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Funkstown, MD (2015)

19 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Fourteen

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11th Georgia Regiment, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Andrew Lewis Sias, Battle of Funkstown, Battle of Gettysburg, Brandon Kirk, Chaney House, Chester, civil war, Confederate Army, Funkstown, General Hospital, Georgia, H.D. McDaniel, Hagerstown, Hammond General Hospital, history, J.E.B. Stuart, Jerusalem, John Buford, Keller Home, Maryland, Pennsylvania, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Point Lookout, Potomac River, Robert E. Lee, Seminary Hospital

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My great-great-great-grandfather Andrew Lewis Sias participated with the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Co. D) under Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart at Gettysburg and was thereafter captured (according to one military record) on July 8, 1863 in Funkstown, MD. He was held at Seminary Hospital in Hagerstown, MD, then admitted to General Hospital in Chester, PA, on September 17, 1863. He was thereafter sent to Hammond General Hospital at Point Lookout, MD, on October 4, 1863. 9 April 2015. Photo by Mom.

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The Battle of Funkstown, a Confederate victory, occurred shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg. My ancestor missed this battle, having already been captured. 9 April 2015.

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Originally named Jerusalem in 1767, the town was incorporated as Funkstown in 1840. 9 April 2015.

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Major H.D. McDaniel of the 11th Georgia Regiment was treated here at the Keller Home after the Battle of Funkstown (July 10, 1863). Mr. McDaniel survived the battle and later became governor of Georgia. 9 April 2015.

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Part of the Keller Home. 9 April 2015.

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Dozens of beautifully-designed old residences are yet visible in Funkstown. 9 April 2015.

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Funkstown’s population was 904 in 2010. 9 April 2015.

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Most of my favorite old structures in Funkstown were located on this street. 9 April 2015.

Battle of Curry Farm (1864)

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Hamlin

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This entry compiles information relating to the Battle or Skirmish at Curry Farm, which occurred as part of the War Between the States in May of 1864 at Hamlin in present-day Lincoln County, WV. It is a working entry and will be updated based on the discovery of new information.

On May 29, 1864, Confederates commanded by Captain John L. Chapman of Company B, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, attacked a detachment of the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry, Company G, commanded by 1st Lt. John W. Harshbarger at Curry Farm near Hamlin in present-day Lincoln County. H.H. Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia, compiled in c.1883, provides the only known account of the battle: “The Federals had marched from Hurricane Bridge and were proceeding up Mud river when they were fired upon by the Confederates, who were concealed on the opposite side of the river. The Federal commander at once ordered a charge and the Confederates retreated without loss. The Federals had one killed, a man named Mathias Kayler from Raleigh county, and two wounded — one being Isaac Jackson, who was shot through the left arm; and another, a member of Company K” (98-99).

Prior to the battle, on May 10, 1864, Capt. John Chapman had been sent with a detachment of dismounted men from the area of Russell County, Virginia, into Cabell and Logan counties “to gather up absentees and deserters from the 34th Battalion” (Cole, 80). Capt. Chapman had been wounded in action at Brandy Station, Virginia, on August 14, 1863 and at Blountsville, Tennessee, on March 10, 1864 (Cole, 147).

Isaac Jackson, one of the two Union soldiers wounded at Curry Farm, was a private in Company G, 3rd WV Cavalry, formerly commanded by Captain John S. Witcher (who had been promoted to major in April 1864). Hardesty cites Mr. Jackson as “wounded in action at Currys Farm, May 29, 1864” (98). Following the battle, on July 6, 1864, 1st Lt. Harshbarger was promoted to captain of Company G. On December 7, 1864, an Adjutant General’s Report shows Company G, 3rd WV Cavalry, stationed near Winchester, VA. The muster roll shows 108 names, citing Private Isaac Jackson as “Wounded in skirmish, May 5, 1864. In hospital since this date.” (Note how this record provides a different date of his wounding from the date provided by Hardesty, who compiled his history about 1881.) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvwayne/roster3G.htm

Curry Farm, according to Hardesty, was located 1/4 mile above Hamlin (Hardesty, 90, 98).

