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Andrew Elkins Deed to Rhoda Gartin (1899)

15 Saturday Dec 2018

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Andrew Elkins to Rhoda Gartin 1

Deed Book 55, page 27, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Andy Elkins, a Confederate veteran and postmaster at Fourteen, is my great-great-great-grandfather.

Andrew Elkins to Rhoda Gartin 3

Deed Book 55, page 27, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Andrew Elkins to Rhoda Gartin 4

Deed Book 55, page 27, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Martha Ellen (Lambert) Sias-Brumfield Deed to Henry H. Sias and Others (1907)

06 Thursday Dec 2018

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Martha Brumfield to Henry H. Sias 1

Deed Book ___, page 13, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Martha Ellen (Lambert) Sias is my great-great-great-grandmother. Henry H. Sias, her son, is my great-great-grandfather.

Martha Brumfield to Henry H. Sias 5

Deed Book ___, page 14, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Henry C. Sias Deed to Isaac F. Nelson (1909)

22 Saturday Sep 2018

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Henry C. Sias to Isaac Nelson 1

Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Henry C. Sias to Isaac Nelson 3

Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Henry C. Sias to Isaac Nelson 4

Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Arena (Elkins) Headley

22 Friday Sep 2017

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Arena Elkins Headley copyright

Arena (Elkins) Headley, daughter of Joseph Marion and Nancy Emarine (Elkins) Elkins and wife of Jesse F. Headley. Arena is a sister to my great-great-grandmother, Emily (Elkins) Sias. She was born in 1898 and died in 1987.

Fourteen Mile Creek Men

01 Friday Sep 2017

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Claude Adkins, David Frye, Walter Sias, Everett Adkins copyright.jpg

Claude or Caudle Adkins, David Frye, Walter Sias, and Everett Adkins. I descend from David’s brother, William H. Frye (my great-grandfather), and Walter Sias’ sister, Gertie Sias (my great-grandmother). These folks lived on Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, WV.

Hugh C. Adkins

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Hugh C. Adkins, who resided at Fourteen in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Is one of the farming population in Laurel Hill district, Lincoln county, owning 50 acres of good land on Guyan river, at the mouth of Fourteen. The land has good improvements and a part of it timbered with poplar, pine, and oak. Mr. Adkins was born in Lincoln county, April 17, 1853, and his parents’ history follows this. Sarah M., daughter of Ballard and Sina (Myers) Smith, was born in Lincoln county, January 20, 1852, and in this same county, in 1873, she became the wife of H.C. Adkins. The children of the union are: Riland, born November 24, 1873; Albert W., January 25, 1878; George T., October 3, 1880; Lewis B., August 11, 1883. Mr. Adkins is a very industrious man, and is prospering in his farming. He may be addressed at Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 138-139.

Albert M. Adkins

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Albert M. Adkins, who resided at Fourteen in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

At the age of eighteen, enlisted in the late war, in 1862, and bravely did he fight for Virginia and her rights. He served in the Confederate army, was taken prisoner and held ten months. Mr. Adkins was born in what is now Lincoln county, West Virginia, August 27, 1844. His parents are Lewis and Melcina (Hunter) Adkins. In Lincoln county in 1868, Albert M. Adkins wedded Cosby J. Lambert, who was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, in 1843, and whose parents, Jeremiah and Sarah (Hedrick) Lambert, settled in Lincoln county in 1856. A.M. Adkins is one of the farming population in Laurel Hill district, dealing to some extent in lumber, and is the possessor of 400 acres of land, situated on Fourteen-mile creek. A portion of the land is cultivated, and the rest is heavily timbered with oak, poplar, pine, and walnut, and coal and iron ore are found in abundance. Any mail for Albert M. Adkins may be addressed to Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

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

Evermont Adkins

28 Tuesday Mar 2017

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Evermont Adkins, who resided at Fourteen in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Is a son of Lewis and Melcina (Hunter) Adkins, whose personal history follows this. He is a native of Wayne county, West Virginia, born February 1, 1839, and he came to Lincoln county in 1844. Evermont Adkins was united in wedlock in Lincoln county, in 1865, with Elizabeth Hester Drake, and to them four children have been born, namely: Mary E., October 21, 1866; Paulina F., February 24, 1869; William H., April 10, 1871; Emma J., June 29, 1882. Mrs. Adkins was born in Lincoln county January 2, 1848, and her parents, Henderson and Catherine (Lucas) Drake, are both deceased. Mr. Adkins enlisted in the War Between the States in 1862, serving two years in the 2nd Virginia Regiment, Confederate army. He is, at present, a prosperous farmer in Laurel Hill district, owning 767 acres of farming land, a part of which is situated on Fourteen Mile creek, and a part on Guyan river. The land is well timbered, and has upon it a young apple and peach orchard. Evermont Adkins is school trustee in Laurel Hill district, and receives his mail at Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

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

Lewis Adkins

27 Monday Mar 2017

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Lewis Adkins, who resided at Fourteen in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Was born in Wayne county, (then) Virginia, in 1814, and in 1841 came to what is now Lincoln county. Jacob and Pheobe (Bradshaw) Adkins were his parents, both now deceased. Lewis Adkins has been twice married; his first wife, Melcina Hunter, died, leaving eight children, born as follows: Evermont, February 1, 1839; Anderville, February 28, 1842; Albert M., August 27, 1844; Hansford, October 27, 1847; Emily, August 1850, died in 1866; Hugh C., April 17, 1853; Spencer, May 17, 1856; Richard, May 26, 1861. In Cabell county, in 1866, Mr. Adkins was again united in wedlock, with Emma Brumfield, and to them one child was born: Sampson, December 27, 1866. Mrs. Adkins was born in this county, in 1824, the year in which her parents, John and Rachel (Haskins) Brumfield, settled here. Mr. Adkins is one of the farming population of Laurel Hill district, and any mail for him may be addressed to Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 139.

NOTE: Emmazetta (Brumfield) Adkins was a sister to my ancestor, Paris Brumfield.