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Don Chafin’s Deputies (1912-1915)

28 Thursday Apr 2022

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A.A. Hamilton, A.A. Vance, A.J. Browning, A.J. Dalton, Albert Dingess, Albert Gore, Allen Mounts, America Justice, American Surety Company of NY, Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Art Chambers, B.J. Hiner, Bert Bush, Bettie Stollings, Burl Adams, C.A. Vickers, C.P. Donovan, Charles H. Miller, Charley Conley, Charley Stollings, Clark Smith, Clay Workman, Cush Avis, D.V. Wickline, David C. Dingess, David Dingess, Don Chafin, Dump Farley, E.R. Hatfield, Ed Chapman, Ed Eggers, Elias Thompson, Elizabeth Ellis, Everett Dingess, F.A. Sharp, F.D. Stollings, Frank Hurst, Frank Justice, Fred Midelburg, G.W. Lax, Garland Adams, genealogy, George Butcher, George Chafin, George E. Thompson, George Justice, George Robinette, Georgia Dingess, Guy F. Gore, H.H. Farley, Harrison Lowe, Harry S. Gay, history, J.E. Barlow, J.E. McCoy, J.H. Ford, J.L. Chambers, J.M. Moore, J.O. Hill, J.S. Miller, J.W. Chambers, James Ellis, James Toney, Joe Adams, Joe Blair, Joe Hall, Joe Scaggs, John Barker, John Chafin, John D. Browning, John D. Neece, John F. Dingess, John Harrison, John L. Butcher, Joseph A. Ellis, K.F. Mounts, Katie Mounts, L.D. Perry, L.E. Steele, L.G. Burns, L.H. Thompson, Lewis Butcher, Lewis Chafin, Lewis Farley, Logan County, Martha J. Stowe, Mary Chafin, Mat Jackson, Matilda Stollings, Millard Elkins, Milton Stowers, Monroe Bush, Moses Williamson, Nim Conley, Noah Steele, O.M. Conley, P.J. Riley, Paul Hardy, R.H. Ellis, R.J. Conley, Riley Damron, Robert Bland, sheriff, Sidney B. Lawson, Sol Adams, T.B. Stowe, Taylor Walsh, Tennis Hatfield, Tom Butcher, U.B. Buskirk, Van Mullins, Vincent Dingess, W.E. White, W.F. Farley, W.I. Campbell, W.W. Conley, Wash Farley, West Virginia, William Farley, William Gore, William Hatfield, William White, Willis Gore

The following list of Don Chafin’s deputies prior to the Battle of Blair Mountain is based on Record of Bonds C in the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV:

Don Chafin was elected sheriff on November 5, 1912 and appeared on December 28, 1912 with his bondsman U.B. Buskirk for $40,000 (p. 215)

Name, Date of Appointment, Surety, Surety Amount, Page

Garland A. Adams…28 January 1913…J.W. Chambers…$5000…236

Joe Adams…14 October 1913…G.F. Gore, A. Dingess, David C. Dingess, Anthony Adams, Sol Adams, Sr., and Sol Adams, Jr….$5000…297

John Barker…5 February 1913…F.P. Hurst…$5000…241

J.E. Barlow…26 April 1913…S.B. Lawson…$5000…268

Joe Blair…28 December 1912…J.W. Chambers and Allen Mounts…$5000…224

John D. Browning…1 July 1914…Fidelity and Deposit Company…$5000…345

Bert Bush…6 January 1913…Monroe Bush…$5000…230

John L. Butcher…28 December 1912…Lewis Butcher, J.W. Chambers, Albert Gore…$5000…221

George Chafin…12 July 1915…James Toney…$5000…402

J.A. Chafin…20 June 1913…J.W. Chambers and A.A. Vance…$5000…275

John Chafins…31 January 1913…H.H. Farley and A.J. Browning…$5000…240

Art Chambers…25 July 1914…Cush Avis, J.L. Chambers…$5000…349

Charley Conley…18 June 1914…George Butcher, Ed Chapman, William White…$5000…342

Nim Conley…18 July 1913…Ed Chapman and W.W. Conley…$5000…281

R.J. Conley…25 March 1913…Albert Gore…$5000…252

A.J. Dalton…26 December 1913…Fidelity and Deposit Company of MD…$5000…315

Riley Damron…5 July 1913…Millard Elkins and J.E. McCoy…$5000…278

David Dingess…3 April 1913…J.W. Chambers and George Justice…$5000…254

Everett Dingess…10 November 1913…John F. Dingess and Burl Adams…$5000…304

Vincent Dingess…7 July 1913…Georgia Dingess, William Gore, and Albert Gore…$5000…279

