08 Thursday Dec 2022
Posted in Atenville, Banco, Beech Creek, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Sandy Valley, Big Ugly Creek, Boone County, Breeden, Chapmanville, Clothier, Cove Gap, Crawley Creek, Dingess, Dunlow, East Lynn, Enslow, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Gilbert, Gill, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Halcyon, Hamlin, Harts, Holden, Kermit, Kiahsville, Kitchen, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Logan, Man, Matewan, Meador, Midkiff, Pecks Mill, Peter Creek, Queens Ridge, Ranger, Rector, Sand Creek, Spurlockville, Stiltner, Stone Branch, Toney, Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne, West Hamlin, Wewanta, Wharncliffe, Whirlwind, Williamson, Wyoming County, Yantus
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, Boone County, Guyandotte River, Hamlin, history, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County, Madison, map, maps, McDowell County, Mingo County, Pineville, Polk's State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Tug Fork, Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne, Wayne County, Welch, West Virginia, Williamson, Wyoming County
28 Friday Dec 2018
Posted in Fourteen, Lincoln County Feud, Wewanta
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Al Brumfield, Ann Brumfield, Appalachia, Bruner Hollow, Edward W. Clark, Fine Malinda Nester, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Hollena Brumfield, Jefferson Lucas, John S. Nester, Lewis Adkins, Lincoln County, Louisa Wiley, notary public, Paris Brumfield, Sulphur Spring Fork, West Virginia
Deed Book 56, page 40, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Al Brumfield was the son of Paris and Ann (Toney) Brumfield. Hollena Brumfield was the daughter of Henderson and Sallie (Adams) Dingess. Both were leading figures in the Lincoln County Feud.
Deed Book 56, page 40, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Louisa (Nester) Wiley was the daughter of John S. and Fine M. (Dalton) Nester. Her father was a first cousin to Al Brumfield.
Deed Book 56, page 41, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. NOTE: Al Brumfield was literate; he signed this document with an “x” because he had gone blind by 1903.
22 Saturday Sep 2018
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A.F. Morris, Appalachia, Charlie Lambert, Elisha Plumley, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Georgia Cheuvront, Hamlin, Henry C. Sias, history, Isaac F. Nelson, John W. Nelson, Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, Louisa Collins, Martha Sias, notary public, Rufus Pack, Steer Fork, Vicie B. Sias, West Virginia
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
09 Sunday Sep 2018
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A.F. Morris, Appalachia, Big Branch, Caleb Headley, E.W. Holley, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, George Hager, history, James Wilson Sias, Jeremiah Sias, John P. Frye, Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, Louisa Sias, Steer Fork, Sulphur Spring Fork, T.M. Smith, West Virginia
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. John P. Frye is my great-great-grandfather.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
27 Monday Nov 2017
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A.A. Low, Allum Branch, Ambrose C. Kingsland Jr., Appalachia, Cain Lucas, Caroline Lucas, Climena Lucas, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, George Hager, history, James I. Kuhn, James Renwick, Jefferson Lucas, John A. Aspinwall, John Minturn, Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, Lloyd Aspinwall, Minerva Lucas, New York, Samuel Parsons, Sulphur Spring Fork, West Virginia, William H. Aspinwall, William Johnson
Deed Book 53, page 288, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 53, page 289, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
22 Friday Sep 2017
Posted in Fourteen, Wewanta, Women's History
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Appalachia, Arena Elkins, Arena Headley, Emarine Elkins, Emily Sias, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Jesse Headley, Lincoln County, Marion Elkins, photos, West Virginia, Wewanta
Arena (Elkins) Headley, daughter of Joseph Marion and Nancy Emarine (Elkins) Elkins and wife of Jesse F. Headley. Arena is a sister to my great-great-grandmother, Emily (Elkins) Sias. She was born in 1898 and died in 1987.
01 Friday Sep 2017
Posted in Culture of Honor, Fourteen, Wewanta
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Appalachia, Caudle Adkins, Claude Adkins, David Frye, Everett Adkins, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, photos, Walter Sias, West Virginia, Wewanta
Claude or Caudle Adkins, David Frye, Walter Sias, and Everett Adkins. I descend from David’s brother, William H. Frye (my great-grandfather), and Walter Sias’ sister, Gertie Sias (my great-grandmother). These folks lived on Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV.
