Whirlwind News 10.30.1925

03 Sunday Jan 2021

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Shively, Spottswood, Warren, Whirlwind

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An unnamed correspondent from Whirlwind on Big Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on October 30, 1925:

[The first line is illegible.]

Mrs. R. Bryant was calling on Mrs. Catherine Adkins last Saturday.

Mrs. Lizzie Carter called on Mrs. Jessie Carter Sunday.

Mrs. Mary Thompson visited Mrs. Ollie Mullins recently.

Joe Martin and Thomas Bryant were out joy riding Sunday.

Whirlwind News 02.16.1923

12 Friday Apr 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Shively, Spottswood, Twelve Pole Creek, Whirlwind

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A correspondent named “Bluebird” from Whirlwind at Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on February 16, 1923:

Quite a number of people are on the sick list in this vicinity at this time.

Grover Adams has been busily engaged in the hunting business this winter.

Sol Adams of Mount Gay has been visiting relatives on Hoover recently.

Wonder if James Robert has ever let Pusher Blair ride his grey anymore?

The singing school on Trace is progressing nicely.

Victoria and Joe Kirk were out horseback riding Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mullins have been visiting relatives on Hart.

Mr. Samuel Vance of Twelve Pole was a business visitor to this community recently.

Mr. Pete Dalton was calling on Mrs. Mollie Robinson recently.

Harve Smith and John Fillinger have been having some fine sport fox hunting this winter.

Everybody has been wondering what has become of Ichabod Crane.

Van Mullins of this place is at Cherry Tree on the sick list. We hope that he will soon recover and return home.

Bud Richards is going into the mercantile business near the mouth of Smoke House.

Ratio. Don’t be afraid. The bull dog won’t hurt you.

Albert Dingess Family Cemetery (2018)

04 Friday May 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Shively, Timber

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Albert Dingess Family Cemetery, Shively, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. You can see the old Shively Post Office down past the trees and along the road. 28 April 2018.

Albert Dingess Family Cemetery, Shively, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. 28 April 2018.

Albert Dingess was an important splasher and timberman on Harts Creek in Logan County, WV. His sister, Minerva (Dingess) Adkins, is my great-great-great-grandmother. 8 March 2013.

Martha Ann (Bryant) Dingess was Albert’s second wife. 8 March 2013.

Here’s an old WPA map of the cemetery that shows graves for Albert Dingess and his father-in-law, James Bryant. Courtesy of the WV State Archives, Charleston, WV.

World War I Draft Registration in Logan County, WV (1917)

29 Sunday Apr 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk 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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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.

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Logan (WV) Democrat, 24 May 1917.

Conley Cemetery (2018)

31 Saturday Mar 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Shively

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Heading up the mountain to the Conley Cemetery, located on a ridge between Smokehouse Fork and White Oak Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. My young guide was a Conley descendant. 26 March 2018.

Conley Cemetery — beautiful! Several of Garland and Mollie (Farley) Conley’s children are buried here. I descend from two of Mollie’s siblings. 26 March 2018.

Conley Cemetery. I mapped at least 74 graves. 26 March 2018.

Conley Cemetery. “Garland Bock Conley section.” 26 March 2018.

I first heard of Charles Conley in the early 1990s; it was great to finally locate his grave. 26 March 2018.

I was sure to place flowers at the grave of Charles Conley. 26 March 2018.

Lee Conley grave. 26 March 2018.

Garland Bock Conley grave. 26 March 2018.

Hampton White Deed to Corbin Bryant (1857)

11 Sunday Mar 2018

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Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day West Virginia.

Harts Creek Moonshiners (1927)

22 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Crawley Creek, Shively, Spottswood

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story about Harts Creek moonshiners dated February 1, 1927:

Raiders Find Three Stills Along Harts

Mash In Abundance is Located But Shiners Are Wary, Alert and Fleet.

Prohibition officers, federal and state, made sweeping raids along Harts Creek last Thursday. Two moonshine stills complete and part of another, together with 900 gallons of mash and 12 gallons of moonshine were seized and destroyed. Operators of the stills escaped the dragnet.

An 80-gallon copper still was found in operation by the raiding agents at the mouth of Buck Fork of Harts Creek, along with 400 gallons of mash and eleven gallons of moonshine. No one was at the still when the officers arrived, according to the latter, but later two men approached carrying sacks of half-gallon fruit jars. At sight of the officers, they turned and fled, escaping.

A 36-gallon capacity still, 300 gallons of mash, and a small quantity of liquor were found by the officers on Smoke House Fork of Harts Creek. Three men fled from the scene on approach of the agents and made good their getaway. Forty-two empty one-half gallon fruit jars were also found there and destroyed.

In the same locality the officers found the worm and other parts of another moonshine still, together with 200 gallons of mash.

Officers participating in the raids were: Federal Agents Lilly and Bill Bird and State Agents Hugh “Ridgerunner” Butcher and Harry Butcher, of Chapmanville, Irwin Carter, and Wade Rice.

These men believe they seized the still that made the liquor that was consumed by those present when ____________________ were shot to death.

