15 Wednesday May 2019
Posted in Queens Ridge
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Appalachia, Henry Conley, history, James Browning, John Workman, justice of the peace, Kiahs Creek, Logan County, Lorenzo Dow Hill, Sarah Workman, Spice Branch, Twelve Pole Creek, Vance's Trace Branch, West Virginia, William Smith
Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Today, this land would be located in the vicinity of the Wayne-Lincoln county line.
19 Thursday Apr 2018
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Harts Creek, James Tomblin, John Workman, Joshua Butcher, Logan County, Smokehouse Fork, Virginia, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, William Straton, Wolf Pen Hollow
Deed Book C, page ____, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
10 Saturday Mar 2018
Posted in Kiahsville, Queens Ridge
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Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek District, Henry Conley, history, John Workman, justice of the peace, Kiahs Fork, Lincoln County, Logan County, Lorenzo D. Hill, Twelve Pole Creek, Vance Trace Branch, Virginia, West Virginia, William Straton
Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day Harts Creek District off Lincoln County, WV.
01 Thursday Mar 2018
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Abijah Workman, Appalachia, Eleanor Lambert, Elizabeth Adkins, Ellen Lambert, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Isaac Adkins Jr., John Workman, Josephus Workman, Logan County, Lorenzo D. Hill, Moses Workman, Polly Workman, Stephen Lambert, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, William Straton
Deed Book C, page 460, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
03 Saturday Feb 2018
Posted in Banco, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Huntington, Logan
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Appalachia, B.R. Lucas, Banco, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, C.C. Varney, C.E. Justice, Charles Robert, Clara Harmon, D.H. Harmon, Ed Stone Branch, Elm Street, Estep, Ethel Ferrell, Frank Pardue, Fred Lucas, genealogy, H.F. Lucas, history, Huntington, J.A. Stone, J.B. Lucas, J.H. Workman, J.W. Thomas, Jean Eleanor Lucas, Jennie Thomas, John Hager, John Workman, L.A. Ellis, Lane Church, Levi Duty, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Lynn Street, Madeline Varney, Marea Lucas, Mary Hager, Myrtle Lucas, Needmore, Nora Gullett, Risby Stone, Robert Gullet, Ruby McGraw, Samuel Pardue, singing schools, Spring Dale, Squirrel Branch, Ted Hager, West Virginia, Willard Varney
An unknown correspondent from Banco on Big Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on June 29, 1926:
Up the poplar and down the pine
We sure do think The Banner is fine.
A large crowd attended the singing at Banco last Sunday.
J.A. Stone and John Hager motored to Huntington last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Thomas and daughter Jenie of Estep were calling in Banco last Saturday.
Frank Pardue of Big Creek was calling on homefolks at this place Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Thomas attended singing school at Banco Sunday.
Miss Ruby McGraw of Logan was visiting her mother, Mrs. Nora Gullett, on Ed Stone Branch Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. L.A. Ellis of Needmore is visiting in Logan this week.
B.R. Lucas and son Fred and daughter Marea attended the business meeting at the Lane church Saturday night.
Mrs. C.E. Justice and son Charles Robert of Elm Street were calling on Mrs. John Workman in Lynn Street Tuesday.
Mrs. J.H. Workman of Estep was a business caller in Banco last week.
Mrs. Levi Duty of Squirrel Branch was visiting her sister Mrs. Samuel Pardue and other relatives at this place Sunday.
Clara Harmon was the Sunday night guest of her sister, Mrs. Myrtle Lucas.
H.F. Lucas and little sister Jean Eleanor were out joy riding Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ethel Ferrell and children of Estep and Mrs. Mary Hager of Banco were visiting Mrs. Hager’s mother, Aunt Rispa Stone on Big Ugly last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Master Willard Varney of Estep was the Saturday night guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hager at this place.
Mrs. C.C. Varney and daughter Madeline, Mrs. J.B. Lucas and Miss Marea Lucas were the dinner guests of Mrs. D.H. Harmon Sunday.
The girls of Spring Dale and Banco can now don their traveling attire as Robert Gullet has bought a new 5-passenger automobile.
H.F. Lucas motored to the North Pole Sunday evening.
Rev. White will preach at the Ed Stone Branch next Saturday and Sunday. Everybody invited.
