15 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Allen Bryant, Appalachia, Ben Vance, Bilton McNeely, Dick Adkins, Ed Dingess, Ferrellsburg, Florence Hill, Frank Vance, genealogy, George Simpkins, history, Isaac Marion Nelson, Jake Fowler, Lincoln County, Low Gap United Baptist Church, Oden Dempsey, U.S. South, Walker School, Wash Dempsey, West Virginia
Low Gap United Baptist Church record, 1911. The Low Gap UB Church met for over fifty years at the Walker School, situated in the headwaters of Walker Branch, near Ferrellsburg.
12 Monday Jan 2015
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Appalachia, Big Sandy News, Big Sandy River, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Henry Sullivan, Ike Baldwin, Kentucky, Lawrence County, Louisa, Richardson, Richardson Cemetery, U.S. South
“Disgrace and Suicide,” Big Sandy News (Louisa, KY), 18 June 1903
11 Sunday Jan 2015
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Appalachia, Clyde Dean, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Georgia Stowers, Harts Creek District, history, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Clyde Dean (1915-1995) of Ferrellsburg, WV, nephew of Georgia Stowers
11 Sunday Jan 2015
Posted in Chapmanville, Logan
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Appalachia, B.W. Drake, Buffalora Post Office, Chapmanville Post Office, Enoch Hager, genealogy, George S. Claypool, Guyandotte Valley, history, Huff's Creek Post Office, J.H. Hindman, Lincoln County, Logan County, Logan Court House Post Office, post offices, Rich Creek Post Office, Ten Mile Post Office, Thomas Buchanan, Tolbert S. Godby, U.S. South, West Virginia
Below is a list of Guyandotte Valley post offices located in Lincoln and Logan counties, West Virginia in 1868:
Buffalora, Enoch Hager (postmaster), Logan County
Chapmanville, Tolbert S. Godby (postmaster), Logan County
Huff’s Creek, George S. Claypool (postmaster), Logan County
Logan Court House, Thomas Buchanan (postmaster), Logan County
Rich Creek, J.H. Hindman (postmaster), Logan County
Ten Mile, B.W. Drake (postmaster), Lincoln County
Source: List of Post Offices in the United States (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1868)
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen, Green Shoal, Harts, Little Harts Creek, Queens Ridge, Toney
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America Dalton, Andrew Elkins, Appalachia, Arena Ferrell, Ben Walker, Blackburn Lucas, Brad Toney, Cabell County, Catherine Adkins, Charles Adkins, Charles Lucas, D.K. Adkins, Emma Duty, Floyd Enos Adkins, Floyd Fry, genealogy, George Alderson, George Duty, George Hill, George Staley, Greenville Perry, Harts Creek District, Hezekiah "Carr" Adkins, history, Hollena Brumfield, Irvin Lucas, Isaac Gartin, John Clay Farley, John F. Duty, John H Fry, John W. Berry, L.H. Burks, Levina Hager, Lincoln County, M.B. Adkins, Malinda Johnson, Melissa Adkins, Nancy Alford, Overton Elkins, Patterson Ferrell, Patterson Toney, Sarah A. Brumfield, Sarah Berry, U.S. South, Wade S. Lambert, West Virginia, William Bell, William R. Lucas, Wirt Toney
Based on land books available at the Lincoln County Clerk’s office, the following persons owned property with buildings in Harts Creek District in 1903. Many of the persons listed below were business owners. The value of their structures are provided:
Hollena Brumfield, $750
Catharine Adkins, $300
George Hill, $250
Blackburn Lucas, $250
Bradford Toney, $250
Floyd E. Adkins, $150
L.H. Burks of Cabell County, $150
George and Emma Duty, $150
John H. Fry, $150
Wirt Toney, $150
George Staley, $75
$100
D.K. and M.B. Adkins
John C. Farley
Arena Ferrell
Patterson Ferrell
Levinie Hager
Malinda Johnson
Charles Lucas
Wade S. Lambert
Irvin Lucas
William R. Lucas et als
Greenville Perry
Patterson Toney
$50
Charley Adkins
Hezekiah Adkins
Malissa Adkins
George Alderson
Nancy A. Alford
William Bell
J.W. and Sarah Berry
Sarah A. Brumfield
L.H. Burks of Cabell County
America Dalton
John F. Duty
Andrew Elkins
Overton Elkins
Floyd Fry
Isaac G. Gartin
Blackburn B. Lucas
Benjamin W. Walker
Source: Land Book (1901-1904), Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, author, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Chief Logan State Park, history, log cabin, Logan, Logan County, Pelican Publishing Company, photos, Phyllis Kirk, U.S. South, West Virginia, writer
Log cabin at Chief Logan State Park, Logan, WV, 2014. Photo by Mom.
