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Regional Place Names

20 Saturday Jun 2020

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Banco, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Sandy Valley, Boone County, Chapmanville, Crawley Creek, Gilbert, Giles County, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Harts, Logan, Matewan, Meador, Twelve Pole Creek, Wharncliffe

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Appalachia, Beech Creek, Ben Creek, Big Bottom Fork, Big Creek, Big Fork, Bluff Mountain, Bone Lick Bottom, Breckenridge's Fork, Clear Fork, Coal Branch, Coal River, Cow Creek, Crawley Creek, Crooked Creek, Crooked Run, Defeats Branch, Double Camp Branch, Drew's Creek, Elkhorn Branch, Elkhorn River, Flat Top Mountain, Grapevine Creek, Green Shoal Creek, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, history, Horsepen Creek, Huff's Creek, Indian Creek, Ingrams Branch, Island Creek, Laurel Creek, Laurel Fork, Lick Branch, Lincoln County, Little Coal River, Little Huffs Creek, Logan County, Marsh Fork, Mate Creek, Middle Fork, Mill Creek, Millers Branch, Mingo County, New River, North Fork, Peach Tree, Peter Huffs Creek, Pigeon Creek, Pine Creek, Pond Fork, Rattlesnake Branch, Rock Creek, Rock House Fork, Rum Creek, Sand Lick Fork, Shannon Branch, Skin Fork, Spruce Fork, Trace Fork, Tug Fork, Turtle Creek, Twelve Pole Creek, Virginia, West Fork, West Virginia, Wolf Pen Creek

The following list of regional place names of streams is derived from Surveyors Record Book A at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Each document generally lists three dates for the survey; I chose to identify the earliest (Treasury warrant date) and the latest date (survey completion date). The purpose of this list is to document the earliest usage and spelling of a place name in my region. Logan County was extremely large in the 1820s and has since been partitioned to create new counties, so many of these places are not located in Logan County today. This list will be updated periodically.

Beech, a branch of Tug Fork (24 May 1825, 12 October 1825, p. 64)

Ben (26 July 1826, 13 October 1826, p. 89)

Bend of Guyandotte (30 April 1823, 3 March 1831, p. 129)

Big and Clear Fork of Guyandotte River (1 October 1818, 26 June 1826, p. 79)

Big Bottom Fork of Guyandotte (12 February 1823, 25 October 1827, p. 100)

Big Creek (11 December 1817, 25 October 1824, p. 34)

Big Fork of Guyandotte River (18 July 1825, 17 February 1826, p. 73)

Big Island [Logan] (16 February 1825, 17 January 1827, p. 94)

Bluff Mountain (1 October 1818, 21 February 1825, p. 37)

Bone Lick Bottom, New River (19 January 1824, 31 July 1830, p. 123)

Breckenridge’s forks of Cole River (31 January 1825, 27 February 1827, p. 100)

Buffalo (10 February 1825, 6 February 1827, p. 99)

Coal Branch of Guyandotte River (17 December 1824, 31 March 1825, p. 42)

Cow Creek of Island Creek (13 December 1823, 11 October 1826, p. 87-88)

Crawley (10 June 1824, 8 July 1825, p. 47)

Crawleys Creek (16 February 1825, 17 January 1827, p. 95)

Crooked Creek (16 February 1825, 1 April 1825, p. 43-44)

Defeats Branch on Little Huffs Creek (7 October 1830, 27 July 1831, p. 131)

Double Camp Branch of Clear Fork (1 June 1821, 29 December 1825, p. 69)

Drew’s Creek, one of the forks of Peech Tree, a branch of Marsh Fork of Cole River (22 July 1826, 15 October 1828, p. 109)

Elk, a branch of Guyandotte (14 January 1830, 22 November 1830, p. 127)

Elk, a branch of Pigeon (16 February 1825, 18 August 1825, p. 51)

Elkhorn Branch of Tug Fork (30 April 1825, 12 November 1826, p. 93)

Elkhorn River (30 April 1825, 1 November 1825, p. 65)

Flat Top Mountain (22 November 1824, 14 February 1826, p. 72)

Gilbert (14 January 1830, 26 August 1830, p. 121)

Grapevine, a small branch called Grapevine (8 July 1825, 14 October 1825, p. 63)

Green Shoal Creek (15 March 1826, 10 October 1826, p. 86-87)

Harts Creek (17 February 1824, 10 October 1826, p. 87)

Hewetts Creek, a branch of Spruce Fork of Coal River (20 May 1813, 11 April 1825, p. 44)

Horse Creek (10 February 1825, 22 July 1826, p. 92)

Horsepen Creek, a fork of Gilbert (14 January 1830, 26 August 1830, p. 121)

Huff Creek (11 December 1822, 11 March 1825, p. 40)

Huffs Creek (18 July 1825, 14 March 1828, p. 104-105)

Indian Creek (22 July 1826, 8 February 1827, p. 99)

Ingrams Branch, New River (6 October 1829, 4 December 1829, p. 117)

Island of Guyandotte [Logan] (17 December 1824, 18 January 1827, p. 96)

Island tract [Logan] (4 May 1826, 12 May 1830, p. 120)

Jacks Branch of Clear Fork (6 January 1824, 16 December 1825, p. 66)

Laurel Fork of Guyandotte River (17 February 1824, 27 August 1830, p. 122)

Left Fork of Island Creek (4 February 1817, 28 October 1824, p. 35)

Left Hand Fork of Ben, waters of Tug Fork (13 December 1823, 11 October 1826, p. 88)

Laurel Creek and Crooked Run, New River (10 May 1825, 25 August 1825, p. 56)

Laurel Fork of Pigeon Creek (17 December 1824, 10 October 1826, p. 85)

Laurel Fork of Twelve Pole (3 November 1813, 19 March 1825, p. 40)

Lick Branch (24 May 1825, 10 October 1826, p. 85)

Little Huff’s Creek (4 May 1826, 27 May 1829, p. 116)

Loop of New River (20 February 1821, 26 February 1825, p. 90)

Main Right Hand Fork of Big Creek (24 May 1825, 8 September 1825, p. 54)

Marsh Fork of Cole River (17 February 1823, 9 March 1825, p. 39)

Marshes of Cole River (30 April 1825, 3 February 1830, p. 118)

Mate, a branch of the Tug Fork of Sandy (8 July 1825, 11 October 1825, p. 62)

Mazzel, Little Huffs Creek (12 February 1825, 18 September 1829, p. 116)

Mill Creek, a branch of Guyandotte (18 July 1825, 28 January 1831, p. 128)

Mill Creek of Island Creek (10 January 1823, 29 October 1824, p. 36)

Millers Branch of Tug Fork (4 May 1826, 16 September 1826, p. 81)