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story about Crawley Creek and Harts Creek moonshiners dated April 8, 1927:

‘Shiner Totes Still and Makes Escape

An all-day raid Tuesday on Crawleys and the upper reaches of Harts Creek by five officers resulted in the capture of three stills and 22 barrels of mash.

Five shiners were seen at a distance working around a still but they were able to escape and take their still with them owing to their better knowledge of the country. A couple of shots were fired at the man who carried the still but he “carried on” with a stout heart and saved his “mint.” This was on White Oak of Harts.

This raiding party was made up of Prohibition Agent Ed Hensley, Deputy Sheriff Henderson Maynard and State Policeman Rowe, Wilson, and Russell. They went to the head of Mud Fork Tuesday morning and scouted along the ridges, reaching Henlawson late in the day where a car awaited them to bring them home.

The signal system along Crawleys and Harts works so effectively, it is said, that it is nearly impossible for the officers to catch a moonshiner at his still or get hold of any of his product, although stills and mash are often found. If the officers raid the country in daylight they are seen and warnings are sent out in various ways to all concerned. If they travel at night, they must use lanterns or flashlights which are of course detected and reported.

Confederate Reunions in Logan County, WV (1911-1914)

02 Thursday Nov 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Breeden, Chapmanville, Civil War, East Lynn, Holden, Huntington, Logan, Man, Pecks Mill, Shively

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From the Logan Banner and Logan Democrat of Logan, WV, come these stories of Confederate reunions in Logan County, WV:

Logan Wildcats Reunion, Chapmanville, WV, 1900.

Confederate Reunion

The old Confederate soldiers will hold their semi-annual reunion at Chapmansville next Saturday. A good time will be had by all who attend.

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 1 June 1911.

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OLD SOLDIERS MEET

Members of Camp Straton U.C.V. Hold Reunion at Chapmansville

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: The Confederate veterans of Camp Straton met at Chapmansville on last Saturday in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of their enlistment in the cause of the Southern Confederacy. They were met and greeted by Daniel Smoot and several others from our sister county of Boone, and Robert Lewis of Lincoln county. J.W. Harvey was also present. M.L. Campbell of the Soldier’s Home, at Richmond, Va., enjoyed the pleasure and opportunity on this memorable occasion to once more greet his old comrades of the Lost Cause.

They met, shook hands and greeted each other, and at times the writer could detect the tears in the eyes of these old veterans, which showed the true spirit of these old comrades as they talked of the days when they followed Lee and Jackson, Johnson and Longstreet and others of their immortal leaders in the battles of Gettysburg, Bull Run, Piedmont, Manassas Junction and many other of those famous battles which today stand in history as sentinels of one of the bloodiest and hardest fought wars in the history not only of this nation but of the world.

After forming line and roll call, to which there were comparatively so few to answer, they once more marched the streets of Chapmansville, where just fifty years before to a day they marched when full of life and vigor. But now their bent forms and halting steps mark most sadly the passing of time.

In Federal burying grounds alone, 359,284 soldiers lie, while countless thousands have been buried in plots at home. On the Confederate side doubtless as many more may be counted. What a pitiful sacrifice of blood, the young and strong and brave blood of the nation. Doubtless war stirs certain feelings and virtues into action that otherwise would lie dormant. Perhaps it settles certain questions not otherwise easily adjusted. But it is hard to think that an intelligent Christian nation should ever need to resort to it.

When the noon hour came the veterans marched to the home of Mr. John Ferrell, where refreshments and a fine dinner was served. They then marched to the center of the village, formed a hollow square and held a brief business session.

A committee of three was appointed to draft suitable resolutions to the memory of their deceased comrades. Hon. J.B. Wilkinson, C.E. Whitman and W.F. Butcher were appointed on this committee.

A committee of two was appointed to gather the names of the sons of all the veterans in Camp Straton, said list to be submitted at the next reunion, at which time they expect to organize the Sons of Veterans. C.E. Whitman of Logan and R.L. Stone of Big Creek were appointed on this committee.

A clerk was also appointed to keep the record of the Camp.

It was also suggested that the commandant get in communication with the Daughters of the Confederacy, and secure a cross of honor for each veteran of the Camp, which cross of honor is to be handed down to the oldest son as a souvenir.

After the business session, prayer was offered by Chaplain W.D. Garrett.

The people were entertained for some time by short and breezy speeches by the veterans and their sons, which were very much applauded and enjoyed by all.

We then enjoyed the song of the starting of the Logan volunteers, June 3, 1861, by the wife of a veteran.

The meeting then adjourned to meet at Logan on Saturday, October 7, 1911.