18 Thursday Jan 2018
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, John Workman, Logan County, Peter Mullins, Sarah Workman, Virginia, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, William Straton
Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day West Virginia.
30 Thursday Nov 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, Barney Carter, Branson Tomblin, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, John Workman, Logan County, Stephen Lambert, Virginia, West Virginia, William Straton
Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
28 Saturday Oct 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Barney Carter, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Hoover Fork, James H. Ferguson, Jane Mullins, John Workman, Logan County, Peter Mullins, Virginia, Wesley Vance, West Virginia, William Straton
Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
19 Wednesday Jul 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Holden, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, Charles Curry, cholera, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Holden, Isaac Fry, Joe Blaine, John Workman, Logan Banner, Logan County, Luke Curry, McCloud School, miller, Rum Creek, Sol Riddle, Vinson Collins, West Virginia, Whirlwind, Will Farley
An unknown correspondent from Whirlwind in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Logan Banner printed on December 18, 1914:
We are glad to note that our people are busy, happy and peaceful in these parts.
Will Farley has added a new industry to our town, a gasoline grist mill.
Our drummer, Sol Riddle, has just returned from a trip through his territory.
Revs. Adams and Fry preached at Head of Heart last Sunday.
Mrs. Vinson Collins is very ill at this writing.
Joe Blaine has moved from this place to Holden.
Forest fires are very frequent here of late.
Rev. Charley Curry was elected pastor of the church at McCloud school house recently.
Revs. Border and Vance will preach at McCloud school house the second Sunday.
Luke Curry has returned home from Rum, where he has been working for some time.
Cholera has been raging among the hogs in this vicinity. Several people have lost hogs.
John Workman will move back to his farm in the spring, he says.
Good luck to The Banner and a happy Xmas to its readers.
29 Monday May 2017
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Spottswood, Warren, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, crime, Dicy Adams, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, John Frock Adams, John Q. Adams, John Workman, Joseph Adams, Logan County, Spencer A. Mullins, Ticky George Adams, West Virginia
John Q. Adams, son of Joseph and Dicy (Mullins) Adams, died in 1863. This record is located in the Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
21 Thursday Jan 2016
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Shively, Spottswood, Warren, Whirlwind
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A.E. Thompson, Albert G. Vance, America Mullins, Ann Conley, Anthony Bryant, Arzella E. Thompson, Ben Adams, Bettie Adams, Brazilla Collins, Burl Adams, Caroline Browning, Caroline Farley, Caroline Nelson, Charley Lilly, Charley Workman, Clarissa G. Riddle, Cynthia A. Workman, Delphia Workman, Dorthula Dingess, Dyke Garrett, E.B. Lilly Jr., Elias Thompson, Elizabeth Dempsey, Emily Jane Johnson, Emily Workman, Floyd Bryant, Floyd Stollings, genealogy, George Spaulding, George Thompson, Gordon Farley, Green McNeely, Hariff Fleming, Harriet Carter, Harriet Dingess, Harts Creek, Harvey Smith, Henry Spry, Hester C. Collins, history, Hugh Conley, Isaac Fry, Isaac Tomblin, J. McNeeley, James B. Mullins, James E. Farley, James Thompson, James Tomblin, Jane Conley, Jeff McCloud, Jesse Robinson, John A. Vance, John B. Thompson, John Brumfield, John F. Farley, John H. Adkins, John H. Mullins, John Manns, John Murphy, John Q. Adams, John W. Workman, John Workman, Joseph Workman, Julia Hensley, Julia Lucas, Julia White, Linnie Hainer, Logan, Logan County, Louis Thompson, Louisa Thompson, Lucinda Bryant, Lucinda Collins, Lucinda Lucas, Lucinda Pool, Lucy Conley, M.A. Robinson, M.J. Tomblin, Maggie Perdue, Mahala Pridemore, Margaret Baisden, Martha Jane Burns, Martha Jane Tomblin, Mary A. Browning, Mary E. Baisden, Mary J. Smith, Mary Lambert, Mary Mullins, Mary Shadrack, Matilda Collins, Matilda Dalton, Matthew A. Robinson, Mattie Vance, Melvin Baisden, Minerva McCloud, Moses Tomblin, Nasby Smith, Ollie Barley, Paris Hensley, Paris S. Spry, Peter H. Dingess, Polly Adams, Ralph Nelson, Rebecca Hall, Rhoda Browning, Rhoda Simpkins, Robert Amburgey, Robert Owens, Robert Workman, S.P. Spry, Sarah E. Workman, Spencer Mullins, Wallace Toney, Wash Dempsey, Wash Farley, Wayne Adams, West Virginia, William H. Watts, William Mullins, Yantus Dingess
The following list of Logan County marriages for the period of 1893 to 1900 reveals the names of preachers operating in the Harts Creek area. The source for this material is “Marriage Record 2 (1892-1913),” pages 2-146, which is located at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years. NOTE: Marriage records for the Lincoln County section of the community are unavailable.