North Branch of Big Creek (18 July 1825, 7 September 1825, p. 52-53)

North Fork of Big Creek (4 April 1825, 9 September 1825, p. 54)

Old Island survey [Logan] (22 July 1826, 17 January 1827, p. 95)

Peach Tree, a small branch called the Peach Tree (24 May 1824, 7 October 1825, p. 60)

Pete Huff’s Creek (18 July 1825, 27 August 1830, p. 125)

Peter Huffs Creek (13 December 1823, 12 November 1825, p. 66)

Pigeon Creek (16 February 1825, 15 October 1825, p. 63)

Pine Creek of Island Creek (4 February 1817, 27 October 1824, p. 35)

Pond Fork of Cole River (8 March 1826, 13 November 1828, p. 112-113)

Rock Creek (22 July 1826, 11 August 1828, p. 106)

Rock House Fork of Middle Fork of Island Creek (17 February 1824, 5 October 1825, p. 59)

Rock House Fork of Pigeon (6 February 1825, 22 March 1825, p. 41)

Rum Creek (23 November 1824, 17 July 1828, p. 105)

Sand Lick Fork of Cole River (14 May 1826, 31 January 1827, p. 97)

Shannon branches, Tug Fork (6 December 1828, 2 September 1830, p. 125-126)

Skin Fork of Cole River (12 February 1825, 29 October 1828, p. 111)

Spruce Fork of Coal River (16 February 1825, 22 April 1825, p. 45)

Tonies Fork of Big Cole and Horse Creek (10 February 1825, 22 July 1826, p. 92)

Trace Fork of Big Creek (16 February 1825, 8 September 1825, p. 52)

Tug Fork of Sandy River (10 March 1825, 24 March 1825, p. 42)

Turtle Creek, a branch of Little Coal River (13 December 1824, 12 April 1825, p. 45)

West Fork of Cole River (12 February 1825, 10 November 1828, p. 111-112)

Wolf Pen Creek, branch of New River (10 May 1825, 25 August 1825, p. 56)

Wolf Pen Creek at mouth of Rattlesnake Branch (10 February 1825, 11 January 1826, p. 71)

Whirlwind News 02.23.1923

17 Wednesday Apr 2019

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

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Appalachia, Crawley Creek, genealogy, Golden Bumgarner, Harts Creek, Harvey Smith, history, Horatio Adams, Hubert Adams, Ina Dinges, James Bryant, Kate Baisden, Logan Banner, Logan County, Monaville, Peter Carter, Reece Mullins, Three Forks, Wayne Adams, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Wilburn Mullins

A correspondent named “Pedru” from Whirlwind at Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on February 23, 1923:

Mr. Hubert Adams of Monaville has been visiting friends and relatives on Hart this week.

Miss Katie Baisden became the bride of Mr. Golden Bumgarner on Wednesday, the ceremony being at the home of the bride’s parents. We wish the happy couple much success and joy.

Wonder why the girls enjoy riding with Wilburn Mullins so well? He surely has a good saddler.

Ratio must be thinking of matrimony. He is wearing a thinking cap.

Mr. Reece Mullins and Mr. James Bryant have been visiting the sick on Three Forks.

Some daily happenings—Wayne and his pipe; Farabel C. and her spectacles; Ina D. and her overalls; Peter Carter making toothpicks; Jim Bob inquiring about Alvis; Harve Smith and his fox hounds.

Halcyon News 03.23.1923

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Crawley Creek, Halcyon, Poetry

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A correspondent from Halcyon at West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 23, 1923:

Out in the air

Out away from town

Away out in the country

Where the trees and birds are found.

There is where my heart is bent

There is where I find content

There satisfaction hangs all around

It even blossoms from the ground.

There is where the Julip bees

Are humming among the trees.

There is where old Barley Corn

Is pouring from his lavish horn.

Hump! And you will say

The city is where I like to stay.

You just don’t know as well as I

Ere the country you would come and try.

Two preachers from Crawley Creek delivered good sermons at Mt. Era Church Sunday.

The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Workman March 13th and left a fine boy.

Lawrence Mullins is the proud possessor of a grandson.

Stephen Hart: Origins of Harts Creek (1896/1937)

07 Thursday Feb 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Boone County, Crawley Creek, Native American History, Roane County

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Appalachia, Boone County, Crawley Creek, Dick Johnson, Elizabeth Hart, Fred B. Lambert, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, Henry Clay Ragland, history, Jacob Stollings, James Hart, John Baker, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan Banner, Logan County, Logan County Banner, Mud River, Native Americans, Roane County, Smokehouse Fork, Stephen Hart, West Virginia

From the Logan County Banner of Logan, WV, comes this bit of history written by amateur historian Henry Clay Ragland relating to Stephen Hart and the naming of Harts Creek in Lincoln and Logan counties, West Virginia, dated 1896:

Stephen Hart Ragland LCB 04.08.1896.JPG

Logan County (WV) Banner, 8 April 1896.

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On 13 April 1937, the Logan Banner printed another story about Hart and his relationship to Harts Creek. This latter story was generally derived from Ragland’s 1896 history.

Harts Creek Named After Stephen Hart—A Wanderer And Famous Deer Hunter

Much has been told about Harts Creek in late years, but little is known about the first settler who built his home in the long hollow and gave it a name.

Stephen Hart built a cabin on the farm which Henderson Dingess later owned at the forks of Hart’s Creek. He cared nothing for the soil, but spent his time hunting deer and curing the meat. He didn’t stay long in one place.

Near his cabin he built a house in which to store his cured venison between his infrequent trips to the settlements down the river and was altogether self-sufficient. His neighbors knew little about the man. There is no record of a family reared by him and he told neighbors little of his past history.

His was a roaming nature. He, like the Arabs, pitched his tent where the water was clearest, the game gamest, and the soil most fertile.

To commemorate his short stay at the forks of Harts, neighbors named the creek for him after he had loaded his gun, food stores and skins on a pack mule, and started west.

His few friends heard no more about him, but they remembered him as a “quiet man, a good shot, and a good neighbor.”

Just “around the bend and over the ridge,” Jacob Stollings, John Baker, and Dick Johnson brought their families and built their homes. From descendants of this family comes much of the record of Stephen Hart who gave the creek a name.

Hart’s venison was known for miles around as the tenderest, the most delicately cured meat in the Hart’s section and Stollings, Baker, and Johnson always put in a small supply of Hart’s meat for the winter, sometimes to take an unusually large supply off the hunter’s hands but most times just because they liked the venison.

John Baker married a daughter of Jacob Stollings, and Dick Johnson married a sister of Baker’s. Both men reared large families whose names are familiar in the county’s history.