Ed Eggers…21 April 1913…Paul Hardy…$5000…264

Joseph A. Ellis…30 January 1913…O.M. Conley…$5000…239

R.H. Ellis…undated…Elizabeth Ellis…$5000…233

H.H. Farley…29 January 1913…L.E. Steele…$5000…237

W.F. Farley…28 December 1912…Robert Bland…$5000…223

William Farley…13 January 1914…Wash Farley, A. Dingess, Lewis Farley, G.B. Farley…$5000…319

J.H. Ford…16 May 1914…P.J. Riley…$5000…336

Harry S. Gay, Jr….15 October 1913…S.B. Lawson…$5000…299

Albert Gore…28 December 1912…J.W. Chambers, G.F. Gore, Millard Elkins…$5000…222

Guy F. Gore…31 July 1913…Albert Gore and William Gore…$5000…286

William Gore…31 December 1914…W.E. White, James Ellis…$5000…377

Joe Hall…23 April 1913…C.P. Donovan, Paul Hardy…$5000…267

A.A. Hamilton…14 June 1913…A.A. Hamilton…$5000…273

Paul Hardy…20 February 1913…W.F. Farley…$5000…244

John Harrison…19 April 1913…J.S. Miller, M. Elkins, W.E. White, and James Ellis…$5000…262

E.R. Hatfield…6 January 1914…$5000…H.H. Farley…316

Tennis Hatfield…14 June 1915…James Ellis and Lewis Chafin…$5000…396

William Hatfield…28 December 1912…J.S. Miller and George Justice…$5000…229

J.O. Hill…17 April 1913…Katie Mounts…$5000…261

B.J. Hiner…23 April 1913…C.P. Donovan and Paul Hardy…$5000…266

Mat Jackson…13 October 1913…Albert Gore, Van Mullins, G.F. Gore, and David C. Dingess…$5000…296

Frank Justice…8 July 1914…America Justice…$5000…346

S.B. Lawson…12 April 1913…J.W. Chambers…$5000…256

G.W. Lax…21 April 1913…Paul Hardy…$5000…263

Harrison Lowe…5 March 1914…no surety [blank]…$5000…326

F. Middleburg…16 May 1914…D.V. Wickline…$5000…337

Charles H. Miller…25 November 1914…Don Chafin, W.E. White…368

J.M. Moore…14 May 1915…American Surety Company of NY…$5000…391

Allen Mounts…226

Cecil Mounts…11 June 1913…Allen Mounts…$5000…272

K.F. Mounts…28 December 1912…Allen Mounts…$5000…225

John D. Neece…21 March 1914…W.E. White, R.H. Ellis, and J.S. Miller…$5000…330

George Robinett…17 July 1913…George Justice…$5000…284

Joe Scaggs…231

F.A. Sharp…28 December 1912…W.F. Farley and L.G. Burns…$5000…217

Clark Smith…22 December 1913…Mary Chafin…$5000…313

L.E. Steele…29 January 1913…H.H. Farley…$5000…238

Noah Steele…6 September 1913…L.E. Steele, Jr….$5000…290

Charley Stollings…21 July 1913…Matilda Stollings, Tom Butcher, Bettie Stollings, W.I. Campbell, and Milton Stowers…$5000…283

T.B. Stowe…13 January 1913…Martha J. Stowe…$5000…234

Elias Thompson…16 April 1913…W.I. Campbell and K.F. Mounts…$5000…258

George E. Thompson…17 April 1913…A.F. Gore and Willis Gore…$5000…260

C.A. Vickers…12 January 1914…L.D. Perry and F.D. Stollings…$5000…318

Taylor Walsh…28 July 1914…W.E. White, Albert Gore…$5000…350

Moses Williamson…29 April 1913…L.H. Thompson…$5000…270

Clay Workman…28 December 1912…S.B. Lawson…$5000…228

This list will be updated soon to include more names.

