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Harts Creek Area Deed Index (1883-1910)

11 Friday Nov 2016

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Gill, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek, Ranger, Sand Creek, Wewanta

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The following deed index is based on Deed Book 56 at the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Hamlin, WV, and relates to residents of the Harts Creek community. Most notations reflect Harts Creek citizens engaged in local land transactions; some reflect Harts Creek citizens engaged in land transactions outside of the community. These notes are meant to serve as a reference to Deed Book 56. Researchers who desire the most accurate version of this material are urged to consult the actual record book.

Enos A. Adkins to late Ann F. Davis     200 acres Green Shoal Creek (her interest in Enos’ future estate)     6 November 1883     p. 99-100

Fisher B. Adkins to Catherine and Herb Adkins     1 acre 1/2 interest in land where store of F.E. Adkins and J.W. Stowers is located, 1/2 interest in store and stock of merchandise, farm items conveyed by F.E. Adkins on 14 May 1909, one pair of bay horses     15 June 1909     K.E. Toney, NP     3 July 1909     p. 82-83

Lewis and Emezetta Adkins to Sarah M. Adkins     50 acres West Side Guyandotte River 8 August 1899     Jefferson Lucas, NP     24 February 1900     p. 147-148

Richard and Olive F. Adkins to Sarah M. Adkins     50 acres Below Mouth of Fourteen Mile Creek     18 June 1892     David F. Smith, JP     p. 145-147

Richard Adkins and Spencer Adkins to D.P. Lambert     80 1/4 acres Fourteen Mile Creek (Laurel Hill District)     17 July 1897     Isaac Fry, JP     p. 42-44

George A. and Julia Alderson, Floyd and Emily Rakes, and C.D. and Vietta T. Haverty to J.L. Caldwell     8 acres (mineral) Sand Creek     7 December 1894     Elias Vance, JP     p. 19-22

Joseph and Rosey Browning to Lace Marcum and T.R. Shepherd     45 acres Ridge Between Little Harts Creek and Big Branch     30 March 1910     Charles Adkins, JP     1 April 1910     p. 252-253

Allen and Hollena Brumfield to Louisa Wiley     176 acres     Sulpher Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek     12 February 1903     Jefferson Lucas, NP     p. 40-42

Martha E. and John S. Brumfield to Henry H. Sias and his heirs     87 1/2 acres East Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek     24 October 1907     Jefferson Lucas, NP     p. 13-14

L.H. and Hellen M. Burks to Gilbert Hager     50 acres Little Ugly Creek     19 February 1906     p. 106-108 [includes survey map]

Clementine and Ed Dingess, Ann F. and G.D. Davis, Susan and Henry Adkins, Julia Y. and B.W. Walker, Brooke and A.G. Adkins, F.E. Adkins, C.E. Burns (special commissioner) to Catherine Adkins     33 acres West Side Guyandotte River (land conveyed to Enos Adkins by J.K. Adkins on 29 October 1892)     1 October 1908     Fisher B. Adkins, NP     12 October 1908     Sol Adams, JP     16 October 1908     p. 86-88

Clementine and Ed Dingess, Susan and Henry Adkins, F.E. and Catherine Adkins, Brooke and A.G. Adkins, Julia Y. and B.W. Walker, and C.E. Burns (special commissioner) to Ann F. Davis     225 acres     1 October 1908     Fisher B. Adkins, NP     12 October 1908     Sol Adams, JP     16 October 1908     p. 101-103

Salena Estep to Rufus Estep     360 acres Spring Branch of West Fork     25 April 1910     p. 320-321

Arena and Keenan S. Ferrell to J.W. Stowers     one acre Fowler’s Branch (part of tract conveyed by John Q. Adams on 25 May 1896)     28 October 1908     K.E. Toney, JP     30 October 1908     p. 84-85

Anderson Fry to A. Gill     25 acres Big Ugly Creek     7 January 1907     D.F. Smith, JP     p. 128-129

Robert Fry to Wilford Fry, Martha Fry, and Rosa A. Fry     110 acres Ketchum Branch Guyandotte River     3 January 1888     J.B. Pullen, Jr.     p. 287-289