08 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Harts, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Timber, Warren, Wewanta
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Adam Lambert, Andrew D. Robinson, Appalachia, B.C. Curry, Big Ugly Creek, Boone County, Burbus Toney, Charles Spurlock, constable, Edley Elkins, education, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, Hezekiah Adkins, history, Isaac Elkins, James White, Jefferson District, Jeremiah Lambert, Jesse Gartin, John Fry, John H. Brumfield, John Lucas, justice of the peace, Kiahs Creek, Laurel Hill District, Lewis Queen, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Little Ugly Creek, Logan County, Methodist, miller, Rhoda Elkins, Richard Adkins, Richard Elkins, Sarah Elkins, Squire Toney, timber, timbering, Wayne County, West Virginia, William Lucas, William West
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Harts Creek District in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
This is the most southern subdivision of the county. It derives its name from Harts creek, a tributary of the Guyandotte river. On the north is Laurel Hill district, on the northeast is Jefferson, east Boone county, on the south Logan, and on the west Wayne. Guyandotte river flows northwest and divides the district into two nearly equal parts. There are several small streams, among which are Little and Big Harts creeks, Little and Big Ugly creeks, Kiahs creek, and Fourteen Mile creek.
The first settler was Richard Elkins, who reared his cabin in the month of September, 1807. Here he removed his family, and here Charles Spurlock became his first neighbor. Other early settlers were: Esquire Toney, John Lucas, Edley Elkins, John Fry, Hezekiah Adkins, John Brumfield, and Richard Adkins. Rhoda, a daughter of Edley and Sarah Elkins, was the first white child born in the district. The first grist mill was built by James White about the year 1821. It was a small tub-wheel mill, water being the propelling power. Isaac Elkins built the first saw mill in 1847 or 1848. It was constructed on the old sash-saw plan, and had a capacity for cutting from 800 to 1,000 feet per day.
The first school was taught in a log cabin one mile above the mouth of Big Harts creek about the year 1832, but who the teacher was cannot now be ascertained. The date, however, is remembered by an old resident, because it was the year in which he first visited this section. The first house for educational purposes was built near the mouth of Big Harts creek in 1834. It was a five-cornered building, one side being occupied by the ever-present huge fire place. There are now ten public school houses in the district, “some of which,” says an informant, “are in bad condition, but will soon be replaced by frames;” 334 boys and girls attend school in this district.
The first sermon was preached here in the year 1823 by a Methodist minister named William West, and here the same year he gathered a little church, one of the first ever formed in the valley of the Guyandotte river; but of its history or who composed its membership, nothing is known. When the writer asked of an old settler the question: “Who were the first members?” his reply was: “The register is gone, and no one living can tell.” When asked who organized the first Sabbath school, he replied: “There never was one in the district.”
The first township officers were as follows: Supervisor, Burbus Toney; justice of the peace, Jeremiah Lambert; constable, Jesse Gartin; clerk, Andrew Robinson; treasurer, B.C. Curry; school commissioners, Adam Lambert, William Lucas, and Lewis Queen. According to the census of 1880, the population was 1,116.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 106-107.
NOTE: I descend from Richard Elkins, John Fry, John H. Brumfield, and Jeremiah Lambert.
28 Tuesday Feb 2017
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Anthony Headley, Appalachia, Ballard Headley, Benjamin F. Headley, Caleb D. Headley, Caleb Headley, Caleb S. Headley, Catlettsburg, Christian Church, civil war, commissioner of revenue, Elisha Headley, Elizabeth J. Headley, Elizabeth Jane Farley, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, George W. Headley, Guyandotte River, Henry H. Hardesty, history, Ida Cosby Fry, Johnny Headley, justice of the peace, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Logan County, Margaret Headley, Methodist Church, Nancy Headley, Pennsylvania, physician, Sarah A. Headley, Sarah Headley, Sulphur Spring Fork, Thomas Headley, Thomas J. Headley, Union Army, Virginia, West Virginia, Wetzel County, Will Headley, William Farley
From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Caleb Headley, who resided at Fourteen in Lincoln County, West Virginia:
Has for nearly fifty years been a practicing physician. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1808, and his parents Thomas and Sarah (Asher) Headley, are both deceased. Caleb Headley has been twice married, his first wife, Nancy Wright, a Pennsylvanian, left him eight children: Elizabeth J., born June 2, 1829; Thomas J., November 23, 18931; Sarah A., December 8, 1833; Caleb S., March 30, 1838; George W., May 21, 1839; Benjamin F., May 31, 1841; Anthony, June 3, 1844; Elisha, born August 1, 1850. Mr. Headley was again married in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, to Sarah A. Farley, and the children of this union number six, born as follows: John T., April 20, 1867; Ida C., March 23, 1869; Caleb D., February 22, 1872; William F., August 25, 1875; Margaret, March 28, 1878; Ballard C., April 14, 1880. Mrs. Headley was born in Logan county, (now) West Virginia, May 26, 1849, and her parents, William and Elizabeth Jane (Clark) Farley, settled in Lincoln county in 1844. Caleb Headley came to Lincoln county in 1866, and is now a prosperous farmer, owning 600 acres of good land on Fourteen-mile creek, a portion of which is heavily timbered with oak, poplar and pine; coal and iron ore in abundance. There is a fine sulphur spring upon the land, on the creek three miles from Guyan river, which has been visited by people from many parts of the United States, and it is pronounced of excellent medicinal quality by all. Dr. Headley was commissioner of revenue one term, and was justice of the peace sixteen years in Wetzel county, West Virginia. He was in the late war, and ranked as captain of a company. Dr. Headley was a member of the Methodist Church for forty years, but on coming to Lincoln county, there was no church of that denomination, and he united with the Christian Church. His father was also a physician for many years. Direct mail to Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 135.
