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Yantus News 04.20.1926

02 Thursday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville

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Andrew Chambers, Appalachia, Banny Shelton, baseball, Chapmanville, Charley Adams, Chester Chambers, Chester Farley, Clell Adams, Dillard Farris, Ernest Sanders, Fanny Chapman, Floyd Stollings, genealogy, Grace Stollings, Hattie Chambers, Hazel Stollings, history, Hurst Butcher, Ida Sanders, Jim Adams, John Cabell, Linna White, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lola Adams, Murman Campbell, Omar, Opal White, Raymond Lilly, Rhoda Adams, Ritchie Lilly, Russell Butcher, Staten Farley, Stratton Gore, Tina Conley, Vinal Stolliings, Virgil Farley, West Virginia, Yantus

An unknown local correspondent from Yantus in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 20, 1926:

Here we come with more news from Yantus.

We are glad that people are beginning to plant their gardens and flower beds at last.

We had an interesting ball game at the ball park, Sunday. Those present were Messrs. Ritchie Lilly, Floyd Stollings, Ernest Sanders, Charley Adams, Saleb Adams, Stratton Gore, Hurst Butcher, Jim Adams, Dillard Farris, Chester Farley, Staten Farley, Virgil Farley, Opal White, Hazel Stollings, Vinal Stollings, Linna White, Grace Stollings, Lola Adams, Rhoda Adams. All reported a nice time.

Mr. and Mrs. Muman Campbell were here visiting his father last week, but have returned to their home at Omar.

Misses Linna White and Grace Stollings were visiting their parents Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs. Russel Butcher of Chapmanville was visiting her parents, Sunday.

Charley Adams, Jim Adams, Chester Farley, Ernest Sanders, Ida Sanders, Grace Stollings and Hazel Stollings were out horse back riding Sunday.

Banny Shelton and wife were seen out walking Sunday.

Miss Linna White was the all day guest of Miss Opal White Sunday.

Ernest was looking blue Sunday. Wonder why?

Chester Chambers was visiting Bee Bud Campbell Saturday.

Clell Adams and Opal White were out walking Sunday. Wonder how they enjoyed the snow storm?

Raymond Lilly was visiting his parents, but has returned to Big Kanawha.

Dell Adams looked lonesome Sunday.

Bur Chambers was calling on Bessie Stollings Sunday. Look out Johnnie.

Mrs. Fanny Chapman was visiting her parents Sunday evening.

Charley was all smiles Sunday.

Miss Vinal Stollings made a flying trip to Chapmanville Saturday.

Mrs. Elva Scaggs is visiting her sister at Rocky.

I think the men will be wearing long hair before long as Peter Dingess has started the style.

Stratton Gore was calling on Linna White Sunday.

Mrs. Kate Chambers has started a beef shop. Come and buy your beef.

Mark Stollings called on Allen Adkins Sunday.

Mrs. Hattie Chambers was calling on her mother, Sunday.

Andrew Chambers is afraid to turn his horse out to range, he says the wind will blow him away.

Miss Tina Conley and John Cabell were seen plowing Saturday.

Combinations–Ritchie and his note book; Stratton and his big hat; Earnest and his blues; Andrew and his chickens; French and his axe handles; Hazel and her red dress; Linna and her coat; Grace and her slippers; Opal getting dinner; Ida and her boquet; Floyd and his sweetie; Charley meeting the train; Clell talking to Opal; Tina looking for John; Hurst and his glove; Dillard and his cap; Bee Bud and his plow stalks; Peter and his curly locks; Burl looking for Bessie; Woodrow and his pony; Charley and his tie; Raymond looking for a sweetheart; Mary and her geese; Emma and her yellow coat; Andrew and his fat horse; Sadie and her dirt; Bee Bud and his tobacco.

