08 Wednesday Jul 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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A.C. Hager, Bethlehem Association, Charlie Curry, Cole Branch Church, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen Mile Church, General Assembly, Gilbert Moore, Good Hope Association, Grover Gartin, Guyan Church, Harry Adkins, Harts Creek, Isaac Fry, Isaac Marion Nelson, John Gartin, Lincoln County, Marvel Elkins, Mountain Home Church, Mt. Era Church, Parris Hensley, W.M. Tomblin, West Virginia
The General Assembly formed on Harts Creek in 1911
05 Sunday Jul 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Whirlwind
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Adam Mullins, Add Mullins Family Cemetery, Appalachia, Bessie Christina Mullins, Bessie Mullins, cemeteries, Charles D. Mitchell, Christopher Davis Hallam, Clyde Mullins, Frank Mullins, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, Juanita Kirk, Linville Bryant, Logan County, Mae Mullins, Mary E. Mitchell, Millard Mullins Drive, U.S. South, West Virginia, Willard Mullins
The Add Mullins Family Cemetery, which I visited on 27 June 2014, is located in the head of Hoover Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. To reach the cemetery, proceed up Millard Mullins Drive and beyond… The road leading to the cemetery is unpaved, rocky, and jutted. Permission from local property owners to travel the road is required.
Row 1
Charles D. Mitchell (1942-1986)
Mary E. Mitchell (1937-still alive)
Row 2
Willard Mullins (01 April 1917-17 May 1929); s/o Adam and Bessie (Thompson) Mullins
Bessie Mullins (1893-1967); d/o James and Margurette (Mullins) Thompson; m. Adam Cado Mullins
Adam Cado Mullins (1882-1960); s/o Van Buren and Mary A. (Helmick) Mullins
Frank Mullins (1938-1982)
Row 3
Bessie Christina Mullins (03 April 1947-04 April 1947)
Mae Mullins (1918-1984); d/o Walter and Belle (Browning) Hensley; m. Clyde Mullins
Clyde Mullins (1919-1992); s/o Adam and Bessie (Thompson) Mullins
Christopher Davis Hallam (28 September 1984-01 August 2008)
Row 4
Linville Bryant (1939-1990); s/o Will and Cora (Tomblin) Bryant
Way behind the rest of the graves:
Juanita Kirk (1918-1990)
05 Sunday Jul 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, Crispen Stone, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, John Lawson, John Workman, land grant, Logan County, Moses Workman, Obediah Workman, Spring Branch, survey, U.S. South, Virginia, West Virginia
Moses and John Workman land grant and survey (1835/7), Logan County, (West) Virginia
04 Saturday Jul 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, cemeteries, Daniel McCloud, Daniel McCloud Family Cemetery, Edgar A. McCloud, Edith McCloud, Fred McCloud, genealogy, George McCloud, Harold G. Mullins, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, Logan County, Norma McCloud, Pearl Griffith, Randall R. Mullins, Ruth Farley, Susan McCloud, West Virginia
The Daniel McCloud Family Cemetery, which I visited on 27 June 2014, is located 0.7 miles up the Left Hand Fork of Hoover Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. It is located 1.4 miles up Hoover Fork from its mouth.
Row 1
Norma McCloud (16 March 1951-18 February 1953); d/o George and Edith (Conley) McCloud
George McCloud (29 May 1911-12 February 1993); d/o Daniel and Susan (Martin) McCloud
Edith Conley McCloud (23 June 1917-29 January 2010); d/o Charles and Nancy (Payne) Conley; m. George McCloud
Row 2
Daniel McCloud (30 November 1881-11 August 1973); s/o Callohill and Sarah (Brewster) McCloud
Susie McCloud (01 February 1884-11 August 1950); d/o J. Allen and Margaret (Adams) Martin; m. Daniel McCloud
Edgar A. McCloud (05 December 1907-31 May 1963); s/o Daniel and Susan (Martin) McCloud
Ruth Mullins Farley (11 June 1916-21 October 1980); d/o Daniel and Susan (Martin) McCloud
Pearl McCloud Griffith (16 August 1912-30 November 1997); d/o Daniel and Susan (Martin) McCloud
Randall R. Mullins (31 December 1967-23 June 1981)
Fred McCloud (09 August 1924-25 December 1982)
Row 3
Harold G. Mullins, Sr. (22 December 1947-13 November 1980)
01 Wednesday Jul 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Whirlwind
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Albert Mullins, Billy Adkins, Boardtree Hollow, Buck Fork, Callohill McCloud, cemeteries, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, James Blackhawk Mullins, James Blackhawk Mullins Cemetery, Kimberly L. Mullins, King Mullins, Logan County, Lois Maynard, Lucinda Mullins, Manda Maynard, Octavia Mullins, Ralpph McCloud, Rhoda Mullins, Solomon Mullins, Solomon Mullins Jr., Spencer Mullins, Tennessee McCloud, West Virginia, Willie Mullins
The James “Blackhawk” Mullins Cemetery, which I visited on 26 June 2014, is located at Boardtree Hollow 1.5 miles up Buck Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. This cemetery is very overgrown. Thanks to the late Willie Mullins who first showed me this cemetery on 25 October 1997.