Note: Caleb Headley is my great-great-great-grandfather through his daughter, Ida Cosby (Headley) Fry.
11 Friday Nov 2016
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Gill, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek, Ranger, Sand Creek, Wewanta
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Al Brumfield, Albert Adkins, Ann Davis, Ann Mullins, Appalachia, Arabell Gill, Arena Ferrell, Ben Walker, Big Branch, Big Sulphur Branch, Big Ugly Creek, Brooke Adkins, C.D. Haverty, C.E. Burns, Cain Lucas, Catherine Adkins, Charles V. Huffman, Charles W. Mullins, Clementine Dingess, Columbia Gas and Electric Company, Cove Creek, Cumberland Adkins, D.P. Lambert, David F. Smith, Durg Fry, Ed Dingess, Edmund Fowler, Elizabeth Mullins, Elizabeth Nelson, Emily Rakes, Emmazetta Adkins, Ene Adkins, Fisher B. Adkins, Flora Lucas, Floyd Rakes, Fourteen Mile Creek, Fowlers Branch, genealogy, George Alderson, George E. McComas, George R. McComas, Gilbert Hager, Giles Davis, Granville Wiley, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Hamlin, Harriet McComas, Hellen M. Burks, Henry Adkins, Henry C. Sias, Henry H. Sias, Herb Adkins, Hiram Lambert, history, Hollena Brumfield, I.N. Mullins, Isaac F. Nelson, Isaiah Mullins, J.B. Pullen, J.L. Caldwell, J.S. Payne, Jacob K. Adkins, Jake Adkins, Jefferson Lucas, John A. McComas, John Q. Adams, John S. Brumfield, John W. Nelson, Joseph Browning, Julia Alderson, Keenan Ferrell, Keenan Toney, L.H. Burks, Lace Marcum, Laura Fry, Leander Wiley, Levi Rakes, Lewis Adkins, Lewis C. Queen, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Little Ugly Creek, Louisa Wiley, Major Adkins, Martha E. Brumfield, Martha Fry, Martha Sias, Mary A. Mullins, Mary E. Williamson, Mary F. Fry, Mary J. Mullins, Mary L. Nelson, Mary McComas, Matilda Wiley, Milton Nelson, Minerva J. Fowler, Nancy E. Lucas, Olive F. Adkins, Peter M. Mullins, Philip Hager, Pinkston Queen, Polly Spurlock, Richard Adkins, Rine Spurlock, Robert Fry, Robert L. Fry, Rosa A. Fry, Rosa Browning, Rufus Estep, Rufus Pack, Salena Estep, Sand Creek, Sarah B. Maynard, Sarah E. Adkins, Sarah M. Adkins, Sarah Mullins, Sherman Nelson, Solomon C. Mullins, Spencer Adkins, Spring Branch, Squire Sol Adams, Steer Fork, Sulphur Spring Fork, Susan Adkins, Susan Lucas, T.R. Shepherd, United Fuel Gas Company, Vietta Haverty, W.S. Enochs, Walt Stowers, West Fork, West Virginia, Wilford Fry, Yantus Walker
The following deed index is based on Deed Book 56 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 56. Researchers who desire the most accurate version of this material are urged to consult the actual record book.