George Thomas Holton

02 Thursday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Fourteen

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Andrew Elkins, Appalachia, Cabell County, Elizabeth Elkins, farming, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, George Thomas Holton, Henry H. Hardesty, history, James Holton, Lincoln County, Linville Marion Holton, Margaret Holton, Minnie Holton, teacher, West Virginia, Yantus Holton

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

Was born in Cabell county, (now) West Virginia, February 11, 1847, and came to Lincoln county in 1872. His parents, James and Margaret (Cooper) Holton, were here when the county was organized. In Lincoln county, December 23, 1878, the Rev. W.A. Snodgrass united in marriage George Thomas Holton and Yantus Elkins. She was born in Logan county, West Virginia, June 16, 1860, and her parents, Andrew and Elizabeth (Elkins) Elkins, were residents of Lincoln county at the time of its organization. Mr. and Mrs. Holton have been blessed with two children: Minnie, born October 26, 1879, died August 29, 1882; Lenville Marion, born July 22, 1881. George Thomas Holton is a school teacher and a farmer in Hart Creek district, and receives his mail at Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 135.

Harts News 04.20.1926

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Huntington, West Hamlin

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Appalachia, Charleston, Cora Adkins, Dr. Ferrell, Ed Brumfield, Ed Zane Adkins, Enos Dial, Fed Adkins, genealogy, Hardin Marcum, Harts, Herb Adkins, history, Huntington, Inez Adkins, Lincoln County, Logan, Marshall College, measles, Robert Black, Robert Powers, Ward Brumfield, Watson Adkins, West Hamlin, West Virginia

An unknown local correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 20, 1926:

Harts is on a splash again.

Everybody in Harts is planning for the big show at Huntington the 27th.

Measles are raging very bad at this place.

Wonder why Dr. Ferrell is going to Fred Adkins so often?

Ward Brumfield is transacting business in Charleston this week.

Edward Adkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Adkins, is very ill at present with the measles.

Robert Powers is awful well pleased since he got to be section foreman on the railroad. Oh, gee, Miss Sadie can wear fine kid gloves now.

Wonder why Hardin Marcum is hanging around the Thomas hotel so much?

Mrs. Gibson and little daughter of Maubar were calling on Mrs. Robert Powers at Harts Sunday evening.

Enos Dials is still squeezing the Big Creek kids.

All the teachers here are planning for the summer term in Marshall College.

Robert Black of Logan was seen in Harts Sunday.

Herbert Adkins is a business caller in Logan this week.

Miss Jewell Elizabeth and Ed Brumfield are very busy these days, reading Educational News.

Cora Adkins seems to be enjoying herself these days.

The ocean is wide, the sea is deep. It takes a railroad boy to make a fool out of me.

There were six made 8th grade diplomas in the diploma test here.

Quite a lot of the West Hamlin boys were seen in Harts Sunday.

Harts News 04.16.1926

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Harts

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Appalachia, Bob Dingess, Charles Curry, Frank Mullins, genealogy, Georgia Curry, Harts, history, John Dalton, Josephine Robinson, Lincoln County, Lizzie Nelson, Lizzie Tomblin, Logan Banner, Nora Browning, Roxie Tomblin, Russell Curry, Thompson Branch School, West Virginia, Willie Browning

An unknown local correspondent from Harts in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 16, 1926:

Here I come again with news from Harts.

Georgia Curry and Roxie Tomblin were the guests of Mrs. Willie Browning Sunday.

Russell Curry and John Dalton were guests of Chas. Curry, Sunday.

John Dalton was calling on Miss Georgia Curry, Sunday evening.

Nora Browning was visiting her aunt Lizzie Tomblin Monday.

Russell Curry, Georgia Curry, and Roxie Tomblin took a joy ride Sunday evening.

Daily sights–Georgia and her pink hat; Roxie and her purple hat; Roxie and her hat going to Huntington.

Robert L. Dingess is going to close his school at Thompson Branch May 1st. Everybody is invited and are expecting to have a big time.

John Dalton was calling on Josephine Robinson Sunday.

Frank Mullins was calling on Lizzie Nelson Sunday.