But Hart left only the name of his beloved deer hunting grounds as a reminder that he had first set foot on Hart’s Creek.

MY NOTE: Of importance, much confusion remains regarding the source for the naming of Harts Creek, essentially relating to the fact that Stephen Hart was born too late to have inspired the naming of the stream. I first attempted to unravel this story when I published a profile of Stephen Hart in a Lincoln County newspaper in 1995/6. Stephen Hart, son of James and Elizabeth Hart, was born c.1810 in North Carolina; Harts Creek appears on a map printed prior to 1824 (Hart was still quite young). In the early 1900s, amateur historian Fred B. Lambert noted that Hart’s father had been killed by Native Americans at the mouth of present-day Little Harts Creek (according to a Hart descendant). Possibly it is Mr. Hart’s father who inspired the naming of the local stream. Problematic to this possibility is the fact that, based on Stephen Hart’s estimated year of birth, his father would have been killed in 1809-1811, which is about fifteen to twenty years too late for an Indian attack in the Guyandotte Valley. Stephen Hart did settle locally. He may well have squatted on Harts Creek land, as Ragland reported in 1896. Based on documentary evidence, he acquired 50 acres on Crawley Creek in 1839. He appears in the 1840 Logan County Census and the 1850 Boone County Census. By 1860, he had settled in Roane County, where he died in 1896–the same year that Ragland published his history. He also left plenty of local descendants in the Mud River section of Lincoln County. How did Ragland garble this section of his history so badly? For those who wish to avoid sorting out this confusing tale, consider this version: at least one early account states the creek was named “hart” due to the prevalence of stags in its vicinity.

Joshua Butcher Deed to John G. Butcher (1854)

16 Tuesday Oct 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Crawley Creek, Guyandotte River, Timber

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Joshua Butcher to John G. Butcher Deed 1

Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Note: References timber.

Joshua Butcher to John G. Butcher Deed 3

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

Confederate Pensions in West Virginia (1929)

24 Monday Sep 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Boone County, Civil War, Crawley Creek, Holden, Logan, Man, Pecks Mill, Whirlwind

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A.B. White, A.L. Browning, A.V. Pauley, African-Americans, Andrew Jackson, Appalachia, Band Mill Hollow, Big Creek, Boone County, C.H. Gilkinson, civil war, Confederacy, Confederate Army, Crawley Creek, Curry, Dave Bryant, Dyke Bryant, Dyke Garrett, Ethel, genealogy, Gettysburg, Green Thompson, Harrison White, Harts Creek, Harvey Chafin, Henlawson, Henry Mitchell, history, Holden, House of Delegates, Hugh Avis, J. Matt Pauley, Jackson McCloud, James Zirkles, John Bryant, John Neece, Joseph Lowe, Judy Bryant, Kistler, Leslie Mangus, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lucinda Spry, M.T. Miller, Madison, Man, Martha Jane Smith, Melvin Plumley, Mingo County, Monaville, Mt. Gay, Pecks Mill, preacher, Shegon, Slagle, slavery, Steve Markham, Stollings, Union Army, W.C. Turley, Wade Bryant, Wayne County, West Virginia, Whirlwind, William C. Lucas, William Chafin, William Workman, Zan Bryant

In 1929, the State of West Virginia nearly opted to allocate a monthly pension to its Confederate veterans, as well as blacks who had served the Confederate Army in service roles. In covering the story, the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, compiled a list of its remaining Confederate veterans.

HOW MANY VETERANS?

A pension of $20 a month is provided for Confederate veterans of the state by a bill passed by the Senate last week and sent in the House for concurrence. Senator M.T. Miller, of Boone county, who said he could not vote to pension men who had carried arms against their government, cast the only vote against the proposal.

A Charleston paper says there are only about 60 Confederate veterans living. This paper cannot believe that, although it has no information on the subject. How many are there in Logan county? Does anyone know? Has anyone an approximately correct list? If so, will he or she make the fact known? Uncle Dyke Garrett probably knows most of them.

The Banner would like to obtain a list of both Confederate and Union veterans still living in the county, together with their post office address.

Source: Logan Banner, 26 February 1929.

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AS TO OLD SOLDIERS

The Banner’s request for information about old soldiers living in Logan county has not been in vain, nor has the response been satisfactory. The names of four confederate veterans have been turned in, as follows:

Rev. Dyke Garrett, Curry, beloved and venerable minister; William Workman, Shegon, who fought at Gettysburg and is now 88; Steve Markham, Holden No. 20, who has been blind for 20 years; and William Chafin, who lives with his son Harvey, at Holden 5 and 6.

Who are the others? Send in their names and addresses and any information you deem of interest concerning their careers as soldiers and citizens. The same information about Union soldiers, residents of the county, is likewise desired.

Logan Banner, 5 March 1929.

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PREPARING THE ROLL

Another name has been added to the list of old soldiers that The Banner has undertaken to compile. Reference is to J. Matt Pauley, residing in Band Mill Hollow, post office Stollings. He was in the Confederate army, fought throughout the war and was wounded, writes Mrs. A.V. Pauley of Ethel. He is of the same age as Uncle Dyke Garrett.

The names of four survivors of the War Between the States, all living in Logan county, were published in Tuesday’s paper. There must be others. Who are they?

Today, W.C. Turley brought in a list of eight Confederate veterans, including the following new names: Wm. C. Lucas, Big Creek; Henry Mitchell, Henlawson; Hugh Avis, Green Thompson and John Neece, Logan; Harrison White, Pecks Mill.

Logan Banner, 8 March 1929.

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On Confederate Roll

Two more names have been added to the roll of Confederate veterans that The Banner is preparing. These are James Zirkles of Man, whose name was sent in by Leslie Mangus, of Kistler, and Zan Bryant of Whirlwind, whose name was recalled by County Clerk McNeely. Are there not others besides nine or ten previously published?

Logan Banner, 12 March 1929.

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Confederate Veterans Living Here Number at Least 17

There Are Probably  Others–Will You Help to Enroll Them–All Merit the Tender Interest of Younger Folk

Seventeen names of Confederate soldiers, residents of the county, have been collected by The Banner. Wonder if any have been overlooked, or if the appended list is in error in including any Union veterans? If any reader knows of a Confederate soldier not listed here, please send in the name and address AT ONCE. There will be no further request or reminder.

This paper undertook to make up a list of these old soldiers for two reasons. Chief of these was a desire to prevent any of them being overlooked in case a bill to pension them was passed by the legislature–but the writer does not know yet whether or not that bill was enacted into law. Another reason for assuming the task was to test in a limited way a statement in a Charleston paper that there were only 60 Confederate veterans left in the state. That statement was doubted, and with good reason judging from the number polled in this county. Anyhow, the ranks have become terribly thinned. Every few days we all read of taps being sounded for another one here and there.