Row 1
Ralph McCloud (carved on rock)
large unmarked rock headstone that has fallen over, with footstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
Row 2
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
Tennisee McCloud (21 February ____-__ Ma_ 1904); d/o James B. and Lucinda (Phillips) Mullins; b. about 1877; m. Callohill McCloud
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked rock headstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked square rock headstone and footstone
Row 3
Albert Mullins (1887-1965); s/o Solomon and Octavia (Mullins) Mullins, Jr. (visible in 1997, not in 2014)
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked large blackened rock headstone and footstone; this is James Benton “Blackhawk” Mullins; s/o Peter and Jane (Mullins) Mullins; b. about 1851; died 27 August 1929
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
stone that reads: “1894. Sep.the.7. SM DE”
unmarked rock headstone
ASVALENA MULLINS (04 June 1890-24 July 1912?)
Row 4
Spencer Mullins (1929-1964); s/o Solomon and Octavia (Mullins) Mullins, Jr.
Octavia Mullins (31 March 1886-24 February 1959); NOTE: This is Octavia’s old stone (see below)
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
Tavy Mullins (1886-1959); d/o Stephen “Yank” and Harriet (Carter) Mullins; m. Solomon Mullins, Jr.
Sol Mullins (1879-1967); s/o James B. and Lucinda (Phillips) Mullins
Kimberly L. Mullins (08 May 1973-23 October 1988)
Row 5
Mrs. Manda Maynard (15 May 1913-19 March 1937); d/o Reece and Louisa (Curry) Mullins; m. Woodrow Maynard
Lois Maynard (05? October 1934-09 October 1936); d/o Woodrow and Manda (Mullins) Maynard
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
Row 6
“Solomon” carved on rock; s/o William and Mary B. (Mullins) Mullins; b. about 1905
King Mullins (Sept 1893?-_______); s/o William B. and Mary B. (Mullins) Mullins; b. about 1903
NOTE: According to Willie Mullins, grandson of James “Blackhawk” Mullins, the following other persons are buried here:
Lucinda Mullins; d/o Henry and Mary (Browning) Phillips; b. about 1850; m. James B. “Blackhawk” Mullins; d. 1891-1899
Callohill McCloud; b. 19 March 1869; s/o Overton Obediah and Minerva (Vance) McCloud; m1. Tennessee Mullins; m2. Melvina Mullins; d. 25 August 1936
A notebook of Billy Adkins’ lists this grave:
Rhoda Mullins; born 07 August 1906; d/o Reece and Louisa (Curry) Mullins; died before 1910
30 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in African American History, Harts
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Adkins Family Cemetery, Appalachia, cemeteries, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Isaac Adkins, Lincoln County, Logan County, slaves, U.S. South, Virginia, West Virginia
Isaac Adkins (1790-1854), my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, was the Harts Creek community’s wealthiest resident and Logan County’s second-largest slave-owner as of 1850. His grave is located at the Adkins Cemetery in Harts, Lincoln County, WV. 2003
29 Monday Jun 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Whirlwind
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Albert Buster Vance, Albert F. Elkins, Albert F. Gore, Almeda Vance, Andy Adams, Baisden Family Cemetery, Buck Fork, Cary Baisden, cemeteries, Charles McCloud, Daught Adams, Dow John Jackson, Earl Baisden, Edmond Adams, Elaine Adams, Emily Vance, Eunice F. Adams, Frank Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, James C. Jonas, Jamie Adams, Jessie J. Baisden, Josephine Baisden, Larry David Canty, Leana Adams, Leander Gore, Lee T. Curry, Leroy Adams, Lizzie Beth Burns, Logan County, Lois Baisden, Lucille Baisden, Martha Kinser, Mary Carter, Mathias Elkins, Millard Baisden, Mundy Adams, Noah Gore, Norman Gore, Pricy Elkins, Randolph Baisden, Sally Gore, Sarah Gore, Thomas Baisden, Troy Vance, Troy Vance Family Cemetery, Wash Vance, West Virginia, Willie Carter, Woodrow Mullins
The Baisden Family Cemetery, which I visited on 22 June 2014 is located 2.1 miles up Buck Fork of Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia. The Mathias “Tice” Elkins family, including Albert F. Gore (Elkins), originally used the cemetery. Today, it is best known as Troy Vance Cemetery. Troy Vance first married Emily Gore, granddaughter of Tice and Pricy (Mullins) Elkins, then married Almeda Baisden, daughter of Thomas and Josephine (Mullins) Baisden. Emily and Almeda were first cousins. Both of Troy’s mothers-in-law are buried in the cemetery (they were sisters), as are both of his fathers-in-law. Troy’s mother married first to Wash Vance, then to Albert F. Gore (Elkins); in other words, his widowed mother married his widowed father-in-law. The McCloud family connects to the cemetery through Albert F. Gore’s first wife, Sarah McCloud.
Row 1
Jamie Adams (03 January 1985-03 January 1985); d/o Timmie and Renee Adams
Leroy Adams (20 October 1959-22 October 1959); s/o Andy and Eunice Adams
Andy Adams (23 August 1932-07 September 1963); s/o Fred and Margaret (Baisden) Adams
Eunice F. Adams (29 May 1933-09 September 1984)
Elaine Adams (20 December 1955-30 July 2004)
(gap)
Cary Baisden (09 July 1910-07 January 1985); s/o Thomas and Josephine (Mullins) Baisden
Millard Baisden (20 January 1934-07 August 1978); s/o Cary and Lucille Baisden
Lucille Baisden (02 October 1910-01 March 1999); m. Cary Baisden
Larry David Canty (06 June 1947-06 June 1947); s/o Charles and Juanita Canty
Row 2
Rock that reads: “D.S.”