Cap Hatfield Applies for Revolver License (1926)

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Logan

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Appalachia, Cap Hatfield, deputy sheriff, genealogy, history, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Stirrat, Tennis Hatfield, West Virginia

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William Anderson “Cap” Hatfield applies for a revolver license, Logan Banner, 7 May 1926.

Caleb Headley

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Fourteen, Wewanta

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

Has for nearly fifty years been a practicing physician. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1808, and his parents Thomas and Sarah (Asher) Headley, are both deceased. Caleb Headley has been twice married, his first wife, Nancy Wright, a Pennsylvanian, left him eight children: Elizabeth J., born June 2, 1829; Thomas J., November 23, 18931; Sarah A., December 8, 1833; Caleb S., March 30, 1838; George W., May 21, 1839; Benjamin F., May 31, 1841; Anthony, June 3, 1844; Elisha, born August 1, 1850. Mr. Headley was again married in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, to Sarah A. Farley, and the children of this union number six, born as follows: John T., April 20, 1867; Ida C., March 23, 1869; Caleb D., February 22, 1872; William F., August 25, 1875; Margaret, March 28, 1878; Ballard C., April 14, 1880. Mrs. Headley was born in Logan county, (now) West Virginia, May 26, 1849, and her parents, William and Elizabeth Jane (Clark) Farley, settled in Lincoln county in 1844. Caleb Headley came to Lincoln county in 1866, and is now a prosperous farmer, owning 600 acres of good land on Fourteen-mile creek, a portion of which is heavily timbered with oak, poplar and pine; coal and iron ore in abundance. There is a fine sulphur spring upon the land, on the creek three miles from Guyan river, which has been visited by people from many parts of the United States, and it is pronounced of excellent medicinal quality by all. Dr. Headley was commissioner of revenue one term, and was justice of the peace sixteen years in Wetzel county, West Virginia. He was in the late war, and ranked as captain of a company. Dr. Headley was a member of the Methodist Church for forty years, but on coming to Lincoln county, there was no church of that denomination, and he united with the Christian Church. His father was also a physician for many years. Direct mail to Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 135.

Note: Caleb Headley is my great-great-great-grandfather through his daughter, Ida Cosby (Headley) Fry.

Tennis Hatfield (1926)

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Logan

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Albert J. Kirk, Appalachia, genealogy, history, Joe Hatfield, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, photos, Republican Party, sheriff, Tennis Hatfield, West Virginia

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Tennis Hatfield, Republican, is Sheriff of Logan County, WV. Source: Logan Banner, 20 April 1926. My Kirk family was aligned with Tennis and Joe Hatfield. Uncle Albert Kirk served as a deputy under Sheriff Joe Hatfield.

Yantus News 04.16.1926

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Yantus

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Allen Sanders, Andrew Chambers, Appalachia, Berbard Forbes, Bud Campbell, Chapmanville, Charley Adams, Clel Adams, Cris Jackson, Emmazetta Stollings, genealogy, Grace Stollings, Hazel Stollings, history, Hurst Butcher, Ida Sanders, Logan Banner, Logan County, Martha Farley, Mason Sanders, Mitch Stollings, Oma Butcher, Sammy Stollings, Samp Dingess, Tom Stollings, West Virginia, Yantus

An unknown local correspondent from Yantus in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on April 16, 1926:

Here we come with a bit of news from Yantus.

We have plenty of mud down here and who ever wants a sack full is welcome.

We had an interesting ball game at Sammy Stollings’ Sunday.

Tom Stollings was the all day guest of Mitch Stollings Sunday.

Mrs. Mason Sanders and Ida Sanders made a flying trip to Chapmanville Saturday.

Mrs. Martha Farley was visiting Mrs. Emmazetta Stollings Saturday and Sunday.

Maybe winter is over. Andrew Chambers was seen sitting out in the sun Monday.

Bee Bud Campbell is going to send a wagon load of plow stacks to the shop when his horse gets out of the hospital.

Hurst Butcher was the all day guest of Kahler Butcher at Chapmanville, Friday.

Miss Gracy Stollings was visiting her parents Saturday and Sunday.