Middle-aged men and young folk should esteem it a privilege to do something to brighten the lives of these old soldiers. As the years roll by our pride will increase as we recall our acquaintance with and our kindness toward the “boys of ’61 and ’65.”

Here is the list. Look it over, and if there is a name that should be added or a name that should be stricken out, or any error or omission that should be corrected or supplied, speak up:

James Zirkles, Man; Zan Bryant, Whirlwind; J. Matt Pauley, Ft. Branch; Uncle Dyke Garrett, Curry; William C. Lucas, Big Creek; Henry Mitchell, Henlawson; Hugh Avis, Green Thompson and John Neece, all of Logan; Harrison White, Pecks Mill; Melvin Plumley, Crawleys Creek (post office not known); William Workman, Shegon; Steve Markham, Holden No. 20; William Chafin, No. 5 and 6.

Logan Banner, 15 March 1929.

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Two Names Added Confederate Roll

Bill to Pension Them is Defeated By Parliamentary Tactics in House

Names of two more Confederate soldiers living in the county have been sent to The Banner. They are: C.H. Gilkinson, minister, resident of Holden, who was born and reared in Wayne county, and is the father of Dr. L.W. Gilkinson. Jackson McCloud, a resident of Whirlwind on Harts Creek. His name was supplied by A.L. Browning of Monaville, who says he feels sure that Mr. McCloud was in the Confederate service and fought at Gettysburg.

Assuming both names should be added to the roll, it means that there are at least 19 Confederate veterans still living in Logan county, seventeen names having been listed and published a week ago.

For many of them there will be disappointment in the information that the bill to pension them did not pass. Sponsored in the Senate by ex-governor A.B. White, the son of a Union soldier, the bill passed, that body, Senator M.T. Miller of Madison casting the only vote against it. In the House of Delegates it was amended, by a majority of one, to include Negroes, whether slave or free, who had served in the Confederate army of cooks, personal servants, or otherwise, and later tabled.

Source: Logan Banner, 22 March 1929.

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Slagle Man 17th in Confederate List

Zan Bryant Probably Oldest Veteran In County–Born in Jackson’s Time

Joseph Lowe of Slagle is the latest name to be added to the list of Confederate veterans that has been compiled by The Banner. However, that leaves the count at 17, as the name of Melvin Plumley of Crawleys Creek was erroneously included in the published list. He was a Union soldier, it seems.

Of all those listed Zan Bryant of Whirlwind must be the oldest. He is said to be 98 years old and his wife, Judie Hensley Bryant, 91. They have been married for 75 years and have a son, Dave Bryant, who is 73. There are five other children, Dave, John, Wade and Dyke all live on Harts Creek, most of them near their parents; Mrs. Martha Jane Smith at Gay, and Mrs. Lucinda Spry of Mingo county.

This venerable couple have spent all their years in the isolated Harts country, their home being on White Oak fork, and can be reached only by a long horseback ride.

When Zan was born Andrew Jackson was president and Logan county as a political subdivision was but five years old. He was 23 years old when married and 30 when the War Between the States began.

Logan Banner, 26 March 1929.

 

Henry Conley v. William Straton et al. (1854)

04 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Crawley Creek, Logan

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Henry Conley and William Straton Deed 1

Deed Book C, page 367, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This land is located in present-day West Virginia.

Henderson Dingess Deed to Peter Dingess, Jr. (1857)

06 Sunday May 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Crawley Creek, Lincoln County Feud

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Henderson Dingess to Peter Dingess Jr. Deed 1.JPG

Deed Book C, page 518, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day West Virginia. I descend from Harvey S. Dingess, a brother to Henderson Dingess.

John and Chloe Dingess Heirs Division of Land at Crawley Creek (1855)

14 Sunday Jan 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Crawley Creek

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Harvey S. Dingess Deed 1.JPG

Deed Book C, page 358, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This deed identifies the ten children of John and Chloe (Farley) Dingess, Sr. Harvey S. Dingess is my great-great-great-great-grandfather. The property referenced in the deed is located in present-day Chapmanville, Logan County, WV.

Harts Creek Moonshiners (1927)

22 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Crawley Creek, Shively, Spottswood

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story about Harts Creek moonshiners dated February 1, 1927:

Raiders Find Three Stills Along Harts

Mash In Abundance is Located But Shiners Are Wary, Alert and Fleet.

Prohibition officers, federal and state, made sweeping raids along Harts Creek last Thursday. Two moonshine stills complete and part of another, together with 900 gallons of mash and 12 gallons of moonshine were seized and destroyed. Operators of the stills escaped the dragnet.

An 80-gallon copper still was found in operation by the raiding agents at the mouth of Buck Fork of Harts Creek, along with 400 gallons of mash and eleven gallons of moonshine. No one was at the still when the officers arrived, according to the latter, but later two men approached carrying sacks of half-gallon fruit jars. At sight of the officers, they turned and fled, escaping.

A 36-gallon capacity still, 300 gallons of mash, and a small quantity of liquor were found by the officers on Smoke House Fork of Harts Creek. Three men fled from the scene on approach of the agents and made good their getaway. Forty-two empty one-half gallon fruit jars were also found there and destroyed.

In the same locality the officers found the worm and other parts of another moonshine still, together with 200 gallons of mash.

Officers participating in the raids were: Federal Agents Lilly and Bill Bird and State Agents Hugh “Ridgerunner” Butcher and Harry Butcher, of Chapmanville, Irwin Carter, and Wade Rice.

These men believe they seized the still that made the liquor that was consumed by those present when ____________________ were shot to death.

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From the Logan Banner of Logan, WV, comes this story about Crawley Creek and Harts Creek moonshiners dated April 8, 1927:

‘Shiner Totes Still and Makes Escape

An all-day raid Tuesday on Crawleys and the upper reaches of Harts Creek by five officers resulted in the capture of three stills and 22 barrels of mash.

Five shiners were seen at a distance working around a still but they were able to escape and take their still with them owing to their better knowledge of the country. A couple of shots were fired at the man who carried the still but he “carried on” with a stout heart and saved his “mint.” This was on White Oak of Harts.

This raiding party was made up of Prohibition Agent Ed Hensley, Deputy Sheriff Henderson Maynard and State Policeman Rowe, Wilson, and Russell. They went to the head of Mud Fork Tuesday morning and scouted along the ridges, reaching Henlawson late in the day where a car awaited them to bring them home.

The signal system along Crawleys and Harts works so effectively, it is said, that it is nearly impossible for the officers to catch a moonshiner at his still or get hold of any of his product, although stills and mash are often found. If the officers raid the country in daylight they are seen and warnings are sent out in various ways to all concerned. If they travel at night, they must use lanterns or flashlights which are of course detected and reported.

