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Harts News 12.11.1925

28 Sunday Mar 2021

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Harts, Ranger, Williamson

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Albert Cabell, Albert Fry, Appalachia, Atenville, Beatrice Adkins, Bessie Adkins, Bill Adkins, Blaine Powers, Bob Powers, Caroline Brumfield, Catherine Adkins, Charles Brumfield, Christmas, Curtis Dempsey, Floyd Dingess, Fred Adkins, genealogy, Harts, Herb Adkins, history, Inez Adkins, James Porter, Jessie Brumfield, Kyle Topping, Lee Adkins, Lincoln County, Logan Banner, Lola Adkins, Luther Dempsey, Nola Adkins, Nora Brumfield, Pearl Adkins, Ranger, Sadie Powers, Sylvia Shelton, Watson Adkins, Weltha Gore, Wes Smith, West Virginia, Williamson

An unnamed correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on December 11, 1925:

Seems to be a busy day at Harts. Every body at work.

Mrs. Nora Brumfield is teaching a very successful school here.

Mrs. F.D. Adkins is ill at this writing.

Mrs. Wealtha Gore of Williamson was visiting relatives of this place Sunday.

Mrs. Watson Adkins was calling on Mrs. R.L. Powers Sunday.

Mrs. L.D. Adkins was calling on Mrs. Fred Adkins Monday.

Mr. Floyd Dingess was calling on Mr. Herb Adkins Sunday.

Mrs. Beatrice Adkins was calling on Mrs. Catherine Adkins Friday.

Miss Pearl Adkins has been doing quite a lot of sewing and embroidering in the past month. Wonder who is going to get Xmas presents.

Miss Jessie Brumfield was seen passing through Harts Sunday.

Miss Sylvia Shelton and Mrs. Kyle Topping of Atenville were calling on friends at Harts Friday.

Mr. Albert Fry of Ranger was calling on Mr. Lewis Dempsey Sunday.

Mr. Bill Adkins was a caller at Mr. Luther Dempsey’s Sunday.

Combinations: Fred and his mule teams; Herb and his new shoes; Jessie and her spring coat; Inez and her apron; Pearl and her hose; James and his pups; Samuel and his books; Bill and his girls; Luther and his friends; Sadie going to the store; Rinda in her kitchen; Mae and her friends; Nora and her school; Catherine and her checkered dress; Bessie and her pencil; Robert staying with the children; Curtis and his new clothes; Marguerite and her basket; Den and his girl; Edgar and his wagon; Luther and his sore arm; Robert and his new job; Henry and his handcar; Blain and his bottle.

Mrs. James Porter has been on the sick list for a few days.

Mr. Albert Cabell was visiting Mr. F.D. Adkins Monday night.

Misses Nola and Lola Adkins were calling on Miss Pearl Adkins Tuesday.

Mr. Wes Smith and Albert Cabell were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Brumfield Tuesday.

Harts News 11.27.1925

15 Monday Feb 2021

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Creek, Hamlin, Harts, Huntington, Logan, Man, Sand Creek, Whirlwind

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A.B. Gillan, Annie Dingess, Appalachia, Atenville, Beatrice Adkins, Bessie Adkins, Bill Adkins, Bill Farris, Caroline Brumfield, Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Cora Adkins, Fred Shelton, Hamlin, Harriet Dingess, Harts, Herbert Adkins, Huntington, Inez Adkins, Jessie Brumfield, Laura Lucas, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Man, Myrtle Mobley, Nora Brumfield, Sadie Powers, Sand Creek, Sesco Messinger, Sylvia Shelton, Tom Brumfield, Vina Adkins, West Virginia, Whirlwind

An unnamed correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 27, 1925:

Here comes Harts at the tip top again.

Mrs. Vina Adkins and children of Man are visiting relatives at Harts at the present time.

Mrs. Chas. Brumfield and children were the guests of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Dingess, of Whirlwind, Sunday.

Miss Sylvia Shelton and Laura Lucas of Sand Creek were calling on friends at Harts Monday.

Mr. Bill Faris is quite a popular fellow with all the girls at Harts now.

We wonder why Mr. Spencer is taking dinner with Mrs. Sadie Powers so often now?

Mrs. Herbert Adkins attended the circuit court at Hamlin the past week.

Miss Cora Adkins of Logan spent Sunday with home folks at Harts.

