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Anthony Lawson Survey (1849)

16 Tuesday Feb 2021

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, Charles I. Stone, Dry Branch, Evermont Ward, genealogy, Guyandotte River, history, James Lawson, Joel Elkins, John Brooks, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Reece W. Elkins, surveyor, Virginia, West Virginia

Anthony Lawson survey (1849), 400 acres, Dry Branch of Guyandotte River, Surveyors Record B, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Note: This property is contained in present-day Lincoln County.

Paris “Witch” Brumfield to Tomblin and Rigsbey Deed (1911)

02 Saturday Jan 2021

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, Charles Adkins, county clerk, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek District, history, J.B. Rigsbey, justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Paris "Witch" Brumfield, Vira Brumfield, W.C. Holstein, West Virginia, William Harrison Tomblin, William Workman

Deed Book __, page 127, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Enos “Jake” Adkins Survey (1849)

28 Monday Dec 2020

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, Charles I. Stone, Enos "Jake" Adkins, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Hiram Heeter, history, James Lawson, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Price Lucas, Sand Creek, Short Hand Fork, surveyor, Virginia, West Virginia

Enos Adkins survey (1849), 90 acres, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, VA. Surveyors Record Book B, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day Lincoln County, WV.
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Henry Adkins Deed to Elizabeth Adkins et al (1870)

27 Tuesday Aug 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Fourteen, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek, Twelve Pole Creek

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Appalachia, Charles Adkins, Charles Lattin, Elizabeth Adkins, Enos Adkins, Evaline Adkins, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, George W. Adkins, Guyandotte River, Harmon Stroud, Henry Adkins, Henry H. Adkins, history, Isaac Nelson, Jacob K. Adkins, Laurel Fork, Lewis Adkins, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Mary Louisa Adkins, notary public, Price Lucas, Reece W. Elkins, Sand Island Branch, Spencer Adkins, Sulphur Spring Fork, Trough Fork, Twelve Pole Creek, West Virginia

Henry Adkins to Elizabeth Adkins 2

Deed Book 59, page 269, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Henry Adkins (c.1811-c.1873) was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Adkins) Adkins.

Henry Adkins to Elizabeth Adkins 3

Deed Book 59, page 270, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Stephen Hart: Origins of Harts Creek (1896/1937)

07 Thursday Feb 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Boone County, Crawley Creek, Native American History, Roane County

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Appalachia, Boone County, Crawley Creek, Dick Johnson, Elizabeth Hart, Fred B. Lambert, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, Henry Clay Ragland, history, Jacob Stollings, James Hart, John Baker, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan Banner, Logan County, Logan County Banner, Mud River, Native Americans, Roane County, Smokehouse Fork, Stephen Hart, West Virginia

From the Logan County Banner of Logan, WV, comes this bit of history written by amateur historian Henry Clay Ragland relating to Stephen Hart and the naming of Harts Creek in Lincoln and Logan counties, West Virginia, dated 1896:

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Logan County (WV) Banner, 8 April 1896.

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On 13 April 1937, the Logan Banner printed another story about Hart and his relationship to Harts Creek. This latter story was generally derived from Ragland’s 1896 history.

Harts Creek Named After Stephen Hart—A Wanderer And Famous Deer Hunter

Much has been told about Harts Creek in late years, but little is known about the first settler who built his home in the long hollow and gave it a name.

Stephen Hart built a cabin on the farm which Henderson Dingess later owned at the forks of Hart’s Creek. He cared nothing for the soil, but spent his time hunting deer and curing the meat. He didn’t stay long in one place.

Near his cabin he built a house in which to store his cured venison between his infrequent trips to the settlements down the river and was altogether self-sufficient. His neighbors knew little about the man. There is no record of a family reared by him and he told neighbors little of his past history.

His was a roaming nature. He, like the Arabs, pitched his tent where the water was clearest, the game gamest, and the soil most fertile.

To commemorate his short stay at the forks of Harts, neighbors named the creek for him after he had loaded his gun, food stores and skins on a pack mule, and started west.

His few friends heard no more about him, but they remembered him as a “quiet man, a good shot, and a good neighbor.”

Just “around the bend and over the ridge,” Jacob Stollings, John Baker, and Dick Johnson brought their families and built their homes. From descendants of this family comes much of the record of Stephen Hart who gave the creek a name.

Hart’s venison was known for miles around as the tenderest, the most delicately cured meat in the Hart’s section and Stollings, Baker, and Johnson always put in a small supply of Hart’s meat for the winter, sometimes to take an unusually large supply off the hunter’s hands but most times just because they liked the venison.