The following veterans were present at roll call:

William H. Ellis

J.E. Acord

T.B. Farley

J.K. McNeeley

N.B. Barker

Simpson Ellis

J.E. Thompson

J.C. Chapman

George Bryant

J.H. Allen

John Wallen

Obadiah Workman

John G. Jeffrey

J.W. Harvey

M.L. Campbell

J.I. Dingess

J.S. Miller

M.D. Stone

David Hale

Hiram Pridemore

William Nelson

J.W. Blevins

Calvin Bias

Francis Collins

David Workman

L.D. Stollings

W.D. Garrett

L.D. Perry

Albert McNeeley

Henry Mitchell

John W. Holdron

Sol Adams

B.F. Curry

David K. White

Harrison White

Isaac McNeeley

Bolivar McDonald

John W. Neece

Greene Thompson

F.B. McDonald

W. Farmer

W.D. McNeeley

Anthony Bryant

Alvis Hall

Reuben White

F.S. Vickers

William White

J.B. Lowe

Patterson Dingess

W.H. Whitman

Daniel J. Smoot

Fulton D. Ferrell

Astynax McDonald

T.C. Conley

Beverley Spencer

George R. Scaggs

Respectfully submitted,

Charles E. Whitman

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 8 June 1911

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Camp Straton Reunion LB 09.19.1913 4.JPG

Confederate flag over the Logan Courthouse, Logan (WV) Banner, 19 September 1913. Photo from 23 October 1911.

Confederate Reunion

Camp Straton of the Confederate veterans met in this city October 23, 1911, and had dinner at the Buskirk and Peck Hotels as the guests of Judge Wilkinson and Mrs. Vicie Nighbert.

The meeting was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by M.D. Stone, Commandant, and George Scaggs was elected to the office of Third Lieutenant. Motion carried unanimously to meet hereafter on the fourth Tuesday in September, and Logan was chosen as the place for the next meeting.

Judge Wilkinson delivered an able address at the close of the business meeting and suggested organizing a camp of Sons of Veterans, a meeting for which purpose has been called for Saturday, Nov. 4th, at 1:30 p.m., at the court house.

United States Senator William E. Chilton then delivered a very interesting address which was received with great enthusiasm.

After a vote of thanks by the Company to Judge Wilkinson and Mrs. Nighbert for their hospitality the meeting was adjourned.

Eighty-three members of the Camp were present. The following is the roster of Camp Straton, Oct. 23, 1911:

M.D. Stone, Commandant.

Astyanax McDonald, First Lieut.

Jas. I. Dingess, Second Lieut.

Geo. Scaggs, Third Lieut.

Hugh Avis, Orderly Sergeant.

Jas. R. Henderson, Adjutant.

W.D. Garrett, Chaplin.

Jas. Allen, Assistant Chaplin.

Privates

Isaac McNeeley

William C. Lucas

L.D. Perry,

F.M. Collins

Hiram Pridemore

Marion McCoy

Boss Mangus

M.A. Doss

Anse Hatfield

E.J. Stone

Ben Curry

R.F. Hager

F.D. Ferrell

Noah Barker

Simpson Ellis

John Dempsey

David Hicks

Beverly Spencer

Jas. C. Varney

John A. Lawson

Dave White

Alvin Hall

Joe Lowe

Henry C. Runyon

David Hale

Jas. Marcum

Christopher Davis

Joseph Evans

Lewis Brewster

Joseph Wm. Spence

C.A. Staten

Wm. D. Nelson

Joe A. Counts

Richard McCallister

Allen J. Sheppard

Moses D. Tiller

J.A. Ellis

J.K. McNeely

Hubbard Williams

Rush Floyd

Anthony Bryant

W.H. Whitman

M.A. Robinson

E.S. Vickers

Levi Lowe

I.G. Berry

Bolliver McDonald

A.J. Perry

Wm. L. Stollings

J.A. Chapman

N.B. Sanders

Wesley Reed

Henry Mitchell

John Thompson

Gord Riffe

Floyd S. Barker

N.B. Moberly

Wm. N. Stone

S.P. Vernatter

J.W. Martin

Jalin White

Green Thompson

J.W. Dempsey

L.D. Stone

All veterans not registered will please send name and address to T.B. Stone, Kitchen, W.Va.

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 26 October 1911.

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Camp Straton

Names of living Confederate veterans, who served continuously for four years and who are now members of Camp Straton of Logan, West Virginia:

OFFICERS

M.D. Stone, Commandant, Kitchen, W.Va.

Astyanax McDonald, First Lieutenant, Logan, W.Va.

James I. Dingess, Second Lieutenant, Pecks Mill, W.Va.

Geo. Scaggs, Third Lieutenant, Curry, W.Va.

F.S. Barker, Treasurer, Curry, W.Va.

David Hale, color bearer, City.

Hiram Pridemore, color bearer, City.

PRIVATES

L.D. Stollings, Shively, W.Va.

James Blevins, Curry, W.Va.

L.D. Perry, Chapmanville, W.Va.

Hubbard Williams, Logan, W.Va.

William Cary, Logan, W.Va.

Allen Hale, East Lynn, W.Va.

Hiram Burgess, Rolfe, W.Va.

Guy Lawson, Foley, W.Va.

M.A. Doss, Man, W.Va.

Thos. B. Farley, Bias, W.Va.

Moses Tiller, Music, W.Va.

Lewis Cary, Williamson, W.Va.

R.F. Hager, Breading, W.Va.

Andy Lee, Logan, W.Va.

John Messer, Breading, W.Va.

John A. Thompson, Chapmanville, W.Va.

Geo. Crump, member Camp Garnett, Huntington, W.Va.