French Butcher made a fine horse trade Saturday: he traded a good horse for a bridle, but the horse’s head was in it.

Ernest Sanders and Grace Stollings were out walking Sunday evening.

Floyd Stollings was calling on Miss Cris Jackson, Sunday. Look out, Lee.

Charley Adams was horse back riding Saturday evening.

Bernard Forbes and Miss Oma Butcher were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sanders Saturday.

Bee Bud Campbell is repairing plow stocks.

Samp Dingess got a hair cut Saturday at Chapmanville.

Clel Adams and Opal White broke a date. Hope they make up again.

Hurst Butcher was calling on Miss Hazel Stollings Sunday.

Combinations: Jake and his sled; Jonah and his curls; Hassell and his Essex; Floyd looking for Cris; Jim and his horse; Hurst and his gold tooth; Ernest and his tie; Dell and his guitar; Floyd and his No. 12; Charley and his smiles; Hazel and her blues; Opal and her hair cut; Clel and his freckles; Mont and his overcoat; Sherman and his grip; Martha and her dust cap; Tom and his eye brows; Cecil and his red socks; French and his formal horse; Bernard and his toboggan.

 

Isaac G. Gartin

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Civil War, Fourteen, Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, civil war, Confederate Army, Elijah Gartin, Eliza Ann Gartin, Elizabeth Agnes Gartin, Elizabeth Margaret Gartin, farming, Fourteen, genealogy, Greenbrier County, Harry Patterson Gartin, Harts Creek District, Henry H. Hardesty, history, Isaac Gartin, James A. Gartin, James Toney, Josephus Workman, justice of the peace, Kanawha County, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan, Martha Frances Gartin, Mary Gartin, Meadow Bluffs, Monroe County, Nancy Caroline Gartin, Nancy Toney, Susan Jane Gartin, Virginia, West Virginia

From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Isaac Griffith Gartin, who resided at Little Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Was born in Monroe county, (now) West Virginia, February 3, 1832, and settled in Lincoln county in 1864. His parents are Elijah Alexander and Mary (Carper) Gartin, who settled here in 1850. August 28, 1856, in Logan county, (now) West Virginia, the Rev. J. Workman joined in wedlock Isaac G. Gartin and Elizabeth Margaret Toney. She was born in Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia, October 15, 1835, and she is a daughter of James and Nancy (Gillispie) Toney, who came to this county in 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Gartin have been blessed with six children: Eliza Ann, born October 3, 1857, married and residing in Lincoln county; James Alexander, September 12, 1860, married and lives in this county; Susan Jane, June 22, 1864; Nancy Caroline, September 12, 1867; Elizabeth Agnes, February 18, 1872; Martha Frances, March 11,1 876. Isaac Gartin was justice of the peace for four years in Hart Creek district, and secretary of the board of education six years, also a member of that board for a number of years. Mr. Gartin volunteered in the State line troops of Virginia, and served eight months, when it was thought best to abandon the brigade to which he belonged, and he came home. They were afterward ordered to meet an officer in Logan C.H., who would muster them into the regular service, but this failed, and Mr. Gartin again returned to his home. Harry P., a brother of Isaac G., a volunteer in the Confederate army, was taken sick and died at Meadow Bluffs, Greenbrier county, after one year’s service. Isaac Griffith Gartin owns a fine farm at the head of Little Hart creek, and the land produces well in grain as well as fruit, and it contains iron ore and fine building stone. Address, Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134-135.

Beloved Colored Woman Dies in Barboursville, WV (1899)

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Barboursville

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Appalachia, Barboursville, Cabell County, Clarence Dean, genealogy, Gertrude Dean, Harvey Dean, history, Huntington, Huntington Advertiser, Patsy Dean, slavery, West Virginia

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Patsy Dean Obituary, Huntington (WV) Advertiser, 29 March 1899. According to the 1870 Cabell County Census, Patsy was born about 1837. The census enumerator identified her as a mulatto. Based on the 1880 Cabell County Census, Patsy was born about 1840 and was the mother of three children: Harvey Dean (born about 1873), Gertrude Dean (born about 1875), and Clarence Dean (born about 1878). The census enumerator identified her as black.