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
Lizzie Beth Burns; possibly d/o Stephen and Eleanor (Workman) Lambert; born about 1847; m. George Burns; died 1910s
Marthey Kinsor; possibly d/o Barney and Mahulda (Mullins) Carter; m. Michael Kinser; died 16 September 1935
unmarked rock headstone
unmarked rock footstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
(large gap)
Almeda Vance (23 February 1893-__ December _____); NOTE: Almeda Vance has a more modern tombstone elsewhere in the cemetery
Row 3
large pointed rock headstone
Dow John Jackson (1933-1973); s/o John and Mattie (Adams) Jackson
possibly two graves with no stones
unmarked rock headstone and foostone
Willie Carter (February 1908-February 1908)
Mary Carter (04 September 1868-27 February 1908); d/o George and Elizabeth (Lambert) Burns; m. James Carter
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
nice headstone with no writing
unmarked rock headstone
unmarked rock headstone and footstone
unmarked rock headstone
Almeda Vance (23 February 1893-09 June 1955); d/o Thomas and Josephine (Mullins) Baisden; m1. Vess Mullins; m2. Troy Vance
Woodrow Mullins (25 November 1920-08 February 1945); s/o Albert and Lena (Baisden) Mullins; WV PFC 149 INF WWII
Thomas Baisden (1857-1936); s/o James R. and Elvira (Johnson) Baisden
Josie Baisden (1865-1938); d/o Robert and Almeda (Mullins) Mullins; m. Thomas Baisden
Randolph Baisden (06 May 1904-31 July 1975); PVT US ARMY WWII
Row 4
unmarked rock headstone
Mrs. Lee T. Curry (1903-1966)
unmarked rock headstone
Troy Vance (01 January 1894-14 November 1941); s/o Washington and Sarah (Adams) Vance; m1. Emily Gore; m2. Almeda (Mullins) Baisden
Emily Gore Vance (06 November 1889-09 March 1920); d/o Albert F. and Sarah (McCloud) Gore
nice stone with illegible writing
Clive? Dingess (21 February 1909-21 March 1909)
Jace? Dingess (24 January 1908-26 January 1909)
Lee Gore (November 1891-01 November 1906); s/o Albert F. and Sarah (McCloud) Gore
Norman Gore (________ 13-__ October ____); s/o Albert F. and Sarah (McCloud) Gore; born August 1897
Noah Gore (31 January 1894-23 September 18__)
(large gap)
James C. Jonas (09 November 1941-23 November 1941)
Row 5
Leana Adams (08 September 1890-01 November 1932); NOTE: She has a modern tombstone elsewhere in the cemetery
Mundy Adams (30 September 1930-10 October 1930); d/o B. Frank and Leana (Baisden) Adams
Leana Adams (08 September 1890-01 November 1932); d/o Thomas and Josephine (Mullins) Baisden; m. B. Frank Adams
Frank Adams (11 January 1905-14 April 1942); s/o George and Mary Jane (Mullins) Adams; m1. Leana Baisden; m2. Lizzie Bryant
Sally Adams Vance Gore (25 December 1873-31 January 1959); d/o Benjamin and Victoria (Dingess) Gore; m1. Wash Vance; m2. Albert F. Gore
Albert “Buster” Vance (25 October 1913-15 December 1989); s/o Troy and Emily (Gore) Vance
(gap)
Pricy E (died 05 July 1905); d/o Peter and Jane (Mullins) Mullins; born April 1832; m. Mathias “Tice” Elkins
Tice E (died 13 June 1885); s/o Archibald and Hannah (Stephenson) Elkins; born about 1829
Charles McCloud (died 1914); s/o John and Sarah (Vance) McCloud/Browning; born May 1835; his brother Anderson McCloud married Rhoda J. Elkins, d/o Tice and Pricy; his brother Lewis McCloud married Lydia E. Elkins, d/o Tice and Pricy
Daught Adams (31 March 1931-31 March 1931)
unmarked rock headstone
Edmond Adams (06 July 1943-01 November 1949); Freddie and Margaret (Baisden) Adams
Earl Baisden (22 April 1907-05 July 1953); s/o Thomas and Josephine (Mullins) Baisden
Row 6
Jessie J. Baisden (1928-1929); s/o James R. and Sadie (Carter) Baisden
Lois Baisden (1927-1927)
24 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Vorginia, Boney Lucas, books, Brandon Ray Kirk, Cain Adkins, feuds, Guyandotte River, Harts, Harts Creek, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, history, Huntington, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Linda Comins, Logan, Logan County, Paris Brumfield, photos, Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Intelligencer, Wheeling Register
22 Monday Jun 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Baker-White Feud, Blood in West Virginia, Boney Lucas, books, Brandon Kirk, feud, Harts Creek, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Martin-Tolliver Feud, Matewan Depot, Paris Brumfield, photos, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia, writers
Our feud…we have arrived! 20 June 2015
20 Saturday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen, Green Shoal, Harts, Little Harts Creek, Queens Ridge, Sand Creek