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The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has recently erected this historical marker on Curry Farm. 12 November 2017. Photo by Mom.

Capt. John Chapman left Cabell and Logan counties and rejoined the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry in the vicinity of Pound Gap, Virginia, by the end of June 1864 (Cole, 82).

Capt. John W. Harshbarger (1836-1909) is buried here: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=35761174

Selected Sources:

Scott C. Cole, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, Inc., 1993) 80, 82, 121, 147.

Michael Graham, The Coal River Valley in the Civil War (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014) 150-151.

Some modern writers have misunderstood the Battle of Curry Farm as occurring at the Curry farm located four miles north of Hamlin on Big Buffalo Creek, near Hamlin Chapel (later Curry Chapel). Hamlin Chapel is important for the role it played in the creation of Lincoln County in 1867. “The first meeting of the Board of Supervisors was held on the 11th day of March, 1867, in what was known as Hamlin chapel, an old church which stood on the Curry farm, about one-fourth of a mile above the present county seat. There were present: William C. Mahone, of Carroll District; John Scites, of Sheridan, and William A. Holstein, of Duval. W. C. Mahone was made president, and Benjamin F. Curry, clerk, the latter giving bond in the penalty of $2000, with James A. Holly and Jeremiah Witcher as his securities. It was then ordered that the Board of Supervisors have the White Hall,  a Southern Methodist church one-fourth of a mile below where the county seat now stands arranged for holding the courts until the proper buildings could be erected, George A. Holton and a majority of the trustees consenting thereto” (Hardesty, 90-91). Curry Chapel no longer stands but its former location can be found near the intersection of Route 1 and Route 3/11 above the mouth of Straight Fork of Big Buffalo Creek.

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Curry Chapel Cemetery, 18 July 2017. The battle did not occur here.

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Granville Curry grave, 18 July 2017. Photo by Mom. The battle did not occur here.

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Curry Chapel Cemetery, north of Hamlin. The battle did not occur here. Instead, it occurred just to the left of the [3] in the above map.

Patton Thompson military record (1862-1863)

24 Friday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Abbotts Branch, Appalachia, Barney Carter, civil war, Confederate Army, constable, deputy sheriff, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, history, John B. Floyd, John C. Chapman, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County, Patton Thompson, Smokehouse Fork, West Virginia

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Patton Thompson military record, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Company D), 1862-1863. Patton Thompson, a resident of Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, is my great-great-great-grandfather.

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Patton Thompson later lived at the Baisden farm on Guyandotte River just above Abbotts Branch.

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During the early 1880s, Patton Thompson was a Lincoln County deputy sheriff and a constable in Harts Creek District.

Patton Thompson

24 Friday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Green Shoal

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Abbotts Branch, Appalachia, Branson Tomblin, Chloe Thompson, constable, David Thompson, Delana Thompson, deputy sheriff, Feriba Tomblin, genealogy, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Harts, Harts Creek, Henry H. Hardesty, history, Jenks Thompson, John F. Thompson, Lincoln County, Logan County, Margaret Thompson, Martha J. Thompson, Mary A. Thompson, North Carolina, Patsy Thompson, Patton Thompson, Susan Kirk, Susan Thompson, Tazewell County, Virginia, West Virginia, William Thompson

From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Patton Thompson, who resided near Green Shoal in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Patton Thompson and Delana Tomblin were united in the holy bonds of matrimony in Logan county, (now) West Virginia, October 1, 1845, and they have been blessed with nine children, born as follows: William, August 24, 1846; John F., March 11, 1849, died in 1858; Martha J., September 3, 1851; Chloe, January 24, 1854, died in 1864; Margaret, July 27, 1856; David, December 4, 1858; Albert G., September 10, 1861; Mary A., May 15, 1864; Susan, June 15, 1868. Mrs. Thompson was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, in 1826, and her parents are Branson and Feriba (Lewis) Tomblin, natives of North Carolina. Patton Thompson is a native of Logan county, born May 28, 1834, and his parents, William and Patsy (Wilkins) Thompson, came to this county in 1823. Mr. Thompson owns 100 acres of farming land on Guyan river, and 300 acres in Logan county on Hart creek. The land produces well and is highly cultivated. Patton Thompson is deputy sheriff of Lincoln county, and is also constable of Hart Creek district. He is a man of considerable means and ability, is tilling the soil in this district, and receives his mail at Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 138.

