres on Big Ugly Creek     29 December 1906     p. 302-303

Squire Toney et ux to Koontz Realty Company     295 52/100 acres Big Ugly Creek (mineral)     27 June 1907     p. 312-314

Wirt Toney et ux to Koontz Realty Company     203 61/100 acres (mineral)     4 May 1907     p. 324-326

O.J. Wilkinson, commissioner of school lands, to J.H. Meeks, trustee     1 February 1910     Piney Fork of East Fork     p. 104-105 [references Abner Vance]

NOTE: I copied all of these deeds.

Justices of the Peace and Constables for Harts Creek and Chapmanville Districts (1943-1951)

30 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Chapmanville, Harts, Rector, Whirlwind

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Basil Dingess, Big Creek, Carlos Lowe, Chapmanville, Chapmanville District, constable, Ed Doss, Edward R. Chapman, Frank Adams, Harts, Harts Creek District, Henry Porter, history, Ira Fry, J.P. Workman, John E. Fry, John Vance, justice of the peace, K.C. Butcher, K.F. Ramsey, Lee Belcher, Lewis Dempsey, Lincoln County, Lindsey Workman, Logan County, Lon McCoy, Luther Dempsey, Rector, Robert Bryant, Robert Dalton, W.H. Hughie Ellis, Wallace Bryant, West Virginia, Whirlwind

Between 1943 and 1951, the following men served as justices of the peace and constables in the Harts Creek District of Lincoln County and the Chapmanville District of Logan County, West Virginia.

Harts Creek District (1943)

Justices of the Peace

Lewis Dempsey (D), Harts

John E. Frye (D), Rector

Constables

Robert Bryant (D), Harts

K.F. Ramsey (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1941)

Justices of the Peace

K.C. Butcher (D), Chapmanville

Frank Adams (D), Whirlwind

Constables

Basil Dingess (D), Chapmanville

John Vance (D), Big Creek

Harts Creek District (1945)

Justices of the Peace

Lewis Dempsey (D), Harts

John E. Frye (D), Rector

Constables

J.P. Workman (D), Harts

K.F. Ramsey (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1945)

Justices of the Peace

Basil Dingess (D), Chapmanville

W.H. (Hughie) Ellis (D), Chapmanville

Constables

Lee Belcher (D), Chapmanville

John Vance (D), Big Creek

Harts Creek District (1947)

Justices of the Peace

Henry Porter (D), Harts

John E. Fry (D), Rector

Constables

Lindsey Workman (D), Harts

Ira Fry (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1947)

Justices of the Peace

Basil Dingess (D), Chapmanville

W.H. (Hughie) Ellis (D), Chapmanville

Constables

Lee Belcher (D), Chapmanville

John Vance (D), Big Creek

Harts Creek District (1949)

Justices of the Peace

Henry Porter (D), Harts

Luther Dempsey (D), Harts

Constables

Robert Dalton (D), Harts

Ira Fry (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1949)

Justices of the Peace

Ed Doss (D), Chapmanville

W.H. (Hughie) Ellis (D), Chapmanville

Constables

Lon McCoy (D), Chapmanville

John Vance (D), Big Creek

Harts Creek District (1951)

Justices of the Peace

Henry Porter (D), Harts

Luther Dempsey (D), Harts

Constables

Robert Dalton (D), Harts

Ira Fry (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1951)

Justices of the Peace

Edw. R. Chapman (D), Chapmanville

Carlos Lowe (D), no address given

Constables

Wallace Bryant (D), Chapmanville

John Vance (D), Big Creek

Justices of the Peace and Constables for Harts Creek and Chapmanville Districts (1934-1941)

28 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Chapmanville, Harts, Logan, Rector, Whirlwind

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Between 1934 and 1941, the following men served as justices of the peace and constables in the Harts Creek District of Lincoln County and the Chapmanville District of Logan County, West Virginia.