Robert L. and Mary F. Fry to Arabell Gill     Big Sulpher Branch of Big Ugly Creek     16 January 1904     Philip Hager, Jr., NP     16 February 1904     p. 125-126

Philip Hager to Robert Lee Fry     50 acres Big Sulpher Spring Branch of Big Ugly Creek     10 February 1898     John A. McComas, NP     p. 124-125

E.C. and Flora Lucas to W.S. Enochs     20 acres and 39 acres Fourteen Mile Creek at or Near the Mouth of Cove Creek (Laurel Hill District)     29 March 1907     Jefferson Lucas, NP     p. 268-269

Jefferson and Nancy E. Lucas to Cumberland Adkins     295 acres Fourteen Mile Creek (Laurel Hill District)     11 April 1907     D.F. Smith, JP     12 April 1907     p. 234-236

George E. and Mary McComas to J.L. Caldwell     24 acres East Side Guyandotte River     23 July 1900     p. 31-33

George R. and Harriet McComas to J.L. Caldwell     75 acres East Side Guyandotte River     19 February 1902     James McComas, NP     p. 28-30

I.N. and Elizabeth Mullins to J.L. Caldwell 43 1/2 acres and 95 acres East Side Guyandotte River     1 September 1894     J.S. Payne, JP     8 October 1894     p. 23-25

Peter M. and Mary A. Mullins, A.S. and Sarah E. Adkins, Solomon C. and Mary J. Mullins, Granville and Matilda Wiley, John W. and Mary L. Nelson, C.W. and Ann Mullins, Edmund and Minerva J. Fowler, Isaiah and Sarah Mullins to J.L. Caldwell     43 1/2 acres East Side Guyandotte River     24 November 1894     Hiram Lambert, JP     30 November 1895 and 29 November 1894     p. 25-29

Milton and Elizabeth Nelson to Sherman Nelson     94 acres Big Branch and Fourteen Mile Creek     15 March 1906     Jefferson Lucas, NP     p. 17-18

Milton and Elizabeth Nelson to Sherman Nelson     213 acres Big Branch of Guyandotte River     29 March 1909     Jefferson Lucas, NP     4 June 1909     p. 15-16

L.C. and Pinkston Queen to Sarah B. Maynard     113 3/4 acres Wiley Branch of Twelve Pole Creek     18 December 1907     William Toppins, JP     p. 250-251

Levi Rakes et al to J.L. Caldwell     47 acres East Side Guyandotte River     28 July 1900     Isaac Fry, JP     30 July 1900     p. 36-38

Henry C. and Martha Sias to Isaac F. Nelson     85 acres Steer Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek (Laurel Hill District)     17 February 1909     Rufus Pack, NP     p. 266-267

Marine and Polly Spurlock to Laura Fry     15 acres Ketchum Branch Guyandotte River (Laurel Hill District)     6 November 1889     Elias Vance, JP     p. 289-290

United Fuel Gas Company to Columbia Gas and Electric Company     87 acres of Charles V. Huffman (26 March 1908) and 258 acres of Susan Lucas (24 March 1908)     1 December 1909     p. 270-275

Louisa and Leander Wiley to Mary E. Williamson     Part of 176 acres made to Louisa Wiley by Allen Brumfield (Laurel Hill District)     7 July 1905     Jefferson Lucas, NP     11 July 1905     p. 38-40

NOTE: I copied all of these deeds.

Price Lucas Family Cemetery (2015)

05 Saturday Sep 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Cemeteries, Sand Creek

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Albert A. Lambert, Allen Green Lucas, Annie Lambert, Appalachia, Causby Elvira Farley, cemeteries, Charley Vance, Charley Vance Jr., Clayton D. Johnson, David Price Lucas, Debra Johnson, Dencil Ray Johnson, Edar M. Vance, Elbert Vance, Ellen Louise Collins, Fannie Lambert, Flora Vance, genealogy, George E. Lambert, Hazel Vance, Henry Luke Shelton, history, Homer Maynard, Howard Adkins Jr., Jane Farley, Joe Farley, Johnnie Hicks, Johnny A. Farley, Larry Owen Vance, Levi Rakes, Lilburn L. Farley, Lula Belle Lucas, Margaret Ann Lucas, Mauna Rogers, Maxcil Vance, Melvin Clay Farley, Michael Johnson, Nellie Vance, Paris Brumfield, Pearl Johnson, Price Lucas Family Cemetery, Rachel Farley, Ralph Farley, Robert Brumfield, Robert L. Lucas, Roger Dale Lucas, Roger Maynard, Susan Rakes, Sylvia Church, Thomas Clayton Church, U.S. South, Violet I. Farley