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 2 November 1911

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Confederate Reunion

To Confederate Veterans, Camp Straton:

The next reunion of the members of said Camp will be held at Logan C.H. on Tuesday, September 17th, 1912, at 11 o’clock a.m. The presence of each member is requested.

M.D. Stone, Commandant

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 29 August 1912.

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Notice

To Members Camp Logan Wild Cats:

You are requested to meet at Logan C.H. at 10 o’clock Saturday, September 14th, 1912 to prepare for the reunion of Confederate veterans of Camp Straton to be held the following Tuesday. It is desirable to increase our membership on that day as much as possible. Anyone desiring to become a member of our camp come or send in your name. We want to give the old soldiers a hearty welcome and cordial greeting.

A.W. McDonald,

Commandant

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 29 August 1912.

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Confederate Reunion

To Confederate Veterans, Camp Straton:

The next reunion of the members of said Camp will be held at Logan C.H., on Tuesday, September 17th, 1912, at 11 o’clock a.m. The presence of each member is requested.

M.D. Stone,

Commandant

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 5 September 1912.

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Confederate Reunion

Camp Stratton, No. 1633, United Confederate Veterans, met in the City of Logan, Tuesday, September 19th, according to arrangements made at their last meeting, October 23, 1911, making the third Tuesday in September of each ensuing year the regular meeting day at Logan.

The veterans coming east were met at the depot on the arrival of train No. 150 by the veterans already assembled, accompanied by the Logan and Holden bands.

Hon. J.B. Wilkinson announced that arrangements had been made for the veterans to march to the skating rink, where the business session would be held, after which dinner would be served to all veterans at the hotels Jefferson and Buskirk, complimentary tickets having been given to confederates and their wives and daughters present.

The meeting adjourned to meet at 12:30 p.m. at the court house where the Sons of Veterans and the teachers and pupils of the Logan Public Schools fell in line and marched through the business section of the city. The entire procession again marched to the skating rink and was ably entertained for a short time by Hon. J.B. Wilkinson, who in turn introduced Brig. Gen. Wayne B. Ferguson of the 2nd Division of West Virginia, U.C.V., who after delivering an interesting address introduced the Hon. Thos. H. Harvey of Huntington. Amid great applause, Judge Harvey recalled the story days of the Sixties and as a closing remark to his comrades, who must soon follow the great leader, quoted Jackson, “Let us pass over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.” Col. J.R. Miller, a “rebel” from the “Southland” was next introduced by Judge Wilkinson, who remarked that “the best of the reunion was now coming.” Col. Miller delivered an able and interesting address lasting 45 minutes, which was enjoyed by all present.

On motion Comrades Hugh Avis, Andy Perry, Simpson Ellis, Henry Mitchell and Thos. H. Harvey were selected as delegates to represent Camp Straton at the annual reunion in Moorefield, Hardy county, W.Va., October 9, 1912.

On motion Col. J.R. Miller, Hon. Thomas H. Harvey and Gen. Wayne B. Ferguson were made honorary members of this camp.

Mrs. J.E. Robertson and Mrs. Lou G. Buffington were unanimously extended a vote of thanks for their untiring efforts in securing … mandant, a vote of thanks was given to all visiting members, also all Sons of Veterans and Daughters United Confederacy.

After a vote of thanks by the Company to Judge Wilkinson and Mrs. Nighbert for their kind hospitality the meeting adjourned to meet at Logan, September 16th, 1913.

The roster of Camp Straton No. 1633 on September 17th, 1912 is as follows:

M.D. Stone, Commandant

Astynanyx McDonald, First lieutenant

James I. Dingess, Second lieutenant

Geo. Scaggs, Third lieutenant

Hugh Avis, Orderly Sergeant

James R. Henderson, Adjutant

W.D. Garrett, Chaplain

Jas. Allen, Asst. chaplain

Privates:

Isaac McNeely

David Hale

Wm. C. Lucas

Joseph Evans

L.D. Berry

James Marcum

F.M. Collins

Lewis Brewster

Hiram Pridemore

Jos. Wm. Spence

C.A. Staten

Marion McCoy

Boss Mangus

Wm. D. Nelson

M.A. Doss

Joe Accords

Hiram Burgess

Richard McCallister

John R. McCoy

Allen J. Sheppard

Anse Hatfield

Moses D. Tiller

E.J. Stone

J.A. Ellis

Ben Curry

W.E. Cary

Riley F. Hager

J.K. McNeely

F.D. Ferrell

Hubbard Williams

Noah Barker

Rush Floyd

Simpson Ellis

Anthony Bryant

John Dempsey

W.H. Whitman

David Hicks

M.A. Robinson

Beverlly Spencer

F.S. Vickers

Jas. C. Varney

Levi Lowe

John A. Lawson

I.G. Berry

Dave White

Boliver McDonald

A.J. Perry

Alvin Hall

Joe Lowe

J.C. Chapman

Wm. L. Stollings

H.C. Runyon

Christopher Davis

N.B. Sanders

Wesley Reed

Floyd S. Barker

Henry Mitchell

W.B. Moberly

John Thompson

Wm. N. Stone

Gordon Riffe

S.P. Vernatter

J.W. Martin

Green Thompson

John White

J.W. Dempsey

L.D. Starr

Anse Farley

W.E. Carey

T.B. Farley

John Messer

Joseph Mitchell

Harmon White

Harrison White

Luke Curry

J.W. Blevins

L.D. Stollings

Gord F. Lilly

John Wallen

H.H. Ray

Obed Workman

Calvin Bias

Mat Pauley

William H. Ellis

Reuben P. White

J.S. Miller

Andy Lee

George Crump

John W. Haldron

Wm. Blackburn

Thos. H. Harvey

L.D. Chambers

Aaron Adkins

Giles Davis

J.R. Miller

Wayne B. Ferguson

Making a total of 91, 81 of which were present today against 83 last year.

