01 Sunday Mar 2015
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Alderson B. Rutherford, culture, genealogy, history, Laurel Hill District, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Alderson B. Rutherford (born c.1880), resident of Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, WV
01 Sunday Mar 2015
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Albert M. Adkins, Albert Neace, Alexander C. Collins, Alta M. Farley, Andrew Elkins, Earl McCoy, Elihu D. Burdett, Fourteen Post Office, genealogy, Henry H. Sias, history, James Wilson Sias, Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, postmaster, Ranger, Rayburn Adkins, Tice Elkins, Vinson Ramey, West Virginia, Wewanta Post Office, William A. Sias, Winfield S. Enochs
Fourteen Mile Creek, located in Harts Creek District and Laurel Hill District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, has hosted two post offices: Fourteen (1877-1933) and Wewanta (1903-1947). Today, no post office exists on Fourteen Mile Creek. I descend from several of these postmasters.
Fourteen Post Office (1877-1933)
Albert M. Adkins: 10 January 1877 – 27 April 1880
Andrew Elkins: 27 April 1880 – 22 June 1898
William A. Sias: 22 June 1898 – 26 July 1898
James W. Sias: 26 July 1898 – 6 July 1905
Tice Elkins: 2 January 1907 – 6 February 1907
Albert Neace: 6 February 1907 – 19 August 1916
Henry H. Sias: 19 August 1916 – 15 October 1918
Post office discontinued: 30 September 1918, effective 15 October 1918, mail to Wewanta
Alta M. Farley: 14 April 1926 – 30 December 1933
Post office discontinued: 9 December 1933, effective 30 December 1933, mail to Ranger
Wewanta Post Office (1903-1947)
Alexander C. Collins: 6 May 1903 – 30 September 1903
Elihu D. Burdett: 30 September 1903 – 4 May 1904
Winfield S. Enochs: 4 May 1904 – 14 February 1921
Rayburn Adkins: 14 February 1921 – 23 February 1923
Earl McCoy: 23 February 1923 – 18 November 1924
A. Vinson Ramey: 18 November 1924 (9 December 1924, assumed charge) – 15 September 1947
Post office discontinued: 3 September 1947, effective 15 September 1947, mail to Ranger
Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
28 Saturday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Music, Shively
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Anna Bing Butcher, Appalachia, banjo, Emily Ann Butcher, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, Melvin Butcher, photos, West Virginia
This photo is thought to show the Melvin and Emily Ann (Browning) Butcher family of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. Anna Bing Butcher appears in the photo
28 Saturday Feb 2015
Posted in Adkins Mill, Cove Gap, East Lynn, Kiahsville, Queens Ridge, Stiltner
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Adkins Mills Post Office, Albert Watts, Alexander Collins, Appalachia, Attison Adkins, Chapman Adkins, Chapman Fry, Charles W. Tabor, Checker S. Queen, civil war, Cove Creek Post Office, Cove Gap Post Office, East Lynn, Frank M. Dickson, G.F. Collins, genealogy, George W. Wiley, history, History of East Lynn Community, Jackson Adkins, James Fry, Jesse Fry, John H. Napier, John H. Queen, John McCoy, Joseph Workman, Joshua Queen, Kiahsville Post Office, Leander J. Adkins, Lindsey Frasher, Louis C. Queen, Lucian Osborn, Lucian Wiley, Malinda M. Enochs, miller, Nathaniel Turner, Noah Peters, Queens Ridge Post Office, Rayburn Adkins, Raymond Maynard, Robert Napier, Rufus Pack, Samuel Dyer, Sherman Maynard, Stiltner Post Office, Thomas Jackson, Thomas P. Maynard, Twelve Pole Creek, Walter G. Sparks, Walter Queen, Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia, William D. Frasher, William D. Vaughan, William P. Mankin, Willie Jones, Winfield S. Enochs
The following post offices in Wayne County, West Virginia, represent some of my favorite locations: Adkin’s Mills (1869-1891), Cove Creek (1869-1912), Cove Gap (1877-?), Kiahsville (1884-?), Queen’s Ridge (1884-?), and Stiltner (1906-?). This list will be updated as time permits.