Garland Conley, Sr. Indenture (1851)

21 Saturday Oct 2017

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Garland Conley Sr. Deed 1851 1

Deed Book C, page 245, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

Crawley Creek Moonshiners (1921)

03 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Logan (WV) Banner, 11 November 1921.

Chapmanville District Schools (1927) 2

15 Thursday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Halcyon, Native American History, Queens Ridge, Shively, Spottswood, Stone Branch, Warren, Whirlwind, Yantus

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Teachers identified the following schools in Chapmanville District of Logan County, WV, and offered a bit of local history in 1927:

Dave Dingess School, est. 1814

Ula Adams, teacher

One room frame school

“Harts Creek derived its name from Steven Harts, said to have been killed by Indians on the creek.”

Striker School, est. about 1874

Edward Chapman, teacher

One room frame building

Three Fork School, est. 1878

One room frame building, originally a log house

Nine Confederate veterans live here: George Doss, T. Doss, L.D. Stollings, Ed Dalton, Ruben Conley, John Conley, Ben Adams, E. Burton, Melvin Plumley. A Union veteran lives here; he originated elsewhere. Three branches of Crawley Creek are Road Fork, Middle Fork, and Pigeon Roost. Alonzo is the local post office.

Bulwark School, est. 1880

Robert Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

“All fought on the Confederate side” during the Civil War. One man gained great merit from our district as a marksman with the American marines during World War I.

Lee Dingess School, est. 1891

Cole Adams, teacher

One room frame

Five local men served in the Confederate Army.

Browns Run School, est. 1892

Ina Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

“Sent several soldiers to help the South.” The fork is named for a Brown who lived at its mouth.

Buck Fork School, est. 1894

No teacher given

One room frame building

A Church of Christ exists nearby. Three local men served in the Confederate Army. One local soldier lost both hands in World War I.

Ivy Branch School, est. 1895

Anna Adams, teacher

Albert Thornton was the first teacher here. “Trace Fork received its name from the original road leading to Twelve Pole Creek.”

Hugh Dingess School, est. 1897

Sallie Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

Conley School, est. 1897

J.L. Thomas, teacher

One room frame building

The first house built on Smoke House Fork at its mouth had no chimney for quite a while and smoked badly.

Dalton School, est. 1897

Thelma Dingess, teacher

One room frame building

“This district furnished a lot of Civil War veterans and played her part.”

Bud Dingess School, est. 1904

Beatrice Adams, teacher

One room frame building

“East Fork named on account of its being the most Eastern fork of Harts Creek.” One local soldier served in the Confederate Army.

Hoover School, est. 1910

Howard Adams, teacher

One room frame building

A Christian Church exists in the vicinity. Four local men served in the Confederate ARmy. “Harts Creek named from Steven Harts murdered by Indians.” Three boys went from here and one was wounded at the battle of Argonne.

George Mullins School, est. 1910

Dixie Mullins, teacher

One room frame building

“Buck Fork named from large number of male deer on creek.”

Rocky School (no date)

Daisy Given Dingess, teacher

References an Indian mound on Pigeon Roost where tomahawks, arrowheads, etc. can be found. Indian burial ground.

Under the Tim’s Fork entry, it says that John Dingess was killed in battle at Cloyd’s farm. Tim’s Fork is named for Timothy Dwight, who lived there.

Lower Trace School, est. 1919

Alice Dingess, teacher

Two room frame building

“Sent several soldiers to help the South.” Also, “Harts Creek named from Steven Harts.”

Piney School, est. 1921

F.M. McKay, teacher

One room building

No permanent churches exist locally; people meet occasionally in one of the school houses. Four local men served in the Confederate Army. “Piney was named because of so much pine growing there.”

White Oak School, est. 1922

Fisher Thompson, teacher

One room rented frame building

Manor School, est. 1923

Located at Limestone

Workman School, est. 1924

Fisher B. Adkins, teacher

One room frame building

Marsh Fork derived its name from the marshy land near its mouth.

Source: Local History and Topography of Logan County by J.A. Vickers (Charleston, WV: George M. Ford, State Superintendent, 1927).

Jane Dingess Estate (1909)

06 Tuesday Jun 2017

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Jane R. (Adams) Dingess, the daughter of John Washington and Mary “Polly” (Hall) Adams and wife of Peter C. “Coffee Pete” Dingess, was born in June of 1830 and died in the fall of 1909. What follows are excerpts from her estate settlement:

The bill of complaint of Martha A. Fowler and John Dingess, Allen Dingess, Josephine Adkins and Linnie Mitchell, by Ward Mitchell, their next friend, plaintiffs, against Lewis W. Dingess, John S. Dingess, David Dingess, Mary Scaggs, Ada Scaggs, Minnie Ferrell and J.W. Chambers, Sheriff of Logan County, and as such Administrator of the personal estate of Jane Dingess, deceased, defendants, filed in the Circuit Court of Logan County, West Virginia.

The above named plaintiffs complain and say that sometime early in the Fall of 1909, Jane Dingess, their ancestor, departed this life intestate, leaving as her children and heirs-at-law, her surviving, the plaintiff, Martha A. Fowler, and her co-plaintiffs, John Dingess, Allen Dingess, Josephine Adkins and Linnie Mitchell, the latter four minors under twenty-one years of age, children and heirs at law of Calvin Dingess, deceased, a brother of the said Martha A. Fowler, and defendants, Lewis W. Dingess, David Dingess, John S. Dingess, Mary Scaggs, Ada Scaggs, and Minnie Ferrell; that the said Jane Dingess was the owner in fee simple of one undivided one-eighth interest of a certain tract of land, situated on Crawley’s creek in said Logan County, which tract of land was decreed to be sold in the lifetime of said Jane Dingess, in a partition suit brought by the heirs-at-law of  a deceased child of the said Jane Dingess, who died intestate without issue, leaving her said brothers and sisters and her mother, the said Jane Dingess, as her heirs-at-law, her surviving, but the said land has not yet been sold; and the said Jane Dingess was also the owner in fee simple at the time of her death, of about $2200.00 cash, and the following other personal property: one mare and a colt; one yearling and a calf; five milk-cows; five hogs; twenty-five geese; fifty chickens; four bedsteads and bedding for same, including pillows and bed-clothing; household and kitchen furniture, the latter worth about $100.00; and as plaintiffs are informed several other articles used in farming and housekeeping, worth in aggregate, not including the cash, at least $800.00.