If any member desires to have his name enrolled in the records of Camp Straton, send name and address to T.B. Stone, Secretary, Camp Straton, Kitchen, W.Va.

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 19 September 1912.

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Notice

To The Sons of Veterans:

The Sons of Veterans will meet in Logan on the first day of the October term of Court. All members are requested to be present.

Don Chafin.

Source: Logan (WV) Democrat, 3 October 1912.

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Confederate Reunion

Veterans of Camp Straton.

You are hereby requested to attend our annual reunion at Logan C.H. on Tuesday, September 16th at 2 o’clock p.m. for the transaction of important business.

Program of exercises will be given out in due time.

M.D. Stone, Commander

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 5 September 1913.

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Camp Straton Reunion LB 09.19.1913 1.JPG

Logan (WV) Banner, 19 September 1913. Photos from 23 October 1911.

NOTICE

To the Officers and Members of Camp Stratton, No. 1633, U.C.V.

You are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at the Courthouse at Logan, at 2 o’clock, P.M., on April 30th, 1914, for the purpose of selecting delegates to attend the reunion at Jacksonville, Fla., May 6, 7, and 8th, 1914, and to attend to such other business as may come before the Camp.

Our Camp is entitled to three delegates and three alternates.

Your fraternally,

M.D. Stone, Commandant

Source: Logan (WV) Banner, 10 April 1914; 24 April 1914.

Camp Straton Reunion LB 04.24.1914 6.JPG

Logan (WV) Banner, 24 April 1914. Photo from 23 October 1911.

Harts Creek Moonshine Case (1926)

13 Sunday Aug 2017

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In a story titled “111 True Bills Found By Grand Jury Which Submits Final Report” and printed in the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, on October 12, 1926, we find this item (excerpted here):

“Concluding a four-day session the grand jury made its final report and was discharged last night by Circuit Judge Robert Bland. There were 111 indictments returned, 66 for felonies and 45 for misdemeanors–a total somewhat larger than the average for Logan county grand juries. Names of those indicted are withheld from publication for the reason that some persons involved are not in custody. Capiases will be issued forthwith for those indicted and not in jail, while those in jail and all who are apprehended without delay will be arraigned very soon. Court attaches are of the opinion that none of these will be tried until next month as there was already a big criminal docket. However, considerable progress has been made so far. Having caught up with the calendar, court adjourned yesterday morning for the remainder of the day, after a short session.

“Victory has come to the Bryants, who live on Old House Branch of Harts Creek, and who were indicted for operating a still last December. The joint indictment embraced Hent Bryant and his sons Calvary, Bob, and Floyd. When the case was called on Tuesday the defendants elected to be tried separately, whereupon Prosecuting Attorney Con Chafin chose to try Calvary first. There was a large volume of testimony for each side. The case was submitted to the jury without argument at 9 o’clock Tuesday night and in a few minutes a verdict of acquittal was returned. C.C. Chambers represented the defense.

“The State’s evidence showed that an official raiding party found a spot about three-fourths of a mile from the Bryant home where a still had been in operation and where a quantity of mash had been poured out shortly before the arrival of the officers. The Bryant premises were then searched, but no still or whiskey was found. However, Marion Bryant, a cousin of Calvary, testified that Calvary had employed him to assist him in the operation of a still.

“From the Bryants there came positive denials of any interest in any still or of any knowledge of a still having ever been in operation at the spot in the woods where the officers thought that they had made a significant discovery. The defense attacked the credibility of Marion Bryant’s testimony, claiming that he was actuated by spite. It was testified by members of the family that Marion, after staying at Hent Bryant’s home for a while and doing odd jobs, had been requested to leave; that he made threats against the family at that time because Nellie Bryant, a daughter of Hent, spurned his love and his proposals of marriage.

“After the jury returned its verdict, the cases against the other Bryants were continued to the next regular term.”

Whiffs from Whirlwind (1914)

26 Monday Jun 2017

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J.M., a correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 24, 1914:

People of this locality have begun farming.

John M. Workman, of McVeigh, Ky., is visiting his brother, Wm. at this place.

Peter Mullins returned to his work at Barnabus Monday.

Miss Inez Maggard is very ill at this writing. The cause of her sickness was an operation performed at a Welch hospital.

John Carter and wife, of Rowdy, were visiting friends at Whirlwind on Tuesday last.

M. Tomblin, a noted tobacco salesman of Danville, Va., passed through here Sunday.

Miss Georgia Mullins, of Shively, were shopping here Monday.