NOTE: Most likely, when this history was compiled about 1883, Patton Thompson lived at what has been called “the Baisden farm” on the Guyandotte River above present-day Abbotts Branch near the Logan County line.

NOTE: Patton Thompson, a veteran of Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, is my great-great-great-grandfather. I descend from his daughter, Susan (Thompson) Kirk.

Daniel and John S. Nester graves

06 Monday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Civil War, Lincoln County Feud, Timber

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Camp Chase, civil war, Confederate Army, Daniel Nester, John H. Brumfield, John S. Nester, Lebam, Lettie Brown, Maple Hill Cemetery, Moses Brown, Ohio, Pacific County, Pacific Northwest, Rachel Brumfield, timber, timbering, Valeria Nester, Washington

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Daniel “Bill” Nester grave at Camp Chase, Ohio. Mr. Nester, the adopted son of Moses and Lettie (Gillispie) Brown, married Valeria Brumfield, daughter of John H. and Rachel (Haskins) Brumfield.

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John Shanklin Nester grave at Maple Hill Cemetery in Lebam, Pacific County, Washington. Mr. Nester was the son of Daniel and Valeria (Brumfield) Nester. A timber man, he relocated from Lincoln County, WV, to the Pacific Northwest, where he died on February 3, 1927.

Paris Brumfield Grave (2016)

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Harts, Lincoln County Feud

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry, Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, civil war, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Nathan Kirk, Paris Brumfield, Paris Brumfield Family Cemetery, Phyllis Kirk, Vincent A. Witcher, West Virginia

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Here we are placing the marker. Paris Brumfield Family Cemetery, Harts, Lincoln County, WV. 29 November 2016. Photo by Mom.

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Paris Brumfield served in the 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry from 1863-1864 and also under Lt. Col. Vincent “Clawhammer” Witcher in the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry from 1864-?.

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Paris Brumfield is my great-great-great-grandfather and a major character in my book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.” Photo by Nathan Kirk.

Andrew Elkins grave (2015)

23 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Civil War, Fourteen

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Andrew Elkins, Brandon Kirk, Confederate Army, Fourteen, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, Marvel Elkins, Phyllis Kirk, postmaster, preacher, Rhoda Elkins, U.S. South, West Virginia

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Mom and I recently marked the grave of Andrew Elkins, our ancestor who served in Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. After the war, Andrew, the son of Marvel and Rhoda (Vance) Elkins, was a Baptist preacher and postmaster at Fourteen in Lincoln County, WV.

 

129th Regiment Virginia Militia (Carter’s Company)

08 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Civil War, Crawley Creek, Green Shoal, Harts, Little Harts Creek

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129th Regiment Virginia Militia, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Aaron Adkins, Abbotts Branch, Abijah Workman, Abner Vance, Addison Vance, Admiral S. Fry, Albert Abbott, Alexander Bryant, Alford Tomblin, Allen B. Brumfield, Anderson Barker, Andrew D. Robinson, Andrew Jackson Browning, Andrew Jackson Vance, Arnold Perry, Barnett Carter, Battle of Boone Court House, Battle of Kanawha Gap, Benjamin Adams, Benjamin Barker, Big Branch, Burbus C. Toney, Calahill McCloud, Canaan Adkins, Carter's Company, Charles McCloud, Christian T. Fry, civil war, Crawley Creek, Daniel Bill Nester, David Workman, Douglas Branch, Edward Garrett, Enos "Jake" Adkins, Evermont Ward Brumfield, Fleming Fry, Fulton D. Ferrell, Garland Conley, genealogy, George Bryant, George Godby, Griffin Stollings, Guy Conley, Harts, Harts Creek, Harvey S. Dingess, Henderson Dingess, Henderson Lambert, Henry Conley, history, Hoover Fork, Ira Lucas, Isaac Adkins, Isaac G. Griffith, Jackson McCloud, James Bryant, James Dalton, James Dingess, James Mullins, James P. Ferrell, James Tomblin, Jefferson Thompson, Jeremiah Perry, Jesse W. Carter, John C. Chapman, John DeJarnett, John Dingess, John H. Adkins, John McCloud, John Quincy Adams, John R. Robinson, John W. Workman, Josiah Browning, Lewis Baisden, Lewis Jupiter Fry, Lewis Vance, Logan County, Martin Dalton, Martin Van Buren Mullins, Mastin Conley, Mathias Elkins, Moses Tomblin, Moses Workman, Obediah Workman, Oliver Conley, Peter C. Dingess, Peter Fry, Reuben Conley, Riland Baisden, Robert Bob Mullins, Robert Fry, Rufus Bryant, Russell Fry, Shade Estep, Smokehouse Fork, Spencer A. Mullins, Squire Toney, Thomas Conley, Thompson Perry, Tolbert S. Godby, Weddington Mullins, West Virginia, William A. Dingess, William C. Lambert, William D. Elkins, William S. Dingess, William T. Fowler, William Workman