 

Adkins Slave Cemetery (2016)

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Civil War, Harts

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Isaac and Elizabeth Adkins section of the Adkins Family Cemetery in Harts, WV, 21 May 2016. The slave cemetery is located just beyond the trees.

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Here I am standing in the old Adkins slave cemetery. Isaac Adkins is my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather. 21 May 2016.

Christian T. Fry

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Civil War, Giles County, Green Shoal

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Christian T. Fry, who resided at Hart in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

One of the farming population of Hart Creek district, was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, in 1824, and he is a son of John and Catherine (Snodgrass) Fry, natives of Giles county, Virginia. Mr. Fry chose for a help-meet Elizabeth Hunter, and in Boone county, West Virginia, in 1849, they were married. Their children number eight, born as follows: Julia A., April 26, 1850; Anthony, November 1853; Caroline, December 1856; Mary A., August 1859; John H., September 1861; Cora A., September 1864; Hardin, June 15, 1867; Lurana, July 1871. Mrs. Fry was  born in Kanawha county in 1835, and her parents are Robert and Elizabeth (Tayler) Hunter, who reside in Boone county. Christian T. Fry is a prosperous farmer in Hart Creek district, owning 300 acres of good farming land, situated on Browns branch. The land has good improvements, a fine orchard, and a part is heavily timbered with pine, poplar and oak. There is mineral, coal and iron ore in abundance. Mr. Fry’s post office address is Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.

NOTE: Christian Thomas “Jack” Fry is my great-great-great-grandfather. I descend through his son, John Henan Fry, who settled on Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek. I also descend from two of Christian Fry’s sisters, Emily (Fry) Lucas and Druzilla (Fry) Abbott.

NOTE: The Browns Branch referenced in this history is now called Abbotts Branch.

William T. Fowler

18 Saturday Feb 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Civil War, Harts

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for William T. Fowler, who resided at Hart in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Is a merchant, miller and farmer in Harts Creek district, with business headquarters on Guyan river at the mouth of that creek. He was born in Kanawha county, (now) West Virginia, at the mouth of Burning Spring Hollow, June 29, 1825, and his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Gillispie) Fowler, are both now deceased. William T. Fowler has been twice married, his first wife Polly Emerine, left him three children, born as follows: Zattoo D., March 28, 1851; Polly A., December 25, 1853; William E., September 15, 1856. In Cabell county, West Virginia, June 10, 1871, W.T. Fowler and Martha A. Adkins were united wedlock, and the children born of this union are: Bettie, May 6, 1875; Effie, June 10, 1876; Benjamin F., December 15, 1878; George W., June 30, 1880. Mrs. Fowler is a native of Cabell county, born December 15, 1839, and her parents are John B. and Elizabeth (Childers) Adkins. Her mother still resides in that county; her father died April 1876. Mr. Fowler enlisted in the Civil War in 1862, serving on the Confederate side, and was a participant in the Chapmansville battle. William T. Fowler settled in Lincoln county in 1847, and now owns 200 acres of land at the mouth of Big Hart creek, and 254 acres on Mud river. That situated on Hart creek produces well, and has a good orchard and a part is heavily timbered with oak, poplar and pine; coal and iron ore are quite abundant. The land on Mud river is heavily timbered. Address, Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.

Chapmanville News 03.12.1926

19 Thursday Jan 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Chapmanville, Logan

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Alvis Godby, Appalachia, Chapmanville, Connie Bentley, Dan Cox, Ebb Thompson, Elva Cox, Elva Godby, Eunice Scaggs, genealogy, Hartford Mounts, Henlawson, history, J.D. Price, Jim Pauley, John Addis, Lizzie Sansom, Logan, Logan County, Nelson Bentley, Phico, R.C. Phillips, Ruth Jordan, Shirl Bias, Vanzel Bentley, Vivian Johnson, Walter McNeely, West Virginia

An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 12, 1926:

Roses on our shoulders, Slippers on our feet,

We are Phico girls, don’t you think we’re sweet?