06 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Alice Dingess, Almeda Chapman, Appalachia, Belle Adkins, Bill Fowler, Cain Adkins, Caleb Headley, education, Elias Adkins, Elisha Vance, Elizabeth Elkins, Harts Creek District, Henry Shelton, Henry Spears, Isaac Nelson, J.B. Pullen, J.W. Stowers, Jennie Riddell, John B. Pullen, John Gore, John Neace, John Stowers, John W. Gartin, Lincoln County, Philip Hager Sr., Stephen Lambert, teacher, Thomas H. Buckley, Thomas P. Moore, Van Prince, Verna Riddell, West Virginia, West Virginia Educational Directory
The Fred B. Lambert Papers, the West Virginia Educational Directory, and the Annual Report of the General Superintendent of Public Schools provides the following information regarding Harts area teachers in Lincoln County for 1871 to 1883:
Lincoln County, 1871
Elias Adkins, 4 certificate
Philip Hager, 4 certificate
Caleb Headlee, no grade on certificate
Thomas P. Moore, 4 certificate
Isaac Nelson, 5 certificate
V.B. Prince, 4 certificate
Henry Spears, 4 certificate
Lincoln County, 1872
Cannan Adkins, 4 or 5 certificate (varies by source)
Elizabeth Elkin, 3 certificate
W.T. Fowler, 5 certificate
J.W. Gartin, 5 certificate
Philip Hager, 3 certificate
Stephen Lambert, 3, 4, or 5 certificate (varies by source)
Elisha W. Vance, 5 certificate
NOTE: This year, two log school houses were “neatly and substantially gotten” up in Harts Creek District.
Lincoln County, 1873
T.H. Buckley, 1 certificate
Elizabeth Elkin, 2 certificate
John Neace, 4 certificate
Lincoln County, 1877-1878
Belle Adkins, 3 certificate
Canaan Adkins, 2 certificate
Thomas H. Buckley, 2 certificate
Alice Chapman, 2 certificate
Almeda Chapman, 2 certificate
Alice Dingess, 1 certificate
John Gore, 2 or 3 certificate (varies by source)
Stephen Lambert, 5 certificate
Henry Shelton, 1 certificate
NOTE: Total youths in county (2771); total students (2199); average daily attendance for county students: 47 percent.
Lincoln County, 1879-1880
Bell Adkins, 2 certificate
Alice Chapman, 1 certificate
Almeda Chapman, 1 certificate
J.W. Stowers, 2 certificate
Lincoln County, 1883
John B. Pullen, 2 certificate
Jennie Riddel, 2 certificate
Verna Riddel, 1 certificate
John Stowers, __
NOTE: I spelled names as they were spelled in the record.
05 Monday Jan 2015
Posted in Chapmanville, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Aracoma Drug Store, author, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Chapmanville, genealogy, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, Pelican Publishing Company, U.S. South, West Virginia, writer
The book and I will appear at Aracoma Drug Store in Chapmanville, WV, today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. If you’re local, come see us!
Aracoma Drug Store in Chapmanville, WV
04 Sunday Jan 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, cemeteries, doctor, East Lynn, genealogy, history, John H. Napier, merchant, Napier Cemetery, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Virginia
John H. Napier grave, located at East Lynn in Wayne County, WV
To reach the Napier Cemetery, you must drive through the creek.
Rock formation near the cemetery
John Napier, whose grave is shown here, was a merchant in Hart during the 1880s.