The 129th Regiment Virginia Militia, commanded by Colonel John DeJarnett, consisted of men primarily from Logan County, (West) Virginia. The 129th existed to protect Logan County. Carter’s Company, captained by Barnett “Barney” Carter, consisted of many Harts Creek men, all of whom enlisted on 27 August 1861 at Logan Court House, Logan County, (West) Virginia. The 129th, including Carter’s Company, participated in the Battle of Boone Court House on 1 September 1861 and the Battle of Kanawha Gap on 25 September 1861. In 1862, Carter’s Company essentially became Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. (This list will be updated periodically.)

Albert Abbott*, Abbotts Branch

Benjamin Adams, Crawley Creek

John Quincy Adams, Harts Creek

Aaron Adkins

Canaan Adkins, West Fork of Harts Creek [Lincoln County Feud]

Enos “Jake” Adkins, 1st Lieutenant, Douglas Branch (Ferrellsburg)

Isaac Adkins, Jr., Harts Creek (Big Branch area)

Isaac Adkins, 2nd Sergeant, Harts Creek (Big Branch area)

John H. Adkins

Lewis Baisden

Riland Baisden

Anderson Barker

Benjamin Barker

James M. Berry

Jacob Browning

Josiah Browning, 4th Sergeant

Andrew Jackson Browning, Harts Creek

Allen B. Brumfield, Big Ugly Creek

Evermont Ward Brumfield, Big Ugly Creek

Alexander Bryant, Harts Creek

George Bryant, Harts Creek

James Bryant, Harts Creek

Rufus Bryant, Harts Creek

Ed Burchett

William F. B_____

Jesse W. Carter

Barnett Carter, Captain, Hoover Fork of Harts Creek

John C. Chapman, 1st Corporal

Garland Conley, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek

Guy Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)

Henry Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)

Maston Conley, Chapmanville

Oliver Conley, Crawley Creek

Reuben Conley

Thomas Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)

James Dalton, Harts Creek

Martin Dalton, Harts Creek

Harvey S. Dingess*, Crawley Creek

Henderson Dingess, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek [Lincoln County Feud]

James Dingess, 3rd Corporal

John Dingess

Peter C. Dingess, Crawley Creek

William A. Dingess

William S. Dingess

Mathias Elkins

William D. Elkins*, 2nd Corporal

D.J. Estep

Shade Estep, 4th Corporal

Fulton D. Ferrell, 3rd Sergeant

James P. Ferrell, Big Ugly Creek

Samuel Ferrell

Isaac Fleming

William T. Fowler, West Fork/Marsh Fork of Harts Creek

Admiral S. Fry, Green Shoal

Christian T. “Jack” Fry*, Abbotts Branch

Fleming Fry

Lewis “Jupiter” Fry, Big Ugly Creek (Gill)