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A.F. McKendree, Abbotts Branch, Abijah Workman, Abner Vance, Admiral S. Fry, Albert Abbott, Alexander Tomblin, Allen Adkins, Allen Butcher, Anderson Barker, Andrew Dial, Andrew Elkins, Anthony Lawson, Archibald Elkins, Arnold Perry, Baptist Fry, Barnabus Carter, Big Ugly Creek, Burbus C. Toney, Cabell County, Charles Adkins, Charles F. Dingess, Charles J. Stone, Charles Lattin, Charles Spurlock, Charleston, Christian T. Fry, Crispin S. Stone, Cultural Center, Dicy Adams, Douglas Branch, Edmund Toney, Elias Adkins, Elijah A. Gartin, Evermont Ward, Fourteen Mile Creek, Francis Browning, Garland Conley, genealogy, George Hager, George Perry, Grandison B. Moore, Green Shoal, Hamilton Fry, Harts Creek, Harvey Elkins, Harvey S. Dingess, Harvey Smith, Henderson Dingess, Henry Adkins, Henry Conley, history, Ira Lucas, Isaac Adkins, Isaac Fry, Isaac Samuels, Isaiah Adkins, Jacob Stollings, Jake Adkins, James Browning, James Butcher, James Justice, James Smith, James Toney, James Wilson, Jeremiah Farmer, Joel Elkins, John Dalton, John Dempsey, John Fry, John Gore, John H. Brumfield, John Rowe, John W. Sartin, John Washington Adams, John Workman, Joseph Adams, Joseph Fry, Joseph Gore, Josephus Workman, Joshua Butcher, Kiahs Creek, Levi Collins, Lewis Adkins, Lilly's Branch, Limestone Creek, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Lorenzo D. Hill, Low Gap Branch, Mathias Elkins, Meekin Vance, Melville Childers, Moses Brown, Moses Harrison, Moses Workman, Noah Hainer, Obediah Merritt, Obediah Workman, Paris Vance, Patton Thompson, Peter Dingess, Peter Mullins, Polly Vance, Price Lucas, Ralph Lucas, Reese W. Elkins, Richard Elkins, Richard Vance, Robert Elkins, Robert Hensley, Robert Lilly, Royal Childers, Sally McComas, Samuel Damron, Samuel Ferrell, Samuel Lambert, Samuel Parsons, Samuel Short, Samuel Vannatter, Sand Creek, Sims Index to Land Grants, Spencer A. Mullins, Squire Toney, Stephen Lambert, Thomas A. Childers, Thomas Dunn English, Thomas P. Spears, Wesley Vance, West Virginia, West Virginia State Archives, William Brown, William Buffington, William Dalton, William Hainer, William Johnson, William P. Blankenship, William Smith, William Straton, William T. Nichols, William Thompson, William Vance, William Wirt Brumfield
Persons receiving land grants between 1812 and 1860, including acreage totals, for the following streams located in Logan and Cabell counties, (West) Virginia: Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen Mile Creek, Little Harts Creek, Sand Creek, Kiah’s Creek, Green Shoal, Brown’s (Abbott’s) Branch, Douglas Branch, Low Gap Branch, Lilly’s Branch, and Limestone (partial). This list does not necessarily reflect ALL of the person’s landholdings; only land in the Harts Creek community are noted. Also, some persons are duplicated due to receiving grants individually or jointly. Known nonresident landowners are denoted by a (*). My ancestors are placed in bold font. Note: This is a work in progress.
Anthony Lawson*, 6502 acres
Anthony Lawson et al*, 3400 acres
Charles Lattin et al, 2667 acres
John H. Brumfield et al, 2328 acres
Spencer A. Mullins, 2145 acres
John Dempsey et al*, 2090 acres
Isaiah Adkins, 2058 acres
Evermont Ward*, 1800 acres
William Johnson, 1794 acres
Elijah A. Garten, 1620 acres
Charles J. Stone, 1610 acres
Hamilton Fry, 1488 acres
William Johnson et al, 1435 acres
Burbus C. Toney, 1332 acres
William Straton et al*, 1319 acres
Thomas Dunn English*, 1085 acres
Thomas A. Childers et al*, 1050 acres
Samuel Damron et al, 1043 acres
Joshua Butcher, 808 acres
William Straton*, 791 acres
Elijah A. Garten et al, 770 acres
Isaac Adkins, 720 acres
Moses Harrison et al, 700 acres
Abner Vance, Jr., 642 acres
George Hager et al, 600 acres
Isaac Adkins, Jr., 595 acres
Samuel Short et al*, 561 acres
Elias Adkins, 560 acres
George Hager, 520 acres
Crispin S. Stone et al, 485 acres
John H. Brumfield, 480 acres
Moses Brown, 412 acres
Peter Mullins, 408 acres
Robert Lilly, 393 acres
Joseph and Dicy Adams, 384 acres
Charles Lattin, 378 acres
Albert Abbot, 370 acres
Christian T. Fry, 367 acres
Lorenzo D. Hill, 340 acres
Lewis Adkins et al, 325 acres
Enos “Jake” Adkins, 320 acres
Richard Elkins, 311 acres
Obadiah Merret*, 310 acres
Squire Toney, 307 acres
Isaac Samuels et al*, 300 acres
William T. Nicholls et al*, 296 acres
Samuel Lambert, 269 acres
Richard Elkin, Jr. et al, 260 acres
Anderson Barker, Jr. et al, 250 acres
Noah and William Haner et al, 250 acres
William Smith et al, 250 acres
Harvey S. Dingess, 242 acres
Abijah Workman, 239 acres
Samuel Ferrell, 238 acres
Noah Haner et al, 235 acres
Charles F. Dingess & Peter Dingess, Jr., 233 acres
Henderson Dingess, 233 acres
Richard Elkins et al, 230 acres
James Justice*, 220 acres
John Fry, 204 acres
Elias and Allen Adkins et al, 200 acres
James Smith and Harvey Smith, 200 acres
James Toney et al, 200 acres
James Browning, 190 acres
William Buffington et al*, 190 acres
Charles Lucas, 190 acres
James Wilson et al*, 190 acres
James Butcher, 185 acres
Jacob Stollings, 185 acres
A.F. McKendree et al*, 185 acres
Grandison B. Moore, 180 acres
Peter Dingess, 170 acres
Joseph Fry, 162 acres
Robert Elkin, 160 acres
Admiral S. Fry, 157 acres
Robert Hensley, 154 acres
Richard Vance, 153 acres
Levi Collins, 150 acres
Harvey Elkins, 148 acres
James Smith, 148 acres
Reese W. Elkins, 125 acres
John Fry, Jr., 125 acres
Price Lucas, 125 acres
Ralph Lucas, 125 acres
William Dalton, 123 acres
Andrew Dial, 120 acres