We are having some cold weather at this writing.

Shirl Bias was calling on Miss Ruth Jordan Sunday.

Vanzel Bentley was calling on Miss Elva Cox Sunday.

Dan Cox looks very down hearted nowadays. Wonder why?

Walter McNeely of Logan was calling on Miss Connie Bentley Sunday.

M. McNeely of Henlawson was calling on Miss Elva Godby Sunday.

Nelson Bentley had quite a lot of visitors Sunday.

J.D. Price is very ill at this writing.

Ebb Thompson was calling on Miss Vivian Johnson Sunday.

Mr. Jim Pauley was calling on Miss Katie Chapman Sunday.

Wonder why Miss Elva Cox was disappointed Saturday night.

Mrs. Annie Bias was visiting Mrs. Martha Jordan Sunday.

Wonder what has become of Miss Leta Thomas? She has not been seen for some time.

A. Wright was visiting home folks Sunday.

Bobby Hale was calling on Miss Bertha Jordan Sunday.

Wonder what has become of Miss Mary Craddock? She is never seen in our town anymore.

Alvis Godby was calling on Miss Lizzie Sansons Sunday evening.

John Addis was calling on Miss Eunice Scaggs Sunday.

We were sorry to hear of R.C. Phillips losing his white mule. Cheer up, Rube. There are plenty more.

Hartford Mounts seems to enjoy wearing his hip boots.

Daily Happenings:

Ruth had her red hat. Shirl and his new shirt. Vanzel and his overcoat. Elva and her jump jacket. Dan and his new rain coat. Walter and his smiles. Connie going to Cox’s. Markyle anad his blues. Elva and her blue dress. Nelson and his new suit. J.D. and his store. Russell looking down hearted. Sallie keeping house. Wayne and his new cook. Andy and his pictures. Grace and her sweetie. Edgar and his blues. Ebb and his sweetie. Vivian and her beau. Jim and his music. Katie and her wrist watch. Elva Cocks and her curly locks. Annie and her store. Martha and her checked dress. Brook and her chickens. Leta and her hair cut. Almond and his traveling case. Bobby and his smiles. Bertha going to the office. Mary going to school. Alvis and his watch. Lizzie and her hair clasp. John Addis and his girl. Eunice and her sweetie. R.C. Phillips and his white mule.

 

William Floyd Elkins

19 Thursday Jan 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Fourteen, Harts

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

Is a son of Overton and Nancy Ferguson (Estep) Elkins, who lived here at the formation of Lincoln county, and he was born in Cabell county, May 2, 1856. December 26, 1872, the Rev. John Stephens joined in wedlock, W.F. Elkins and Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Matilda Farley Dalton. Mrs. Elkins died October 15, 1875, leaving one child, Sylvanus, born October 9, 1873. In Lincoln county, July 13, 1876, Elizabeth Dennison Estep, daughter of Corbin and Bithenia Crocket (Elkins) Estep, became the wife of William Floyd Elkins, and to them one son has been given: William Overton, July 25, 1880. Elizabeth D. Elkins was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, January 25, 1861, and came to Lincoln county with her parents in 1867. Richard Elkins, great-grandfather of William, came to the mouth of Big Hart creek, in the year 1816, and settled there, raising a large family of children, who are scattered throughout Hart Creek district. William Floyd Elkins is a farmer in this district, owning 45 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek, 20 acres of which is cultivated. The land is well timbered and coal and iron ore abound quite largely, and there is upon the farm a lead mine, which makes the land more valuable. His post office address is Fourteen, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 134.

Chapmanville News 03.05.1926

18 Wednesday Jan 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Green Shoal, Huntington, Toney

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Appalachia, Arnold Barker, Bill Thompson, Chapmanville, French Butcher, G.S. Ferrell, genealogy, H.T. Butcher, Harts Creek, history, Huntington, John Sanders, Logan Banner, Logan County, Morgan Garrett, Singer Sewing Machine Company, Toney, Tucker Fry, West Virginia

An unknown local correspondent from Chapmanville in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on March 5, 1926:

Arnold Barker spent time last Monday and Tuesday in Huntington on business.