Peter Fry

Robert Fry

Russell Fry

Edward Garrett, 2nd Lieutenant

Isaac G. Gartin, 2nd Lieutenant, Little Harts Creek

George Godby

Tolbert S. Godby, 1st Sergeant

Isaac O. Jeffrey

Henderson Lambert, Bend of the River

William C. Lambert, Bend of the River area

Ira Lucas

Calahill McCloud, Harts Creek or Twelve Pole Creek

Charles McCloud

Jackson McCloud

John McCloud

B. McNeely

James Mullins

Martin Van Buren Mullins, Harts Creek

Robert “Bob” Mullins, Harts Creek

Spencer A. Mullins, Bridge Branch area (Atenville)

Weddington Mullins, Harts Creek

Daniel “Bill” Nester, Browns Branch

William Owens

Arnold Perry

D.H. Perry

Jeremiah Perry

Thompson Perry

Andrew Robinson, Harts Creek

John R. Robinson

Griffin Stollings

Jefferson Thompson, Thompson Branch of Harts Creek

Alford Tomblin, Sr., Harts Creek

Alford Tomblin, Jr., Harts Creek

James Tomblin

Moses Tomblin

Burbus C. Toney, Green Shoal area (Toney)

Squire Toney, Big Ugly Creek

Andrew Jackson Vance

Abner Vance, West Fork of Harts Creek

Addison Vance

Lewis Vance

James Wills

Abijah “Bige” Workman

David Workman

John W. Workman

Moses Workman

Obediah Workman

William Workman

(*) denotes my direct ancestors

Major William Straton

04 Sunday Oct 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Logan

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Allen B. Straton, Battle of Beech Creek, circuit clerk, civil war, Confederate Army, county clerk, David Straton, genealogy, Guadalupe County, Henry H. Hardesty, history, House of Delegates, Ireland, Joseph Straton, lawyer, Logan County, Logan Court House, Mary A. Straton, Mary B. Straton, Minnie Straton, Polly Straton, R.A. Brock, Richmond, Sequin, Texas, U.S. South, Vicie Straton, Victoria Straton, Virginia, Virginia and Virginians, West Virginia, William Straton

From “Virginia and Virginians, 1606-1888,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Major William Straton, who resided at Logan Court House in Logan County, West Virginia:

Was born in Logan county, W.Va., April 14, 1821. His wife, Mary A. Perry, was born in the same county June 1, 1831, and there they were united in marriage Sept. 13, 1849. Of the offspring of this marriage the following is the record: David, born Jan. 4, 1853, married, died May 15, 1890; Victoria, born Dec. 23, 1857, died April 23, 1858; Minnie, born June 12, 1859, married, died Sept. 17, 1886; Allen B., born June 7, 1855, married; Vicie, born Dec. 9, 1861, married; Mary B., born Mar. 20, 1864, married. The subject of this sketch was elected clerk of the county court in March, 1845, and was elected clerk of circuit court in Logan county in 1849, and served until 1852; was re-elected county and circuit clerk in 1852 and 1858, which office he retained until 1865. In the civil war he supported the Southern cause, in which he volunteered in 1861, and was commissioned major of the 34th Va. V.C.; In this regiment he served nobly until the close of the struggle. At the battle of Beech Creek, Logan county, W.Va., Aug. 7, 1862, he was severely wounded in the arm and breast; the last was almost a mortal wound, but recovering he again entered the Confederate army, and was one of its most gallant and efficient officers. When the war ended he came back to his family, and in his native county since has held many offices of trust and honor, esteemed and respected by all who have ever known him. His father, Joseph Straton, was born in Ireland March 4, 1794, emigrated to America in 1800, and died in Logan county, W.Va., Jan. 3, 1846; his wife, Polly Henderson, mother of Major William Straton, was born in Monroe county, Va., March 27, 1803, and died in Sequin, Guadalupe county, Texas, April 22, 1890. Major William Straton now practices law at Logan Court House, W.Va.; he was a member of the House of Delegates from 1871 to 1877.

Source: Dr. R.A. Brock, Virginia and Virginians, 1606-1888 (Richmond, VA: H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, 1888), p. 842.

Andrew Lewis Sias grave (2015)

24 Monday Aug 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Fourteen

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Andrew Lewis Sias, Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, civil war, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Sias Family Cemetery, West Virginia

Mom and I recently placed a military marker at the grave of Andrew Lewis Sias, who served in Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. Lew Sias is my great-great-great-grandfather. He is buried in the head of East Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV.

