Henry Conley and William Thompson Deed to John Godby (1849)

21 Tuesday Nov 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Guyandotte River

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Henry Conley and William Thompson to John Godby 1849 1

Deed Book C, page 279, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Henry Conley, son of Garland and Elizabeth (Farley) Conley, was the husband of Mary “Polly” Thompson. William Thompson, son of Thomas P. and Judith (Farley) Thompson, was the husband of Elizabeth Lilly. Grantors Conley and Thompson were first cousins…and brothers-in-law.

Henry Conley and William Thompson to John Godby 1849 2

Deed Book C, page 280, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. William Thompson, who died in 1850, is my paternal great-great-great-great-grandfather.

Chapmanville District Schools (1927) 1

14 Wednesday Jun 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in African American History, Banco, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Civil War, Guyandotte River, Holden, Native American History, Stone Branch, Timber

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

Big Creek School, est. 1852

Edith Richardson, teacher

Big Creek School was built of logs in 1870. Crispin S. Stone taught the first free school in his kitchen in 1870. A log building was erected the next year by the people. A Baptist Church exists here as of 1906. Many soldiers of the Civil War served from here. Two are still living. George Hill of Holden served in the Spanish-American War. Sid Ferrell of Big Creek was wounded in World War I when he left the trenches ahead of his command. The first merchant started here in 1904. Prudential was the first coal mine, just below here, in 1905. The first gas well was drilled here in 1909. Big Creek was formerly named “vette.” On the left of Big Creek (stream) looking downstream is Buzzard Hill and on the right is Pigeon Mountain. Pigeon Hill was named due to the great number of pigeons resting there. Big Creek was formerly called Poplar Camp Creek from a surveyor’s camp made of logs. The town was pretty well built up since 1902.

Lane School, est. 1887

Mable Lowe, teacher

Two room frame building

Four Confederate soldiers and one Union soldier lived here during the war. Garrett Fork was named for John Garrett, an old soldier.

Under the entry for Godby Branch: Godby Branch was named for John Godby. Old settlers claim that Simon Girty who married an Indian squaw lived on Godby Branch for several years. He cut his name on a large beech tree that fell in 1890. John Godby told the story.

Chapmanville School, est. 1892

Lot W. Adams, teacher

Four rooms and two outside rooms

There is a large Indian mound in Chapmanville. French Dingess reportedly fired the first gun at Fort Sumter. The Guyandotte River was reportedly named from the Indian word meaning “narrow bottoms.” Company D, 36th Virginia Infantry, known as the Dare Devils, organized here in May 1861 with Charles I. Stone as captain. Later it combined with Co. C, 36th Virginia Volunteer Infantry and was known as the Logan Wildcats with Hugh Toney as captain. The Battle of Chapmanville Mountain was fought in the fall of 1861 here. Major Davis was wounded and captured and his original is still kept by his relatives. He charged fifty cents a month per pupil and the textbooks were free. A large beech and a large white oak plainly marked a corner trees on the Thomas Huff 850-acre survey made on June 3, 1784.

Stone Branch School (colored), est. 1902

Violet H. Agee, teacher

Kitchen School, est. 1905

Uses three one-room buildings

John Stone said there were a few straggling bands of Indians here when he came to Stone Branch in 1807 but committed no depredations after he settled. John Stone taught the first school in this district and maybe in the county at Stone Branch in 1812. The textbooks were made by him with goose quill pens.

Hugh Thompson School, est. 1916

J.G. Beymer, teacher

One room frame building

A school house erected in 1916 was blown down in a heavy storm, killing John Conley, an old citizen who had taken shelter under the floor. The house was not used for school this year but was rebuilt the following year.

Ed Stone School, est. 1919

Rosa Barker, teacher

One room frame building

One Confederate soldier lived here during the war.

Thomas School, est. 1919

Burley Stollings, teacher

One room frame building

Two Confederate soldiers lived here during the war.

Daisy School, est. 1920

Daisy Pettit, teacher

One room frame house

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

Harts Creek Area Justices of the Peace (1847-1869)

28 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Harts, Toney

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Aaron Adkins, Abijah Workman, Abner Vance, Andrew Robinson, Appalachia, Becky Workman, Cabell County, Calohill McCloud, Catherine Fry, Charles Adkins, Crispin Stone, Darby K. Elkins, Dolly Stollings, Elias Adkins, Elizabeth Dial, Gordon Lilly, Harts Creek, Harvey Elkins, Henderson Drake, Henry Adkins, Henry Conley, Henry Spears, Hezekiah Adkins, history, Isaiah Adkins, Jake Adkins, James Butcher, James Ferrell, James Lilly, James M. Berry, James Thompson, James Toney, John Chapman, John Elkins, John Godby, John Gore, Joshua Butcher, justice of the peace, Levi Collins, Logan County, Lorenzo Dow Hill, Lydia Eveline Mullins, Mary Workman, Meekin Vance, Noah Hainer, Obediah Workman, Reese W. Elkins, Richard Elkins, Robert Lilly, Robert Lilly Jr., Robet Lilly, Samuel Vanatter, Sarah Jane Dial, Spencer A. Mullins, Squire Toney, Stephen Lambert, Virginia, Wesley Stollings, West Virginia, William Lilly, William Smith, William Spears, William Thompson

Between 1847 and 1869, the following men served as justices of the peace in the Harts Creek community, then a part of Logan County, Virginia. The primary source for this material is Deed Book D, which is located at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Material is arranged based on the grantor’s name as given in the deed, the grantee’s name as given in the deed, and the date of the deed. Some of the deeds are partially destroyed, obscuring dates. This list is a work in progress and will be updated periodically. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years.