Harts Creek News 05.11.1923

09 Sunday Jun 2019

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Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Bob Jonas, Branch Fork, C.H. McCloud, Chapmanville, Elbert Adams, Ellen Curry, Garfield Adams, genealogy, Grover Mullins, Harts Creek, history, Ida McCloud, Ina Dingess, Logan Banner, Logan County, Randy Baisden, Reece Mullins, Roy McCloud, Ruth McCloud, Shirley Mullins, Tom Baisden, Trace Fork, Van Mullins, West Virginia

A correspondent named “Punch and Judy” from Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on May 11, 1923:

Mr. Roy McCloud was visiting home folks last week.

Wonder why Mattie seems so downhearted now a days.

Here’s Elbert Adams so chubby and short; he goes to Mr. Maynard’s and drinks milk by the quart.

Randy Baisden seems to be enjoying life to beat sixty at present.

Here’s “Uncle” T. Vance so sportly, you know; who takes his Ruth for a walk, her bobbed hair to show.

Come on, Charley. Let’s go to the Trace. Don’t bother your brains with that other place.

Mr. C.H. McCloud is putting up ice at present.

Mr. Van Mullins is planting a double crop of everything. He said he expected a son-in-law.

Mr. Reece and Grover Mullins are on the steady lookout for a brighter day.

Mr. McCloud is awaiting his old faithful worker, who we all know by the name of T. Vance, to arrive with their farm implements.

Mr. Garfield and Elbert Adams made a business trip to Branch Fork last week.

There was a quiet but happy wedding at the home of Mr. H. Dingess last week.

Ina Dingess seems very lonesome now days.

Little Ida McCloud has joined the Happy Crockers.

Mr. Bob Jonas and Ruth McCloud took a ride last Sunday on Bob’s black pony.

Mrs. Shirley Mullins is riding for her health.

Mr. Tom Baisden made a business trip to Chapmanville last week.

Mr. Anthony Adams and Ellen Curry seem to enjoy being together.

We will leave the rest to “The Ginks,” providing their cherries allow them time to write.

Harts Creek News 04.13.1923

10 Wednesday Apr 2019

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

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Ad Mullins, Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Cherry Tree, Daniel McCloud, Frank Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harvey Smith, Herbert Thompson, history, Ichabod Green, James Baisden, Logan Banner, Logan County, Peter Carter, Roy Browning, Van Mullins, Wayne Adams, West Virginia, Wilburn Mullins

A correspondent named “Fine Sweet Kisses” from Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 13, 1923:

Here we come with a few lines and frost bites; also Herbert Thompson is mourning on the Perrite Hill.

Daniel McCloud is getting ahead of the working.

I wonder what has become of James Baisden? I haven’t heard from him in a long time.

Ichabod Green said he was as fat as a bear.

Wilburn Mullins cranked up his old crippled Fork and went to church.

Ad Mullins is coming back to Hart. He knows Will Maggard won’t let Browney alone.

Peter Carter likes to make his tooth picks.

Van Mullins is swinging his broad hoe. He swore it was summer time.

Harvey Smith is training his fox hounds.

Antha Adams is visiting relatives on Hart this week.

Roy Browning likes to win gold off the punch board.

Wonder if the Cherry Tree girls have quit asking for kisses from the Harts Creek boys?

Mrs. Frank Adams is very ill and has been for some time.

Wayne Adams is moving back to the old town.

Whirlwind News 01.18.1927

25 Wednesday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Chapmanville, Logan, Queens Ridge, Whirlwind

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Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Bob Dingess, Bob Mullins Cemetery, Burl Adams, Chapmanville, Christian Church, Elias Workman, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Howard Adams, Isaac Marion Nelson, John Adams, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Queens Ridge, R.G. Short, Trace Fork, Viola Adams, West Virginia, Whirlwind

An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on January 18, 1927:

The Trace Sunday school is progressing nicely. A large crowd attended Sunday.

Anthony Adams of Logan was visiting relatives on Harts Creek Saturday.

Viola Adams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Adams, died of appendicitis Monday. Funeral services were held at the Mullins cemetery.

Burl Adams of Chapmanville was visiting relatives on Harts Creek Sunday.

Cole Baisden made a business trip to Logan Monday.

David Dingess…

Rev. I.M. Nelson and R.G. Short are going to hold a revival at the Christian church on Trace, beginning January 16.