John Baker married a daughter of Jacob Stollings, and Dick Johnson married a sister of Baker’s. Both men reared large families whose names are familiar in the county’s history.

But Hart left only the name of his beloved deer hunting grounds as a reminder that he had first set foot on Hart’s Creek.

MY NOTE: Of importance, much confusion remains regarding the source for the naming of Harts Creek, essentially relating to the fact that Stephen Hart was born too late to have inspired the naming of the stream. I first attempted to unravel this story when I published a profile of Stephen Hart in a Lincoln County newspaper in 1995/6. Stephen Hart, son of James and Elizabeth Hart, was born c.1810 in North Carolina; Harts Creek appears on a map printed prior to 1824 (Hart was still quite young). In the early 1900s, amateur historian Fred B. Lambert noted that Hart’s father had been killed by Native Americans at the mouth of present-day Little Harts Creek (according to a Hart descendant). Possibly it is Mr. Hart’s father who inspired the naming of the local stream. Problematic to this possibility is the fact that, based on Stephen Hart’s estimated year of birth, his father would have been killed in 1809-1811, which is about fifteen to twenty years too late for an Indian attack in the Guyandotte Valley. Stephen Hart did settle locally. He may well have squatted on Harts Creek land, as Ragland reported in 1896. Based on documentary evidence, he acquired 50 acres on Crawley Creek in 1839. He appears in the 1840 Logan County Census and the 1850 Boone County Census. By 1860, he had settled in Roane County, where he died in 1896–the same year that Ragland published his history. He also left plenty of local descendants in the Mud River section of Lincoln County. How did Ragland garble this section of his history so badly? For those who wish to avoid sorting out this confusing tale, consider this version: at least one early account states the creek was named “hart” due to the prevalence of stags in its vicinity.

Harts Area Deed Index (1870-1910)

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek, West Hamlin

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A.L. Smith, Aaron Adkins, Allison Ferrell, Arisba Ferrell, Big Branch, Big Ugly Creek, Bill Duty, Blucher Lucas, Broad Branch, Climena Lucas, Elizabeth Adkins, Ellen Adkins, Evermont Ward Fry, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, George W. Hill, Gilbert Topping, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek District, Heenan Smith, Henry Adkins, history, Isaiah Adkins, Jacob K. Adkins, James I. Kuhn, James Toney, John Adkins, John F. Duty, Keenan Toney, Kiahs Creek, Laurel Fork, Lena Ferrell, Limestone Creek, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Lower Big Branch, Matthew Spurlock, Middle Fork, Minnie Mullins, Moses Adkins, Moses Dempsey, Mud River, N.B. Mobley, Nancy E. Fry, Overton Elkins, Parlee Hunter, Patton Thompson, Ralph Nelson, Sams Branch, Sankey Gillenwater, Sarah E. Thompson, Sarah Gillenwater, Sarah J. Nelson, Smith Ferrell, Susan Adkins, Trough Fork, U.G. Shipe, Van Donley Lambert, W.C. Smith, W.M. May, West Hamlin, West Virginia, William May

The following deed index is based on Deed Book 59 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 59. Researchers who desire the most accurate version of this material are urged to consult the actual record book.

Aaron Adkins et ux to Moses Adkins et al     54 1/4 acres Little Harts Creek     12 March 1906     p. 481-482

Elizabeth Adkins et al to Jacob K. Adkins     1902 acres Little Harts Creek     01 September 1901     p. 272-273

Ellen Adkins to John Adkins     25 acres Lower Big Branch     22 February 1910     p. 95

Henry Adkins to Elizabeth Adkins et al     1962 acres Little Harts Creek, Fourteen Mile Creek, Trough Fork, Laurel Fork     28 June 1870     p. 269-270

Henry Adkins et ux to Ralph Nelson     20 acres Big Harts Creek     21 March 1905     p. 198-199

Isaiah Adkins et ux to John Adkins     45 acres Lower Big Branch     11 August 1906     p. 89

John Adkins Sr. et ux to K.E. Toney     30 acres mineral Big Harts Creek     27 July 1909     p. 91-92

John Adkins Sr. et ux to K.E. Toney     35 acres Big Harts Creek     25 February 1910     p. 93-94

Board of Education of Harts Creek District to John E. Fry et al     1/2 acre Big Ugly Creek     1 August 1905     p. 498