1893
Isaac Fry March 1893 John H. Adkins and Caroline Nelson
W.D. Garrett March 1893 Floyd Bryant and Mary E. Baisden
Washington Dempsey April 1893 Spencer Mullins and Syntha A. Workman
Washington Dempsey June 1893 Harvey Smith and Hester C. Collins
Washington Dempsey 07 July 1893 William Mullins and Mary Mullins
Washington Dempsey 14 September 1893 Henry Spry and M.J. Tomblin
Isaac Fry 14 October 1893 John Brumfield and Harriet Dingess
Washington Dempsey 09 December 1893 Robert Amburgey and Rebecca Hall
1894
None Given February 1894 Robert Workman and Mattie Vance
W.D. Garrett 09 March 1894 John Q. Adams and Maggie Perdue
J.G. McNeely 11 April 1894 John Murphy and Matilda Dalton
Washington Dempsey 24 April 1894 Ben Adams and Polly Adams
Washington Dempsey 04 June 1894 Wayne Adams and Minerva McCloud
None Given June 1894 Joseph Workman and A.E. Thompson
Washington Dempsey July 1894 or 1895 James E. Farley and Darthula Dingess
None Given 05 July 1894 John B. Thompson and Julia White
P.H. Dingess 10 July 1894 James Thompson and Margret Baisden
W.D. Garrett 09 December 1894 Nasby Smith and Caroline Farley
W.D. Garrett 22 December 1894 Wash Farley and Mahala Pridemore
1895
Pyrrhus Hensley 19 January 1895 J. McNeeley and Ollie Barley
None Given May 1895 William H. Watts and Yantie Dingess
Peter H. Dingess July 1895 Burwell Adams and Bettie Adams
Gordon Farley July 1895 Hugh Conley and Mary Shadrack
Peter H. Dingess July 1895 Wash Priest and Margaret Lynch
John F. Farley September 1895 Charley Lilly and Jane Conley
W.D. Garrett 21 September 1895 Robert Owens and Rebecca Hall
Washington Dempsey 01 November 1895 Floyd Bryant and Mary J. Smith
Washington Dempsey December 1895 Melvin Baisden and Matilda Collins
1896
None Given February 1896 John Workman and Mary Lambert
None Given 19 May 1896 Robert Mullins and Delphy Workman
1897
P.H. Dingess 24 January 1897 John H. Mullins and Martha Jane Burns
M.A. Robinson 22 March 1897 A.D. Robinson and Polly Aldridge
P.H. Dingess, Sr. 27 April 1897 Wedington Mullins and Margarett Jonas
1898
W.D. Garrett 03 April 1898 Charley Workman and Linnie Haner
K.H. Bevins 10 April 1898 Floyd Stollings and Ann Conley
Wash Dempsey 03 May 1898 Ralph Nelson and Caroline Browning
Jesse R. Browning 07 September 1898 Jesse Robinson and Mary A. Browning
1899
W.D. Garrett 12 April 1899 Wallace Toney and Julia Lucas
M.A. Robinson 03 August 1899 Albert G. Vance and Sarah E. Workman
M.A. Robinson 03 September 1899 John W. Workman and Lucinda Pool
Wash Dempsey 22 September 1899 William Mullins and America Mullins
Washington Dempsey 22 September 1899 S.P. Spry and Lucinda Bryant
Wash Dempsey 22 September 1899 Moses Tomblin and Rhoda Simpkins
Wash Dempsey 14 October 1899 Louis Thompson and Brazilla Collins
M.A. Robinson 27 November 1899 James B. Mullins and Emily Jane Johnson
Wash Dempsey 07 December 1899 George Spaulding and Harriet Carter
1900
H. Fry 23 February 1900 John Mans and Emily Workman
M.A. Robinson 27 February 1900 Elias Thompson and Elizabeth Dempsey
Isaac Fry 09 March 1900 Jeff McCloud and Louisa Thompson
W.D. Garrett 04 April 1900 George Thompson and Lucy Conley
Wash Dempsey 10 April 1900 Isaac Tomblin and Lucinda Collins