Plaintiffs further say that they are credibly informed, believe and here charge as true, that immediately after the death of the said Jane Dingess, even on the night of her death before she was laid out preparatory for burial, the defendant Lewis W. Dingess and David Dingess colluded, combined and confederated together for the express purpose of cheating, defeating and defrauding the other heirs of the said Jane Dingess, deceased, out of their just portions of the said money and other effects of the estate of the said Jane Dingess and that in pursuance of the said fraudulent combination and scheme, the said Lewis W. Dingess and David Dingess, did hunt up, procure and take into their possession all the money of their dead mother, for the express purpose of converting the same to their own use, and that a short time afterwards, on the same night, as plaintiffs are informed, the defendant, Mary Scaggs, caught onto the said scheme, or received information in some way of the intention of the said Lewis W. Dingess and David Dingess, of converting said money to their own use; and the said Lewis W. Dingess and David Dingess, being aware of such knowledge of their said sister, Mary Scaggs, as a matter of caution and policy on their part, they took the said Mary Scaggs into their said scheme and did then and there give her, the said Mary Scaggs, $500.00, of the said money, and then the said Lewis W. Dingess and David Dingess, then and there divided the residue thereof, which was $1700.00 equally between them.

Plaintiffs are informed, believe and here charge as true, that with the consent of the said Lewis W. Dingess, the said David Dingess, deposited the whole of said money, after deducting the part they gave to Mary Scaggs, in the Guyan Valley Bank, at Logan, West Virginia, in the individual name of the said David Dingess, and as plaintiffs are informed, the said Bank refused to give information relating to the same.

Plaintiffs further say that they are informed, believe and here charge as true that the said Jane Dingess, at the time of her death, did not owe anything to anyone, and they are advised it is right and proper that the estate of their said ancestor be settled up and that the property be sold, and the proceeds thereof, as well as the said $2200.00 in cash, be divided among the heirs-at-law of the said Jane Dingess, deceased.

NOTE: Defendants Lewis W. Dingess, David Dingess, and Mary Scaggs denied all charges against them.

***

It was this day suggested to the Court that the Defendant, David C. Dingess, has become demented and is now at Huntington, West Virginia, in the care and custody of the West Virginia Insane Asylum, and that he became insane about the 1st day of January, 1911; therefore on motion of the Defendants, by their attorney, Lewis W. Dingess is hereby appointed as a committee for the said David C. Dingess, and thereupon the said Lewis W. Dingess this day filed an answer as committee for the said David C. Dingess, to which the plaintiffs generally reply.

NOTE: David Dingess died in January of 1921 without issue.

***

Jane Adams Personal Estate and Real Estate (January 12, 1911):

Cash belonging to Jane Dingess at the time of her death now deposited in the Guyan Valley Bank on certificate of deposit in the name of David Dingess, $93.00

The following household goods valued as follows:

1 feather bed, $10.00

1 feather bed, $3.00

2 pillows, $1.00

1 quilt and 1 sheet, $1.50

1 bedstead, $4.00

7 old quilts, $3.00

3 pillows, $1.50

2 straw ticks, $1.00

1 feather bed, $6.00

1 feather bed, $6.00

1 straw tick, $1.00

1 quilt, $1.50

7 old quilts, $3.50

4 old quilts, $5.00

2 blankets, $1.50

1 bunch old carpet, $2.00

1 feather bed, $6.00

4 quilts, $5.00

2 pillows, $1.00

1 sheet, $0.50

1 desk, $1.50

1 falling leaf table, $0.50

1 pot table, $0.25

1 Goble, $0.50

1 cupboard, $0.50

Dishes, $2.00

1 old stove and vessels, $2.50

Total: $71.75

Jane Dingess was the owner of an undivided one-ninth interest in and to a tract of 74 2/10 acres of land surface, situate on Crawley’s Creek, and being the same inherited by her from her deceased daughter, Chloe Dingess. This land is to be sold.

Said decedent had no creditors.

***

Source: Martha A. Fowler, et als. v. Lewis W. Dingess, et als. (1910), Logan County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

Chapmanville News 04.30.1926

16 Tuesday May 2017

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An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 30, 1926:

Here we come with a rush and a roar Chapmanville more and more.

Misses Agness Whitman, Hazel McCloud and Nilla Lowe were out strolling Sunday afternoon.

Miss Ruby Blankenship of Huntington was visiting relatives of this place through the weekend.

Sarless Ferrell escorted Miss Inez Barker home from church Sunday night.

Misses Opa Johnson, Lillian Johnson, and cousin were out walking Sunday.

Miss Gracie Johnson, Broda Johnson, and Minnie Workman were visiting in Stone Branch Sunday morning.

Oza Workman hasn’t been calling on Miss Beulah Ballard lately.

Miss Gracie Workman made a flying trip to Logan Sunday evening.

Wonder who Miss Thelma Scaggs and Blake Bentley are getting along these days?

Wattie Workman was visiting home folks Saturday and Sunday.

Wonder why Biss Beulah Ballard is so downhearted these days. Cheer up, Beulah. He’ll be back.

Mason Rowsey was calling on Miss Margaret Ballard Sunday night.

We are glad to say that Miss Marie Lucas is able to get out.

Otto Shuff was visiting Ed Johnson Saturday night.

We are sorry to report the death of Mr. Ike Jeffrey.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jordan, April 26, 1926, a girl.

Miss Reva Childress was seen at church Sunday night.

Daily scenes: Thelma and her new dress; Broda and her new hose; Opal and her shingle  bob; Lillian and her new dress; Margaret staying with Gladys; Carless going to see Inez; Susie and her spring coat; Tom and his prize; Beulah and her smiles; Gracie and her knickers; Wattie and his white hat; Minnie and her blues.

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Naaman Jackson, G.R. Claypool, A.D. Cook, and W.J. Bachtel were here on business last Saturday.

Space will not permit a list of those politically ill, as we promised last week from this town.

It is reported they had an old fashioned head-skinning on Crawley’s Creek Sunday evening near the mouth of Pitt Branch.

Mrs. Burns, the district music teacher, left on Tuesday of this week for her home in Pittsburg, Pa.

Everything seemed to be in the clear here on Saturday night when the state police were here. Come again, boys. Better luck next time, we hope.

First meeting of the Chapmanville Water Works Co. was held last Tuesday. The time was mostly consumed by listening to appropriate estimated for material.

A goodly number of circus fans attended the circus at Logan Monday evening from this place.

Dr. Ferrell seemed to be the only Democrat here that got anything out of the last election. He has issued over $100 worth of pills to sick Democrats since the Supreme Court’s decision. Some of the boys though are convalescing.