Thomas Carter transacted business at this place Monday.

Mrs. Robert Mullins was visiting friends here Tuesday.

Crockett Farley is hauling goods for the Whirlwind Mercantile Co.

Mrs. Peter Mullins called on Mrs. Georgia Mullins the first of the week.

Miss Julia Mullins was shopping at this place Tuesday.

Sol Adams, Sr. made a business trip to Logan one day last week.

C.W. Mullins called at Whirlwind Tuesday.

Bert Dingess

20 Tuesday Jun 2017

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This photo is partly labeled as “…bert Dingess.” I found this photo among old Dingess photos on Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV. Perhaps this is “Albert Dingess.”

Post Offices of Logan County, WV (1926)

17 Saturday Jun 2017

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Logan (WV) Banner, 24 September 1926.

Chapmanville District Schools (1927) 2

15 Thursday Jun 2017

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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).

Harts Creek Moonshiners (1926)

14 Wednesday Jun 2017

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Logan (WV) Banner, 30 July 1926.

Chapmanville News 04.16.1926

11 Tuesday Apr 2017

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An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 16, 1926:

Dwyer Coal Co. has suspended operation temporarily.

Some of our population doesn’t believe there are any birds. They never get up in time to hear them sing in the mornings.

If our singing school keeps on it will not be long until we have a choir equal to the Mud Fork quartet.

Everything seems to be unusually quiet here just now. Even the registrar of vital statistics had neither births nor deaths to report for March.

Dump Farley of Shively was in town one day last week getting his seng hoe sharpened.

Dump said he anticipates a fine May apple crop this season.

Rev. Tucker Hensley was expounding the scripture here Tuesday evening.

Strange as it may seem there are great big children here that have never saw their father in Sunday School.

The rural population have been coming into town the last few days. They have been isolated all winter. One man said if it stayed good weather ’til he came back he would have his hair cut.

J.D. Price is very ill with pleurisy.

Henderson and Sallie Dingess graves (2017)

03 Monday Apr 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Civil War, Lincoln County Feud, Shively, Spottswood, Warren

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Henderson and Sallie (Adams) Dingess are buried here on Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. Since my last visit, a tree has pitched over onto their graves. Photo by Kathy Adams. 2 April 2017.

William A. Farley Grave (2016)

14 Monday Nov 2016

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William A. “Bill” Farley (1830-1915) grave, located on Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV. I descend from two of Bill’s siblings: John Clay Farley and Sarah (Farley) Headley. 14 November 2016. Photo by Kathy Adams

Harts Creek Area Preachers (1893-1900)

21 Thursday Jan 2016

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A.E. Thompson, Albert G. Vance, America Mullins, Ann Conley, Anthony Bryant, Arzella E. Thompson, Ben Adams, Bettie Adams, Brazilla Collins, Burl Adams, Caroline Browning, Caroline Farley, Caroline Nelson, Charley Lilly, Charley Workman, Clarissa G. Riddle, Cynthia A. Workman, Delphia Workman, Dorthula Dingess, Dyke Garrett, E.B. Lilly Jr., Elias Thompson, Elizabeth Dempsey, Emily Jane Johnson, Emily Workman, Floyd Bryant, Floyd Stollings, genealogy, George Spaulding, George Thompson, Gordon Farley, Green McNeely, Hariff Fleming, Harriet Carter, Harriet Dingess, Harts Creek, Harvey Smith, Henry Spry, Hester C. Collins, history, Hugh Conley, Isaac Fry, Isaac Tomblin, J. McNeeley, James B. Mullins, James E. Farley, James Thompson, James Tomblin, Jane Conley, Jeff McCloud, Jesse Robinson, John A. Vance, John B. Thompson, John Brumfield, John F. Farley, John H. Adkins, John H. Mullins, John Manns, John Murphy, John Q. Adams, John W. Workman, John Workman, Joseph Workman, Julia Hensley, Julia Lucas, Julia White, Linnie Hainer, Logan, Logan County, Louis Thompson, Louisa Thompson, Lucinda Bryant, Lucinda Collins, Lucinda Lucas, Lucinda Pool, Lucy Conley, M.A. Robinson, M.J. Tomblin, Maggie Perdue, Mahala Pridemore, Margaret Baisden, Martha Jane Burns, Martha Jane Tomblin, Mary A. Browning, Mary E. Baisden, Mary J. Smith, Mary Lambert, Mary Mullins, Mary Shadrack, Matilda Collins, Matilda Dalton, Matthew A. Robinson, Mattie Vance, Melvin Baisden, Minerva McCloud, Moses Tomblin, Nasby Smith, Ollie Barley, Paris Hensley, Paris S. Spry, Peter H. Dingess, Polly Adams, Ralph Nelson, Rebecca Hall, Rhoda Browning, Rhoda Simpkins, Robert Amburgey, Robert Owens, Robert Workman, S.P. Spry, Sarah E. Workman, Spencer Mullins, Wallace Toney, Wash Dempsey, Wash Farley, Wayne Adams, West Virginia, William H. Watts, William Mullins, Yantus Dingess

The following list of Logan County marriages for the period of 1893 to 1900 reveals the names of preachers operating in the Harts Creek area. The source for this material is “Marriage Record 2 (1892-1913),” pages 2-146, 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.