L.H. Burks et ux to Gilbert Topping     110 acres Little Harts Creek     30 March 1906     p. 5-7

Moses Dempsey to K.E. Toney     24 acres mineral Big Harts Creek     19 March 1910     p. 96-97

William Dempsey et al to Moses Dempsey     24 acres Big Branch     13 April 1908     p. 71-72

William R. Duty et ux to John F. Duty     50 acres Broad Branch     9 December 1887     p. 429-430

Allison Ferrell et ux to Sarah Gillenwater     133 acres Big Ugly Creek     26 October 1897     p. 499

Arisba Ferrell et al to Parlee Hunter     42 acres Broad Branch     15 February 1905     p. 168-169

Arrisba Ferrell et al to John F. Duty     25 acres Broad Branch     8 April 1891     p. 425-427

Lena Ferrell to Nancy E. Fry     5 acres Big Ugly     3 June 1905     p. 495

Smith Ferrell et ux to John F. Duty     55 acres Ugly Creek     5 April 1907     p. 428-429

William T. Fowler et ux to Mathew Spurlock     100 acres Sams Branch of Middle Fork of Mud River     9 January 1890     Elias Vance, JP     p. 376-377

Sarah A. Gillenwater et vir to Nancy E. Fry     133 acres Big Ugly Creek     19 February 1898     p. 496-497

George W. Hill et ux to W.M. May     30 acres Limestone Creek     3 November 1906     p. 137-138

J.I. Kuhn, attorney, to Overton Elkins     100 acres Fourteen Mile Creek     1 June 1880     p. 420-423

V.D. Lambert et ux to Sarah J. Nelson     20 acres West Side Guyan River     13 April 1906     p. 289

Blucher N. Lucas to Climena Lucas     50 acres Fourteen Mile Creek     1 July 1910     p. 308-309

N.B. Mobley to Sankey Gillenwater     50 acres Limestone Creek     15 December 1909     p. 121-122

Minnie Mullins et vir to William May     30 acres Limestone Creek     29 January 1910     p. 140-141

A.L. Smith et ux to Susan Adkins     48 acres Big Harts Creek     11 July 1907     p. 225-226

A.L. Smith et ux to Ralph Nelson     2 acres Big Harts Creek     13 April 1907     p. 204-205

Heenan Smith to W.C. Smith     75 acres Guyandotte River     15 July 1902     p. 468-470

Sarah E. Thompson et vir to E.W. Fry     150 acres Guyandotte River, Laurel Hill District     12 February 1897     p. 487-488

P.T. Thompson to U.G. Shipe et al     Lots 64-65     23 February 1909     p. 329

James Toney et ux to Gilbert Toppins     35 1/4 acres Kiahs Creek     03 January 1908     p. 7-8

NOTE: I copied all of these deeds.

Elizabeth Adkins Deed to Jacob K. Adkins (1901)

23 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, Elizabeth Adkins, Eveline Adkins, genealogy, George W. Adkins, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek District, Henry Adkins, Henry H. Adkins, history, Jacob K. Adkins, John C. Ferguson, John Sartin, L.C. Queen, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Mary Adkins, Mary Louisa Tomblin, notary public, Ohio, Spencer Adkins, Wayne County, West Virginia

Elizabeth Adkins to Jacob K. Adkins 1

Deed Book 59, page 272, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. This deed involves the heirs of Henry and Mary “Polly” (Dalton) Adkins, Sr.

Elizabeth Adkins to Jacob K. Adkins 2

Deed Book 59, page 273, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Aaron Adkins Deed to Moses Adkins (1906)

17 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Little Harts Creek

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Aaron Adkins, Appalachia, clerk, E.G. Reed, Francis Adkins, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek District, Harvey Elkins, history, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Moses Adkins, Nary Adkins, notary public, Robert Hager, West Virginia

Aaron Adkins to Moses Adkins 1

Deed Book 59, page 481, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Note: The deed references “a school house lot.”

Aaron Adkins to Moses Adkins 2

Deed Book 59, page 482, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Isaac Adkins Heirs Deed to Isaiah and Charles Adkins (1855)

04 Friday May 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, Charles Adkins, Elizabeth Adkins, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Henry Adkins, history, Isaac Adkins, Isaac Adkins Jr., Isaiah Adkins, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Polly Adkins, Spencer A. Mullins, Virginia, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, William Straton

Isaac Adkins Heirs to Charles and Isaiah Adkins Deed 1

Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day Lincoln County, WV. Isaiah Adkins is my great-great-great-great-grandfather.