Harts Creek District (1934)

Justices of the Peace

John E. Frye (D), Rector

Walter Toney (D), Rector

Constables

Charley Stollings (D), Harts

Scott Brumfield (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1934)

Justices of the Peace

J.E. Bryant (D), Chapmanville

Burl Dingess (D), Yantus

Constables

Bruce Dial (D), Big Creek

Mosco Conley, Chapmanville

Harts Creek District (1936)

Justices of the Peace

John E. Frye (D), Rector

Walter Toney (D), Rector

Constables

Charley Stollings (D), Harts

Scott Brumfield (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1936)

Justices of the Peace

J.E. Bryant (D), Chapmanville

Frank Adams (D), Yantus

Constables

Bruce Dial (D), Big Creek

Wilburn Mullins (D), Chapmanville

Harts Creek District (1938)

Justices of the Peace

Milton Vance (D), Harts

John E. Frye (D), Rector

Constables

Curtis Dempsey (D), Harts

K.F. Ramey (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1938)

Justices of the Peace

W.H. Ellis (D), Chapmanville

Frank Adams (D), Yantus

Constables

Virgil Ferrell (D), Logan

Wallace Bryant (D), Chapmanville

Harts Creek District (1941)

Justices of the Peace

Lewis Dempsey (D), Harts

John E. Frye (D), Rector

Constables

Robert Bryant (D), Harts

K.F. Ramsey (D), Harts

Chapmanville District (1941)

Justices of the Peace

K.C. Butcher (D), Chapmanville

Frank Adams (D), Whirlwind

Constables

John Mullins (D), Logan

J.E. Bryant (D), Logan

Big Ugly Creek Post Offices

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Gill, Leet, Rector

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Albert Gill, Albert Walls, Andy Cyfers, Arabelle Gill, Big Ugly Creek, Brad Gill, Dixie Toney, Dollie Post Office, Florence Vance, genealogy, Gill Post Office, Grace DeHaven, Harts Creek District, history, John E. Stone, John H. Brumfield, Laura Ferrell, Laurel Fork, Leander C. Toney, Leet Post Office, Lincoln County, Linzy Huffman, Martha J. Toney, Mildred DeHaven, Milt Ferrell, Nancy Cyfers, Rector Post Office, Ruth Cyfers, Thomas J. Gill, Tom Ferrell, Wallace Toney, Walter Toney, Walton Ferrell, West Virginia

Big Ugly Creek, located in Harts Creek District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, has hosted four post offices: Rector (1902-1939), Gill (1903-1968), Leet (1907-?), and Dollie (1919-1934). Today, no post offices exist on Big Ugly Creek.

Dollie Post Office (1919-1934)

Walton Ferrell: 10 December 1919 – 29 January 1923

Laura Ferrell: 29 January 1923 – 19 September 1933

Thomas Ferrell: 19 September 1933 (acting postmaster), 12 January 1934 – 31 March 1934 (appointment rescinded on 31 March 1934)

Post office discontinued: 24 March 1934, effective 14 April 1934, mail to Rector

Gill Post Office (1903-1968) — located at the mouth of Big Ugly Creek

Thomas J. Gill: 8 October 1903 – 9 June 1926/12 August 1927

Bradley W. Gill: 9 June 1926/12 August 1927 (conflicting dates in the record) – 9 October 1926

Arabelle Gill: 9 October 1926 – 6 November 1940 (deceased 6 November 1940)

Andrew J. Cyfers: 1 January 1941 (assumed charge), 11 January 1941 (acting postmaster) – August or October 1941 (see below)

Nannie F. Cyfers: 5 August 1941, 1 October 1941 (assumed charge) – 30 September 1956 (retired 30 September 1956)

Ruth B. Cyfers: 30 September 1955 (assumed charge), 4 October 1956 (acting postmaster), 19 October 1956 (assumed charge), 17 November 1967 (resigned)

Florence Vance: 17 November 1967 (acting postmaster) – 26 January 1968

Post office discontinued: 26 January 1968, mail to Ranger

Leet Post Office (1907-?) — located at the mouth of Laurel Fork of Big Ugly Creek

Albert Walls: 17 May 1907 – 3 September 1912

Linzy Huffman: 3 September 1912 – 15 February 1917

Moved to Gill: 15 February 1917

Albert J. Gill: 22 July 1921 – 30 May 1925

Post office discontinued: 30 May 1925, mail to Gill

John H. Brumfield: 18 September 1925 – 15 December 1927

Post office discontinued: 15 December 1927, mail to Rector

Grace DeHaven: 31 May 1934 – 30 November 1961, 30 November 1961 (retired)

Mildred DeHaven: 30 November 1961 (assumed charge), 13 April 1962 – ?