1893

Isaac Fry March 1893 John H. Adkins and Caroline Nelson

W.D. Garrett March 1893 Floyd Bryant and Mary E. Baisden

Washington Dempsey April 1893 Spencer Mullins and Syntha A. Workman

Washington Dempsey June 1893 Harvey Smith and Hester C. Collins

Washington Dempsey 07 July 1893 William Mullins and Mary Mullins

Washington Dempsey 14 September 1893 Henry Spry and M.J. Tomblin

Isaac Fry 14 October 1893 John Brumfield and Harriet Dingess

Washington Dempsey 09 December 1893 Robert Amburgey and Rebecca Hall

1894

None Given February 1894 Robert Workman and Mattie Vance

W.D. Garrett 09 March 1894 John Q. Adams and Maggie Perdue

J.G. McNeely 11 April 1894 John Murphy and Matilda Dalton

Washington Dempsey 24 April 1894 Ben Adams and Polly Adams

Washington Dempsey 04 June 1894 Wayne Adams and Minerva McCloud

None Given June 1894 Joseph Workman and A.E. Thompson

Washington Dempsey July 1894 or 1895 James E. Farley and Darthula Dingess

None Given 05 July 1894 John B. Thompson and Julia White

P.H. Dingess 10 July 1894 James Thompson and Margret Baisden

W.D. Garrett 09 December 1894 Nasby Smith and Caroline Farley

W.D. Garrett 22 December 1894 Wash Farley and Mahala Pridemore

1895

Pyrrhus Hensley 19 January 1895 J. McNeeley and Ollie Barley

None Given May 1895 William H. Watts and Yantie Dingess

Peter H. Dingess July 1895 Burwell Adams and Bettie Adams

Gordon Farley July 1895 Hugh Conley and Mary Shadrack

Peter H. Dingess July 1895 Wash Priest and Margaret Lynch

John F. Farley September 1895 Charley Lilly and Jane Conley

W.D. Garrett 21 September 1895 Robert Owens and Rebecca Hall

Washington Dempsey 01 November 1895 Floyd Bryant and Mary J. Smith

Washington Dempsey December 1895 Melvin Baisden and Matilda Collins

1896

None Given February 1896 John Workman and Mary Lambert

None Given 19 May 1896 Robert Mullins and Delphy Workman

1897

P.H. Dingess 24 January 1897 John H. Mullins and Martha Jane Burns

M.A. Robinson 22 March 1897 A.D. Robinson and Polly Aldridge

P.H. Dingess, Sr. 27 April 1897 Wedington Mullins and Margarett Jonas

1898

W.D. Garrett 03 April 1898 Charley Workman and Linnie Haner

K.H. Bevins 10 April 1898 Floyd Stollings and Ann Conley

Wash Dempsey 03 May 1898 Ralph Nelson and Caroline Browning

Jesse R. Browning 07 September 1898 Jesse Robinson and Mary A. Browning

1899

W.D. Garrett 12 April 1899 Wallace Toney and Julia Lucas

M.A. Robinson 03 August 1899 Albert G. Vance and Sarah E. Workman

M.A. Robinson 03 September 1899 John W. Workman and Lucinda Pool

Wash Dempsey 22 September 1899 William Mullins and America Mullins

Washington Dempsey 22 September 1899 S.P. Spry and Lucinda Bryant

Wash Dempsey 22 September 1899 Moses Tomblin and Rhoda Simpkins

Wash Dempsey 14 October 1899 Louis Thompson and Brazilla Collins

M.A. Robinson 27 November 1899 James B. Mullins and Emily Jane Johnson

Wash Dempsey 07 December 1899 George Spaulding and Harriet Carter

1900

H. Fry 23 February 1900 John Mans and Emily Workman

M.A. Robinson 27 February 1900 Elias Thompson and Elizabeth Dempsey

Isaac Fry 09 March 1900 Jeff McCloud and Louisa Thompson

W.D. Garrett 04 April 1900 George Thompson and Lucy Conley

Wash Dempsey 10 April 1900 Isaac Tomblin and Lucinda Collins

Wash Dempsey 17 April 1900 John A. Vance and Rhoda Browning

None Given July 1900 Antony Bryant and Lucinda Lucas

M.A. Robinson 01 November 1900 E.B. Lilly, Jr. and Clarissa G. Riddle

P. Hensley 23 November 1900 James Tomblin and Julia Hensley

Harts Creek Area Preachers (1891-1892)

09 Saturday Jan 2016

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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

James Pig Hall Family Cemetery (2014)

04 Tuesday Aug 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Shively

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The James Pig Hall Family Cemetery, which I visited on 12 July 2014, is located on Browns Run of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. Driving up Browns Run Road, the cemetery is located on the right behind the residence of Mr. Hensley. Permission from Mr. Hensley to visit the cemetery is recommended.