Lewis Adkins, 116 acres
Patton Thompson, Jr., 112 acres
John W. Adams, Jr., 110 acres
Charles Adkins, 110 acres
Obediah Workman, 106 acres
Stephen Lambert, 105 acres
John Goare, 104 acres
Moses Workman and John Workman, 100 acres
James Toney, 95 acres
Francis Browning, 94 acres
Alexander Tombolin, 94 acres
Allen Butcher, 93 acres
Ira Lucas, 93 acres
William P. Blankenship, 92 acres
David Robison, 92 acres
Joseph Gore, 90 acres
Archibald Elkins, 87 ½ acres
Anderson Barker et al, 85 acres
Isaac Fry et al, 85 acres
Paris Vance, 84 acres
William Brumfield, 75 acres
Henry Conley, 75 acres
Squire Toney et al, 75 acres
Andrew Dial et al, 73 acres
Burbus C. Toney et al, 73 acres
Henry Adkins, 70 acres
Isaiah and Charles Adkins, 70 acres
John W. Sartin, 70 acres
Barnabus Carter, 65 acres
Mathias Elkin, 63 acres
Patton Thompson, 62 acres
Samuel Parsons*, 60 acres
Harvey and Andrew Elkin, 55 acres
Meken Vance, 55 acres
Joel Elkins, 50 acres
Jeremiah Farmer, 50 acres
Baptist Fry, 50 acres
William Smith, 50 acres
Thomas P. Spears, 50 acres
Charles Spurlock, 50 acres
Samuel Vannatter et al, 50 acres
Edmund Toney, 46 acres
Sally McComas et al heirs, 45 acres
George Perry, 44 acres
Arnold Perry, Jr., 40 acres
William Thompson, 40 acres
John Workman, 40 acres
Josephus Workman, 40 acres
John Rowe, 38 acres
Melville Childers et al*, 37 acres
John Dalton, 34 acres
Polly Vance and William Vance (son), 33 acres
Garland Conley, Jr., 32 acres
Moses Workman, 26 acres
William Brown, 25 acres
Royal Childers*, 25 acres
Wesley Vance, 25 acres
Richard Vance, Jr., 13 acres
Source: Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia (Charleston, WV: State of West Virginia, 1952). Thanks to the West Virginia State Archives at the Cultural Center in Charleston, West Virginia, for use of the book.
10 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Alpha Adkins, Appalachian Power Company, Arnold Adkins, Big Branch, Caroline Adkins, Carrie Adkins, Clara Francis Adkins, culture, Denver Adkins, Doris Wellmarine Adkins, Emerald Fleming, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Huntington, James "Jim" Dalton, Jennings Adkins, John Adkins, Larrry Adrain Adkins, life, Lincoln County, Logan County, Mud Fork, Roxie Leana Adkins, Switzer, Viola Dalton, West Virginia, Willis Adkins
In 1979, Roxie Leana (Dalton) Adkins, daughter of James and Viola (Tomblin) Dalton, wrote a history of her family, which includes memories of her early life on Harts Creek. Roxie, born in 1904, married Willis Adkins in 1924 and mothered nine children. In the late 1990s, Roxie’s daughter Emerald (Adkins) Fleming gave this history to me.
I got married three years later and started a family of my own. I was married to Willis Adkins, son of John and Caroline Nelson Adkins. I was married May 29, 1924. I started housekeeping in the head of Big Branch right in the woods in a little three room house — a shack — and that was a happy time for it was mine and Willis’ private life and we had each other and I would love to go back to that lowly summer I didn’t have anything to worry about. So that is a big part of my life history and we planted a garden. We had plenty of fruit and berries and peaches, cherries and apples and we had a joy beyond compare for we didn’t have no children. Eighteen months later we had our oldest child, Carrie Adkins. She was born November 30, 1925.
Then we moved to Logan County. Willis worked for Appalachian Power Company at the Logan Plant then he went to the coal mine and we moved from Mud Fork to Switzer, W.Va. and we lived there from November 1926 to May 1927. Then we moved to a lumber camp at Omar, W.Va. We stayed there to March 1928. We moved back to Big Branch and raised a garden and a crop of corn and moved back to the lumber camp in January 1929 and March 28, 1929 our first boy was born: Denver Adkins. We stayed in the lumber camp until September 1929 and moved up Pine Creek to a mine camp.
In October 1929 we moved back to the farm we live on now and rented then and a year later we bought the land off my uncle Ed Dalton and I am still here. I had 7 more kids and put them all through high school and I was very proud of all of them. I tried to see they got good treatment in school. They weren’t rich and they wasn’t the poorest people in our country but I always taught them to be kind to others and to treat their teachers with respect and to always be kind to old and young and do their best to keep all their promises.
My children are Carrie Adkins, born November 30, 1925; Denver Adkins, born March 28, 1929; Alpha Adkins, born August 24, 1931; Jennings Adkins, born April 9, 1934; Emerald Adkins, born February 13, 1937; Arnold Adkins, born February 17, 1940; Clara Francis Adkins, born August 26, 1942; Doris Wellmarine Adkins, born June 15, 1945; and Larry Adrain Adkins, born March 17, 1948. Well, I had four boys and five girls and all the boys served in the armed forces and my oldest is still in the federal government and is somewhere in the overseas countries and I don’t know but trust that God does.