Mrs. Beatrice Adkins was shopping in Logan Saturday.

Miss Jessie Brumfield is progressing nicely with her school at Atenville.

Mr. Tom Brumfield and Sesco Messinger have opened up their new garage at Harts.

Miss Myrtle Mobley of Big Creek and Fred Shelton of Sand Creek were seen out walking through Harts Saturday evening.

Mr. A.B. Gillan, C. & O. operator of Huntington was calling on Miss Jessie Brumfield Monday evening.

Miss Harriet Dingess of Logan is visiting friends and relatives at Harts this week.

Combinations: Sadie and her red coat; Inez and bobbed hair; Bessie and her wrist watch; Nora and her powder puff; May and her purple dress; Tom in his garage; Bill and his grey suit; Jessie and her diamond ring.

Dear old Banner, we will see you again next week.

Harts Creek District Teachers (1915)

25 Saturday Apr 2020

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Harts Creek, Ferrellsburg, Gill, Green Shoal, Hamlin, Harts, Little Harts Creek, Queens Ridge, Sand Creek, Toney

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App F. Queen, Appalachia, Atenville, Blackburn Holton, Carrie Tomblin, Charley Pack, Clerk Lucas, Decker Toney, education, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Gill, Green Shoal, Green Shoal School, Hamlin, Harts Creek District, Hendricks Lucas, history, Ida Pack, J.B. Johnston, Jasper Shelton, Kile Topping, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Logan County, Martha Fowler, Maud Stollings, Nancy Payne, Queens Ridge, Ross Fowler, Sand Creek, Sheridan, Sherman Smith, Shirley Holton, teacher, Thomas J. Manns, Toney, Victor Shelton, Watson Adkins, West Virginia, William H. Tomblin, William Wirt Stephens

From the Lincoln Republican of Hamlin, WV, comes this history about early 20th century teachers in Lincoln County:

In 1915, 59 teachers enrolled to take the State Uniform Examination at Hamlin and Sheridan. Here are the teachers from Harts area who attended the institute:

Rebel Adkins, Queens Ridge

Clerk Lucas, Toney

Thomas J. Mans, Atensville

Sherman Smith, Logan County

Carrie Tomblin, Queens Ridge

W.H. Tomblin, Queens Ridge

Decker Toney, Queens Ridge

Kile Topping, Queens Ridge

Source: Lincoln Republican (Hamlin, WV), 1 April 1915

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Certificates issued:

2nd Grade

Rebel Adkins, Queens Ridge

Watson Adkins, Ferrellsburg

Martha Fowler, Ferrellsburg

Maud Gill, Gill

B.B. Holton, Ferrellsburg

Shirley Holton, Ferrellsburg

J.B. Johnston, Queens Ridge

Clerk Lucas, Toney

Charley Pack, Queens Ridge

App F. Queen, Queens Ridge

Jasper Shelton, Sand Creek

William Wirt Stephens, Ferrellsburg

Maud Stollings, Queens Ridge

William H. Tomblin, Queens Ridge

Decker Toney, Queens Ridge

3rd Grade

W.E. Fowler, Queens Ridge

Hendricks Lucas, Ferrellsburg

Ida Pack, Queens Ridge

Nancie Payne, Queens Ridge

Victor Shelton, Sand Creek

Kile Toppings, Queens Ridge

The teacher institute for Harts Creek District is scheduled for Green Shoals school house on November 19.

Source: Lincoln Republican (Hamlin, WV), 16 September 1915

Note: These items were printed during the brief time when Queens Ridge Post Office served most residents of Big Harts Creek and Little Harts Creek and other areas near the Wayne County line. Queens Ridge is not located in these watersheds.

Whirlwind News 02.16.1923

14 Sunday Apr 2019

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

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Appalachia, Atenville, Bryant School, Charles Mullins, Dewey Pack, Eunice Adams, genealogy, George Carter, Harts Creek, history, Logan Banner, Logan County, Roxie Mullins, Troy Vance, West Virginia, Whirlwind

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

I think almost everyone welcomed this snowy weather.

Troy Vance and George Carter were visiting friends here last week.

Dewey Pack from Atensville was calling on Miss Roxie Mullins recently.

Charles Mullins has been calling on Miss Eunice Adams.

There was a spelling contest held at the Bryant school house Friday. One hundred and fifty contestants were present. Roxie Mullins won the prize and all present reported a good time.