We noticed quite a lot of the Harts Creek boys going down to Huntington the first of the week to see the Hon. G.W. McClintie. Some of them said they did not know just when they would get back.

If we ever incorporate this town our first police is going to be a woman. We know she can make one man be good.

G.S. Ferrell has taken over the contract for grading the lower end of the hard road.

Singing school is getting a good start. It is hard to tell who makes the ugliest faces. At present, it is about a tie between Squire Barker and Morgan Garrett.

Mrs. Mart Bryant who has been quite ill for several days is some better now.

Chin Beard Lucas was dealing in real estate here Monday.

H.T. Butcher, the prohibition man, is attending federal court in Huntington this week.

John Sanders, the truant officer, was in town Tuesday.

Tucker Fry, of Toney, W.Va., was looking after the interest of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., on Tuesday here.

French Butcher says he has decided to make some stump speeches during this campaign.

Bill Thompson has purchased himself a motorcycle.

Overton Elkins

18 Wednesday Jan 2017

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

Is a son of Harvey and Elizabeth D. (May) Elkins, who were living here before the organization of Lincoln county. Overton Elkins was born in what was then Logan county, Virginia, December 20, 1831, and in Wayne county, March 31, 1853, by the Rev. D.K. Elkins, he was joined in marriage with Nancy Estep. She was born in Wayne county, December 25, 1838, and her parents were Corbin and Elizabeth (Davis) Estep. To Mr. and Mrs. Elkins ten children have been given: William F., born May 2, 1856; Pheribe E., May 1, 1858; Clarinda, March 18, 1860; Mary Jane, June 29, 1862; Luanna, May 30, 1864; Nancy E., March 18, 1866; Bethany C., March 9, 1868, died February 26, 1879; Emily, September 23, 1870; Erlery C., June 25, 1872; Susan R., August 10, 1877. Miles Elkins, brother of Overton, was in the late war, and served from the commencement until the close, and came home without a scar. Shadrack Estep, brother of Mrs. Elkins, served in the Confederate ranks in the war of 1861, and David J. and William O., also her brothers, were in the Federal army, 25th Virginia Regiment. William O. died soon after the close of the war from illness brought on during the service. Richard Elkins, grandfather of Overton, built the first cabin in Hart Creek district, (now) Lincoln county, about the year 1816, when Harvey, Overton’s father, was but fifteen years of age. Darby H., brother of Harvey, at the age of nine years killed a panther with a pocket knife and the assistance of his dogs. The animal measured nearly nine feet from the nose to the tip of the tail. Mr. Elkins’ mother was born January 10, 1800, and at the date of this writing (July 25, 1883) she can walk twenty miles a day. Overton Elkins is a farmer in Hart Creek district, owning 100 acres of land on Fourteen-mile creek of Guyandotte river, 30 acres under cultivation. His farm is rich and very productive, contains coal, some lead and fine building stone.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 133.

Chapmanville News 02.19.1926

12 Monday Dec 2016

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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 February 19, 1926:

Mrs. Carrie Burgess, of Chapmanville is visiting relatives at Manila.

A.J. Thomas, of Big Creek, was a business caller in this city last week.

Mrs. Allie Thomas, of Big Creek and daughter, Miss Dicy, visited Chapmanville friends recently.

Simmie Bias, of Manila, was taken to the Kessler-Hatfield hospital last week.

C.A. Vickers is ill at this writing.

The population is increasing at Chapmanville.

W.H. Garrett was seen on our streets driving a one horse wagon.

Willie Stollings was a business caller here last week. He hauled a few sacks of chop. He was last seen pushing on his wagon up the Chapmanville hill. He reports bad roads.

Messrs. Seybert Hager and Rommie Barker, of Manila were seen in this city recently.

Charley Barker made a business trip to Logan Saturday.