I am now 75 years old. My husband passed away June 9, 1968. I was 64 years old and I am still in my own home. If it be the Lord’s will, I will live in this same house until I go. My children all got married and had families. Denver doesn’t have any children and one of my boys — Arnold Adkins — was killed by a train in Huntington in 1966. He had a wife and two children and was expecting the third and I trust they will be as honest and respectful as he always was. He had a host of friends.
Well, this is about all I can write for now.
06 Saturday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Blackburn Holton, Cole Branch School, education, Emerald Fleming, Everett Dingess, Georgia Nelson, Harts Creek, Hermell Perry, High Top School, history, James "Jim" Dalton, Lincoln County, Martha Ann Fowler, Maudie Stollings, Roxie Lena Adkins, Viola Dalton, William "Ross" Fowler, William Harrison Tomblin, Willis Adkins
In 1979, Roxie Leana (Dalton) Adkins, daughter of James and Viola (Tomblin) Dalton, wrote a history of her family, which includes memories of her early life on Harts Creek. Roxie, born in 1904, married Willis Adkins in 1924 and mothered nine children. In the late 1990s, Roxie’s daughter Emerald (Adkins) Fleming gave this history to me.
I was born on April 11, 1904. My parents were James and Viola Tomblin Dalton. I started school at Cole Branch in 1910. The teacher was Bernard Holton. I attended one month but I didn’t go any more after that term because it was a two mile walk and the weather was bad. They started High Top School in the fall of 1911. I started the first term on High Top in February of 1912. The teacher was William Harrison Tomblin. He taught 60 days. The next term started in the fall of 1912. The teacher was Miss Hermell Perry. The term was out in the spring of 1913. I went for six months, or 120 days. The next term started in the fall of 1913 and went out in the spring of 1914. The teacher was Miss Georgia Nelson. The term was 120 days.
The next term was in the fall of 1914. The teacher was Miss Maudie Stollings. She taught for one week and one day and somebody burned the schoolhouse. She quit but the board rented a part of an old couple’s dwelling and they got a new teacher and his name was Everett Dingess. He taught three months and quit. They hired a teacher, Miss Martha Ann Fowler. She taught in this building about two weeks and had the board to get another building and she finished that school term. It ended in the spring of 1915.
The fall term started in 1915 in the same building and William A. Fowler taught there until the spring of 1916. The same teacher started the fall term of 1916 in the same building and taught three months and they rented another building and moved the school back to the top of the mountain there and he taught the rest of the term in the spring of 1917.
Then they rented another building which was an old log house and another teacher started the fall term in 1917 and she taught part of that term and they got a new schoolhouse. It was really a bum job and the board accepted it and us kids went on and didn’t find a fault but there is where the parents let theirselves be pushed around and not stand up for their rights.
Then William A. Fowler came back. He was the best in all our land. He was the best educated man that could be found. They never had a more educated man in the White House than he was. He could talk the children into wanting to learn. He started the fall term in 1917 and finished in 1918. In the spring then in 1919 he taught the school again and finished the term in 1920. In the fall of 1920 he got the school again and finished in the spring of 1921 and that is the last school he taught.
In the fall of 1921 —— Dingess started the school. He was a young teacher and didn’t know too much about books and liked to have a big time with the kids and I went a little while and quit. I was 17 so I didn’t go on to school and my brothers did. They got more teachers that didn’t care. They got the money when the kids did or didn’t go to school. They got paid for doing nothing when I went to school. I wanted to know all there was to learn in books and I wouldn’t waste my time going to so-called teachers. When another girl or boy asked the teacher to help with a problem in math they would ask me if I would show the kid how to do it. So I told my parents I didn’t want to teach school and I didn’t lose time in a schoolhouse where there wasn’t a teacher so that’s why I quit.
05 Friday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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Appalachia, cemeteries, genealogy, Gore Family Cemetery, Harts Creek, history, John Gore, Logan County, photos, West Fork, West Virginia
John Gore (1816-1895) grave, located on West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. I discovered this grave yesterday
05 Friday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Albert Smith, America Thompson, Appalachia, Billie Kinder, Causby Conley, Charlotte Tomblin, David Smith, Dixie Smith, Doad Tomblin, Elizabeth Kinder, Elvin Smith, Emerald Fleming, Fine Malinda Nester, Garland "Bock" Conley, genealogy, George Dalton, Goldie Smith, Harts Creek, Herbert Chilton Smith, history, Howard Dalton, James "Yellow Jim" Dalton, James Dalton, Jim Tomblin, Joe Smith, John Dalton, John Tomblin, Laura Smith, Leana Smith, Leonard Dalton, Lewis Tomblin, Lincoln County, Mary Ann "Poos" Adams, Melvin Dalton, Moses "Wog" Dalton, Moses Tomblin, Paris Smith, Peter Dalton, Peter Tomblin, Polly Pratt Dalton, Reece "Wid" Dalton, Reece Myers, Robert Dalton, Roxie Leana Adkins, Ruth Dalton, Ruth Smith, Sarah Conley, Sidney Smith, Thomas Conley, U.S. South, Velvie Smith, Viola Dalton, Virginia Jane Dalton, West Virginia, William Tomblin, Willis Adkins
In 1979, Roxie Leana (Dalton) Adkins, daughter of James and Viola (Tomblin) Dalton, wrote a history of her family, which includes memories of her early life on Harts Creek. Roxie, born in 1904, married Willis Adkins in 1924 and mothered nine children. In the late 1990s, Roxie’s daughter Emerald (Adkins) Fleming gave this history to me.