Adkin’s Mills Post Office (1869-1891)
Chapman Adkins: 19 August 1869 – 19 February 1873
Noah Peters: 19 February 1873 – 11 August 1874
Joseph Workman: 11 August 1874 – 14 March 1876
Nathaniel Turner: 14 March 1876 – 5 July 1876
John H. Napier: 5 July 1876 – 8 October 1877
Albert Watts: 8 October 1877 – 23 April 1879
Chapman Fry: 23 April 1879 – 8 January 1880
William Vaughan: 8 January 1880 – 20 September 1888
Charles W. Tabor: 20 September 1888 – 15 August 1889
Thomas Jackson: 15 August 1889 – 14 January 1891
Changed to East Lynn: 14 January 1891
Cove Creek Post Office (1869-1912)
Walter Queen: 17 May 1869 – 11 August 1870
John H. Queen: 11 August 1870 – 31 July 1871
Post office discontinued: 31 July 1871
Jackson Adkins: 8 April 1873 – 25 November 1874
Jesse Fry: 25 November 1874 – 31 May 1881
Walter Queen: 31 May 1881 – 16 August 1889
Walter Frasher: 16 August 1889 – 27 August 1909
Lindsey Frasher: 27 August 1909 – 15 July 1912
Post office discontinued: 15 July 1912, mail to East Lynn
Cove Gap Post Office (1877-?)
John McCoy: 10 January 1877 – 9 October 1877
Alexander Collins: 9 October 1877 – 23 October 1878
George W. Wiley: 23 October 1878 – 31 August 1885
Charles W. Tabor: 31 August 1885 – 20 January 1886
Frank M. Dickson: 20 January 1886 – 16 August 1887
William P. Mankin: 16 August 1887 – 12 October 1889
Rufus Pack: 12 October 1889 – 11 November 1889
G.F. Collins: 11 November 1889 – 8 March 1890
Mrs. Malinda M. Enochs: 8 March 1890 – 17 April 1896
Winfield S. Enochs: 17 April 1896 – 28 July 1898
Walter G. Sparks: 28 July 1898 – 6 November 1900
Rayburn Adkins: 6 November 1900 – 30 January 1901
Leander J. Adkins: 30 January 1901 – 31 January 1903
George W. Wiley: 31 January 1903 – 8 August 1912
Rayburn Adkins: 6 June 1914 – 6 January 1921
Samuel Dyer: 6 January 1921 – ?
Kiahsville Post Office (1884-present)
Joshua Queen: 16 June 1884 – 19 July 1895
Thomas P. Maynard: 19 July 1895 – 1 December 1921
Raymond Maynard: 1 December 1921 – ?
Queen’s Ridge Office (1884-?)
Louis C. Queen: 16 June 1884 – 5 May 1914
Checker S. Queen: 5 May 1914 – 13 September 1917
Willie Jones: 13 September 1917 – ?
Stiltner Post Office (1906-?)
Sherman Maynard: 12 November 1906 – 31 May 1907
William D. Frasher: 31 May 1907 – 18 June 1914
Frank H. Fry: 18 June 1914 – 7 December 1918
William D. Frasher: 19 April 1929 – ?
Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Additional notes provided by Lucian W. Osborn in his “History of East Lynn Community” (1927): “There was no post office in this section until after the Civil War and the people here and for many miles above here had to go to Wayne Court House for their mail. But in 1868 Adkins Mill postoffice was established at the water mill then owned by Attison Adkins, one and one-half miles from our present community center. Chapman Adkins was the first postmaster. I am told that the amount of mail then received was so small that no mail bags were required to carry it in, and the mail only went once a week. After a few years the office was moved to the community center, and after going through various hands W. D. Vaughan was appointed postmaster in 1876. He moved the office down to where “Uncle Robert” Napier lived, a short distance from where the railroad depot now stands. Later Mr. Vaughan moved the office to where he now resides and kept it till about 1888 when C. W. Tabor was appointed postmaster. The office was then moved back to the community center and placed in H. Watts’ store. Soon after this the name was changed from Adkins Mill to East Lynn. Mr. Vaughn informs me that when he took charge of the office the pay for one month was only about five dollars and that not as much mail was received at the office in two months as is now received in one day.”