Garland Conley, Sr. Last Will and Testament (1859)

20 Sunday Nov 2016

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Garland Conley, born about 1782, was a pioneer settler in the Crawley Creek section of present-day Logan County, West Virginia. Mr. Conley, husband to the former Elizabeth “Bettie” Farley, died on May 6, 1859. In May or June, the Logan County Court recognized Conley’s last will and testament. During the Civil War, Union soldiers burned the county courthouse and destroyed most antebellum records, including Conley’s will. In 1868, grandson John Fon Conley refiled the will; by the early 1890s, it was once again lost to record. The Conley as transcribed below comes from records pertaining to C.H. Gore, Sheriff v. Elizabeth Conley et al. (1894).

Garland Conley deceased

To copy (set up copy)

Last Will and Testament

State of West Virginia

Logan County to wit:

A True Copy of the last will and testament of Garland Conley deceased so far as said will relates to the lands bequeathed by said Conley to Alexander Burton, James Conley, Oliver Conley, Garland Conley, Jr.

1st. I give and bequeath to Alexander Burton a certain tract of land in Logan County on Crawley Creek Beginning at the mouth of the Cow hollow running up the point on the upper side of said hollow so as to include all the land on the Pigeon Roost fork above said point to the head of said Pigeon Roost fork.

2nd. I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Conley my beloved wife the house and apple orchard lot [for] her life time then after her Death to James Conley his life time and after his death to the heirs of his body forever.

3rd. I give and bequeath to James Conley [for] his life time and after his death to the heirs of his body the following land. Beginning at the mouth of the middle fork of Crawley thence up the end of the apple orchard thence to the top of the ridge between said middle fork and main Crawleys creek including all the land on said Crawleys creek up to a walnut log.

4th. I give and bequeath to Oliver Conley [for] his life time after his Death to the heirs of his body all the lands from the mouth of the first right hand hollow of Dempsey fork to the head of said Dempsey fork.

5th. I give and bequeath to Garland B. Conley [for] his life time and after his death to the heirs of his body all the land on Crawleys creek above the walnut log (the upper end of the land that I have this day willed to James Conley) by the said Crawley Creek to the head thereof (of the main creek).

Witness my hand this 4th day of May 1859

Garland Conley

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State of West Virginia

Logan County to wit:

This day John Conley personally appeared before me L.D. Hill a Justice of the peace in and for Logan County and Chapmansville Township and County aforesaid and made oath that the above will of Garland Conley deceased so far as the said will relates to the lands set forth in said will is true and that said will was duly proved in the County Court of Logan County at the May or June Term of said Court for the year 1859 and admitted to record by said Court.

Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of May 1868.

Lorenzo D. Hill, J.P.

***

Logan County to wit:

I, W. Straton late clerk of Logan County Court and was Deputy in Logan Circuit Court, do certify that there was a will of Garland Conley late of said County admitted to and recorded in said County Court and that the same has become lost by means of the records and papers of said Court being destroyed in time of the late war.

Logan C.H., W.Va. May 4, 1868

Wm. Straton

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At a county court Began and held for Logan County W.Va. at the Court House thereof on Monday the 11th day of November 1889

On motion of John F. Conley

A partial copy of the last will of Garland Conley deceased is hereby allowed to be recorded in the clerk’s office of the County Court of Logan County, it appearing to the Court that said Copy of said will was admitted to record on the 11th day of August 1868 and that no record of said copy can now be found among the records of said office.

It is therefore ordered that the clerk of this court record in the proper will book the copy of said will.

A True Copy, Teste S.S. Altizer Clk

Source: C.H. Gore, Sheriff v. Elizabeth Conley et al, File No. 47, Case No. 2, Logan County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Logan, 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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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

Burl Adams Family Cemetery (2007)

12 Wednesday Aug 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Chapmanville

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The Burl Adams Family Cemetery, which I visited in October 2007, is located at the mouth of Striker Fork of Crawley Creek in Logan County, West Virginia.

Row 1

Infant Scaggs (04 December 1960-06 December 1960)

Row 2

Lola (Adams) Pridemore (04 March 1912-29 September 2005); d/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams

Claude Scaggs (19 January 1933-06 May 1957); s/o Joseph and Fannie (Adams) Scaggs

Infant Scaggs (01 December 1930-01 December 1930); c/o Joseph and Fannie (Adams) Scaggs

Lell Adams (10 January 1916-12 February 1951); named “McClellan;” s/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams

Bettie Adams (07 September 1875-13 June 1949); d/o Benjamin and Sarah A. (Gore/Farley/Conley) Adams; m. Burl Adams

Burl Adams (07 January 1875-25 April 1941); s/o Anthony and Alafair (Chapman) Adams

Charley Adams (01 March 1902-11 November 1932); s/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams

Rhoda A. Dingess (11 January 1914-03 April 1974); d/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams

Row 3

Carl Adams (28 December 1921-19 February 1941); s/o Roy and Peggie (Dingess) Adams

Oscar Adams (07 November 1929-03 November 1932); s/o Roy and Peggie (Dingess) Adams

Peggie D. Adams (23 January 1900-17 August 1974); d/o Julius Caesar and Polly A. (Farley) Dingess; m. Roy Adams

Roy Adams (01 July 1898-13 December 1974); s/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams

Nora Adams Craddock (29 March 1936-25 May 2000); d/o Roy and Peggie (Dingess) Adams; m. Scott Craddock

At headstone of Peggie: Janice Adams Hall (13 February 1943-18 May 1999); d/o Roy and Peggie (Dingess) Adams; m. Gary Hall

Row 4

Brady Bowling (16 Aril 1899-09 January 1946)

Clara Bowling (19 March 1900-09 June 1989); d/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams; m. Brady Bowling

Ruby Bowling Yeager (05 September 1921, only date); d/o Brady and Clara (Adams) Bowling

Row 5

Infant Adams (20 January 1938-20 January 1938)

Ricky Adams (08 May 1955-08 May 1955)

Infant with two white rectangular markers (marble)

Jim Adams (09 June 1910-22 August 1960); s/o Burl and Bettie (Adams) Adams

Row 6

Curtis Adams (18 November 1920-22 January 1982); s/o Roy and Peggie (Dingess) Adams; S1 US NAVY WWII

Lucille W. Adams (09 March 1923-31 May 1999)

Row 7

Vinson Gene Dingess (09 March 1930-09 May 1998); CPL US ARMY

Easter A. Dingess (08 September 1927-still alive); d/o Roy and Peggie (Dingess) Adams; m. Vinson Gene Dingess

Row 8

Diana G. Workman (22 October 1949-still alive)

Brady D. “Punch” Workman (21 August 1949-06 March 1984)

Hill Family Cemetery (2013)

30 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Cemeteries, Chapmanville

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The Lorenzo D. Hill Family Cemetery, which I visited on 20 September 2013, is located across the Guyandotte River from Stone Branch in Logan County, West Virginia. Prior to the War Between the States, Lorenzo Dow Hill was a prominent resident and slave-owner in the Crawley Creek section of Logan County. This cemetery is also noteworthy in that it contains the final remains of numerous African-American residents. The cemetery can be accessed by following Sawmill Road, near Chapmanville.