R.L. Dingess of Whirlwind spent Saturday with his parents at Queen’s Ridge.

Some of the daily acts: Grover and his dogs; Phillip collecting the news; Charley and his kodak; Pearly looking for Burl; Carl cold trailing and Clinton carrying the news.

Howard Adams was seen going through town Saturday. Guess he was out on business.

Elias Workman has been on the sick list for the past two weeks.

Whirlwind News 03.08.1927

03 Sunday Sep 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Logan, Queens Ridge, Whirlwind

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Annie Dingess, Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Bob Dingess, Buck Creek, Burl Mullins, Carl Adams, Charles Curry, Charley Mullins, Daniel McCloud, Edward Hensley, Ewell Mullins, Frank Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, Hoover Fork, Hoover School House, Isom Workman, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lora Belle Martin, Lucy B. Mullins, Lucy McCloud, moonshine, moonshining, Mud Fork, preacher, Queens Ridge, T.H. Adams, Twelve Pole Creek, Washington, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Wilburn Mullins

An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 8, 1927:

Edward Hensley, the prohibitionist, and Frank Adams, the constable, are constantly on their duty trying to catch all the moonshiners at present.

Anthony Adams of Logan visited relatives at Whirlwind Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. R.L. Dingess of Whirlwind spent Sunday with their parents at Queens Ridge.

A large crowd visited the Hoover school house Sunday expecting to hear a sermon delivered by Rev. Chas. Curry, but were badly disappointed as Curry was not present.

Daniel McCloud has postponed his singing school, as there are several pupils suffering with smallpox at the place where the school is being taught.

T.H. Adams went through town with a basket in his hand Sunday.

Burl Mullins of Buck Creek spent Sunday on Hoover with his sweetie.

Wilburn Mullins of Mud Fork is still visiting Hoover regularly.

Charley Mullins made a business trip to Twelve Pole Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ewell Mullins made a flying trip to Washington, D.C., last week. Guess they had a message for the President.

Carl Adams is still cold trailing. Carl says he is going to stop if the trail doesn’t get warmer.

Isom Workman was calling on Miss Lucy B. Mullins Sunday.

Miss Lucy B. McCloud of Hoover was visiting her aunt, Mrs. Lora B. Martin, of Queens Ridge Sunday.

The New Yorker (2016)

06 Thursday Oct 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Ferrellsburg, Logan

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317 Steak House, Alec Soth, Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, Chapmanville, culture, Ferrellsburg, Galen Fletcher, Harts Creek, history, In the Heart of Trump Country, John Hartford, Larissa MacFarquhar, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County, politics, Squire Sol Adams, West Virginia

John Hartford introduced me to The New Yorker magazine in the mid-1990s. “I need to get you a subscription to The New Yorker,” he told me several times. John had become familiar with the magazine as a youth. His parents were regular subscribers to the magazine; they encouraged him to read it because, they said, it contained the absolute best writing available. John told this story several times and I could tell by the way he retold it that he believed it to be true. In fact, after reading multiple issues (mostly John’s issues at the house, but also complimentary issues I spotted in medical offices), I agreed that, yes, The New Yorker did in fact contain the best writing available. Once I discovered Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, unquestionably the greatest true crime book ever written, and learned The New Yorker had frequently printed Capote’s writing, my love for the magazine became unshakable. For these reasons, and others, I am delighted to have made a small contribution to Larissa MacFarquhar’s story, “In the Heart of Trump Country,” published by The New Yorker on October 10, 2016. The opportunity to contribute to a New Yorker story, much less to appear in The New Yorker, is an honor.

You can read Larissa’s exceptionally well-composed piece by following this link:

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/in-the-heart-of-trump-country

Prior to the story, Larissa approached me (and other locals) about her desire to write a piece at least partly involving recent political developments in Logan County, West Virginia. I agreed to assist Larissa in whatever way I could for several reasons: I wanted to welcome her to my section of Appalachia, I wanted to be helpful, I wanted her story to succeed, I wanted her readers to better understand my region, I’m always anxious to discuss my region’s rich history… Larissa and I corresponded via email about general political history in Logan County, then enjoyed a memorable two-and-a-half-hour conversation at 317 Steak House in Logan. I liked her right away. I like her more after reading her story.