Mrs. Bertha Bryant still makes her home at John Bias’ residence since her father moved away.

Mrs. Lula Vickers has been visiting relatives at Logan for the past week.

Miss Dorothy Baisden was a pleasant caller at Mrs. Martha Roberts this week.

J.A. Drake likes Chapmanville. He sticks there like paper on a wall.

Mrs. Martha Robert is on the sick list this week.

Paris Brumfield Grave (2016)

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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Here we are placing the marker. Paris Brumfield Family Cemetery, Harts, Lincoln County, WV. 29 November 2016. Photo by Mom.

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Paris Brumfield served in the 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry from 1863-1864 and also under Lt. Col. Vincent “Clawhammer” Witcher in the 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry from 1864-?.

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Paris Brumfield is my great-great-great-grandfather and a major character in my book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.” Photo by Nathan Kirk.

W.C. Browning Estate (1897)

06 Tuesday Dec 2016

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The following is the list of appraisement of the estate of W.C. Browning, deceased, as given by the appraisers, to wit:

1 Roan horse, $35.00

1 Dark bay mule, $75.00

1 Sorrel blazed face horse, $40.00

1 set blacksmith tools, $15.00

2 Bulls (twins) 3 yrs old, $30.00

3 yoke of cattle & rigging, $120.00

1 cripple steer, $10.00

2 walnut logs, $10.00

1 Set irons on horse wagon, $5.00

1 cane mill, $20.00

2 set flow gears, $5.00

1 cow & calf (calf died before day of sale), $20.00

1 cow & calf 15 yrs old, $15.00

1 load chain, $5.00

1 South bend chilled plow 2 right, $4.00

1 Hillside turner, $2.50

1 South Bend chilled broke, $1.50

1 dinner bell, $2.00

1 Pair scales (Platform), $4.00

1 Pair scales (Scoop), $1.50

2 7/11 Augers, $1.70

2 cans mixed paint, $2.50

1 can oil finish, $.50

3 12 gallons jars stoneware, $3.60

9 Bottles of Soothing Syrup, $1.75

10 ox bells, $1.50

2 thread cabinets 50, $1.00

2 molasses barrels, $.25

1 oil tank, $2.50

2 saws crosscut, $1.00

20 Bee guns, $40.00

8 head hogs large size, $32.00

13 head hogs shoats, $13.00

2 Sows & 8 pigs, $12.00

1 heifer, $12.00

1 log wagon (junk), $4.00

1 kittle 2 br., $2.00

1 Safe, $2.50

1 bed clothes and stead, $15.00

1 feather bed, $6.00

1 lounge stead & tick, $7.00

1 bed mattress & stead, $12.00

1 clock, $2.50

1 Bureau, $6.00

1 Sewing machine, $10.00

1 large trunk, $2.00

1 small trunk, $.50

1 gun rifle, $8.00

1 watch, $18.00

23 covers, quilts, Blankets, counterpanes, $23.00

2 Vol. Vir & Va, $5.00

1 Hitchcock’s Analysis of Bible, $2.50

1 Bible Scenes & Studies, $1.50

1 Sea & Land, $1.00

1 King’s Physicians, $2.00

1 Memoir Duncan, $.25

1 bed Mattress, $5.00

2 bedsteads, $3.00

2 tables, $2.00

1 cupboard, $2.50

5 dishes, $1.00

5 cups & saucers, $.20

1 Set plates, $.25

1 pitcher, $.25

glassware, $.25

1 stove & out fit, $5.00

1 Pair Saddle pockets, $4.00

11 chairs & rocker, $3.60

1 glass, $.50

1 man Saddle, $1.50

2 Shovel plows and Stalks, $1.00

5 Broad hoes, $.50

2 Matlocks, $.65

2 axes, $1.00

1 pitchfork, $.30

1 frou?, $.50

1 chisel, $.20

1 musical clock, $1.00

1 Shovel, $.15

R.F. Mitchell, administrator of W.C. Browning, deceased

Source: File No. 60, Case No. 66, Logan County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

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