(“Happiness.” If we would print all the balance of your letter we would be six feet under ground in less time than three days. Please let us live as long as possible and make your letters bristle with real news. –Editor)

 

Spencer A. Mullins Trust Deed to John Chapman (1856)

07 Thursday Feb 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Guyandotte River

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Andrew Johnson, Appalachia, Atenville, Cabell County, county clerk, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Guyandotte Valley Navigation Company, history, John Chapman, justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Lock No. 5, Logan County, Spencer A. Mullins, Virginia, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, William Straton, Willow Bar

Spencer A. Mullins to John Chapman Deed 1

Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Spencer A. Mullins lived at present-day Atenville in Lincoln County, WV.

Spencer A. Mullins to John Chapman Deed 2

Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

Big Creek News 04.17.1922

18 Tuesday Dec 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Creek, Hamlin, Huntington

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Alvie Purkey, Appalachia, appendicitis, Atenville, B.D. Toney, Big Creek, David Crockett, Earl McComas, genealogy, Hamlin, history, Howard McComas, Huntington, James B. Toney, Lincoln County, Logan Banner, Logan County, pneumonia, Rachel Spry, West Virginia

An unnamed correspondent from Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 17, 1922:

Mr. B.D. Toney and J.B. Toney, of Big Creek, have been attending circuit court at Hamlin this week.

Baby Earl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McComas, has been very ill since last Saturday with broncho-pneumonia.

Alvie Purkey, who had been ill with appendicitis, died Wednesday, March 29. He was operated on at a local hospital at Huntington, after which pneumonia fever developed.

A banquet was given after the lodge meeting at the K. of P. hall Wednesday night.

Mrs. Rachel Spry, of Atenville, has been very ill with pneumonia fever, but is now very much improved.

Dr. D.P. Crockett, of Big Creek, was in Logan Thursday. Dr. Crockett has been ill for several days having had an appointment at the C&O hospital at Huntington for abscess of frontal sinus.

Harts News 11.02.1926

04 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Harts, Huntington, Ranger, Toney

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Appalachia, Atenville, Beatrice Adkins, Bill Farris, Bob Brumfield, Charleston, Charley Brumfield, Chicago, Clara Adkins, Clara Spry, Democratic Party, Ed Brumfield, Emmett Scaggs, Enos Dial, Fed Adkins, Fred Shelton, genealogy, Hal Holton, Harts, Hendricks Brumfield, history, J.M. Marcum, Jack Marcum, Jessie Brumfield, Lace Marcum, Lincoln County, Logan Banner, Mae Caines, Perva B. Johnson, Ranger, Republican Party, Toney, W.B. Toney, West Fork

An unknown correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on November 2, 1926:

Everybody is very busy electioneering for E.F. Scaggs and J.M. Marcum here.

Attorney Lace Marcum of Huntington spent the week with Charles Brumfield and family.

Robert Brumfield is seriously ill at this writing.

W.B. Toney of Toney was calling on Miss Clara Spry Sunday.

Enos Dials seems to be all smiles these days. Wonder why? I guess he has got a sweetie after all.

Miss Clara Adkins was the guest of Mrs. Bill Farris at Atensville Friday.

Jack Marcum of Ranger was in town Saturday.

Mrs. Beatrice Adkins of the West Fork was in town Saturday.

Ed Brumfield was calling on one of his best girls at Toney Sunday.

…progressing nicely with her school at Atensville.

Fred Shelton was in town Sunday evening.

Miss Jessie Brumfield is progressing…

Hendrix Brumfield is very busy these days telling the folks why he is a Democrat.

We have been informed today that Fed Adkins, a Democrat, has turned over to be a Republican now.

Message was received today that Miss Perva B. Johnson has arrived safely in Chicago.

Misses Jessie Brumfield and Mae Caines were seen out horse back riding Saturday evening.

Hallie Holton of Charleston is the guest of friends and relatives here.