Wash Dempsey 17 April 1900 John A. Vance and Rhoda Browning
None Given July 1900 Antony Bryant and Lucinda Lucas
M.A. Robinson 01 November 1900 E.B. Lilly, Jr. and Clarissa G. Riddle
P. Hensley 23 November 1900 James Tomblin and Julia Hensley
07 Saturday Nov 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Allen Butcher, Archibald Brewster, Cain Adkins, Calvary Dingess, Charles Dingess, David Conley, Garland Conley, genealogy, Harvey Thompson, Hugh Caldwell, Isaac Toney, James Hawthorn, James J. Bradley, John Lackey, John W. Dingess, John Workman, Josephus Workman, Lafayette Brumfield, Lewis Jupiter Fry, Logan County, Michael Kinser, Osker H. Lambert, Paris Hensley, Peter Mullins, Philip Hager, Preston Dempsey, Robert Lilly, Sampson Thomas, Stephen Hensley, Thomas Bryant, Van B. Prince, West Virginia, William Thompson
The following list of Logan County marriages for the period of 1872 to 1876 reveals the names of preachers operating in the Harts Creek area. This is a “working list” and will be updated. The source for this material is “Marriages-Births-Deaths, 1872-1892,” pages 26-32, which is located at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV. Many thanks to the county clerks and their employees who have always been so helpful to my research these past twenty-five years. NOTE: Marriage records for the Lincoln County section of the community are unavailable.
1872
(Will add soon.)
1873
Van B. Prince 12 December 1873? Garland Conley and Sarah Dalton
Philip Hager 25 December 1873? Lafayette Brumfield and Sarah Workman
1874
Van B. Prince 13 January 1874 Thomas Bryant and Martha Thompson
Van B. Prince 13 January 1874 Preston Dempsey and Rebecca Lambert
Van B. Prince 14 January 1874 Peter Mullins and Elizabeth Bryant
Van B. Prince 15 January 1874 John W. Dingess and Minerva J. Adkins
Josephus Workman 23 January 1874 Lewis Fry and Vesta Barker
Josephus Workman 28 January 1874 Parris Hensley and Ann Fowler
Van B. Prince 15 February 1874 Archibald Brewster and Rose Lina
Van B. Prince 02 April 1874 William Thompson and Eliza Muncy
Van B. Prince 16 May 1874 Stephen Hensley and Delia Bryant
Van B. Prince 29 May 1874 Charles Dingess and Minerva Da___
Josephus Workman 03 July 1874 David Conley and Susan Hall
Josephus Workman 09 July 1874 Allen Butcher and Eliza A. Stollings
Josephus Workman 15 July 1874 James Hawthorn and Nancy Cabell
Van B. Prince 04 August 1874 Sampson Thomas and Dicy B. Adams
Van B. Prince 10 September 1874 Michael Kinser and Martha Carter
Van B. Prince 10 September 1874 John Workman and Minerva McCloud
Canaan Adkins 19 September 1874 Harvey Thompson and Harriet Caldwell
Van B. Prince 09 November 1874 John Lackey and Sarah J. Phillips
Van B. Prince 24 December 1874 Osker H. Lambert and Jane Collins
1875
Josephus Workman 16 May 1875 Robert Lilly and Milly C. Crum
1876
Canaan Adkins 06 January 1876 Hugh Caldwell and Nicoti Bryant
Isaac Toney 05 February 1876 Calvery Dingess and Evaline Adkins
Canaan Adkins 25 March 1876 James J. Browning and America Bradley
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
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.