Enos A. Adkins to late Ann F. Davis 200 acres Green Shoal Creek (her interest in Enos’ future estate) 6 November 1883 p. 99-100
Fisher B. Adkins to Catherine and Herb Adkins 1 acre 1/2 interest in land where store of F.E. Adkins and J.W. Stowers is located, 1/2 interest in store and stock of merchandise, farm items conveyed by F.E. Adkins on 14 May 1909, one pair of bay horses 15 June 1909 K.E. Toney, NP 3 July 1909 p. 82-83
Lewis and Emezetta Adkins to Sarah M. Adkins 50 acres West Side Guyandotte River 8 August 1899 Jefferson Lucas, NP 24 February 1900 p. 147-148
Richard and Olive F. Adkins to Sarah M. Adkins 50 acres Below Mouth of Fourteen Mile Creek 18 June 1892 David F. Smith, JP p. 145-147
Richard Adkins and Spencer Adkins to D.P. Lambert 80 1/4 acres Fourteen Mile Creek (Laurel Hill District) 17 July 1897 Isaac Fry, JP p. 42-44
George A. and Julia Alderson, Floyd and Emily Rakes, and C.D. and Vietta T. Haverty to J.L. Caldwell 8 acres (mineral) Sand Creek 7 December 1894 Elias Vance, JP p. 19-22
Joseph and Rosey Browning to Lace Marcum and T.R. Shepherd 45 acres Ridge Between Little Harts Creek and Big Branch 30 March 1910 Charles Adkins, JP 1 April 1910 p. 252-253
Allen and Hollena Brumfield to Louisa Wiley 176 acres Sulpher Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek 12 February 1903 Jefferson Lucas, NP p. 40-42
Martha E. and John S. Brumfield to Henry H. Sias and his heirs 87 1/2 acres East Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek 24 October 1907 Jefferson Lucas, NP p. 13-14
L.H. and Hellen M. Burks to Gilbert Hager 50 acres Little Ugly Creek 19 February 1906 p. 106-108 [includes survey map]
Clementine and Ed Dingess, Ann F. and G.D. Davis, Susan and Henry Adkins, Julia Y. and B.W. Walker, Brooke and A.G. Adkins, F.E. Adkins, C.E. Burns (special commissioner) to Catherine Adkins 33 acres West Side Guyandotte River (land conveyed to Enos Adkins by J.K. Adkins on 29 October 1892) 1 October 1908 Fisher B. Adkins, NP 12 October 1908 Sol Adams, JP 16 October 1908 p. 86-88
Clementine and Ed Dingess, Susan and Henry Adkins, F.E. and Catherine Adkins, Brooke and A.G. Adkins, Julia Y. and B.W. Walker, and C.E. Burns (special commissioner) to Ann F. Davis 225 acres 1 October 1908 Fisher B. Adkins, NP 12 October 1908 Sol Adams, JP 16 October 1908 p. 101-103
Salena Estep to Rufus Estep 360 acres Spring Branch of West Fork 25 April 1910 p. 320-321
Arena and Keenan S. Ferrell to J.W. Stowers one acre Fowler’s Branch (part of tract conveyed by John Q. Adams on 25 May 1896) 28 October 1908 K.E. Toney, JP 30 October 1908 p. 84-85
Anderson Fry to A. Gill 25 acres Big Ugly Creek 7 January 1907 D.F. Smith, JP p. 128-129
Robert Fry to Wilford Fry, Martha Fry, and Rosa A. Fry 110 acres Ketchum Branch Guyandotte River 3 January 1888 J.B. Pullen, Jr. p. 287-289
Robert L. and Mary F. Fry to Arabell Gill Big Sulpher Branch of Big Ugly Creek 16 January 1904 Philip Hager, Jr., NP 16 February 1904 p. 125-126
Philip Hager to Robert Lee Fry 50 acres Big Sulpher Spring Branch of Big Ugly Creek 10 February 1898 John A. McComas, NP p. 124-125
E.C. and Flora Lucas to W.S. Enochs 20 acres and 39 acres Fourteen Mile Creek at or Near the Mouth of Cove Creek (Laurel Hill District) 29 March 1907 Jefferson Lucas, NP p. 268-269
Jefferson and Nancy E. Lucas to Cumberland Adkins 295 acres Fourteen Mile Creek (Laurel Hill District) 11 April 1907 D.F. Smith, JP 12 April 1907 p. 234-236
George E. and Mary McComas to J.L. Caldwell 24 acres East Side Guyandotte River 23 July 1900 p. 31-33
George R. and Harriet McComas to J.L. Caldwell 75 acres East Side Guyandotte River 19 February 1902 James McComas, NP p. 28-30
I.N. and Elizabeth Mullins to J.L. Caldwell 43 1/2 acres and 95 acres East Side Guyandotte River 1 September 1894 J.S. Payne, JP 8 October 1894 p. 23-25
Peter M. and Mary A. Mullins, A.S. and Sarah E. Adkins, Solomon C. and Mary J. Mullins, Granville and Matilda Wiley, John W. and Mary L. Nelson, C.W. and Ann Mullins, Edmund and Minerva J. Fowler, Isaiah and Sarah Mullins to J.L. Caldwell 43 1/2 acres East Side Guyandotte River 24 November 1894 Hiram Lambert, JP 30 November 1895 and 29 November 1894 p. 25-29
Milton and Elizabeth Nelson to Sherman Nelson 94 acres Big Branch and Fourteen Mile Creek 15 March 1906 Jefferson Lucas, NP p. 17-18
Milton and Elizabeth Nelson to Sherman Nelson 213 acres Big Branch of Guyandotte River 29 March 1909 Jefferson Lucas, NP 4 June 1909 p. 15-16
L.C. and Pinkston Queen to Sarah B. Maynard 113 3/4 acres Wiley Branch of Twelve Pole Creek 18 December 1907 William Toppins, JP p. 250-251
Levi Rakes et al to J.L. Caldwell 47 acres East Side Guyandotte River 28 July 1900 Isaac Fry, JP 30 July 1900 p. 36-38
Henry C. and Martha Sias to Isaac F. Nelson 85 acres Steer Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek (Laurel Hill District) 17 February 1909 Rufus Pack, NP p. 266-267
Marine and Polly Spurlock to Laura Fry 15 acres Ketchum Branch Guyandotte River (Laurel Hill District) 6 November 1889 Elias Vance, JP p. 289-290
United Fuel Gas Company to Columbia Gas and Electric Company 87 acres of Charles V. Huffman (26 March 1908) and 258 acres of Susan Lucas (24 March 1908) 1 December 1909 p. 270-275
Louisa and Leander Wiley to Mary E. Williamson Part of 176 acres made to Louisa Wiley by Allen Brumfield (Laurel Hill District) 7 July 1905 Jefferson Lucas, NP 11 July 1905 p. 38-40
NOTE: I copied all of these deeds.