This is the Dalton family tree as far back as I have learned of the record of my great-great-grandparents, Jim Dalton (“Old Yellow Jim” as he was called) and Virginia Workman. I don’t know Yellow Jim’s age or his death but I have heard talk of him and his family. His wife was always called Jane. They came down from Tazewell, Virginia before the kids were born or some of them. Their two sons were Moses (“Wog” as he was called) and Peter (no nickname). Moses “Wog” married America Thompson.
Moses “Wog” and America Dalton had Elizabeth Dalton, who married Billie Kinder, and James Dalton, who married Viola Tomblin. Viola first married Paris Smith. He died in July of 1893. Her son by this first marriage was Joe Smith. Joe married Laura Simpkins and their children were Elvin Smith, Albert Smith, Goldie Smith, Velvie Smith, Herbert Chilton Smith, Sidney Smith, Dixie Smith and Leana Smith. Ruth Smith and David Smith died as infants.
James and Viola had eight children: Melvin, born May 2, 1900; Robert, born February 23, 1902; Roxie Leana, born April 11, 1904; John, born March 20, 1906; Howard, born September 22, 1908; Leonard, born March 15, 1911; George, born April 15, 1914; and Ruth, born June 17, 1918.
Yellow Jim’s daughters were Fine Malinda Dalton, who married John Nester, and Pratt Dalton, who had a son by Reece Myres named Reese Jr. (but who was always known as Wid Dalton). Pratt married Moses Tomblin and had five sons: Jim Tomblin, Lewis Doad Tomblin, Peter Tomblin, William Tomblin, John Tomblin and one daughter, Charlotte Tomblin, who died small.
Other daughters of Yellow Jim were Causby Dalton who married Thomas Conley, Sarah Dalton who married Bock Conley, and Mary Ann Dalton who married John Morgan Adams. She was always called “Poos.”
26 Tuesday May 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries
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Albert J. Kirk, cemeteries, Clarence Kirk, David Kirk, Dola Kirk, Dora D. Workman, Dorothy Ann Gore, Dortha Kirk, Edwin Drury McCann, Elsa Kirk, Ema Jean Kirk, Fannie McCann, French McCann, genealogy, Harry L. Kirk, Harts Creek, history, Hugh Farris, Jack Kirk, James Edward Kirk, Jimmy C. Kirk, Ken Neri, Lawrence Kirk, Logan County, Manuel Kirk, Mary Kirk, Mattie workman, Melvin Kirk, Melvin Kirk Family Cemetery, Melvin Kirk Jr., Michael Lawrence Kirk, Mima Kirk, Musco Kirk, Phillip Ray Kirk, Piney, Robert Workman, Rosco Kirk, Sallie Kirk, Sharon Kirk, Susan Farris, Susie Neri, Thomas Kirk, West Fork, West Virginia, William T. McCann
The Melvin Kirk Family Cemetery, which I visited on May 25, 2015, is located on Piney at West Fork of Big Harts Creek in Logan County, West Virginia.
Row 1
James Edward Kirk (15 January 1965-02 March 2008)
Jimmy C. Kirk (19 August 1938-20 July 1966); s/o Musco and Sallie (Workman) Kirk; SP4 US ARMY
Musco Kirk (13 October 1901-13 March 1984); son of Melvin and Susan (Thompson) Kirk
Sallie Kirk (09 April 1911-06 December 1990); d/o Fletcher and Rachel (Messer) Workman; m. Musco Kirk
Row 2
Infant Williams (09 April 1951-09 April 1951); d/o Henry and M. Iris (Kirk) Williams
Jack Kirk (1926-1927); son of Pat and Eva (Brumfield) Kirk
Phillip Ray Kirk (1941-1948); d/o Shelby and Hollie M. (Justice) Kirk
Row 3
Dola Kirk (1914-1915); d/o Pat and Eva (Brumfield) Kirk
Elsa Kirk (1916-1917); d/o Pat and Eva (Brumfield) Kirk
Michael Lawrence Kirk (24 June 1940-10 April 1960); s/o Lawrence and Mima (Gore) Kirk
Mima Gore Kirk (02 February 1920-29 March 2009); d/o Joseph A. and Flora M. (Dingess) Gore; m. Lawrence Kirk
Lawrence Kirk (17 July 1918-07 May 2011); s/o Pat and Eva (Brumfield) Kirk
Row 4
Albert J. Kirk (28 November 1898-07 September 1960); son of Melvin and Susan (Thompson) Kirk
Thomas Kirk (1937-1938); s/o Albert and Pearl (Kirk) Kirk
Harry L. Kirk (01 January 1944-08 March 1944); s/o Albert and Pearl (Kirk) Kirk
Sharon Kirk (01 January 1944-08 January 1944); d/o Albert and Pearl (Kirk) Kirk
David Kirk (29 November 1946-02 December 1946); s/o Albert and Pearl (Kirk) Kirk
Row 5
Dortha Kirk (1920-1992); d/o Ben T. and Hattie Alice (Headley) Kirk; m. Melvin Kirk, Jr.
Melvin Kirk, Jr. (1910-1974); s/o Melvin and Susan (Thompson) Kirk
Dora D. Workman (10 August 1912-21 January 1916); d/o William and Minnie B. (Thompson) Workman
Mary Kirk (06 March 1975-06 March 1975)
gap between graves
Kenneth Morris Neri (07 July 1927-24 January 2004); US ARMY TSGT US AIR FORCE WWII KOREA
Susie Neri (1940-still alive); d/o Melvin and Dortha (Taylor) Kirk, Jr.