Eden Park Coal Company (1922)

13 Tuesday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Coal, Eden Park, Harts

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Appalachia, Atenville, Big Creek, C&O Railroad, coal, crime, Dr. D.P. Crockett, Eden Park, Eden Park Coal Company, Green Porter, Hadley, Hamlin, Harts, history, Huntington, J.X. Hill, John D. Shelton, Lincoln County, Philip Hager, photos, Sand Creek, Shelby Shelton, Silas Gibson, West Virginia

Eden Park is an extinct coal town located between Harts and Atenville along the C&O Railroad and Guyandotte River in Lincoln County, WV. Eden Park Coal Company created the town in the early 1920s. What follows is the company’s founding document:

Eden Park Coal Company

Date: August 24, 1922

Headquarters: Atenville

Chief works: Eden Park

Capital stock: $50,000

500 shares of $100

Incorporators:

Dr. D.P. Crockett of Big Creek, WV: 45 shares

Mrs. D.P. Crockett of Huntington, WV: 5 shares

John D. Shelton of Sand Creek, WV: 50 shares

Philip Hager of Hamlin, WV: 50 shares

Shelby Shelton of Sand Creek, WV: 50 shares

Note: Corporation will expire in fifty years.

Source: Corporation Record Book 2, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

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Eden Park hosted at least two murders, one of which essentially closed the mine. Reportedly, the company left much of its equipment inside of the mine. Photo by Mom.

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Mr. Silas Gibson, in an interview conducted on 1 August 1927, stated that J.X. Hill sold his property at present-day Hadley, WV, and moved here…where he was killed by Green Porter. Photo by Mom.

Absalom “Ap” Spry Grave (2016)

21 Saturday May 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud

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Absolum Spry, Appalachia, Atenville, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, Dry Branch, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, Rachel Spry, West Virginia

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Absalom “Ap” Spry grave, located at Dry Branch in Atenville, Lincoln County, West Virginia. Mr. Spry (1850-1930), husband to Rachel Brumfield, appears as a character in the book.

Lambert-Spry Family Cemetery (2016)

21 Saturday May 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Cemeteries

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Absalom Spry, Absolum P. Lambert, Appalachia, Atenville, Audrey Lambert, Barbara A. Lambert, Bertha Lucas, Brookie Lambert, Charles Wilson Counts, Clarence Lucas, Collie Lucas, Dallas E. Lambert, Delmer G. Lambert, Dixie V. Counts, Donald Edward Barnette, Donna Jean Lambert, Elizabeth A. Lambert, Eloise Callis, Ezra Lambert, genealogy, George M. Pack, history, Ira Coon Lambert, Lambert-Spry Family Cemetery, Larry D. Stollings, Lawson Jake Lambert, Lincoln County, Lou B. Lambert, Mohamed Butch Hiat, Nora Louise Counts, Patricia Lambert, Patricia Pack, Ramali Hiat, Rosa B. Lambert, Shannon Leigh Mercer, Van Don Lambert, West Virginia, Wilson B. Lambert, Wilson B. Lambert Jr., Wilson B. Tom Lambert

The Lambert-Spry Family Cemetery, which I visited on 21 May 2016, is located at Dry Branch in Atenville, Lincoln County, West Virginia.

Row 1

Larry D. Stollings (21 May 1971-08 December 2006)

Audrey Lambert (05 April 1932-still alive); d/o Dennis S. and Eunice V. (Brickles) Mullins; m. Ira “Coon” Lambert

Ira Coon Lambert (23 May 1922-02 December 1978); s/o Wilson B. and Lou (Spry) Lambert; SSGT US ARMY WWII

Row 2

Clarence Lucas (1956-2011); s/o Collie and Bertha (Porter) Lucas

Collie Lucas (1910-1975); s/o Winferd and Lucy F. (Frye) Lucas

Bertha Berdina Porter Lucas (1923-1999); m1. ___ Hiat; m2. Collie Lucas

Ramali Hiat (1947, only date)

Mohamed Butch Hiat (1945-2010); s/o Bertha (Porter) Hiat

Ezra Lambert (19 January 1938-12 February 2004); s/o Claude and Junie Mae (Messer) Lambert

Donald Edward Barnette (07 April 1936-10 April 1936); s/o Don and Ida (Lambert) Barnette

Absalom “Ap” Spry (“APS” on footstone); born July 1850; s/o James and Jane (Queen) Spry; died 24 March 1930

Row 3

Absolum P. Lambert (01 June 1916-23 April 1943); s/o Wilson B. and Lou (Spry) Lambert

Charles Wilson Counts (1938-1939)

Dixie V. Counts (1913-1939); d/o Wilson B. and Lou (Spry) Lambert; m. Bill Counts