26 Tuesday Apr 2016
Posted in Cemeteries, Civil War, Fourteen, Wewanta
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Appalachia, Benjamin Harrison Adkins, cemeteries, civil war, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, James Wilson Sias, James Wilson Sias Family Cemetery, John P. Frye Hollow, Lincoln County, Louisa Sias, Nillie Gartin, Sulphur Spring Fork, Union Army, West Virginia, Wewanta
The James Wilson Sias Family Cemetery, which I visited on 23 April 2016, is located in the head of John P. Frye Hollow of Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
Row 1
J.W. Sias (30 September 1838-07 March 1905); named “James Wilson Sias;” s/o James and Rebecca (Adkins) Sias; Union Army veteran; lived on Mud River of Lincoln County in 1870; settled on Fourteen Mile Creek during the 1870s; postmaster at Fourteen, WV
Louisa Sias (01 April 1845-14 February 1935); d/o Thomas and Elizabeth (McDelda) Hunter; m. James Wilson Sias
(large gap)
rock headstone fallen over and rock footstone (child)
small rock headstone and tiny rock footstone (child)
skinny tall rock headstone (with rock footstone*?)
rock headstone and small rock footstone
Harrison Adkins (29 November 1910-10 June 1978); s/o Tilmon and Octavia (Sias) Adkins
Row 2
rock headstone and rock footstone (child)
rock headstone and rock footstone (child)
rock headstone and rock footstone (child)
small rock headstone and large pointy footstone
rock headstone and rock footstone
large rock headstone and sharp rock footstone
rock headstone and tall pointy rock footstone
rock headstone or footstone for (*)
small rock headstone and tall pointy rock footstone
Nillie Gartin (12 May 1901-30 June 1978); d/o Tilmon and Octavia (Sias) Adkins; m. David L. Cross; m. Frank Watts; m. Henderson “Hint” Lambert; m. Frank Logan; m. Robert Gartin
Row 3
small pointy headstone
large rock headstone
small point rock footstone
small rock headstone?
NOTE: I will continue my research to determine who is buried in this cemetery.
24 Sunday Apr 2016
Posted in Cemeteries, Civil War, Fourteen, Wewanta
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Brandon Ray Kirk, civil war, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, James Wilson Sias, John P. Frye Hollow, Lincoln County, Phyllis Kirk, Sulphur Spring Fork, Union Army, West Virginia, Wewanta
I recently visited the grave of James Wilson Sias, my great-great-great-grandfather, who was buried in the head of John P. Frye Hollow on Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV. 23 April 2016
James Wilson Sias served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Photo by Mom, his great-great-granddaughter. 23 April 2016
04 Friday Sep 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Fourteen, Wewanta
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Appalachia, Billy Branch, Brandon Kirk, Emily Lucas, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, photos, Sulphur Spring Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia, William R. Lucas
Here I am visiting the graves of William R. and Emily (Fry) Lucas, my great-great-great-grandparents. Location: Billy Branch of Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV. 30 August 2015
04 Friday Sep 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Fourteen, Wewanta
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Albert Neace, Anita Adkins, Barbara Lynn Neace, Belle Adkins, Billy Branch, Caroline Headley, Caudle Adkins, cemeteries, Climena Lucas, Clyde Adkins, Cumberland Adkins, Daniel Keith Neace, Douglas K. Vance, Edith Neace, Emily Lucas, Everett Lucas, Everett Skeet Adkins, Floyd E. Kirkendoll, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Gladys Neace, Glenna Jean McComas, Harold Adkins Jr., Hildred Mae Adkins, history, Inez Adkins, Ira Dillard Neace, Ira Lucas, Jefferson Lucas, Jesse L. Adkins, Jessie Adkins, Joean Wentz, Jonathan Ray Maynard, Katrina Adkins, Leonard Lucas, Lincoln County, Lloyd Adkins, Lola Mae Kirkendoll, Lucas-Adkins Cemetery, Lucian Lucas, Margaret Ann Adkins, Martha J. Lucas, Mayme Adkins, Mickel Sidney Neace, Nancy E. Lucas, Ova Neace, Owens Clarence, Rachel Adkins, Rachel Mae Hannah Marie Adkins, Russell W. Adkins, Ruth Neace, Sulphur Spring Fork, Tennessee Neace, Thomas G. Adkins, Timothy Brian Adkins, Tonya Sue Adkins, Verlia May Neace, Walter David Neace, Ward Adkins, West Virginia, William Headley, William R. Lucas, William R. Lucas Family Cemetery
The William R. “Billy” Lucas Family Cemetery, which I visited on 30 August 2015, is located in the head of Billy Branch of Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV. Today, this cemetery is popularly known as the Lucas-Adkins Cemetery.