20 Friday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Halcyon, Harts, Shively, Spottswood, Warren, Whirlwind
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Al Brumfield, Albert Dingess, Alice Adams, Alice Dingess, Andrew D. Robinson, Appalachia, Bill Fowler, Chapmanville District, Enzelo Post Office, Everett Dingess, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, George W. Adkins, Glen R. Dial, Halcyon Post Office, Harts, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Harts Post Office, Henry S. Godby, Herbert Adkins, history, Hollena Brumfield, Hollena Ferguson, Ina Adams, Isham Roberts, James Mullins, John S. Butcher, Lawrence Riddle, Lewis Dempsey, Lincoln County, Logan County, Nora St. Clair, Queens Ridge Post Office, Ross Fowler, Sallie Adkins, Sallie Farley, Shively Post Office, Sol Riddell, Spottswood Post Office, Thomas H. Buckley, Ulysses S. Richards, Warren Post Office, West Virginia, Whirlwind Post Office
Big Harts Creek, located in Harts Creek District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, and Chapmanville District of Logan County, West Virginia, has hosted seven post offices: Hearts Creek/Hart’s Creek/Hart/Harts (1870-present), Warren (1884-1894), Spottswood (1901-1908), Halcyon (1906-1923), Whirlwind (1910-1950s), Enzelo (1916-1922), and Shively (1926-?). Today, one post office exists at the mouth of Harts Creek in the town of Harts.
Enzelo Post Office (1916-1922) — located in the Logan County section of Harts Creek
Ulysses S. Richards: 22 March 1916 – 15 December 1922
Post office discontinued: 15 December 1922
Halcyon Post Office (1906-1923) — located near the mouth of Marsh Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County
Albert Dingess: 3 May 1906 – 20 April 1921
Everet Dingess: 20 April 1921 (took possession), 11 May 1921 (acting postmaster), 21 September 1921 – 14 July 1923
Post office discontinued: 14 July 1923, mail to Ferrellsburg
Hearts Creek Post Office (1870-1872) — located at the mouth of Big Harts Creek in Lincoln County
Henry S. Godby: 3 November 1870 – 20 November 1872
Post office discontinued: 20 November 1872
Hart’s Creek Post Office (1877-1880) — located at the mouth of Big Harts Creek in Lincoln County
William T. Fowler: 2 March 1877 – 9 September 1879
Andrew D. Robinson: 9 September 1879 – 2 December 1880
Post office discontinued: 2 December 1880
Hart Post Office (1881-1910) — located at the mouth of Big Harts Creek in Lincoln County
Andrew D. Robinson: 6 July 1881 – 12 November 1883
Isham Roberts: 12 November 1883 – 3 June 1884
Thomas H. Buckley: 3 June 1884 – 1 July 1884
George W. Adkins: 1 July 1884 – 25 May 1885
William E. “Ross” Fowler: 25 May 1885 – 30 October 1891
Post office discontinued: 30 October 1891, mail to Fourteen
Allen Brumfield: 19 January 1900 – 6 September 1905
Hollena Brumfield: 6 September 1905 – 25 July 1907
Hollena Ferguson: 25 July 1907 – 30 July 1910
Post office discontinued: 30 July 1910, mail to Queens Ridge
Harts Post Office (1916-present) — located at the mouth of Big Harts Creek in Lincoln County
Lewis Dempsey: 5 April 1916 – 12 April 1921
Herbert Adkins: 12 April 1921, 30 April 1921 (assumed charge) – 31 December 1953 (retired)
Glen R. Dial: 31 December 1953 (assumed charge), 22 January 1954 (acting postmaster), 8 March 1955 (confirmed) – 29 July 1966 (removed)
Shively Post Office (1923-?) — located on Smokehouse Fork of Big Harts Creek in Logan County
A. Butcher: 1923-1924
Ina E. Adams: 4 December 1925 (acting postmaster), 18 January 1926 – 2 August 1935
John S. Butcher: 2 August 1935 (assumed charge), 18 September 1935 (acting postmaster), 25 October 1935 – 1 January 1949
Mrs. Sallie Farley Adkins: 1 January 1949 (assumed charge), 10 June 1949, 1 October 1949 (assumed charge) – 22 July 1958 (resigned)
Nora St. Clair: 22 July 1958 (assumed charge) –
Spottswood Post Office (1901-1908) — located near the mouth of Trace Fork in Logan County
Alice Adams: 9 October 1901 – 4 August 1905
Alice Adams Dingess: 4 August 1905 – 31 December 1908
Post office discontinued: 31 December 1908
Warren Post Office (1884-1894) — located near the mouth of Smokehouse Fork in Lincoln County (today Logan County)
Andrew D. Robinson: 17 June 1884 – 17 January 1894
Post office discontinued: 17 January 1894
Whirlwind Post Office (1910-1950s)
L.W. Riddle: 31 March 1910 – 25 May 1911
Sol Riddell: 25 May 1911 – 30 April 1914
James Mullins: 30 April 1914 –
NOTE: For more information regarding the Whirlwind PO, see other posts at this blog.
Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration; Polk’s West Virginia State Gazetteer & Business Directory, 1923-1924 (Detroit, MI: R.L. Polk & Company, 1923).
19 Thursday Feb 2015
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Aaron Adkins, Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Burl Adkins, genealogy, Harts, history, John W Runyon, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Melissa Adkins, photos, West Virginia
W. Aaron Adkins, son of Burl and Melissa (Adkins) Adkins, of Harts, WV. During the feud, Aaron was a neighbor to John W. Runyon.
19 Thursday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Spottswood, Warren
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Appalachia, Belle Dora Adams, Daisy Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Howard Adams, log cabins, Logan County, Major Adams, West Virginia, writing
This history of early life in Logan County, West Virginia, was written by Howard and Daisy Adams. Howard (1906-1976) and Daisy (b.1915) were children of Major and Belle Dora Adams of Trace Fork of Harts Creek. Titled “The life of pioneers during the latter half of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the 19th century” and written in the late 1960s or early 1970s, their history marks the only known attempt by local people to reconstruct the story of pioneer life. This part of the history includes information regarding log cabins and interior furnishings.
Now for naming the rooms of the building. The larger building had a partition run across it cutting off 12 feet on one end and leaving 18 feet on the other end. The big room was called the “Big House” and the small one was just plain back room. The ell was called the kitchen. A ladder made of pins and driven in the logs formed a stairway to the upper floor of the main building. Some time they got hold of lumber and made a sort of winding stairway to the second floor of their houses.
Now for the heating system. Well, a section of logs was cut out in the end of the big house and back end of the kitchen a section of floor was left out for the hearth which was made of big flat rocks. Now two structures were erected made of rocks and clay. These rock structures were 2 or 3 feet in diameter and hollow. They towered on above the buildings. They were made hollow so the smoke from the fire would escape through them. They were called chimneys.
Now for the furniture of the pioneer. The furniture mostly consisted of beds. Usually 2 set in the big house, one on each side of the fireplace, one or 2 in the back room and 2 or 3 upstairs. A dresser which had a chest of drawers and a mirror or looking glass as it was called sat in the big house.
Also a chest of drawers without a mirror, but it had a big pitcher and bowl set on it. This was called the washstand. The drawers of these two pieces of furniture were filled with linens such as sheets, pillows, slips, towels, shirts, socks, dresses, etc. All important papers were kept in the top small drawers, as well as razor soap, shaving mugs, hair and clothes brushes, etc.
They had large wall clocks which were kept on shelves nailed up high on the wall to keep the children from them. These clocks were wound with keys or cranks. Some of them were wound each night and some run 8 days with one winding. They struck or banged away every hour and 1/2 hour. A small hammer hit a gong or a big spring inside the clock. Boy, you had to be a sound sleeper not to be waked by those old time clocks.
As clothes presses were unheard of, all clothing that couldn’t be put in the dresser drawers were hung on the wall or behind doors by nails in the walls.
Every body had a shotgun or an old hog rifle as it was called and it was set behind the door too.
Yes they had chairs made from hard wood. They were made by boring holes in pieces of round wood about 2 1/2 inches in diameter and putting little sticks called rounds in the holes. The bottoms or seats were made of hickory bark laced back and forth across the top rounds of chair. The back legs of a chair were longer than the front, reaching up to your shoulders when sitting down. They were held together with thin pieces of board for a back rest.
17 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Brown's Run, Burl Farley, Burl Farley Bridge, Cabell County, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, logging, Roach, timbering, West Virginia
James Burl Farley of Browns Run of Harts Creek was a leading timber figure in the Guyandotte Valley. He was also a key participant in the Lincoln County Feud. Farley later relocated to Roach in Cabell County, WV.