Nora Louise Counts (1932, only date)

Lou B. Lambert (13 June 1885-04 July 1922); d/o Absalom and Rachel (Brumfield) Spry; m. Wilson B. Lambert

Wilson B. Lambert (1889-1967); s/o Van Donley and Francis Emarine (Adkins) Lambert; merchant

Rosa B. Lambert (01 June 1894-18 June 1978); d/o Hugh and Vicy (Stafford) Evans; m. Wilson B. Lambert

Row 4

George M. Pack (20 July 1930-27 November 1989)

Patricia Pack (26 February 1971-27 February 1971)

(gap)

Patricia Lambert (1966, only date)

rock headstone and rock footstone

Row 5

Dennis L. Lambert (24 August 1944-13 July 2001)

Eloise Lambert Callis (1949-2009)

Shannon Leigh Mercer (27 August 1971, only date)

Dallas E. Lambert (06 May 1933-25 March 2000); s/o Lawson “Jake” and Brookie (Nelson) Lambert

Brookie N. Lambert (23 October 1910-25 September 1993); d/o Gilbert Lincoln “Link” and Telie V. (Fry) Nelson; m. Lawson “Jake” Lambert

Delmer G. Lambert (31 July 1938-09 April 1976); s/o Lawson and Brookie (Nelson) Lambert

Janet Gailen Lambert (03 September 1942-07 August 1951)

Lawson Lambert (15 July 1909-24 December 1948); s/o Wilson B. and Lou (Spry) Lambert; nicknamed “Jake”

Row 6

Elizabeth A. Lambert (26 November 1927-still alive); m. Van Don Lambert

Van Don Lambert (16 January 1915-18 February 1984); s/o Wilson B. and Lou (Spry) Lambert

Row 7

Donna Jean Lambert (06 November 1946-08 August 2008)

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Wilson B. “Tom” Lambert (27 November 1963-20 May 2011)

Barbara A. Lambert (11 January 1935-still alive); m. Wilson B. Lambert, Jr.

Wilson Braxton Lambert, Jr. (14 June 1930-23 September 2006); s/o Wilson B. and Rosa B. (Evans) Lambert; CPL US ARMY KOREA PURPLE HEART

Little Harts Creek and Sand Creek Post Offices

08 Friday May 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Little Harts Creek, Sand Creek

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Appalachia, Arnold Perry, Atenville, Atenville Post Office, Augustus E. Wagner, genealogy, George W. Dillon, Harts Creek District, history, Jerry Lambert, Kile Topping, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Nancy Payne, Sand Creek, Sand Creek Post Office, U.S. South, West Virginia, William M. Workman, Wilson B. Lambert

Little Harts Creek, located in Harts Creek District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, has hosted one post office: Atenville Post Office (1906-1924). Today, no post office exists on Little Harts Creek. Sand Creek, located in Harts Creek District, has hosted one post office: Sand Creek Post Office (1905-1933). Today, no post office exists at Sand Creek.

Atenville Post Office (1906-1924) — located at the mouth of Little Harts Creek

George W. Dillon: 9 May 1906/15 November 1906 – 23 October 1908

William M. Workman: 23 October 1908 – 4 May 1914

Nancy Payne: 4 May 1914 – 22 November 1915

Arnold Perry: 22 November 1915 – 31 October 1918

Discontinued: 31 October 31, 1918, mail to Harts

Kile Topping: 28 June 1922 – 23 October 1923

Wilson B. Lambert: 23 October 1923 (acting postmaster), 31 December 1923 – 4 January 1924 (acting postmaster)

Wilson B. Lambert: 4 January 1924 – 27 February 1926

Discontinued, effective 27 February 1926, mail to Harts

Sand Creek Post Office (1905-1933) — located at the mouth of Sand Creek

Augustus E. Wagner: 18 February 1905 – 8 May 1914

Jerry Lambert: 8 May 1914 – 15 July 1933

Discontinued: 7 July 1933, effective 15 July 1933, mail to Gill

Harts Creek District Board of Education (1905-1913)

12 Monday Jan 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Harts, Leet, Rector, Toney

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Adam Cummings, Allen, Atenville, Ben Walker, Brad Toney, Ferrellsburg, Fisher B. Adkins, Fourteen, genealogy, Harts, Harts Creek District, history, Isaac Fry, John B. Pullen, John S. Brumfield, John W. Sias, Leet, Lincoln County, Matthew C. Farley, Philip Hager, Ras Fowler, Rector, Squire Toney, Superintendent of Schools, Toney, Wallace Hager, Ward Lucas, West Virginia