Row 1
Floyd E. Bud Kirkendoll (1936-2009)
Lola Mae Kirkendoll (1937-2009)
Row 2
Ward Adkins (16 April 1922-06 August 2009); s/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins; TEC 5 US ARMY WWII
Hildred Mae Adkins (08 Aril 1926-24 July 1999); d/o Spencer B. Adkins; m. Ward Adkins
Rachel Mae Hannah Marie Adkins (28 November 2007, only date)
Row 3
unmarked grave — no rock or tin marker
Douglas K. Vance (11 June 1984-08 August 2009)
(gap)
Joean C. Wentz (1930-1988)
Row 4
Anita Adkins (February 1963, only date); d/o Clyde and Sue Ann (Kirk) Adkins
Tonya Sue Adkins (December 1961, only date); d/o Clyde and Sue Ann (Kirk) Adkins
Katrina Adkins (October 1960, only date); d/o Clyde and Sue Ann (Kirk) Adkins
Margaret Ann Adkins (September 1964, only date); d/o Clyde and Sue Ann (Kirk) Adkins
Clyde Adkins (1920-1977); s/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins; TEC 4 US ARMY WWII
Row 5
Timothy Brian “Petey” Adkins (10 July 1985-26 June 2003)
Mayme Adkins (14 July 1926-18 December 2002); m. Caudle Adkins
Caudle Adkins (01 April 1918-03 November 1993); s/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins; TEC 4 US ARMY WWII
Russell W. Adkins (25 January 1953-20 June 1953)
Row 6
Thomas G. Adkins (04 June 1945-28 February 1998)
Glenna Jean McComas (1934-1966)
Inez Adkins (23 October 1914-19 September 2000); d/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins
(gap)
Owens Clarence (15 September 1975-17 February 2011)
Row 7
rock headstone and footstone (baby)
rock headstone and footstone (baby)
rock headstone and footstone (baby)
Row 8
Jessie Adkins (1926-1932); s/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins
Lloyd Adkins (1928-1929); s/o Jesse and Belle (Neace) Adkins
Jesse L. Adkins (22 February 1892-03 September 1944); s/o Cumberland Adkins and Caroline Lucas
Belle Adkins (12 December 1894-25 July 1980); d/o Albert and Delanie (Wiley) Neace; m. Jesse L. Adkins
Harold Adkins (21 January 1931-21 January 2003); s/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins
Harold Adkins, Jr. (31 May 1959-06 August 2014)
Barbara Lynn Neace (1962-1977); d/o Walter P. and Ova (Adkins) Neace
Ova Neace (20 January 1924-10 April 1984); s/o Jesse L. and Fairabelle (Neace) Adkins; m. Walter Preston Neace
Daniel Keith Neace (30 November 1959-15 September 2006)
Row 9
Martha J. Lucas (10 October 1884-18 February 1920); m. John P. Lucas
(gap)
William Headley (25 August 1875-03 January 1961); s/o Caleb and Sarah (Farley) Headley
Caroline Headley (01 April 1872-09 November 1949); d/o William R. and Emily (Fry) Lucas; m. William Headley
(gap)
Jonathan Ray Maynard (18 May 1981-19 May 1981)
Row 10
rock headstone and footstone (child)
rock headstone and footstone
Everett Lucas (1885-1918); born November 1889; s/o T. Jefferson and Nancy E. (Manns) Lucas
(gap)
rock headstone and footstone (child)
Row 11
rock headstone that is likely the old headstone for William R. Lucas (see below)
William R. Lucas (1824-1896); born 1825; s/o John and Mary (Fry) Lucas
Emily Lucas (1836-1912); born 02 January 1832; d/o John and Catherine (Snodgrass) Fry; m. William R. Lucas; died 07 June 1910
small rock headstone and footstone
sharp rock headstone and footstone (very long grave)
small rock headstone and tall square footstone (child)
rock headstone and rock footstone (child)
rock footstone
Row 12
Nancy E. Lucas (22 November 1863-09 February 1909); d/o William and Marinda B. (Gartin) Manns; m. Thomas Jefferson Lucas
Jefferson Lucas (24 October 1860-19 January 1944); s/o William R. and Emily (Fry) Lucas
Lourane Lucas (1884-1902); d/o Leonard C. and Climene (Haskins) Lucas
Lucian Lucas (1880-1904); s/o Leonard C. and Climene (Haskins) Lucas; murdered
Ira Lucas (1882-1904); s/o Leonard C. and Climene (Haskins) Lucas; murdered
Climena Lucas (1852-1927); d/o Solomon and Tennessee (Brumfield) Haskins? m. Leonard Crockett Lucas
Leonard Lucas (1850-19??); s/o William R. and Emily (Fry) Lucas
(small gap)