Row 1

Jim Williams (1926-1997); s/o James and Mollie (Hensley) Williamson

Mollie Farmer (22 May 1894-16 September 1981); d/o George T. and Rosa (Hall) Hensley; m1. James Williams

Sandra Faye Hensley (born and died 15 September 1972)

Terry Ray Hensley (04 June 1970-09 January 1973)

Malinda Faye Hensley (04 June 1970-09 January 1973)

Jerry Fitzgerald Hensley (22 August 1971-09 January 1973)

Row 2

Sherman Carter (04 March 1933-25 September 1993)

Peter Carter (18 June 1894-15 June 1970); s/o James and Mary Etta (Burns) Carter

Betty Carter (12 June 1900-01 June 1965); d/o George T. and Rosa (Hall) Hensley

(gap)

Tolbert Hensley, Jr. (born and died 10 June 1966)

Arminie Hensley (14 October 1973-15 October 1973)

Row 3

rock headstone and footstone — baby

homemade headstone with indentation possibly reading “ORK” and footstone

(gap)

Brady Hensley (02 May 1957-14 December 1959)

Row 4

Elder Monroe Hensley (03 May 1909-15 October 1985); s/o David and Arminta (Collins) Hensley

Malindia Hensley (09 October 1904-24 June 2004); d/o George W. and Georgia B. (Nester) Hensley; m. Monroe Hensley

Donnie Hensley (23 July 1945-23 July 1945)

(gap)

white pointed headstone and footstone — baby

Row 5

M.C. an D.C. carved on rock headstone

small rock headstone and footstone — faint writing on footstone

(gap)

J.P.H. D Aril 12 — James Pig Hall, born March 1840/ s/o Alexander and Susan Betsy (Morgan) Hall

S.H. DC Jun 15 1909 — Susan Shuler, born April 1834

R.H. AUGUST 28, 1907

rock headstone with nice footstone — adult

rock headstone and footstone

Row 6

several metal markers placed on unmarked baby grave:

John S. Butcher and Bessie Farley Butcher
Vida Butcher First Born
Reserved for Troy Adams Butcher

Lewis Farley at rock headstone; footstone reads “Lucinda Hall, George B. Dump Farley”

Ferry Bell and Elbert Booth at rock headstone; footstone reads Baby Booth, First Born

P.H. DC 18__ on round rock headstone with round footstone

Lucinda Hall Farley wife of George B. Dump Farley; d/o James Pig and Susan (Shuler) Hall; m. George “Dump” Farley

pointed rock headstone and flat rock footstone

rock headstone with faded writing and rock footstone

rock headstone and footstone

Row 7

L.R.C. (17 March 1951-20 March 1951)

Jessie Marie Carter (1998-1998)

Row 8

B.C. on tall pointed rock headstone with short square footstone

N.C. DC Feb 20, 1917 on tall square headstone with square footstone

W.M.C. DC June 17, 1912

NIN C DC ____1

little thin flat rock headstone and footstone

small rock headstone and footstone

Row 9

Eveline Hall carved on rock; on its back: “ED DC JA _O”; d/o James Pig and Susan (Shuler) Hall; m1. William Hall; m2. Sol James; m3. Peter Dalton

A.H. DC MAR 1 1917 on square rock headstone

little rounded homemade headstone with faded writing; square footstone

pointy white rock headstone and tall pointy footstone

Lucinda Cendia Collins (24 September 1903-14 July 1970); d/o John and Pricie (Hensley) Bryant; m1. James Hensley

Row 10

___ell (little white pointy headstone) — child

Howard (little white pointy headstone) — child

writing faded (little white pointy headstone) — child

CARTER (little white pointy headstone) — child

B.F. B.C. 45.8.91 D.C. MAR 22, 1924

James Hensley (07 May 1884-28 February 1958); s/o George T. and Rosa (Hall) Hensley

Row 11

rock headstone and footstone

Gracie Tomblin (17 August 1912-12 March 1988)

large pointy white headstone and footstone

Row 12

small rock headstone and footstone — baby

rock headstone and footstone

Lola Booth (10 June 1919-__ January 1920)

Artie Hensley (18 November 1927-18 November 1927)

Row 13

Ella Mae Tomblin (12 December 1954-28 January 2011)

rock headstone and footstone — baby

thin pointy white rock headstone and footstone

Row 14

Ferbie Hensley Farley (22 December 1927-07 May 2013); d/o James and Lucinda (Bryant) Hensley; m. Julius “Jude” Farley on 30 December 1953

Julius “Jude” Farley (12 June 1918-02 March 1995); s/o William and Sarah (Adams) Farley

wide pointy rock headstone and footstone — baby

wide pointy rock headstone and square footstone — adult

wide pointy rock headstone and pointy footstone — adult

Row 15

Christian Jude Swims (03 February 2011-03 February 2011)

David Hensley (1886-1958)

A N N A rock sculpted round with faded letters

Row 16

Richie Hensley (11 August 1935-still alive); s/o Monroe and Malinda (Hensley) Hensley

Shirley Hensley (07 July 1937-08 January 2004); m. Richie Hensley

Row 17

Wanda Lou Hensley (26 October 1961-31 August 2002); d/o Richie and Shirley Hensley

Brandon Ray Kirk

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