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
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A.S. Wellman, Appalachia, Brit Wellman, Ceredo, Dingess, Elisha Wellman, genealogy, history, John Workman, Logan County Banner, logging, Mingo County, Pittsburg, preachers, saw mill, sawyer, Tillie McCloud, timbering, U.S. South, Vane Dingess, W.R. Ellis, Wayne County, Wellman mill, West Virginia, William Mullins
“Quongo Tandem,” a local correspondent at Dingess in present-day Mingo County, West Virginia, offered the following items, written on August 26, 1891, which the Logan County Banner printed on September 3, 1891:
Wm. Mullins is able to walk about with the aid of crutches.
John Workman, sawyer at Wellman mill, has returned after a brief visit in Wayne county.
Vane Dingess, our wide-awake merchant, has enclosed the lot adjoining his new store with a neat board fence.
Contractor Tresher has returned from Pittsburg with his family and is domiciled in one of the “camp cottages.” His present contract demands his presence at this point.
On Tuesday last Brit Wellman, proprietor of the saw-mill at this place, procured a warrant and searched the premises of W.R. Ellis in request of chains, a yoke, a pair of lines, etc., said to have been stolen by the latter. Part of the property was recovered and the end is not yet.
Monday evening two of our “callud breddun,” preachers of the word, held forth at Camp Locker to a large congregation. As our native Hottentots are much given to “shooting craps” “chuck-a-luck” and similar delectable games, this will doubtless prove a good field for mission work.
On Monday, the 17th inst., at the residence of A.S. Wellman, Mr. Elisha Wellman and Miss Tillie McCloud were united in the bonds of wedlock. Elder Dingess, in his usual impressive manner, spoke the words that made them one. Mr. Wellman is one of Dingess’ best known young men with a host of friends, and his bride, a beautiful young lady from Twelve Pole, no less noted for her many endearing qualities than for her many graces of person. Mr. Wellman is to be congratulated upon his fortunate conquest, and if well wishes count for anything, the happy couple’s future will be one continued summer day. They will reside at Ceredo.
16 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Ferrellsburg, Gill, Ranger, Spottswood
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A.B. Workman, Addison Vance, Allen Fry, Band of Hope Church, Bartram Fork Church, Charles Workman, David Farley, David Thompson, Ed Curnutte, F.M. Merritt, Fisher B. Adkins, Fletcher Loyd, genealogy, General Assembly, George Tucker Hensley, Gill Church, Grover Gartin, Guyan Church, H.L. Stevens, Harkins Fry, history, Isaac Marion Nelson, James Chafin Brumfield, James Hensley, Jeff Lucas, John Gartin, John McCloud, John Workman, Johnny Headley, Low Gap Church, Lower Laurel Church, Mont Steel, Montana Church, Mount Era Church, P. Snow, Pilgrims Rest Church, Radnor, Radnor Church, Ranger Church, Sam Ferguson, Stephen Yank Mullins, Steward Porter, T. Parson, W.F. Adkins, Wayne County, West Virginia, Whirlwind Church, Will Farley, William Adams, William Alderson Adkins
General Assembly of the Church of Jesus Christ, meeting at Radnor, Wayne County, WV, 1915
16 Wednesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek
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Abijah Workman, Abner Vance, Arnold Perry, Big Ugly Creek, Buck Fork, Burbus Toney, Charles Spurlock, Edmund Toney, Elias Adkins, genealogy, George Spears, Green Shoal, Guy Dingess, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, Harvey Elkins, Henderson Branch, Henry Conley, history, Hoover Fork, Isaac Adkins, Jacob Stollings, James White Jr., John Fry, John Gore, John H. Brumfield, John Rowe, John Workman, Joseph Adams, Joseph Fry, Joshua Butcher, Kiahs Creek, Levi Collins, Lorenzo Dow Hill, Marsh Fork, Mekin Vance, Moses Brown, Moses Workman, Obediah Workman, Patton Thompson, Peter Dingess, Peter Mullins, Price Lucas, Ralph Lucas, Richard Elkins, Richard Vance, Robert Hensley, Rockhouse Fork, Samuel Lambert, Smokehouse Fork, Squire Toney, Trace Fork, William Dalton, William Wirt Brumfield
Listed below are land grants and early deeds citing the Harts Creek and Big Ugly Creek areas of what was then Logan and Cabell counties, Virginia. The list will be updated and improved periodically.