small rock headstone and rock footstone
Row 13
Albert Neace (1906-1982); s/o Lilburn and Causby J. (Lambert) Neace
(gap)
rock headstone and rock footstone (child)
rock headstone and small rock footstone (baby)
rock headstone and rock footstone (baby)
rock headstone and rock footstone (child)
tall, pointy rock headstone
rock headstone
rock headstone and small rock footstone
small rock square headstone and rock footstone
small rock headstone and square rock footstone
large rock headstone and small rock footstone (child)
broken rock headstone and footstone
rock headstone and footstone
Row 14
rock headstone with rusted tin marker and rock footstone
rock headstone and footstone
“L.F.” carved on rock headstone with rock footstone
rock headstone with broken footstone (child)
small rock headstone and tiny rock footstone (child)
rock headstone and footstone
Rachel E. Adkins (08 October 1877-05 May 1946); d/o Leonard C. and Climene (Haskins) Lucas; m. Cumberland Adkins
Cum Adkins (03 July 1859-09 March 1921); born July 1857; s/o Mary Adkins
Everett “Skeet” Adkins (07 May 1905-26 May 1935); born 26 May 1904; s/o Cumberland and Rachel (Lucas) Adkins; died in car accident
Row 15
square rock headstone and footstone
rock headstone and footstone
(gap)
Gladys Neace (1924-1924)
Row 16
Mickel Sidney Neace (1979-1979)
Ira Dillard Neace (1897-1975); s/o Lilburn and Causby J. (Lambert) Neace
Tennessee Neace (1909-1938); m. Ira Dillard Neace
tiny rock headstone and rock footstone
pointy rock headstone with wooden cross at its footstone
A headstone reading “Edith Neace (1924-1924)” propped against a tree
small rock headstone
rock headstone and footstone
Row 17
Walter David Neace (05 February 1923-14 July 1978)
Ruth Neace (06 March 1927-18 February 1958)
Verlia May Neace (no dates)
square rock headstone and tiny little footstone
01 Sunday Mar 2015
Tags
Albert M. Adkins, Albert Neace, Alexander C. Collins, Alta M. Farley, Andrew Elkins, Earl McCoy, Elihu D. Burdett, Fourteen Post Office, genealogy, Henry H. Sias, history, James Wilson Sias, Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, postmaster, Ranger, Rayburn Adkins, Tice Elkins, Vinson Ramey, West Virginia, Wewanta Post Office, William A. Sias, Winfield S. Enochs
Fourteen Mile Creek, located in Harts Creek District and Laurel Hill District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, has hosted two post offices: Fourteen (1877-1933) and Wewanta (1903-1947). Today, no post office exists on Fourteen Mile Creek. I descend from several of these postmasters.
Fourteen Post Office (1877-1933)
Albert M. Adkins: 10 January 1877 – 27 April 1880
Andrew Elkins: 27 April 1880 – 22 June 1898
William A. Sias: 22 June 1898 – 26 July 1898
James W. Sias: 26 July 1898 – 6 July 1905
Tice Elkins: 2 January 1907 – 6 February 1907
Albert Neace: 6 February 1907 – 19 August 1916
Henry H. Sias: 19 August 1916 – 15 October 1918
Post office discontinued: 30 September 1918, effective 15 October 1918, mail to Wewanta
Alta M. Farley: 14 April 1926 – 30 December 1933
Post office discontinued: 9 December 1933, effective 30 December 1933, mail to Ranger
Wewanta Post Office (1903-1947)
Alexander C. Collins: 6 May 1903 – 30 September 1903
Elihu D. Burdett: 30 September 1903 – 4 May 1904
Winfield S. Enochs: 4 May 1904 – 14 February 1921
Rayburn Adkins: 14 February 1921 – 23 February 1923
Earl McCoy: 23 February 1923 – 18 November 1924
A. Vinson Ramey: 18 November 1924 (9 December 1924, assumed charge) – 15 September 1947
Post office discontinued: 3 September 1947, effective 15 September 1947, mail to Ranger
Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
08 Friday Aug 2014
Posted in Wewanta
Tags
Cain Lucas, Emmett Frazier, farming, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, religion, West Virginia, Wewanta
“Red Jacket,” a local correspondent from Wewanta in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, May 10, 1923:
The farmers in this section are very busy planting corn.