30 Tuesday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts
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Appalachia, Browns Branch, C&O Railroad, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, history, Lincoln County, map, West Virginia
Hart, 1914
29 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Creek
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Anna Garrett, Appalachia, Big Creek, Boone County, Charley Ferrell, genealogy, Grace McComas, history, Hunter Bros., Hurricane, J.L. McComas, J.M. Mitchell, J.M. Nelson, Kanawha County, Lake, Logan Banner, Logan County, Manila, Otto Bethel, Peter Craddock, R.H. Vickers, Sally Blevins, St. Albans, Susie Garrett, typhoid fever, W.B. Phipps, W.H. Vickers, West Virginia
“Forest,” a local correspondent at Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, written on September 15, which the Logan Banner printed on Friday, September 18, 1903:
Seeing your earnest solicitation for correspondents from each village, we will try to give you a few items from this vicinity.
The drought still continues in this section of the country and people and property are almost suffering from want of water.
The law school convened Monday with W.H. Vickers as teacher. We predict for him a successful term of school.
Work on the new residence of W.B. Phipps, near the Lane, is being rapidly pushed forward. Hunter Bros. are doing the work.
Quite a number of our young people attended church on Hewett Sunday.
We are pleased to chronicle that R.E. Vickers is able to be out again after being confined to his room several weeks with typhoid fever.
Miss Sally Blevins has been the honored guest of Mrs. J.L. McComas at Manila for several days.
Charley Ferrell, a prominent young man from St. Albans, was transacting business on the creek last week.
Rev. Peter Craddock preached to a large congregation at the Lane Saturday night. We hope the people will all turn out to hear him again Thursday night.
Miss Grace McComas of Lake came over Sunday to stay with her uncle, J.L. McComas, and attend school at Hurricane.
Mrs. J.M. Nelson and children, who have been visiting friends and relatives here for several weeks, will leave next week for her home in Kanawha county.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Mitchell, Misses Susie and Anna Garrett and Otto Bethel were pleasant callers at the home of John Phipps last Sunday and were treated to a nice lot of melons.
27 Saturday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts
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Andrew D. Robinson, Appalachia, Bill Fowler, blacksmith, Blood in West Virginia, distiller, genealogy, general store, Hamlin, Harts, history, Isaac Fry, Jackson Browning, James P. Mullins, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Paris Brumfield, Polk's State Gazetteer and Business Directory, postmaster, U.S. South, Wheeling
“Hart,” Polk’s West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1882-1883.
27 Saturday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Holden, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Dingess, Emma Riddle, Ewell Mullins, genealogy, Gordon Farley, Harts Creek, Hattie Riddle, history, Holden, Ida Martin, James Baisden, Jeff Baisden, Lincoln County, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mettie Raines, Mingo County, Tom Mullins, U.S. South, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Willis Dingess
“J.M.,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind on Big Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on Friday, March 12, 1912:
James Baisden, of Dingess, was a Whirlwind visitor Friday.
Mrs. F.F. Riddle and daughter Miss Hattie, were shopping Friday.
Gordon Farley was here on business one day recently.
Miss Ida Martin has returned home at this place after visiting friends in Lincoln County.
Miss Mettie Raines is teaching a successful school at this place.
Willis Dingess is very low at the present writing.
M. Tomblin and Allen ______ killed a fine fox, Friday.
The infant child of Tom Mullins was badly burned one day the past week.
Jeff Baisden and Ewell Mullins passed here for Holden Saturday.
Miss Ida Martin was shopping Friday.
25 Thursday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Spottswood, Whirlwind
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Almeda Mullins, Appalachia, Bob Mullins Cemetery, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Jeff Mullins, Logan County, photos, Robert Mullins, U.S. South, West Virginia
Jeff Mullins (c.1883-1961), son of Robert “Bob” and Almeda (Mullins) Mullins, resident of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV.
25 Thursday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Logan, Yantus
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Anna Dingess, Appalachia, Beeval Adams, Crawley Creek, culture, genealogy, Guy Gore, Harts Creek, history, Joe Acord, Leander Cary, Lee A. Dingess, life, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Susan Ferrell, U.S. South, Vincent Dingess, West Fork, West Virginia, Yantus
“Mountaineer,” a local correspondent at Yantus in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, dated October 17, which the Logan Banner printed on Friday, October 20, 1911:
Lee A. Dingess, of Hart’s creek, was a visitor at Logan last week.
Lee A. Dingess and Guy Gore began working the road Monday.
Miss Anna Dingess spent Sunday at home, Halcyon, with her mother.