The Price Lucas Family Cemetery, which I visited on 3 September 2015, is located on Sand Creek ridge in Lincoln County, WV. Today, this cemetery is popularly known as the Lucas Cemetery or Lucas-Farley Cemetery. To reach the cemetery, drive 3.5 miles up the Big Fork or Laurel Fork of Saw Mill Hollow of Sand Creek. A four-wheel drive vehicle is required. I last visited this cemetery on 12 September 2002.

Row 1

unmarked rock headstone — Homer Maynard

Roger Lee Maynard (03 November 1965-13 December 1992)

Row 2

Johnny A. Farley (05 May 1956-30 May 1958)

Rachel Farley (04 July 1945-04 July 1945); d/o Melvin Clay and Causby Elvira (Lucas) Farley

Causby Elvira Farley (04 December 1917-13 July 1983); d/o David Price and Nancy (Neace) Lucas; m. Melvin Clay Farley

Melvin Clay Farley (19 November 1905-13 October 1989); s/o Matthew Clay and Rachel (Lucas) Farley

Howard Adkins, Jr. (27 July 1935-12 September 1998); s/o Causby Elvira Lucas

Dencil Ray Johnson (30 July 1940-24 November 2006)

Pearl Johnson (1939-still alive); d/o Melvin Clay and Causby Elvira (Lucas) Farley; m. Dencil Ray Johnson

Michael Johnson (1975-2014)

Clayton D. Johnson (1965-2009); s/o Dencil Ray and Pearl (Farley) Johnson

Debra Johnson (1965-still alive); m. Clayton D. Johnson

Row 3

NOTE: In 2002, I noted a tin marker reading “Lettie Farley” here

Ralph Farley (1886-1967); s/o R. Lee and Elvira (Lucas) Farley

rock headstone and footstone — Ralph’s second wife

rock headstone and footstone — c/o Vergie Thompson

“B.R.P.” carved on rock headstone with footstone

“R.F.” carved on rock headstone with footstone

(little gap)

NOTE: IN 2002, I noted two unmarked graves here.

Jane (1883-1920); d/o Ralph and Emmazetta (Nelson) Lucas; m. David Robinson Farley

Joe Farley (1919-1920); s/o David R. and Jane (Lucas) Farley

rock headstone and footstone

D.L. (died March 28, 1939)

NOTE: In 2002, I noted a rock here reading “C.R.” or “O.R.”

Row 4

Lilburn L. Farley (05 November 1931-23 January 2011); s/o Ralph “Rafe” and Nancy V. (Neace) Farley

Violet I. Farley (04 September 1937-02 November 1997); m. Lilburn L. Farley

Jocko and Jean Farley Baby (d. May 1957)

rock headstone with tiny footstone

rock headstone and footstone — child

rock headstone and footstone

(slightly out of row)

rock headstone and footstone

rock headstone and footstone

(gap)

hickory tree

large round rock headstone with rock footstone

“F.B.R.” carved on rock

rock headstone and small rock footstone

rock headstone and footstone

Susan Rakes (1858-1925); s/o John Clay and Rebecca (Elkins) Farley; m. Levi C. Rakes

Levi Rakes (1835-1929); s/o Levi and Ola Rakes

round rock headstone and tiny rock footstone; c/o Levi and Susan (Lucas) Rakes

rock headstone; c/o Levi and Susan (Lucas) Rakes

Row 5

rock headstone nearly buried

rock headstone laying on ground and footstone

tiny rock headstone and footstone

“F.L.” carved on rock

“D.P.L.” carved on rock; d. Nov 17, 1917; David Price Lucas; s/o John and Mary (Fry) Lucas

hickory tree

Row 6

rock headstone with hickory tree at footstone

rock headstone pile with tiny rock footstone

rock footstone

Edar M. Vance (1922-1998); d/o Tolbert and Nancy L. Adkins; m. Maxcil Vance

Charley Vance, Jr. (1942-2013)