Larissa is an accomplished professional writer. You can read more about her impressive credentials by following these links:

http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/larissa-macfarquhar

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/17/larissa-macfarquhar-interview-people-think-im-a-total-freak-for-not-using-the-first-person

https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Drowning-Grappling-Impossible-Overpowering/dp/1594204330

It was likewise pleasurable to meet photographer Alec Soth and his assistant, Galen Fletcher, who visited Logan, Chapmanville, Ferrellsburg, and Harts Creek, in order to capture images pertinent to Larissa’s story. Alec took a few photos of me in Ferrellsburg, one of which ultimately appeared in the story, then spent a hot evening taking a ton of photos at one of my favorite Harts Creek cemeteries (the Anthony Adams Family Cemetery) and a nearby historic log cabin (Squire Sol Adams residence).

You can find out more about Alec by following these links:

http://alecsoth.com/photography/

https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL532_M

He even has a Wikipedia entry!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Soth

These were nice folks. If they ever visit your part of the world, welcome them.

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Chapmanville District schools (1908)

15 Thursday Jan 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Halcyon, Spottswood, Timber, Warren, Whirlwind

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Alfred Cabell, Alifair Adams, Almeda Mullins, Andrew J. Fowler, Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Barker School, Betsy Fowler, Big Creek, Bruce McDonald, Buck Fork, Burl Farley, Chapmanville, Chapmanville District, Crawley Creek, David C. Dingess, David Kinser, Dorcas Barker, E.C. Duty, education, Etta Robertson, F.D. Young Tie and Lumber Company, Fowlers Branch, Garland B. Conley, genealogy, Green Farley, Harriet Duty, Harriet Thompson, Harts Creek, Harvey Thompson, history, Hugh Dingess, Huntington, J.E. Peck, J.T. Ferrell, James I. Dingess, James Lowe, Jane Ferrell, Jennie Dingess, Joe Phipps, John G. Butcher, Lane School, Logan County, Louisa Butcher, Lucinda Lucas, M.D. Stone, M.J. Stone, Marsh Fork, Martha J. Dingess, Mary Ann Farley, Mary Peck, North Fork, North Fork School, Peter Dingess, Polly Conley, Robert L. Barker, Robert Mullins, Rocky Branch, Rocky School, S.B. Robertson, Smokehouse Fork, Sophia Kinser, Striker, Theophilus Fowler, Three Forks, Tim's Fork, Trace Fork, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia, William Barker

In 1908, A.J. Fowler, James Lowe, and Alfred Cabell, members of the Chapmanville District board of education, recorded deeds for district school property at the Logan County (WV) Clerk’s Office. Most of the deeds had been previously destroyed in a house fire. At the time of their destruction, 1897, Joe Phipps was secretary of the district board of education. Given below is the date of transfer, the grantor’s name, the location of the property, and the amount of money paid by the board to the grantor.

October 3, 1896: Louisa Butcher, 1/2 acre on Crawley Creek, near Striker, $25

August 4, 1897: Betsy Fowler, widow of Theophilus Fowler, et al, 1/4 acre Fowler’s Branch in Chapmanville, $50

August 10, 1897: Jennie Dingess, widow of Peter Dingess, and David C. Dingess, 1/2 acre Tim’s Fork, $0

August 10, 1897: James I. Dingess and Martha J. Dingess, “Rocky School,” 1/2 acre mouth Rocky Branch, $30

August 10, 1897: Harvey and Harriet Thompson, 1/2 acre, East Fork, $15

August 10, 1897: Lucinda Lucas, main Harts Creek, $8

August 10, 1897: Jane Ferrell, widow of J.T. Ferrell, et al, Lane School, $15

August 10, 1897: Hugh Dingess, Smoke House Fork, $15

August 10, 1897: Louisa Butcher, widow of John G. Butcher, 1/2 acre Crawley, Striker, $20

August 10, 1897: Anthony and Alafair Adams, mouth of Buck Fork, $0

August 10, 1897: E.C. and Harriett Duty, 1/2 acre North Fork, “North Fork School,” $15

August 10, 1897: Robert L. Barker and Dorcas Barker, widow of William, Big Creek, “Barker School,” $15

August 10, 1897: J.E. and Mary Peck (originally from Green Farley), Three Forks of Crawley, $10