Rector Post Office (1902-1939)

John E. Stone: 17 July 1902 – 4 May 1903

Wallace Toney: 4 May 1903 – 13 July 1905

Leander C. Toney: 13 July 1905 – 14 March 1919

John Milton Ferrell: 14 March 1919, 5 April 1919 (assumed charge) – 25 June 1934

Walter Toney: 25 June 1934 (assumed charge), 20 August 1934 (acting postmaster) – 5 December 1934

Dixie Toney: 5 December 1934, 24 January 1935 (assumed charge) – 18 March 1938

Laura Ferrell: 18 March 1938 (assumed charge), 23 March 1938 (acting postmaster) – 3 November 1938

Martha J. Toney: 3 November 1938 – ? (order rescinded on 12 November 1938)

Post office discontinued: 11 March 1939, effective 31 March 1939, mail to Leet

Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.

Harts Creek District Board of Education (1905-1913)

12 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Harts, Leet, Rector, Toney

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Given below are Harts Creek District boards of education between 1905 to 1913:

1905-1906

J.B. Pullen of Rector, president

William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary

John S. Brumfield of Fourteen

Squire Toney of Rector

1906-1907

Squire Toney of Rector, president

William E. Fowler of Hart, secretary

John S. Brumfield of Fourteen

Wallace Hager of Rector

1908-1909

Matthew C. Farley of Fourteen, president

Philip Hager of Leet, secretary

Adam Cummings of Leet

Ward Lucas of Toney

1909-1910

John W. Sias of Fourteen, president

Philip Hager of Leet, secretary

Adam Cummings of Allen

Bradford D. Toney of Toney

1911-1912

B.W. Walker of Ferrellsburg, president

William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary

Isaac Fry of Toney

Bradford D. Toney of Toney

1912-1913

B.W. Walker of Ferrellsburg, president

William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary

Isaac Fry of Atensville

Bradford D. Toney of Toney

NOTE: Fisher B. Adkins of Ferrellsburg was Lincoln County Superintendent of Schools from 1915-1919.

Harts Creek District schools and teachers, 1926-1927

05 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Gill, Green Shoal, Harts, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Queens Ridge, Rector, Sand Creek

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In 1926-1927, the West Virginia Educational Directory provided the following information regarding Harts Creek District’s 21 schools, school locations, teachers, and enrollment. Harts Creek District is located in Lincoln County.

Adkins School at Queens Ridge, Jamie Nelson, 28

Atenville School at Queens Ridge, Jessie Brumfield, 39

Broad Branch School at Banco, Ruby Bowling, 16

Cole Branch School at Queens Ridge, Rebel Adkins, 42

Copley Trace School at Queens Ridge, Luther Manns, 36

Dollie School at Rector, W.J. Hauldren, —

Fourteen School at Rector?, Bessie Thompson, 41

Gartin School at Queens Ridge, G.W. Nicholas, 8

Gill School at Gill, Sylvia Cyfers, 15

Green Shoals School at Ferrellsburg, Charles Gore, 44

Harts School at Harts, Nora Brumfield, 20

High Top School at Queens Ridge, Lucy Dingess, 44

Leet School at Gill, Vesta Cyfers, 39

Limestone School at Big Creek, Garnett Hickman, 14

Lucas School at Rector, Walter Hauldren, 20

Mans School at Queens Ridge, Mae Cane, 34

Perry School at Queens Ridge, Charley Tomblin, 20

Sand Creek School at Queens Ridge, Ed Brumfield, 22

Stone School at Queens Ridge, R.L. Martin, 27

Toney School at Rector, Maud Pugh, 25

Walker School at Ferrellsburg, Enos Dial, 15

The highest paid teachers are given below:

Maud Pugh, $960/yr.

Charlie Gore, $840/yr.

W.J. Hauldren, $840/yr.

Walter Hauldren, $840/yr.

Garnett Hickman, $840/yr.

The lowest paid teachers received $400/yr.

Source: West Virginia Educational Directory for the School Year 1926-1927

Harts area teachers, 1925-1926

03 Saturday Jan 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Gill, Hamlin, Harts, Leet, Logan, Queens Ridge, Rector, Sand Creek, Shively, Whirlwind, Yantus

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In 1925-1926, Lincoln County (WV) Superintendent of Schools Rufus P. Lambert of Hamlin and Logan County (WV) Superintendent of Schools E.V. Parsons of Logan issued information regarding teachers in their respective counties for publication in the West Virginia Educational Directory. Given below are the names of Harts area teachers, post office address, enrollment, and county of employment. NOTE: Teachers did not necessarily teach in their immediate locale.