Price Lucas Deed to Henry Adkins (1853)

08 Thursday Feb 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Amanda Lucas, Appalachia, Archibald Elkins, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Henry Adkins, history, James Ferrell, justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Price Lucas, Spencer A. Mullins, Virginia, West Virginia

Price Lucas to Henry Adkins Deed 2

Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day Lincoln County, WV.

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Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.

James I. Kuhn Deed to William Mann and Isaac Gartin (1879)

02 Tuesday Jan 2018

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Little Harts Creek

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Abiel A. Low, Appalachia, Francis Fork, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek District, history, Isaac Gartin, James I. Kuhn, Kiahs Creek, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Rollum Fork, Samuel Damron, Samuel Short, Twelve Pole Creek, West Virginia, William H. Aspinwall, William Manns, William T. Nichols

J.I. Kuhn to William Mann and Isaac G. Gartin DB53 p285 LiC 1

Deed Book 53, page 284, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Typically, the Kuhn-Lowe deeds granted land already owned by the grantees but reserved mineral rights. The idea was to grant “disputed” surface ownership in exchange for relinquishment of claims to mineral rights. Local property owners who did not wish to challenge the mineral claim in court accepted the Kuhn-Lowe deed. Lincoln County records show many of these deeds.

J.I. Kuhn to William Mann and Isaac G. Gartin DB53 p285 LiC 2

Deed Book 53, page 285, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Harts Area Deed Index (1902-1910)

31 Sunday Dec 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek

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Allen Robinson, Anthony Tomblin, Appalachia, Barbara Dempsey, Bertha Browning, Big Branch, Big Ugly Creek, Caleb Browning, Caroline Brumfield, Charles Adkins, Charley Brumfield, Charley Curry, Emarine Dempsey, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Gordon Fry, Grant Farley, Green Shoal Creek, Guyandotte River, Hamlin, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Hiram Lambert, history, Ike Fry Branch, Isaiah Adkins, Jacob Adkins, Jefferson Lucas, Jerry Lambert, John Clay Farley, Josephine Robinson, Julia Lambert, justice of the peace, Laurel Fork, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Lydia Evaline Dingess, Mary Clark Burks, Minnie Lambert, notary public, Paris "Witch" Brumfield, Risba Lambert, River Road, Short Bend, Short Bend Branch, Vira Brumfield, Wade Lambert, Wash Dempsey, Wash Dempsey Jr., West Virginia

The following deed index is based on Deed Book 57 at the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Hamlin, WV, and relates to residents of the Harts Creek community. These notes are meant to serve as a reference to Deed Book 57. Researchers who desire the most accurate version of this material are urged to consult the actual record book.

Charles and Caroline Brumfield to Paris and Vira Brumfield     70 acres     Guyan River     land for $750     references Little Harts Creek and River Road, left hand of Short Bend, coal bank, Ike Fry Branch     25 October 1910     p. 74-76

John C. Farley to Grant Farley     55 acres on Fourteen Mile Creek     references Short Bend Branch of Fourteen     12 September 1902     Jefferson Lucas, NP     p. 94-95

Mary Clark Burks, executrix to Gordon Fry     90 acres     Big Ugly Creek     references Laurel Fork of Big Ugly     Paid $1     17 June 1908     p. 196-198

Lida Evaline Dingess to Charley Curry     45 acres     Big Harts Creek     references below Charley Curry house     Paid $200     19 June 1908     Charles Adkins, JP     p. 246-247

W.S. and Julia Lambert to Minnie Lambert     40 acres     Greenshoal Creek     references the garden     3 December 1910     Jerry Lambert, NP     p. 335-336

Allen and Josephine Robinson to Hiram Lambert     30 acres     Big Harts Creek     references Anthony Tombourlin and Wash Dempsey     14 May 1907     Charles Adkins, JP     p. 392-393

Wash and Emmarine Dempsey, Sr. and Barbary Dempsey to Risba Lambert     30 acres     Big Harts Creek     references Wash Dempsey, Jr., mouth of Big Branch, L.C. Browning     Paid $200     25 February 1905     Charles Adkins, JP     p. 394-395

L.C. Browning to Bertha Browning et al.     100 acres     Big Harts Creek     references Big Branch, Jacob Adkins, Isaiah Adkins     18 May 1908     p. 396-397

Note: I copied all of these deeds.