Vincent Dingess, of Crawley’s creek, was a visitor on Hart’s Cr Sunday.
Leander Cary, who went home wounded, has returned to his work in Logan.
Mrs. Susan Ferrell was at meeting on Crawley Sunday and says she had a good time.
Mr. Joe Acord of Logan, who has been employed by Beeval Adams, has returned home.
25 Thursday Dec 2014
Posted in Logan
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Appalachia, Aracoma, author, Ben Bolt, Henry Clay Ragland, history, lawyer, Logan, Logan County, Logan County Banner, New Jersey, Newark, physician, poet, statesman, Thomas Dunn English, West Virginia, writer
Thomas Dunn English obituary, Logan County (WV) Banner, 13 March 1902
25 Thursday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Halcyon
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Appalachia, Bill Watts, Chapmanville, genealogy, Georgie Dingess, Harts Creek, history, Leander Cary, Lee A. Dingess, Logan Banner, Logan County, May Thompson, Scott Thompson, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
An unnamed correspondent at West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on Friday, January 5, 1912:
Mr. Lee A. Dingess is on the sick list at this writing.
Mr. Bill Watts is very ill at this writing.
Sunday school is increasing at this place.
Prayer meeting was largely attended Saturday night.
Mr. Scott Thompson was a visitor to Chapmanville last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leander Cary and son attended prayer meeting Sunday night at Georgie Dingess’.
24 Wednesday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon
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Appalachia, Edith Gore, French Gore, genealogy, Halcyon, Harts Creek, history, life, Logan County, photos, Weltha Gore, West Fork, West Virginia
Weltha (Kirk) Gore, Edith Gore, and French Gore, residents of West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV, c.1913
22 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Dingess, Harts, Holden, Shively, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Boyd Kinser, Bulwark, Charles W. Mullins, Conley Cemetery, Dingess, Dode Tomblin, Francis M. Collins, Fred F. Riddle, genealogy, Gordon Farley, Guy Gore, Halcyon, Harts, Harts Creek, Harve Smith, history, Holden, Huntington Hospital, Jackson Conley, James Mullins, Logan Banner, Logan County, Luke Curry, Martha Kinser, McCloud, Mose Tomblin, Mullins & Riddle, Peter Workman, Pollie Adams, Pollie Workman, Shively, Sol Riddle, Twelve Pole Creek, W.J. Bachtel, West Virginia, Whirlwind, William H. Workman
“J.M.,” a local correspondent at Whirlwind in Upper Hart, Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on Friday, November 24, 1911:
Success to the Banner.
F.F. Riddle was here Tuesday.
Prof. J. Mullins was on 12 Pole Monday.
Mrs. Pollie Adams was shopping Thursday.
Mose Tomblin is hauling corn for W.J. Bachtel at this writing.
Harve Smith, of this place, has moved to Bulwark, W.Va.
James Mullins attended church on Twelve Pole Sunday.
Peter Workman is still our special mail carrier from Whirlwind to Dingess.
F.M. Collins, of McCloud, was here on business Thursday.
C.W. Mullins was visiting Mullins & Riddle Thursday.
W.H. Workman made a business trip to Holden Wednesday.
Boyd Kinser is the champion horse dealer of Whirlwind.
Rev. Gordon Farley transacted business here one day since.
Mrs. Martha Kinser was calling on Wednesday.
Dode Tomblin, of Dingess, visited Whirlwind Thursday.
S. Riddle was down to Hart on business one day recently.
Guy Gore, of Halcyon, transacted business at this place Thursday.
Mrs. Pollie Workman died with consumption at her home near this place, on the 11th inst.
Luke Curry was out on business the _____ of the freight, by which they were to be shipped.
Jackson Conley, of Shively, died in the Huntington Hospital one day last week and was buried at the Conley Cemetery, Monday, the 13th.
22 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Appalachia, Douglas Branch, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, history, Jake Adkins, James Toney, Lettie Kib Adkins, Lincoln County, Nancy Toney, photos, West Virginia
Lettie McKibbon Adkins (1833-1904), daughter of James and Nancy (Gillespie) Toney and wife of Enos “Jake” Adkins. Jake and Kib lived at Douglas Branch in present-day Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV.
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