Anna Adams, Whirlwind, 38, Logan

Cole Adams, Queens Ridge, 24, Logan

Howard Adams, Whirlwind, 36, Logan

Ina Adams, Shively, 32, Logan

Lot W. Adams, Big Creek, 8, Lincoln

Ula Adams, Yantus, 34, Logan

Fisher B. Adkins, Hart’s, 42, Logan

Rebel Adkins, Queens Ridge, 24, Lincoln

Ed Brumfield, Harts, 25, Lincoln

Jessie Brumfield, Harts, 45, Lincoln

Nora Brumfield, Harts, 20, Lincoln

Anna Butcher, Shively, 65, Logan

Lester H. Cross, Shively, 32, Logan

Sylvia Cyfers, Leet, 40, Lincoln

Enos Dial, Harts, 40, Lincoln

Alice Dingess, Queens Ridge, 66, Logan

Anna Dingess, Queens Ridge, 28, Logan

Beatrice Dingess, Hart’s, 12, Logan

Everett Dingess, Ferrellsburg, 36, Logan

Glen Dingess, Leet, 24, Lincoln

Lucy Dingess, Queens Ridge, 28, Logan

Fay Gill Frye, Gill, 33, Lincoln

Charlie Gore, Ferrrellsburg, 43, Lincoln

Walter Hauldren, Rector, 26, Lincoln

Wallace Haynor, Rector, 25, Lincoln

David E. Johnson, Dollie, 24, Lincoln

Blanche Mae Lambert, Sand Creek, 19, Lincoln

Thomas J. McGinnis, Whirlwind, 49, Logan

A.T. Miller, Danville, 12 Lincoln

Dixie Mullins, Queens Ridge, 35, Logan

Lizzie Nelson, Harts, 18, Lincoln

Beulah M. Rickman, Gill, 14, Lincoln

M.F. Tomblin, Queens Ridge, 44, Lincoln

Kile Topping, Atenville, 22, Lincoln

Willie J. Williams, Queens Ridge, 30, Lincoln

Fred Wilt, Rector, 7, Lincoln

The highest paid teachers are given below:

Lot W. Adams, $960/yr.

Fisher B. Adkins, $840/yr.

Alice Dingess, $840/yr.

Fay Gill Frye, $840/yr.

Charlie Gore, $840/yr.

A.T. Miller, $840/yr.

Walter Hauldren, $820/yr.

Beatrice Dingess, $800/yr.

The lowest paid teachers received $400/yr.

Source: West Virginia Educational Directory for the School Year 1925-1926

Big Creek News 04.12.1923

27 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Holden, Logan, Rector, Toney

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An unnamed local correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, April 12, 1923:

Charley Lilly is in very poor health.

Arline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Kitchen, has been very ill during the past week.

Mrs. Robert Stone was a business visitor in Huntington the past week.

The Stone Branch school closed on April 5th. Many were present and all report a fine time.

Mr. Tom Vance was a recent visitor in our midst.

Mrs. Floyd Lilly left Saturday for Charleston where she will pay an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Nellie Parsons.

Miss Maggie Lucas has just closed a successful term of school at Lime Stone. The pupils there all want Miss Lucas back next year.

Mr. D.E. Owens, of Columbus, Ohio, was calling on friends here recently.

Mr. K.E. Toney, of Toney, who has large business interests in this city was here the early part of the week looking after business affairs and mingling with friends.

Rev. J. Green McNeely, of Logan, delivered very able sermons to the Baptist congregation in this city, at the M.E. Church, South, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Rev. McNeely is a splendid expounder of the gospel and the people of our city are always delighted to hear him.

Miss Dixie Toney returned home Saturday evening from a shopping visit in Huntington.

Mr. Walter Fry, prominent young citizen of Rector, was in the city yesterday on matters of business.

Uncle Hub Vance continues in very poor health.

Mr. W. Birchard Toney, of this place attended Logan Lodge, No. 391, B.P.O.E., Thursday evening.