17 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Dollie, Gill, Leet, Rector
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Albert Gill, Albert Walls, Andy Cyfers, Arabelle Gill, Big Ugly Creek, Brad Gill, Dixie Toney, Dollie Post Office, Florence Vance, genealogy, Gill Post Office, Grace DeHaven, Harts Creek District, history, John E. Stone, John H. Brumfield, Laura Ferrell, Laurel Fork, Leander C. Toney, Leet Post Office, Lincoln County, Linzy Huffman, Martha J. Toney, Mildred DeHaven, Milt Ferrell, Nancy Cyfers, Rector Post Office, Ruth Cyfers, Thomas J. Gill, Tom Ferrell, Wallace Toney, Walter Toney, Walton Ferrell, West Virginia
Big Ugly Creek, located in Harts Creek District of Lincoln County, West Virginia, has hosted four post offices: Rector (1902-1939), Gill (1903-1968), Leet (1907-?), and Dollie (1919-1934). Today, no post offices exist on Big Ugly Creek.
Dollie Post Office (1919-1934)
Walton Ferrell: 10 December 1919 – 29 January 1923
Laura Ferrell: 29 January 1923 – 19 September 1933
Thomas Ferrell: 19 September 1933 (acting postmaster), 12 January 1934 – 31 March 1934 (appointment rescinded on 31 March 1934)
Post office discontinued: 24 March 1934, effective 14 April 1934, mail to Rector
Gill Post Office (1903-1968) — located at the mouth of Big Ugly Creek
Thomas J. Gill: 8 October 1903 – 9 June 1926/12 August 1927
Bradley W. Gill: 9 June 1926/12 August 1927 (conflicting dates in the record) – 9 October 1926
Arabelle Gill: 9 October 1926 – 6 November 1940 (deceased 6 November 1940)
Andrew J. Cyfers: 1 January 1941 (assumed charge), 11 January 1941 (acting postmaster) – August or October 1941 (see below)
Nannie F. Cyfers: 5 August 1941, 1 October 1941 (assumed charge) – 30 September 1956 (retired 30 September 1956)
Ruth B. Cyfers: 30 September 1955 (assumed charge), 4 October 1956 (acting postmaster), 19 October 1956 (assumed charge), 17 November 1967 (resigned)
Florence Vance: 17 November 1967 (acting postmaster) – 26 January 1968
Post office discontinued: 26 January 1968, mail to Ranger
Leet Post Office (1907-?) — located at the mouth of Laurel Fork of Big Ugly Creek
Albert Walls: 17 May 1907 – 3 September 1912
Linzy Huffman: 3 September 1912 – 15 February 1917
Moved to Gill: 15 February 1917
Albert J. Gill: 22 July 1921 – 30 May 1925
Post office discontinued: 30 May 1925, mail to Gill
John H. Brumfield: 18 September 1925 – 15 December 1927
Post office discontinued: 15 December 1927, mail to Rector
Grace DeHaven: 31 May 1934 – 30 November 1961, 30 November 1961 (retired)
Mildred DeHaven: 30 November 1961 (assumed charge), 13 April 1962 – ?
Rector Post Office (1902-1939)
John E. Stone: 17 July 1902 – 4 May 1903
Wallace Toney: 4 May 1903 – 13 July 1905
Leander C. Toney: 13 July 1905 – 14 March 1919
John Milton Ferrell: 14 March 1919, 5 April 1919 (assumed charge) – 25 June 1934
Walter Toney: 25 June 1934 (assumed charge), 20 August 1934 (acting postmaster) – 5 December 1934
Dixie Toney: 5 December 1934, 24 January 1935 (assumed charge) – 18 March 1938
Laura Ferrell: 18 March 1938 (assumed charge), 23 March 1938 (acting postmaster) – 3 November 1938
Martha J. Toney: 3 November 1938 – ? (order rescinded on 12 November 1938)
Post office discontinued: 11 March 1939, effective 31 March 1939, mail to Leet
Source: U.S. Appointments of Postmasters, 1832-1971, maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration.
16 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Logan, Timber
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Cabell County, Canada, Enoch Baker, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Huntington, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, logging, Nova Scotia, photos, timbering, West Virginia
Enoch Baker, a native of Nova Scotia who once worked timber on Harts Creek, is shown here years later at his Huntington, WV, office.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Hamlin, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, Cabell County, genealogy, history, Huntington, Lincoln County Feud, photos, Professor Coin, Spring Hill Cemetery, Thomas H. Harvey, West Virginia
Judge Thomas H. Harvey was judge during the sensational Haley-McCoy murder trial in 1890. Here’s the Harvey family monument, located at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, WV.