Mr. Emmett Frazier, a prominent young citizen of this place is suffering from a wound in the knee, which resulted from an accident with an ax. Although Mr. Frazier’s wound did not seem serious at first, it is now giving him considerable trouble.
Mr. E.C. Lucas and others are conducting Sunday school classes here, with large attendance. Appointment has also been made for preaching services here on the fourth Sunday in May. Arrangements are being made for free dinner and other activities on that day.
20 Sunday Jul 2014
Tags
Appalachia, coal, David Frye, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Henlawson, history, Hutchinson, Lincoln County, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
David B. Frye (1894-1949), resident of Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV
20 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in African American History, Fourteen, Gill, Ranger, Wewanta
Tags
Arthur Napier, Boyd Wiley, Dr. Crockett, East Fork, Elias Williamson, Fourteen Mile Creek, Garrett Webb, genealogy, Gill, Guyandotte River, history, Huntington, Jackson Mullins, John Smith, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Maynard, Milton Nelson, P.J. Williamson, Rachel Adkins, Ranger, Sherman Nelson, Shirley Hankles, West Virginia, Wewanta, William Adkins, William Webb
An unnamed local correspondent from Wewanta in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, June 22, 1922:
Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Williamson entertained a number of friends Sunday, among whom were: Mrs. Rachel Adkins, Mrs. Shirlie Hankles, Mrs. Elias Williamson, Jackson Mullins, of Maynard, and Mr. Elias Williamson.
Arthur Napier and Boyd Wiley, of this place, attended singing at East Fork of Fourteen, Saturday.
Milton Nelson, of Gill, tells of finding a dead man in the Guyan river near Gill. Inquest was held by Wm. Adkins at Ranger. Dr. Crockett was called and after examination, stated that he had been dead about three months. He had very costly cuff links, and a fine bill-book. He also had insurance papers on which his name and address, John Smith, of Huntington, W.Va., appeared. His bill-book contained $2. His body was in such a bad state that not much could be told of his features, but it is believed that he was a colored man. The body was found by Sherman Nelson and his son, Milton, while out fishing.
Garrett Webb was a visitor at Wm. Webb’s Sunday.
17 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Culture of Honor, Fourteen, Hamlin, Wewanta
Tags
crime, Cum Sias, Fourteen Mile Creek, Hamlin, Harrison Neace, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, murder, West Virginia
Cum Sias murders Harrison Neace, Lincoln (WV) Republican, 28 April 1921
12 Saturday Jul 2014
Posted in Culture of Honor, Fourteen, Lincoln County Feud, Shively, Timber, Wewanta
Tags
Al Brumfield, Albert Neace, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Burl Farley, Cole and Crane Company, crime, distilling, Fourteen Mile Creek, Green McCoy, history, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, merchant, Milt Haley, Pigeon Creek, Sulphur Spring Fork, Ward Adkins, West Virginia, Will Headley, writing
Not long after talking with Mr. Dingess, Brandon went to see his good friend Ward Adkins, an elderly resident of nearby Fourteen Mile Creek. Ward said his grandfather Albert Neace used to help Al Brumfield make whisky, barrel it, and ship it downriver on flatboats. Making whiskey was Brumfield’s major source of income.
“You know dern well he didn’t make his fortune in a little old store up there at that day and time,” Ward said. “About all he sold was soap, salt, and soda — a little sugar.”
When Albert quit the business, Brumfield said, “You won’t tell nothing will you, Albert?” to which he replied, “No, you know better than that.”
Albert knew it wasn’t smart to cross Al because “the people who worked around” him “had a way of dealing” with his enemies.
“When they took a notion to kill somebody, they’d go out the day before and dig the grave,” Ward said. “Then they’d play up to whoever it was they aimed to kill…talk them into going squirrel hunting with them. They’d squirrel hunt around close to that grave. Kill them, roll them in it, and cover it up.”
Ward’s step-grandfather, Will Headley, had told him about witnessing Milt’s and Green’s murder.
“They stood them up beside of a house and shot them in public because they wanted to teach people a lesson,” Ward said.
Will’s uncle Burl Farley went with the Brumfields to fetch them in Kentucky. Ward knew a lot about Burl.
“He started out in timbering,” Ward said. “He worked for Cole & Crane Timber Company up on Browns Fork of Pigeon Creek. Uncle Burl was pretty well to do. He was dangerous mean. He was an Atheist. He felt you just did what you wanted to do on this earth and then died and that was the end of it so he didn’t have nothing to fear. Of course, I liked the old man. If he liked you, he was good to you. He ruled over his domain down there. What he said went. It was just strictly law. There wasn’t no bucking him. There wasn’t no law to fool with Uncle Burl.”
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