Elias Adkins (Logan County), 1847, 1850

Deed: James Thompson to John Godby 23 August 1847

Deed: Wesley and Dolly Stollings to Abner Vance 15 April 1850

Crispin S. Stone (Logan County), 1847, 1849, 1852, 1854, 1859, 1865

Deed: James Thompson to John Godby 23 August 1847

Deed: Henry Conley and William Thompson to John Godby 4 September 1849

Deed: Levi Collins to Noah Haner 2 March 1852

Deed: Robert Lilly to William Lilly 22 December 1854

Deed: Robert Lilly to Robert Lilly, Jr. 1 March 1859

Deed: Isaiah Adkins to Lydia Eveline Mullins 8 July 1859

Deed: Robert Lilly to Mary Workman 28 February 1865

Deed: Robert Lilly to Gordon Lilly 1 March 1865

Deed: Robert Lilly and James Lilly 26 March 1865

Joshua Butcher (Logan County), 1849

Deed: Henry Conley and William Thompson to John Godby 4 September 1849

Spencer A. Mullins (Logan County), 1853-1855

Deed: Richard Elkins to James Toney 5 March 1853

Deed: Price Lucas to Henry Adkins 7 October 1853

Deed: Richard Elkins to Isaac Adkins 27 December 1853

Deed: Enos “Jake” Adkins to Henry Adkins 12 April 1854

Deed: Squire Toney to Burbus C. Toney 14 October 1854

Deed: Darby K. Elkins to John W. Sartain 30 October 1854

Deed: Harvey Elkins to Isaiah Adkins 10 March 1855

Deed: Elizabeth Adkins et al to Charles and Isaiah Adkins 02 October 1855

Deed: Joel Elkins to Reece W. Elkins 17 November 1855

William Smith (?? County), 1853-1854

Deed: Baptist Fry to Charles Lucas 18 April 1853

Deed: Levi Collins to Anderson Barker 21 June 1853

Deed: Burbus C. Toney to Squire Toney 14 October 1854

Deed: John Workman to James Browning 17 November 1854

Lorenzo Dow Hill (Logan County), 1854-1856, 1858-1861, 1869

Deed: Burbus C. Toney to Squire Toney 14 October 1854

Deed: John Workman to James Browning 17 November 1854

Quit Claim Deed: Elias Adkins to Enos Adkins 18 August 1855

Deed: John Fry to Admiral S. Fry 26 January 1856

Deed: Robert Lilly to Gordon F. Lilly 8 April 1856

Deed: Rees W. Elkins to Elias Adkins 18 October 1856

Deed: Robert Lilly to James Lilly 16 April 1858

Deed: Meekin Vance to Andrew Robinson 31 March 1859

Deed: John and Catherine Fry to Aaron Adkins 11 February 1860

Summons: William T. Clark and Henry P. Gartin 28 February 1861

Commissioners Record Book No. 1, p. 122: January 1869

James Ferrell (Logan County), 1854-1858, 1860

Deed: Squire Toney to Burbus C. Toney 14 October 1854

Deed: Elizabeth Adkins et al to Spencer A. Mullins 07 February 1855

Deed: Squire Toney to Sarah Jane Dial 25 November 1855

Deed: Squire Toney to Sarah Jane Dial and Elizabeth Dial 20 May 1856

Deed: Squire Toney to Lorenzo D. Hill 24 January 1857

Deed: William Smith to James Lilly 17 February 1858

Summons: James M. Berry 18 February 1860

Hezekiah Adkins (Logan County), 1856

Deed: Darby K. Elkins et al to Rees W. Elkins 18 April 1856

John Chapman (Cabell County), 1856

Deed: Spencer A. Mullins to John Chapman 18 December 1856

Stephen Lambert (Logan County) 1856-1860, 1865

Deed: Rees W. Elkins to Elias Adkins 18 October 1856

Deed: Obediah Workman to Nighbert and Clarke 25 August 1857

Deed: Charles and Isaiah Adkins to John Elkins 24 November 1858

Deed: Meekin Vance to Andrew Robinson 31 March 1859

Deed: Isaiah Adkins to Lydia Eveline Mullins 8 July 1859

Deed: Obediah and Becky Workman to ____ Dempsey 28 September 1859

Deed: Henry Adkins to Aaron Adkins 31 March 1860

Summons: Jeremiah Lambert 3 September 1860

Deed: Abijah Workman to Calahill Daniel McCloud 12 January 1865

Samuel Varnater (Logan County), 1865

Deed: Abijah Workman to Calahill Daniel McCloud 12 January 1865

Henderson Drake (Cabell County), 1865

Deed: Henry Spears to William Spears 6 December 1865

John Gore (Logan County), 1868

Commissioners Record Book No. 1, p. 112: November 1868

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