Enos “Jake” Adkins Deed to Henry Adkins (1854)

25 Monday Dec 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Little Harts Creek

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Appalachia, Elizabeth Adkins, Enos "Jake" Adkins, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Henry Adkins, history, Isaac Adkins, Isaiah Adkins, James Toney, justice of the peace, Letty Adkins, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Nancy Toney, Price Lucas, Spencer A. Mullins, Virginia, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, William Straton

Enos Adkins to Henry Adkins 1

Deed Book C, page 376, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Elias “Jake” Adkins was the son of Elias and Susannah (Fry) Adkins. Letty Adkins was the daughter of James and Nancy (Gillispie) Toney. Henry Adkins was the son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Adkins) Adkins. Jake and Henry were first cousins. I descend from Henry’s brother, Isaiah.

Enos Adkins to Henry Adkins 2

Deed Book C, page 377, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day Lincoln County, WV.

Harts Area Deed Index (1893-1909)

03 Sunday Dec 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Atenville, Big Ugly Creek, Harts, Little Harts Creek

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Al Brumfield, Alice Dingess, Appalachia, Big Branch, Bridge Branch, Browns Branch, Caroline Brumfield, Cass Gartin, Charles Adkins, Charley Brumfield, Daisy Brumfield, Dave Dingess, Dry Branch, Elias Vance, Enos "Jake" Adkins, genealogy, George W. Dillon, Georgia Brumfield, Hamlin, Harts, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, Hendricks Brumfield, history, Hollena Brumfield, Hollena Ferguson, Ike Fry Branch, James Brumfield, justice of the peace, L.C. Denison, Lettie Adkins, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Martha J. Dial, Olga Brumfield, Paris Brumfield, Rachel Spry, Rhoda Gartin, Shingle Branch, Sidney Brumfield, W.L. Ferguson, Walton Brumfield, Ward Brumfield, Wesley Ferguson, West Fork, West Virginia, William Adkins, William Workman

The following deed index is based on Deed Book 50 at the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office in Hamlin, WV, and relates to residents of the Harts Creek community. These notes are meant to serve as a reference to Deed Book 50. Researchers who desire the most accurate version of this material are urged to consult the actual record book.

James and Sidney J. Brumfield to Olga Brumfield     land for $245     30 June 1909     p. 46-47

L.C. and Rhoda Gartin to William Adkins     32 acres Dry Branch     2 June 1893     Elias Vance, JP     p. 58-59

Caroline and Charles Brumfield to William Workman     50 acres Forks of Ike Fry Branch for $180     28 July 1904     Isaac Fry, JP     p. 100-101

Allen and Hollena Brumfield to William Workman     195 acres Brown’s Branch for $200     26 June 1900     Isaac Fry, JP     p. 101-102

W.L. Ferguson, Trustee of George W. Dillon (bankrupt), to William Workman and Rachel Spry     7 acres Mouth of Bridge Branch     18 November 1907     p. 103-104

Charles and Caroline Brumfield to William Workman and Rachel Spry     10 acres at Mouth of Little Harts Creek for $175     16 September 1909

Calls of Land Allotted to Rachel Spry from the Paris Brumfield Estate (Lot 7)     80 acres below Little Hart     p. 106

Allen and Hollena Brumfield to Sarah Mullins and Mary A. Vance     25 acres Bridge Branch for $12     24 December 1903     p. 108-109

Charles Brumfield to Caroline Brumfield     Three Tracts on Ike Fry Branch     07 August 1894     p. 111-112

Hollena and Wesley Ferguson, Ward Brumfield, Hendrix and Georgia Brumfield, to Charlie Brumfield     100 acres Guyan River     20 March 1907     Charles Adkins, JP     p. 113-114

David and Alice Dingess to Caroline Brumfield     50 acres on Lower Branch of Little Harts Creek for $200     02 January 1909     Charles Adkins, JP     p. 114-115

Walton and Daisy Brumfield to L.C. Denison     156, 59, 72 acres on Big and Shingle Branches of Big Ugly Creek     18 July 1908     p. 292-294

Enos and Lettice M. Adkins to Martha J. Dial     93 acres East Fork of Big Harts Creek for $250     12 June 1893     Elias Vance, JP     p. 308-309

Note: I copied all of these deeds.