Judge Harvey was brother to the rather famous “Professor Coin.” Here I am earlier today at the Harvey monument.
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, Ashland, Blood in West Virginia, Boyd County, Brandon Kirk, Carter County, Cecil L. Hudgins, doctor, genealogy, history, Kentucky, Lincoln County Feud, Logan, Logan County, Olive Hill, photos, West Virginia
Dr. Cecil L. Hudgins was one of two physicians who treated Hollena Brumfield after her ambush. At the time of the Lincoln County Feud, Dr. Hudgins lived in Logan, WV. Earlier today, I visited his grave in Ashland, Kentucky.
Dr. Cecil L. Hudgins was one of two physicians who treated Hollena Brumfield after her ambush. At the time of the Lincoln County Feud, Dr. Hudgins lived in Logan, WV. He later settled in Olive Hill, Kentucky. Earlier today, I visited his grave in Ashland, Kentucky.
31 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, Cecil Brumfield, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, Mag Brumfield, photos, Smokehouse Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia
Cecil Brumfield home, erected c.1932 on Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, WV
31 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Al Brumfield Cemetery, Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, books, Brandon Kirk, genealogy, Harts, history, Hollene Brumfield, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Yesterday, I re-visited the Hollena (Dingess) Brumfield grave in Harts, Lincoln County, WV. Hollena was the daughter of Henderson and Sarah (Adams) Dingess and the wife of Allen Brumfield.
31 Saturday Jan 2015
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Al Brumfield Cemetery, Appalachia, Benedum Foundation, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, Ward Brumfield, West Virginia
Yesterday, I visited the Ward Brumfield grave, located in Harts, Lincoln County, WV. Around 2002, I helped to write a grant and placed a modern tombstone at Ward’s grave, which was previously marked with a rock. Ward appears as a child in my book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.”
20 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
15 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Halcyon, Spottswood, Timber, Warren, Whirlwind
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Alfred Cabell, Alifair Adams, Almeda Mullins, Andrew J. Fowler, Anthony Adams, Appalachia, Barker School, Betsy Fowler, Big Creek, Bruce McDonald, Buck Fork, Burl Farley, Chapmanville, Chapmanville District, Crawley Creek, David C. Dingess, David Kinser, Dorcas Barker, E.C. Duty, education, Etta Robertson, F.D. Young Tie and Lumber Company, Fowlers Branch, Garland B. Conley, genealogy, Green Farley, Harriet Duty, Harriet Thompson, Harts Creek, Harvey Thompson, history, Hugh Dingess, Huntington, J.E. Peck, J.T. Ferrell, James I. Dingess, James Lowe, Jane Ferrell, Jennie Dingess, Joe Phipps, John G. Butcher, Lane School, Logan County, Louisa Butcher, Lucinda Lucas, M.D. Stone, M.J. Stone, Marsh Fork, Martha J. Dingess, Mary Ann Farley, Mary Peck, North Fork, North Fork School, Peter Dingess, Polly Conley, Robert L. Barker, Robert Mullins, Rocky Branch, Rocky School, S.B. Robertson, Smokehouse Fork, Sophia Kinser, Striker, Theophilus Fowler, Three Forks, Tim's Fork, Trace Fork, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia, William Barker
In 1908, A.J. Fowler, James Lowe, and Alfred Cabell, members of the Chapmanville District board of education, recorded deeds for district school property at the Logan County (WV) Clerk’s Office. Most of the deeds had been previously destroyed in a house fire. At the time of their destruction, 1897, Joe Phipps was secretary of the district board of education. Given below is the date of transfer, the grantor’s name, the location of the property, and the amount of money paid by the board to the grantor.