Row 7

Margaret Ann Lucas (1876-1951); d/o Ralph and Emmazetta (Nelson) Lucas; m1. Owen O. Vance; m2. Allen Green Lucas

rock headstone

Florie Vance (27 February 1925-14 November 1927); born 28 October 1927; d/o Charles and Hazel (Nelson) Vance

Nellie Vance (09 June 1930-25 September 1931); d/o Charles and Hazel (Nelson) Vance

cement square headstone and rock footstone

cement square headstone and rock footstone

rock headstone and footstone

E. Vance — difficult to read — “June 14” — likely Elbert Vance, born c.1929, s/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Vance

rock headstone and footstone

Charley Vance (17 August 1898-11 July 1950); s/o Owen O. and Margaret (Lucas) Vance

Hazel Vance (1901-1966); born 1898; d/o Allen and Sibby (Lovejoy) Nelson; m. Charley Vance

cement square headstone

cinderblock headstone

Larry Owen Vance (22 January 1945-03 November 1986)

Maxcil Vance (16 February 1923-02 December 1988); s/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Vance

Mauna Rogers (1947-1994); d/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Vance

Row 8

Annie Lambert (10 April 1915-22 June 2001); d/o Ralph “Rafe” and Nancy V. (Neace) Farley; m. Albert A. Lambert

Albert A. Lambert (20 February 1921-30 January 1976); s/o Henderson and Lilly Mae (Lucas) Lambert; PVT US ARMY WWII; m. Anna D. Farley

Allen Green Lucas (1876-1960); s/o John W. and Sarah (Clark) Lucas

(gap)

hickory tree

rock laying on ground at hickory tree

rock headstone laying on ground

rock headstone and footstone

rock headstone and footstone

NOTE: Among the four unmarked graves listed above, three reportedly belong to “colored” people.

Row 9

“H.A.” carved on rock

(gap)

hickory tree

Robert L. Lucas (1906-1974); s/o Allen Green and Margaret A. (Lucas) Lucas

Lula Belle Lucas (17 November 1923-08 May 1950); d/o Bird and Lizzie (Tipton) Nelson; m. Robert Lucas

Roger Dale Lucas (23 December 1949-18 September 1950); s/o Robert and Lula Belle (Nelson) Lucas

Row 10

rock headstone and footstone (child)

(gap)

rock headstone and footstone

rock headstone and hickory tree as footstone; tin marker is faded

Row 11

Robert Brumfield (03 May 1935- still alive); s/o Paris and Julia A. (Lucas) Brumfield

Paris Brumfield (22 August 1888-11 January 1939); s/o John H. and Susan Ellen (Lucas) Brumfield

rock headstone and footstone

Jhonnie Hicks; s/o Bill and Chessie (Brumfield) Hicks

(large gap)

three trees

Thomas Clayton Church (01 December 1933-29 December 1999)

Sylvia Sibby C. Church (10 December 1935-17 December 2003); d/o Charley and Hazel (Nelson) Church; m. Thomas C. Church

Row 12

Ellen Louise Collins (15 May 1954-20 March 2011)

Row 13

Henry Luke Shelton (20 January 2007-20 January 2007); s/o Clifford and Pauline Shelton

George E. Lambert (03 June 1939-still alive); s/o Henderson and Lilly Mae (Lucas) Lambert

Fannie Lambert (20 April 1929-21 September 2011); m. George E. Lambert

Watson Adkins timber ledger (1944)

06 Saturday Jun 2015

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Harts, Timber

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Watson Adkins timber ledger, Harts, WV, 1944

Watson Adkins timber ledger, Harts, WV, 1944

Archibald Harrison 3

27 Monday Jan 2014

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Ugly Creek, Civil War, Timber