Row 6
Teresa M. Kirk (20 January 1954-still alive)
Manuel Kirk (28 February 1938-
Helen J. Kirk (22 May 1945-17 August 2008)
Clarence Kirk (03 December 1936-03 December 1936); s/o Melvin and Dortha (Taylor) Kirk, Jr.
Melvin Kirk (18 February 1862-25 February 1911); s/o Thomas and Elizabeth (Maynard) Kirk
Susan Kirk Farris (15 June 1867-08 May 1953); d/o Patton and Delanie (Tomblin) Thompson; m1. Melvin Kirk; m2. Hugh Farris
Hugh Farris (15 May 1885-12 May 1952); s/o William and Elizabeth A. (Conley) Farris
Row 7
French McCann (30 June 1913-26 September 1931); s/o William T. and Ida (Kirk) McCann
Fannie McCann (13 January 1916-08 November 1918); d/o William T. and Ida (Kirk) McCann
William T. McCann (20 December 1882-14 January 1929); s/o Kerrick and Elizabeth (Dalton) McCann
William T. McCann, Jr. (29 May 1921-30 July 1998); s/o William T. and Ida (Kirk) McCann
Row 8
Edwin Drury McCann (26 January 1935-28 January 1935)
gap in graves
Dorothy Ann Gore (1961-1983)
Kimber Nicole Workman (October 1991)
Baylee Danielle Workman (13 November 2004-13 November 2004)
Kaleb James Workman (27 March 2010-09 November 2010)
Row 9
Matilda “Mattie” Vance Workman (21 December 1873-XXX); d/o Addison and Theresa (Ross) Vance; m. Robert Workman
Robert Workman (February 1861-12 May 1922); s/o William M. and Mary J. (Thompson) Workman
Row 10
Rosco Kirk (03 March 1935-
Ema Jean Kirk (09 March 1934-02 September 1992); d/o William E. and Lula (Vance) Fowler; m. Rosco Kirk
Tammy Browning (14 June 1961-20 October 2014); d/o Rosco and Ema Jean (Fowler) Kirk
26 Tuesday May 2015
Posted in Cemeteries, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Bill Brumfield, Blood in West Virginia, books, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, Cole Branch, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Bill Brumfield grave, located at Cole Branch of Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV
25 Monday May 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Poetry, Spottswood
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Appalachia, Belle Dora Adams, Daisy Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Howard Adams, Logan County, Major Adams, poetry, Trace Fork, 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 poem, dedicated to their father, appears at the end of the history. It is dated March 15, 1946.
There by the road stands our dear old home
Where once we did dwell.
With Mother and Dad we would roam
O’er our homestead we loved so well.
We would sit by the fire on a winter night
Talking happy and gay.
Sometimes Dad would read while the fire burns bright,
The Bible, and then, he would pray
That God would watch over his loved ones dear
And our neighbors all around.
We would feel God’s presence near
As we knelt in that circle round.
Mother was a favorite of us all.
Dad loved her very dear.
We did love to hear her call
When the evening time was near.
She could soothe away our worries and frowns
And make us want to smile.
Oh, how I wish we could now sit down
With Mother and Dad for a while.
On January tenth, nineteen and thirty-nine,
I shall never forget that day,
God called our mother, leaving us behind
To worry along on life’s way.
God needed another angel fair
To live in His heavenly domain,
So He took our mother, with her love so rare,
To dwell in that home of fame.
We sure loved our dear old dad,
Though he ruled us with a vim.
He was the best friend we ever had
And we thought the world of him.
I shall never forget that Saturday night,
As the clock was striking nine,
As we sat around the fireside bright
Dad left us behind.
It was on December 16, 1944,
While our friends were standing around,
We had done all we could and could do no more.
The Death Angel of the Lord came down.
He took the breath from our darling dad,
And Dad will suffer no more,
But our hearts will always be lonesome and sad
Until we meet on that golden shore.
07 Thursday May 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Bill Mullins, Bulwark, Flora Tomblin, genealogy, General Bryant, George Bryant, Harts Creek, history, James Mullins, Joe Blair, Josiah Tomblin, Leona Kinser, Logan Banner, Logan County, Nickitie Tomblin, Oma Bryant, Shegon, Squire Sol Adams, Troy Town, West Virginia, Whirlwind
An unnamed local correspondent at Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on 24 April 1925:
James Mullins is about to open the new store at Bulwark.
Squire Sol Adams made a flying trip to Logan this week.
Joe Blair is visiting home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bryant of Shegon were welcome guests of General Bryant.
Mrs. Nickitie Tomblin has been ill for some time.
Miss Oma Bryant was shopping at Whirlwind this week.
J.S. Tomblin was seen around Troy Town today.
Bill Mullins has rented Leona Kinser’s farm for this year.
George Bryant was calling on Miss Floory, Sunday.
06 Wednesday May 2015
Posted in Whirlwind
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Almeda Baisden, Appalachia, Bird Bryant, Buck Fork, Bulwark, Charley Curry, Charley Tomblin, coal, Crawley Creek, genealogy, George W. Hensley, Harts Creek, Harvey Smith, history, James Mullins, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Moses Tomblin, Peter Carter, Preston Collins, Rufus Tomblin, Squire Sol Adams, timbering, Troy Vance, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Willie Tomblin, Win Bryant
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.
02 Saturday May 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
Harts Creek stills destroyed, Logan Banner, 19 June 1925.
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