Given below are Harts Creek District boards of education between 1905 to 1913:

1905-1906

J.B. Pullen of Rector, president

William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary

John S. Brumfield of Fourteen

Squire Toney of Rector

1906-1907

Squire Toney of Rector, president

William E. Fowler of Hart, secretary

John S. Brumfield of Fourteen

Wallace Hager of Rector

1908-1909

Matthew C. Farley of Fourteen, president

Philip Hager of Leet, secretary

Adam Cummings of Leet

Ward Lucas of Toney

1909-1910

John W. Sias of Fourteen, president

Philip Hager of Leet, secretary

Adam Cummings of Allen

Bradford D. Toney of Toney

1911-1912

B.W. Walker of Ferrellsburg, president

William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary

Isaac Fry of Toney

Bradford D. Toney of Toney

1912-1913

B.W. Walker of Ferrellsburg, president

William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary

Isaac Fry of Atensville

Bradford D. Toney of Toney

NOTE: Fisher B. Adkins of Ferrellsburg was Lincoln County Superintendent of Schools from 1915-1919.

Atenville Girls Basketball Team (1947)

02 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Women's History

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Atenville, Atenville Grade School, basketball, history, June C. Adkins, Lincoln County, photos, Sports, West Virginia

"Lincoln County Champs," June C. Adkins (coach)

“Lincoln County Champs,” June C. Adkins (coach)

Atenville and Fourteen 04.14.1918

15 Tuesday Jul 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Fourteen, Logan, Ranger

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Almeda Sias, Anna Adkins, Atenville, Bill Adkins, Billy Midkiff, Cuba Adkins, Earling, Elbert Smith, Elijah Midkiff, Emmar Midkiff, Fourteen, genealogy, history, life, Lincoln County, Lincoln Democrat, Logan, Maymie Sias, Millard Sias, Noah Resnic, Ranger, Sarah Midkiff, smallpox, Virginia, West Virginia, Woodrow Bills, Yates

“Flossie,” a local correspondent from Atenville or Fourteen in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Democrat printed on Thursday, April 4, 1918:

Mr. and Mrs. Millard Sias and little daughter Maymie have returned to their home at Yates after spending a week with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Midkiff of Atenville.

Elbert Smith of Ranger has been very ill with small pox.

Elijah Midkiff has returned to his work at Earling after a visit with his parents.

Misses Anna and Cuba Adkins and their brother Bill returned to their work near Logan Monday morning.

Miss A. Adkins is very low with fever.

Miss Emmar Midkiff is visiting her sister Mrs. Millard Sias this week.

Woodrow Bills purchased five fine hogs from Billy Midkiff Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Noah Resnic of Virginia are visiting their aunt.

The school on Fourteen is progressing nicely this term.

Miss Sarah Midkiff made a flying trip to Atenville Monday morning.

Best wishes for the Lincoln Democrat.

Harts area businesses (1918-1919)

04 Friday Jul 2014

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

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Anthony Adams, apiarist, Arnold Perry, Atenville, C&O Railroad, C.M. Mullins, Callohill McCloud, Catherine Adkins, Chapmanville, Charles Adkins, Delta Adkins, Dingess, Ferrellsburg, flour mill, Frank Adams, genealogy, general store, George Mullins, ginseng, Grover Adams, Hamlin, Hansford Adkins & Son, Harriet Wysong, Harts, history, Hollena Ferguson, horse dealer, J.M. Workman, James Mullins, Jerry Lambert, John Thompson, Lincoln County, Lindsey Blair, livestock, Logan, Logan County, mail carrier, poultry, R.L. Polk, Reece Dalton, Sol Adams, Spottswood, timbering, Walt Stowers, watchmaker, Wesley Ferguson, West Virginia, Whirlwind, William M. Workman, William Wysong

The following entries were published in R.L. Polk’s West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory (1918-1919):

ATENVILLE. Population 20. In Lincoln County, on the C&O and Guyan Valley Ry., 27 miles south of Hamlin, the county seat, and 22 north of Logan, the banking point. Baptist church. Telephone connection. Arnold Perry, postmaster.