October 3, 1896: Louisa Butcher, 1/2 acre on Crawley Creek, near Striker, $25
August 4, 1897: Betsy Fowler, widow of Theophilus Fowler, et al, 1/4 acre Fowler’s Branch in Chapmanville, $50
August 10, 1897: Jennie Dingess, widow of Peter Dingess, and David C. Dingess, 1/2 acre Tim’s Fork, $0
August 10, 1897: James I. Dingess and Martha J. Dingess, “Rocky School,” 1/2 acre mouth Rocky Branch, $30
August 10, 1897: Harvey and Harriet Thompson, 1/2 acre, East Fork, $15
August 10, 1897: Lucinda Lucas, main Harts Creek, $8
August 10, 1897: Jane Ferrell, widow of J.T. Ferrell, et al, Lane School, $15
August 10, 1897: Hugh Dingess, Smoke House Fork, $15
August 10, 1897: Louisa Butcher, widow of John G. Butcher, 1/2 acre Crawley, Striker, $20
August 10, 1897: Anthony and Alafair Adams, mouth of Buck Fork, $0
August 10, 1897: E.C. and Harriett Duty, 1/2 acre North Fork, “North Fork School,” $15
August 10, 1897: Robert L. Barker and Dorcas Barker, widow of William, Big Creek, “Barker School,” $15
August 10, 1897: J.E. and Mary Peck (originally from Green Farley), Three Forks of Crawley, $10
August 17, 1897: Polly Conley, widow of Garland B. Conley, et al, Smoke House, $8
August 18, 1897: Sophia and David Kinser, Trace Fork, $0
August 24, 1897: Mary Ann and Burwell Farley, Smoke House Fork, $15
February 7, 1902: Robert and Almeda Mullins, main Harts Creek, $10
January 2, 1904: F.D. Young Tie & Lumber Company of Huntington, 1/2 acre Marsh Fork Branch of West Fork, $10
December 2, 1905: M.D. and M.J. Stone, 425/1000 acre, $25
July 21, 1908: S.B. and Etta Robertson and Bruce McDonald, Lot 64 in Chapmanville, $125
15 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Allen Bryant, Appalachia, Ben Vance, Bilton McNeely, Dick Adkins, Ed Dingess, Ferrellsburg, Florence Hill, Frank Vance, genealogy, George Simpkins, history, Isaac Marion Nelson, Jake Fowler, Lincoln County, Low Gap United Baptist Church, Oden Dempsey, U.S. South, Walker School, Wash Dempsey, West Virginia
Low Gap United Baptist Church record, 1911. The Low Gap UB Church met for over fifty years at the Walker School, situated in the headwaters of Walker Branch, near Ferrellsburg.
12 Monday Jan 2015
Posted in Atenville, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Harts, Leet, Rector, Toney
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Adam Cummings, Allen, Atenville, Ben Walker, Brad Toney, Ferrellsburg, Fisher B. Adkins, Fourteen, genealogy, Harts, Harts Creek District, history, Isaac Fry, John B. Pullen, John S. Brumfield, John W. Sias, Leet, Lincoln County, Matthew C. Farley, Philip Hager, Ras Fowler, Rector, Squire Toney, Superintendent of Schools, Toney, Wallace Hager, Ward Lucas, West Virginia
Given below are Harts Creek District boards of education between 1905 to 1913:
1905-1906
J.B. Pullen of Rector, president
William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary
John S. Brumfield of Fourteen
Squire Toney of Rector
1906-1907
Squire Toney of Rector, president
William E. Fowler of Hart, secretary
John S. Brumfield of Fourteen
Wallace Hager of Rector
1908-1909
Matthew C. Farley of Fourteen, president
Philip Hager of Leet, secretary
Adam Cummings of Leet
Ward Lucas of Toney
1909-1910
John W. Sias of Fourteen, president
Philip Hager of Leet, secretary
Adam Cummings of Allen
Bradford D. Toney of Toney
1911-1912
B.W. Walker of Ferrellsburg, president
William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary
Isaac Fry of Toney
Bradford D. Toney of Toney
1912-1913
B.W. Walker of Ferrellsburg, president
William E. Fowler of Ferrellsburg, secretary
Isaac Fry of Atensville
Bradford D. Toney of Toney
NOTE: Fisher B. Adkins of Ferrellsburg was Lincoln County Superintendent of Schools from 1915-1919.
11 Sunday Jan 2015
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Appalachia, Clyde Dean, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Georgia Stowers, Harts Creek District, history, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Clyde Dean (1915-1995) of Ferrellsburg, WV, nephew of Georgia Stowers
Writings from my travels and experiences. High and fine literature is wine, and mine is only water; but everybody likes water. Mark Twain
This site is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and promotion of history and culture in Appalachia.
Genealogy and History in North Carolina and Beyond
A site about one of the most beautiful, interesting, tallented, outrageous and colorful personalities of the 20th Century
Brandon Ray Kirk 