1812 Squire Toney 100 acres 1 1/2 poles from A.W. grave
1813 Jacob Stollings 185 acres Harts Creek, mouth
1814 Henry Conley N/A Hearts Creek
1815 George Spears 300 acres Guyan River at upper end of William Brumfield’s line
1817 Edmund Toney 40 acres Guyan River near Harts Creek
1819 William Brumfield 75 acres Below Big Ugly on Guyan River
1819 William Brumfield 75 acres Waters Guyandotte
1821 Charles Spurlock N/A mouth of Harts Creek
1824 Jacob Stollings 50 acres N/A
1824 Peter Dingess 170 acres Harts Creek
1827 John Goare N/A Marsh Fork
1828 Elias Adkins N/A Waters Guyandotte
1828 Richard Elkins 18 acres Harts Creek
1828 John Fry N/A Green Shoal Creek
1833 Isaac & Elias Adkins N/A Mouth of Harts Creek from Richard Elkins
1834 Henry Conley N/A Harts Creek
1834 Abner Vance, Jr. N/A Harts Creek
1834 Richard Vance N/A Smokehouse
1835 Isaac Adkins N/A Waters Guyandotte
1835 Moses Brown N/A Guyandotte River
1835 John H. Brumfield N/A Waters Guyandotte
1836 Harvey Elkins N/A Harts Creek
1836 Richard Elkins N/A Harts Creek
1836 Squire Toney N/A Ugly Creek
1837 Richard Vance 25 acres Trace Fork
1838 Joseph Adams 100 acres Mouth Rockhouse Fork from Guy Dingess
1838 John H. Brumfield 255 acres Big Ugly Creek
1838 Ralph Lucas N/A Ugly Creek, Green Shoal
1838 John Rowe 38 acres Ugly Creek
1841 Joseph Adams 30 acres Buck Fork
1841 Moses & John Workman N/A Harts Creek
1842 Joseph Adams N/A Harts Creek
1842 Robert Hensley N/A Smokehouse
1842 Lorenzo Dow Hill N/A Buck Fork of Harts Creek
1842 Peter Mullins 25 acres Harts Creek, from Abijah Workman and Mekin Vance
1842 Burbus Toney N/A Limestone
1843 Joshua Butcher N/A Smokehouse
1843 Price Lucas N/A Harts Creek
1843 James White, Jr. N/A Rockhouse?
1844 Joseph Adams N/A Four Tracts, Harts Creek and Buck Fork
1844 Peter Mullins 50 acres First lower branch of Trace Fork
1844 Meken Vance N/A Harts Creek
1846 John Workman N/A Hoover Fork
1847 William Dalton N/A 2 Tracts, Harts Creek, Kiahs Fork
1847 Samuel Lambert N/A Marsh Fork
1847 Arnold Perry N/A Hoover’s Fork
1847 Obediah Workman N/A Henderson’s Branch
1848 Joseph Fry N/A Ugly Creek
1849 John H. Brumfield N/A Ugly Creek
1849 Levi Collins N/A Ugly Creek
1849 Peter Mullins N/A Harts Creek
1849 Patten Thompson N/A Marsh Fork
07 Saturday Jun 2014
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Hamlin, Logan, Queens Ridge
Tags
Arnold Perry, Columbus, Dr. York, Ellen Carter, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, Hamlin, Henry F. Workman, history, Isaac Workman Jr., Ivy Bias, J.J. Maynard, James Workman, John Workman, Joseph Maynard, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Logan, Louisa, Maynard School House, Nancy Workman, Ohio, Queens Ridge, Squire Vance, Stone Coal, West Virginia, William F. Workman, Williamson, Wilsondale
“Bull Mooser,” a local correspondent from Queens Ridge in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, October 9, 1913:
John Workman, Sr., is in very poor health. Dr. York, of Louisa, Ky., is the attending physician.
Isaac Workman, Jr., is recovering from a severe illness.
Squire Vance is on a business trip to Ferrellsburg this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Maynard were visiting Arnold Perry’s Sunday.
Joseph Maynard has been quite busy making repairs on the Maynard school house.
H.F. Workman is getting in his winter’s supply of coal.