Anthony Adams, general store

Catherine Adkins, general store

CHARLES ADKINS, GENERAL STORE

Delta Adkins, general store

Hollena Ferguson, general store

Jeremiah Lambert, general store

John Thompson, general store

William M. Workman, general store

William Wysong, general store

FERRELLSBURG. Population 200. On the Guyandotte 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, Adams. Tel, W U Mail daily.

H Adkins & Sons, general store

Mrs. Hollena Ferguson, general store

J.W. Stowers, general store

HARTS. (R.R. name is Hart.) Population 15. On the Guyandot Valley branch of the C&O RR, in Lincoln County, 30 miles south of Hamlin, the county seat, and 21 from Logan, the banking point. Express, Adams. Telephone connection.

Charles Adkins, general store

Wesley Ferguson, general store

SPOTTSWOOD. In Logan County, 15 miles northwest of Logan, the county seat and banking point, 10 from Chapmanville, the shipping point. Express, Adams. Mail R F D from Atenville.

Mrs. T. J. Wysong, general store

WHIRLWIND. Population 250. In Logan County, 16 miles northwest of Logan, the county seat and banking point, and 2 from Dingess, the shipping point. Express, Southern. Baptist church. Mail daily. James Mullins, postmaster.

D. Adams, apiarist

Frank Adams, mail carrier

Grover Adams, ginseng

Sol Adams, saw mill

Lindsey Blair, watchmaker

Reece Dalton, live stock

Callo. McCloud, poultry

C.M. Mullins, ginseng

George Mullins, horse dealer

JAMES MULLINS, General Store and Photographer

J.M. Workman, flour mill

NOTE: Some person cited above are duplicated in the original record.

Ferrellsburg News 04.24.1913

03 Tuesday Jun 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Culture of Honor, Ferrellsburg, Hamlin, Toney

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Arena Ferrell, Atenville, Ben Walker, Chilton Abbott, education, Evermont Ward Lucas, Ferrellsburg, Fisher B. Adkins, Francis M. Vance, Frank Vance, genealogy, George H. Thomas, Guyandotte Valley, Hamlin, history, Huntington, Keenan Ferrell, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Lottie Lucas, Maggie Lucas, merchant, rheumatism, Ripley, Salena Vance, timbering, Toney, Tucker Fry, West Virginia

“Stand-Patter,” a local correspondent from Ferrellsburg in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, April 24, 1913:

Ward Lucas, one of our best citizens, is confined to his room with muscular rheumatism. He improves but slowly.

Mrs. Salena Vance and son, Frank, made a trip to Huntington the first of the week to look after matters of business.

Several law suits were set for trial here last Saturday before Justice F.M. Vance, but for different reasons all were continued.

Peace and quietude now reigns in this part of the Guyan Valley, and in order to perpetuate the same Hon. Geo. H. Thomas, our good citizen and successful timber merchant is preparing to hoist a magnificent white flag over his place of business.

F.B. Adkins, one of our popular school teachers, is home from Ripley, where he has been attending school.

Misses Lottie and Maggie Lucas, popular young teachers of this place, left last Friday for Hamlin where they expect to attend the Normal.

A.G. Adkins, our efficient road supervisor is doing quite a lot of work on the roads, which is needed as a result of damage done by the recent high waters. He uses good judgment in overseeing the work.

Mr. and Mrs. K.S. Ferrell are having quite a lot of work done on their farms. They also enjoy a lucrative trade in the mercantile business.

D.C. Fry, who was shot by Chilton Abbott about two weeks ago has sufficiently recovered as to be out on business.

B.W. Walker, of this place, was at Toney last Saturday on important business.

Several people from here attended church at Atenville last Sunday.

Rock formation at Mullins-Vance Cemetery

28 Wednesday May 2014

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Rock formation at the Mullins-Vance family cemetery, Atenville, Lincoln County, WV

Rock formation at the Mullins-Vance family cemetery, Atenville, Lincoln County, WV, 2003

Toney News 11.10.1910

14 Monday Apr 2014

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“Ruben,” a local correspondent from Toney in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, November 10, 1910:

Our farmers are busy gathering corn.

The sick of this vicinity are progressing nicely toward recovery.

J.L. Hager passed through this section on business recently.

E.W. Lucas, of this place, was transacting business at Leet Monday.