Miss Flossie Barker, of Logan, spent Easter with friends here.

Gilbert Thompson, of Holden, was the recent guest of friends in our midst.

Big Ugly News 1916

03 Thursday Jul 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Gill, Leet, Rector, Timber

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Albert Gill, B Johnson & Son, Barboursville News, Big Ugly Creek, coal, genealogy, Gill, Guyan Big Ugly & Coal River RR, history, Huntington Gas & Development Company, Leet, life, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, merchant, Philip Hager, Rector, timber, timbering, West Virginia

During the summer of 1916, two articles printed in the Lincoln Republican offered news regarding Big Ugly Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia.

ARE MOVING RAILROAD FROM US (Thursday, July 20, 1916)

The Guyan, Big Ugly and Coal River railway running from Gill to a point eight miles above Rector, on Big Ugly creek will soon be a thing of the past, says the Barboursville News. The B. Johnson & Son people who have been operating extensively in that section in the tie and timber business did the last cutting of timber last Thursday and began to tear up the track on the upper end of the line. The iron of that part of the road beyond Leet will be taken up at once and the four miles between the latter place and Gill will be removed as soon as the lumber at Leet is hauled out.

Most of the residents of Leet have moved away in the past week to other timber openings. Albert Gill, a local merchant has bought many of the houses from the company and will tear them down and use the lumber for fencing.

There were between three and four hundred people living at Leet, and most of them will go elsewhere.

COAL GOOD ON BIG UGLY (August 31, 1916)

Civil Engineer Philip Hager was here over Sunday from Big Ugly, where he and his crew have been busy for two or three weeks making coal openings for the Huntington Gas & Development Co. A lot of good coal has been located and the prospects for big coal development on Big Ugly at an early date now looking good.

Leet News 03.18.1915

25 Wednesday Jun 2014

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Albert Wall, Charleston, Dr. Crockett, Edna Hager, genealogy, history, Huntington, Island Creek, John B. Mullins, Leet, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Miss Doyle, Rector, Sheridan, T J Bolin, timbering, typhoid fever, Webb Terrill Gillenwater, West Virginia

“Observer,” a local correspondent from Leet in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, March 18, 1915:

W.T. Gillenwaters, of Rector, was a business visitor here Tuesday.

Dr. Crockett returned from Charleston Sunday, where he had been on important business.

T.J. Bolin spent Sunday with his family in Huntington.

Albert Walls will move to Sheridan in a few days. We regret to lose Mr. Walls, as he is one of our best citizens, but wish him success in his home.

Miss Doyle, a trained nurse of Huntington, is here in charge of Miss Edna Hager, who is very low with typhoid.

John B. Mullins, who is employed on Island Creek, spent Sunday with his family near this place.

The big lumber mill at this place only runs about one-third time now. The boys here that voted for the party that put lumber practically on the free list have thoroughly repented and say they will never do so any more.

There are several cases of typhoid on the creek above here and we are informed they are no better.

Rector Items 04.09.1914

23 Monday Jun 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Gill, Holden, Rector

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“Sunshine,” a local correspondent from Rector in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Monitor printed on Thursday, April 9, 1914:

Miss Jeannette Stone of Big Creek is the pleasant guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Squire Toney.

Mrs. Elijah Pauley of Holden is visiting relatives here this week.

Mrs. Walter Toney was shopping in Big Creek Saturday.

Mrs. M.A. Wall who has been visiting her son Albert, has returned to her home at Easy.

Miss Maude Toney who has been visiting relatives in Holden for the past two weeks, has returned and reports a very pleasant visit.

Dr. J.A. Chaffin was a pleasant visitor in Rector, Sunday.

Misses Maude Toney and Jeannette Stone spent Sunday horseback riding and were at Gill, where they dined with Miss Stone’s sister, Mrs. S.J. Harper.

Tracy Baird was a caller here Monday.

Mrs. Albert Wall, who has been ill for some time, is slowly improving.

Andrew Spurlock spent Sunday with friends at Salt Rock.

Misses Mary and Myrtle Toney are visiting their brothers on Mud this week.

Squire J.E. Fry made a flying trip to Midkiff Saturday.

D.V. Hodge made a business call to this place Saturday.

Collie Fry was a pleasant visitor in town Sunday.

Mrs. John Hunter was shopping here Saturday.

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