Jackson Browning grave (2014)

22 Sunday Mar 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Civil War

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129th Regiment Virginia Militia, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Appalachia, cemeteries, civil war, Confederate Army, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Jack Browning Hollow, Jackson Browning, Lincoln County, U.S. South, West Virginia

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Andrew Jackson Browning grave (March 2014), located at Jack Browning Hollow of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. During the Civil War, Jack served in the 129th Regiment Virginia Militia (Carter’s and Buchanan’s companies) and the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (Company D).

 

Jackson Mullins grave

24 Wednesday Dec 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood, Whirlwind

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Blood in West Virginia, Bob Mullins Cemetery, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, civil war, Confederacy, Confederate Army, Ed Haley, genealogy, Harry Kirk, Harts Creek, Jackson Mullins, Lincoln County Feud, Lionel Adams, Little Harts Creek, Milt Haley, photos, Spottswood, West Virginia, Whirlwind

Jackson Mullins grave (to the right, marked by rocks)

Jackson Mullins grave (to the right, marked by rocks), identified by a WPA map

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Jackson Mullins tombstone, courtesy of the U.S. government

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Dad and I; photos by Mom

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Dad, Lionel Adams, and I

Dad, Lionel Adams, and I. Lionel is the great-great-grandson of Jackson Mullins.

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Jackson Mullins was the father-in-law of Milt Haley and the grandfather of Ed Haley

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Jackson Mullins tombstone, placed at the Bob Mullins Cemetery on Harts Creek in Logan County, WV

Jackson Mullins military record, 1862-1863

01 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, civil war, Ed Haley, genealogy, history, Jackson Mullins, Logan County, U.S. South, Vincent A. Witcher, West Virginia

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Jackson Mullins military record, Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, 1862-1863

 

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Jackson Mullins military record, Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, 1862-1863

 

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Jackson Mullins military record, Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, 1862-1863

 

34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Carter’s Company

28 Saturday Jun 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Green Shoal

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Admiral S. Fry, Appalachia, Barney Carter, civil war, Harts Creek, history, James M. Merritt, Levi Collins, Logan County, M.H. Waldron, Philip Hager Sr., Spencer A. Mullins, T.R. Ferrell, U.S. South, West Virginia

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List of officers, Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, CSA

 

Erastus Kelly Steele

21 Saturday Jun 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Green Shoal

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Erastus Kelly Steel, Confederate veteran and Green Shoal postmaster (1878-1879), resident of Harts Creek District, Lincoln County, WV

Erastus Kelly Steele (c.1848-1908), Confederate veteran and Green Shoal postmaster (1878-1879), resident of Harts Creek District, Lincoln County, WV

Carter’s Company

10 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Admiral S. Fry, Appalachia, Barney Carter, Charles Browning, Charlie Adkins, civil war, Francis M. Collins, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Josiah Browning, Levi Collins, Logan County, Moses Workman, Robert Alford, Robert Mullins, Spencer A. Mullins, U.S. South, Van Buren Mullins, William D. Elkins

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Muster Roll, Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (CSA)

 

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Muster Roll, Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry (CSA)

 

Captain Barney Carter

11 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Whirlwind

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Appalachia, Barney Carter, civil war, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, Logan County, photos, West Virginia

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Capt. Barney Carter (1821-1902), resident of Hoover Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, served as captain of Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry.

 

Lt. Col. Vincent “Clawhammer” Witcher

28 Saturday Sep 2013

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War

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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Appalachia, civil war, Confederacy, Confederate Army, genealogy, history, photos, U.S. South, Vincent A. Witcher, Wayne County, West Virginia

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Lt. Col. Vincent A. “Clawhammer” Witcher, commander of the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry

Feud Poll 1

If you had lived in the Harts Creek community during the 1880s, to which faction of feudists might you have given your loyalty?

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Do you think Milt Haley and Green McCoy committed the ambush on Al and Hollene Brumfield in 1889?

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Feud Poll 3

Who do you think organized the ambush of Al and Hollene Brumfield in 1889?

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What do you think caused Ed Haley to lose his sight when he was three years old?

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