County Superintendent Pauley was visiting our schools the past week delivering excellent instruction.

Christian Lambert is busily engaged delivering coal.

Quite a number of our people attended the marriage of J.A. Farley and Miss Etta Moore, at Atensville, Saturday.

J.W. Stowers, of Ferrellsburg, was calling on friends at Toney, Saturday.

We learn that J.W. Sias, who has been sick so long, is improving.

G.C. Fry, the C. & O. supervisor was a business caller at Toney this week.

Irvin Workman has returned home from “Pumpkin Center” where he has been engaged in business.

B.B. Holton and brother, Andrew, passed through our midst Saturday on their way to B. Abbotts.

Miss Dollie Toney, who is teaching school at Big Creek, Logan county, spent a day or two at home recently.

Philip Hager, of Hamlin was mingling with friends in our vicinity last week.

Anthony Fry, of this place, was called to Rector, Sunday, on account of the death of his niece.

In Search of Ed Haley 237

09 Sunday Feb 2014

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For the moment, timber remained king of the local economy. There were saw mills, large-scale timbering and news of a “firm from the East” locating in the area. “A firm from the East is getting ready to put men at work in the woods making barrel staves in the near future, near the Logan and Lincoln county line,” the Cabell Record reported in June of 1900. “Twenty thousand logs went out from Big Ugly and Hart’s creek last week,” it reported later in December. “There is a general activity in the timber business on Hart’s creek this winter,” the paper reported in January of ’01. “About fifty men are at work there getting out logs.”

With the coming of the railroad, Harts residents were also excited about the potential of extractive industries, like coal, natural gas, and even oil. “Everyone along the valley is talking coal these days,” the Record reported on December 6, 1900. “People with coal on their lands are jubilant over the prospects.” In January of 1901, the Record stated, “Hart’s creek people are enthusiastic over the prospects of striking oil or gas in that section. They have been encouraged very much by experienced oil men, who will work more wells in the spring on Little and Big Hart.”

Unprecedented economic opportunity seemed to be at everyone’s fingertips. “The valley will soon be dotted with small towns,” the Record accurately predicted on January 24, 1901. “Every day people are coming in to locate, and the future of the Guyan valley is promising.” On April 4, 1901, the Record wrote: “More timber went out of the valley in the late rise than has gone down in several years. Rafts followed one right after the other for several days. Bob Lewis is doing a lot of work on Hart’s creek now. He has got a large number of men in the woods chopping and has now on hand a grand lot of timber for the market.”

A major problem during this prosperous time involved an overabundance of alcohol. “A man claiming to be a Deputy U.S. Marshal or Revenue officer, was along the river the most of past week investigating reports regarding the sale of liquor without the proper Government permit,” the Record reported on April 5, 1900. “It is said that he ‘hooked’ on to plenty of clues and found where cider was ‘spiked’ quite heavily.”

On April 25, the Record offered this: “The past few days have been busy ones along the river. Timber men have been busy trying to save their stuff. At Nine, Fourteen, Big Ugly and Hart the stream has been filled with men rafting and working about logs. The river was higher than it has been for many years, and much damage was done to property along the streams and the big creeks.” On May 2, it stated: “Considerable dressed timber that was lying in the mouth of Big Ugly broke loose during the high water last week, but was caught below the Falls. The stuff is very valuable and is used in ship building, being transported to various ports in the East, and it is reported that some of it gets to England and Scotland.”

Alcohol continued to plague the valley. In June 1901, the Record offered this small dispatch: “From all reports plenty of ‘kill me quick’ liquor is being sold along the river these days. A big batch of indictments and arrests may result from it.” By fall, the Record wrote of the moonshiners and distillers: “They do business despite all protest.” Essentially giving up its attack upon the liquor men, it suggested that the Lincoln County Court “grant licenses to the saloons that do business openly near Big Ugly and Hart’s creek” because it “might as well get the revenue from this source.” In December, the Record reported, “It is said that the coming Lincoln county court may grant license to some saloons. Will it extend to those who openly violate the law along the river and don’t care?”

Once the railroad was completed in 1904, the newspaper’s predictions about “small towns dotting the valley” became a reality. In 1904, Ferrellsburg and Toney were established in Harts Creek District, followed by Atenville, Eden Park, and Fry in 1908. In 1904, there were 15 schools in the district and 482 students enrolled (out of 714 enumerated).

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