August 17, 1897: Polly Conley, widow of Garland B. Conley, et al, Smoke House, $8

August 18, 1897: Sophia and David Kinser, Trace Fork, $0

August 24, 1897: Mary Ann and Burwell Farley, Smoke House Fork, $15

February 7, 1902: Robert and Almeda Mullins, main Harts Creek, $10

January 2, 1904: F.D. Young Tie & Lumber Company of Huntington, 1/2 acre Marsh Fork Branch of West Fork, $10

December 2, 1905: M.D. and M.J. Stone, 425/1000 acre, $25

July 21, 1908: S.B. and Etta Robertson and Bruce McDonald, Lot 64 in Chapmanville, $125

 

Anthony Adams grave (2015)

10 Saturday Jan 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Whirlwind

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Yesterday, I revisited Anthony Adams’ grave at the mouth of Buck Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV.

 

Anthony Adams

01 Friday Aug 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood

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Anthony Adams, resident of Harts Creek, Logan County, and participant in the Lincoln County Feud

Anthony Adams, resident of Harts Creek, Logan County, and participant in the Lincoln County Feud

Harts area businesses (1923-1924)

21 Monday Jul 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Dingess, Ferrellsburg, Hamlin, Harts, Logan, Whirlwind

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Anthony Adams, apiarist, barber, blacksmith, C&O Railroad, Catherine Adkins, Charles Curry, Charles W. Mullins, Della Adkins, Dr. C.W. Rice, Ferrellsburg, Frank Adams, G.W. Damron, genealogy, general store, George Mullins, ginseng, Grover Adams, Hamlin, Harts, Hazel Adkins, Hendricks Brumfield, Herbert Adkins, history, Hollena Ferguson, horse dealer, James Mullins, Jeremiah Lambert, John Dingess, John Dingess Lumber Company, John Gartin, John Thompson, justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Lindsey Blair, Logan, merchant, Peter Workman, photographer, Porter Hotel, postmaster, poultry breeder, R.L. Polk, Reece Dalton, Sadie Adkins, Sol Adams, timbering, United Baptist, Walt Stowers, Watson Adkins, Wesley Ferguson, West Virginia, Whirlwind, William M. Workman, Willie Tomblin

The following entries were published in R.L. Polk’s West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory (1923-1924):

FERRELLSBURG. Population 100. On the Guyandotte Valley branch of the C&O Ry, in Lincoln County, 30 miles south of Hamlin, the county seat, and 18 north of Logan, the nearest banking town. Telephone connection. Express, American. Tel, W U Mail daily.

J.W. Stowers, general store

HARTS. (R.R. name is Hart.) Population 150. On the Guyandot Valley branch of the C&O R.R., in Lincoln County, 30 miles south of Hamlin, the county seat, and 21 from Logan, the banking point. U.B. church. Express, American. Telephone connection. Herbert Adkins, postmaster

Anthony Adams, general store

Adkins Barber Shop

Catherine Adkins, general store

Della Adkins, general store

Hazel Adkins, ice cream parlor

HERBERT ADKINS, Real Estate, Postmaster,  R R and Tel Agt

Watson Adkins, general store

Hendrix Brumfield, lawyer

Rev. Charles Curry, pastor (UB)

John Dingess, blacksmith

John Dingess Lumber Co.

Hollena Ferguson, general store

Wesley Ferguson, poultry breeder

John Garten, justice of the peace

Jeremiah Lambert, general store

Porter Hotel (Saddie Adkins)

C.W. Rice, physician

John Thompson, general store

William M. Workman, general store

WHIRLWIND. Population 275. In Logan County, 16 miles northwest of Logan, the county seat and banking point, and 2 from Dingess, the shipping point. Express, American. Baptist church. Mail daily. James Mullins, postmaster.

D. Adams, apiarist

Frank Adams, produce

Grover Adams, ginseng grower

Sol Adams, lumber mfr

Lindsey Blair, watchmaker

Reece Dalton, live stock

G.W. Damron, R R and express agt

C.W. Mullins, ginseng grower

George Mullins, horse dealer

JAMES MULLINS, General Store, Photographer and Postmaster

Willie Tomblin, blacksmith

Peter Workman, barber

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Feud Poll 2

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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Ed Haley Poll 1

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

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