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Archibald Harrison, Big Ugly Creek, Daniel Fry, fiddler, Francis Brumfield, genealogy, George Marshall Fry, Harold R. Smith, Henry H. Hardesty, John H Fry, Jupiter Fry, Levi Rakes, Martha E. Harrison, Nine Mile Creek, Phernatt's Creek, Sampson Brumfield, timbering, William A. Fry, writing

In 1865, Harrison married Martha E. Fry, the 21-year-old divorced wife of Lewis “Jupiter” Fry, a Confederate veteran and well-known fiddler in the Big Ugly Creek area of what was then Cabell County. Martha had been born on September 8, 1844 in Logan County. She was the daughter of Daniel H. and Nancy P. (Bailey) Fry, who lived at Big Creek in Logan County and later at the mouth of Big Ugly. One of her brothers, William A. Fry, died as a POW in a Delaware prison camp during the Civil War.

Archibald and Martha had seven children: William T., born April 18, 1867 in Kentucky; Daniel H., born September 29, 1869 in Kentucky; John M., born October 18, 1871; Mary L., born February 19, 1875, died August 7, 1875; George W., born October 10, 1874; Guy French, born June 18, 1876 in Virginia; and Louisa J., born February 1, 1879.

The first 23 years of Harrison’s second marriage are somewhat of a mystery. During the late 1860s, based on the birthplace of his two oldest children, he and his wife lived somewhere in Kentucky and, based on the birthplace of another child, they were in Virginia in the mid-1870s.

In 1878 Harrison settled near the Bend of the River or the mouth of Big Ugly Creek in the Harts Creek District of Lincoln County. His neighbors, based on the 1880 census, were Levi Rakes and Francis Brumfield, as well as brothers-in-law John H. Fry and Sampson S. Brumfield. Samp was a timber boss with a log boom at the mouth of the creek. George Marshall Fry, another brother-in-law, lived up Big Ugly where he worked as a farmer, timberman, and general store clerk.

On July 1, 1882, Harrison bought 360 acres of land on the west side of the Guyandotte River (near the Bend) in the Harts District from James I. Kuhn, a land agent for Abiel A. Low and William H. Aspinwall. It was worth $1.50 per acre and contained a $50 building, presumably a house or business.

“All that certain piece and parcel of land containing 260 acres more or less, granted by the commonwealth of Virginia to Wm. C. Miller & John H. Brumfield, assignees of Richard Elkins and Richard Elkins, May 1, 1850, lying on the Guyandotte above the mouth of Buck Lick branch,” the deed began. “Also all that part of a survey of 700 acres made for John H. Brumfield, Sept. 11th, 1854, on the east fork of Fourteen Mile Creek. The above described tract 100 acres of land is not to conflict with the lands conveyed to James Marcum.”

(The Kuhn deeds are interesting. In most cases, Kuhn, the grantor, was merely “selling” the surface rights to property already owned by the grantee. Kuhn’s employers claimed the mineral rights.)

In 1883, Harrison bought a 120-acre tract of land worth $2.50 per acre at Nine Mile Creek and a 230-acre tract of land worth $1.50 per acre on Phernatt’s Creek (at what would later be known as Brady) from W.T. Thompson. Harrison and his family soon settled on this latter property.

“Archibald B. Harrison is extensively engaged in farming, in Laurel Hill district, owning 380 acres of land on Guyan river, at the mouth of Phernats Creek,” Henry H. Hardesty chronicled in his history of Lincoln County, with “good improvements upon the farm, large orchard, heavily timbered, coal and iron ore in abundance.”

While Harrison referred to himself as a farmer in Hardesty’s history, there is also some indication that he was a timberman.

“The fact Archibald Harrison owned so much land at the mouth of Phernatt’s Creek is a clue that he was in the timber business,” said Harold R. Smith, Lincoln County genealogist and historian, in a c.2003 interview. “That was during the timber boom and land at the mouth of these creeks was heavily sought by people in that line of work. You could build a boom there and charge people a fee to get their logs out of the creek.”

At the time Harrison was profiled in Hardesty’s history, he and his wife were members of the Christian Church and received their mail at Hamlin.

“I don’t think he stayed at Phernatt’s Creek too long,” said Smith. “I think I read or heard somewhere that he moved to Big Ugly or Green Shoal and did a lot of timbering.”

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