Row 1

Robert E. Lowe (1851-1936); s/o Elisha and Elizabeth (Doss) Lowe

Carrie Lowe (1856-1947); d/o Lorenzo Dow and Nancy (Browning) Hill; m. Robert E. Lowe

Row 2

Hattie Lowe (1878-1908); d/o Robert and Caroline (Hill) Lowe

Pearl F. Lowe (1893-1909); d/o Robert and Caroline (Hill) Lowe

Row 3

James Hill (no dates); s/o Lorenzo Dow and Nancy (Browning) Hill

Thomas Hill (no dates); s/o Lorenzo Dow and Nancy (Browning) Hill

Sarah Hill (no dates); d/o Lorenzo Dow and Nancy (Browning) Hill

Robert Nelson Lowe (1916-1918); s/o Jim Lowe

Row 4

Ethel D. Lowe (1882-1903); d/o Robert and Caroline (Hill) Lowe

Nancy Browning Hill (1811-1891); m. Lorenzo Dow Hill

Lorenzo D. Hill (1808-1904); s/o Jacob and Sarah (Thomas) Hill

James Arden Lowe (1884-1930); s/o Robert and Caroline (Hill) Lowe

Row 5

unmarked rock headstone

Joseph M. Kitchens (29 April 1871-31 August 1905)

unmarked small rock headstone

unmarked rock headstone

unmarked rock headstone

Row 6

sunken spot — possible grave

unmarked rock headstone

unmarked rock headstone

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

unmarked rock headstone and footstone (child)

unmarked rock headstone

(pine tree)

unmarked rock headstone

Row 7

Dorsey M. Moon (1900-1957); s/o Samuel H. and Hattie (Stratton) Moon

Della Ferguson (30 January 1888-14 February ____); d/o George and Martha Hill; m. William Craddock Ferguson

W.C. Ferguson (08 August 1873-14 September 1945); s/o Joshua and Ellen (Craddock) Ferguson

(pine tree)

sunken spot — possible grave

Jack Hill (dates are buried); born 1858; died after 1930

Row 8

sunken spot — possible grave

Molly Claytor (03 July 1894-22 October 1946); d/o George and Martha Hill; m. Daniel Claytor of Floyd County, VA

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

Hiram Hill (30 March 1896-14 July 1919); s/o George and Martha Hill

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

unmarked rock headstone

mossy mound — perhaps a grave

George Hill (died 08 December 1930); s/o Hiram and Mary (Hill) Hill

Martha Hill (died 24 August 1906); m. George Hill

Peter H. Hill (22 December 1894-22 April 1958); s/o George and Martha Hill; WV PVT CO D 3 DEVELOPMENT BN WWI; fiddler who played with Dick Justice

Acre Wilson (1888-1959); s/o General and Adaline (Jones) Wilson

Row 9

sunken spot — possible grave

William Ward Hill (19 September 1923-09 January 1953); WV PVT WWII

unmarked rock footstone

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

Will Hill (15 June 1878-11 October 1896)

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

Row 10

unmarked rock headstone

unmarked rock headstone

(gap in graves, perhaps one or two graves here?)

unmarked rock headstone

unmarked rock headstone and footstone (baby?)

unmarked rock headstone

perhaps another grave, no rock markers

Row 11

Benjamin L. Hill (16 June 1916-07 July 1958); WV PVT CO E 357 ENGINEERS WWII

sunken spot — no rock markers

unmarked rock footstone

Juley Hill (1900-1922); d/o Melvin and Parlena J. (Robertson) Hill

Hugh Hill (12 November 1883-27 December 1904)

sunken spot — possible grave

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

Row 12

unmarked rock headstone

(pine tree)

Hariam Hill (1831-1913)

Mary Hill (1832-1907); d/o Lorenzo Dow Hill (master) and Julia the slave; m. Hiram Hill

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

perhaps one more grave, no rock markers

Row 13

Lewis Hamilton (1880-1916); m. Paradazie Hill

rock

unmarked rock headstone

(pine tree)

(gap)

Paradazie Stuart (14 August 1892-18 April 1960); d/o George and Martha Hill; m1. Lewis Hamilton; m2. John C. Stuart

John C. Stuart (05 March 1885-10 April 1961); PFC CO D 327 SERVICE BN QMC WWI

Hattie Wilson (1904-1961); likely Hattie Inez Bickley; d/o Charles and Mary (Black) Bickley; m. Acre Wilson

Row 14

Juanita M. Moon (1933-1971)

Row 15

Patrick D. Williams (18 September 1961-10 January 1962)

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

unmarked rock headstone and footstone

Row 16

Floyd Johnson (07 April 1895-21 December 1975); s/o Charles Johnson/ PVT US ARMY WWI

Ned Johnson (16 January 1893-16 October 1973); s/o Charles Johnson; PVT US ARMY WWI

William Bill Johnson (10 October 1890-27 June 1970); s/o Charles Johnson

Allen Johnson (1880-1960); s/o Charles and Mary Johnson

Row 17

Fannie Johnson (29 March 1903-23 January 1977); m. Willie Johnson

James A. Johnson (1949-still alive)

Myrtle A. Johnson (1955-2003); m. James A. Johnson

Nellie Jo Akers (13 January 1938-03 March 2009)

Whirlwind 04.17.1925

06 Wednesday May 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Whirlwind

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An unnamed local correspondent at Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on 17 April 1925:

Moses and Willie Tomblin are operating a saw mill.

James Mullins is doing some building now.

Harve Smith and his little son had a great fox chase.

Wonder if Charley Tomblin is hunting any now.

Rufus Tomblin is busy farming this week.

Preston Collins is loading coal for Clyde.

Peter Carter was seen hauling meat for James Mullins.

Everet and General were business guests at Sol Adams Tuesday.

Wonder why Grover likes eggs so well?

Doke Tomblin is putting up a large string of paling.

Geo. W. Hensley and Charley Curry were on Crawley’s Creek Sunday. Wonder who they were looking for?

Troy Vance and Miss Almeda Baisden were married Monday.

Wonder why Asburn don’t come to Buck Fork now?

Win Bryant is suffering a broken shoulder by falling from a mule, Friday.

James Mullins has about completed arrangements to occupy his new store.

Bird Bryant made a trip to Whirlwind Sunday.

We had a fine singing school at Bulwark Sunday.

Charles Curry was a visitor to the singing school Sunday.

George Hensley made a business trip to Logan last week.

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