W.F. Workman is attending the Association at Stone Coal, West Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Gray, of Columbus, Ohio, are visiting relatives and friends here.
Ivy Bias, telegraph operator at Wilsondale, W.Va., went to Williamson to a hospital to have his right leg amputated.
Mrs. Isaac Workman is paying her daughter, Mrs. Ellen Carter who resides at Rolfe, a visit.
James Workman made a business trip to Logan this week.
Joseph Maynard made a business trip to Hamlin this week.
06 Friday Jun 2014
Posted in Holden, Queens Ridge
Tags
coon hunting, genealogy, history, Holden, Isaac Workman, James Aldridge, John Workman, Joseph Maynard, Lincoln County, Lincoln Republican, Maynard, Queens Ridge, Ross Fowler, Squire Vance, squirrel hunting, typhoid fever, Ward Brumfield, West Virginia, Wiley Williamson, Willie Browning, Wilsondale
“Bull Mooser,” a local correspondent from Queens Ridge in Lincoln County, West Virginia, offered the following items, which the Lincoln Republican printed on Thursday, October 2, 1913:
We have been having some fine rains in this vicinity, which were badly needed.
Joseph Maynard, one of our merchants is on a trip to Huntington this week to buy his winter line of merchandise.
Jack Frost was on a visit to this vicinity last week.
The mail will be carried from Maynard to Wilsondale beginning Monday.
John Workman, Sr. is very ill with typhoid fever.
Squirrels are plentiful in this vicinity. The boys are killing loads of them.
Isaac Workman, Jr. continues very sick. There is very little hope for his recovery.
Cattle and hogs are scarce and high priced in this community.
Ross Fowler and Ward Brumfield were business callers at Squire Vance’s Monday.
Wiley Williamson, of Holden, was visiting friends here Saturday and Sunday.
Willie Browning and Jas. Aldridge went coon hunting Saturday night. The boys came back discouraged — didn’t catch any coons, but caught 5 ‘possums.
23 Friday May 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Dingess, Green Shoal, Spottswood, Timber
Tags
Augusta Bryant, Belle Dora Adams, C.J. Plaster, Chapmanville, Dicy Adams, Dingess, Doc Turner, Enel Deskins, genealogy, George Bryant, Green Jackson, Green Shoal, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, Hugh Evans, Isaac Marion Nelson, John Workman, Kentucky, Logan, Logan Banner, Logan County, Major Adams, Mingo County, Ollie Bryant, Peter Carter, Smokehouse Fork, Solomon Adams, Solomon Adams Sr., Spottswood, Sr., timbering, W.J. Bachtel, West Virginia, William Kelley, Zack Williams
“DeLay,” a correspondent from Spottswood in Logan County, West Virginia, offered the following items, dated October 12, 1903, which the Logan Banner printed on Friday, October 16, 1903:
As no one wrote to The Banner from this place last week, I will write a few items this week. Some of the correspondents from this place seem to write more to throw mud in their neighbors’ faces than to give the news of the place.
Mrs. Augusta Bryant, after an illness of some weeks died last Friday night at the home of her parents at this place. The bereaved relatives have our sympathy.
Sol Adams, Sr., made a business trip to Logan Friday.
Green Jackson of Logan was visiting friends and relatives here Sunday.
Miss Belle Dora Adams spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents at this place.
Enel Deskins of Dingess was a visitor at this place Sunday.
Rev. I.M. Nelson preached a fine sermon last Sunday in memory of Henderson Dingess at the home of the deceased.
W.J. Bachtel is on the sick list.
William Kelly and another man from Kentucky passed through the ville Sunday enroute for Greenshoals.
Jesse Carter made a business trip to Logan Friday.
Major Adams while cutting timber the other day almost cut his foot off, but we are glad to announce that he is improving fast, and we hope to see him out again soon.
C.J. Plaster sold his land to Hugh Evans for $390 and went to Dingess. On awaking one morning he discovered that he had in some way been relieved of $65. He at once swore out a warrant for Zachary Williams, who was arrested and bound over to answer an indictment.
Dr. Turner of Chapmanville has the contract to build the schoolhouse at John Workman’s for $375.
Peter Carter was in Logan on business Monday.
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