J.I. Kuhn Deed to Isaac G. Gartin (1879)

22 Wednesday Nov 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Little Harts Creek

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Abiel A. Lowe, Ambrose C. Kingsland Jr., Appalachia, Charles Adkins, genealogy, Hamlin, history, Isaac Gartin, James I. Kuhn, James Renwick, John A. Aspinwall, John W. Minturn, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Lloyd Aspinwall, Price Lucas, West Virginia, William E. Aspinwall

J.I. Kuhn to Isaac G. Gartin DB53 p281 LiC 1

Deed Book 53, page 281, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

J.I. Kuhn to Isaac G. Gartin DB53 p281 LiC 2

Deed Book 53, page 282, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

J.I. Kuhn to Isaac G. Gartin DB53 p281 LiC 3

Deed Book 53, page 282, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

J.I. Kuhn to Isaac G. Gartin DB53 p281 LiC 4

Deed Book 53, page 283, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.

Price Lucas Indenture (1851)

23 Monday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Little Harts Creek

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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, genealogy, history, James Lawson, John Lucas, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Logan Court House, Mary Lucas, Price Lucas, Virginia, West Virginia

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Deed Book C, page 261, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Price Lucas, the son of John and Mary (Fry) Lucas, is my great-great-great-great-grandfather. This land is located in present-day Lincoln County, WV.

Manns Knob Fire Tower and Residence (2017)

14 Friday Apr 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Fourteen, Little Harts Creek, Queens Ridge

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Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, fire towers, Gartin Knob, history, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Lloyd Frye, Manns Knob, photos, Phyllis Kirk, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Reference Mark, Wayne County, West Virginia

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West Virginia once hosted more than 70 fire towers. Today, the number is just over a dozen. For more on West Virginia fire towers, follow this link: http://www.firehouse.com/news/10508169/west-virginia-fire-towers-make-unique-tourist-attractions

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The Manns Knob Fire Tower, built during the 1930s, sits at an elevation of 1439 feet. I love the little house that is located beside of the tower. My great-uncle Lloyd Frye once lived here. 12 February 2017.

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U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Reference Mark. For more on these, follow this link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._National_Geodetic_Survey

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One view from the tower. 12 February 2017.

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Photo by Mom. 12 February 2017.

Harts Creek District (c.1883)

08 Saturday Apr 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Big Ugly Creek, Fourteen, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Harts, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Timber, Warren, Wewanta

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for Harts Creek District in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

This is the most southern subdivision of the county. It derives its name from Harts creek, a tributary of the Guyandotte river. On the north is Laurel Hill district, on the northeast is Jefferson, east Boone county, on the south Logan, and on the west Wayne. Guyandotte river flows northwest and divides the district into two nearly equal parts. There are several small streams, among which are Little and Big Harts creeks, Little and Big Ugly creeks, Kiahs creek, and Fourteen Mile creek.

The first settler was Richard Elkins, who reared his cabin in the month of September, 1807. Here he removed his family, and here Charles Spurlock became his first neighbor. Other early settlers were: Esquire Toney, John Lucas, Edley Elkins, John Fry, Hezekiah Adkins, John Brumfield, and Richard Adkins. Rhoda, a daughter of Edley and Sarah Elkins, was the first white child born in the district. The first grist mill was built  by James White about the year 1821. It was a small tub-wheel mill, water being the propelling power. Isaac Elkins built the first saw mill in 1847 or 1848. It was constructed on the old sash-saw plan, and had a capacity for cutting from 800 to 1,000 feet per day.

The first school was taught in a log cabin one mile above the mouth of Big Harts creek about the year 1832, but who the teacher was cannot now be ascertained. The date, however, is remembered by an old resident, because it was the year in which he first visited this section. The first house for educational purposes was built near the mouth of Big Harts creek in 1834. It was a five-cornered building, one side being occupied by the ever-present huge fire place. There are now ten public school houses in the district, “some of which,” says an informant, “are in bad condition, but will soon be replaced by frames;” 334 boys and girls attend school in this district.

The first sermon was preached here in the year 1823 by a Methodist minister named William West, and here the same year he gathered a little church, one of the first ever formed in the valley of the Guyandotte river; but of its history or who composed its membership, nothing is known. When the writer asked of an old settler the question: “Who were the first members?” his reply was: “The register is gone, and no one living can tell.” When asked who organized the first Sabbath school, he replied: “There never was one in the district.”

The first township officers were as follows: Supervisor, Burbus Toney; justice of the peace, Jeremiah Lambert; constable, Jesse Gartin; clerk, Andrew Robinson; treasurer, B.C. Curry; school commissioners, Adam Lambert, William Lucas, and Lewis Queen. According to the census of 1880, the population was 1,116.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 106-107.

NOTE: I descend from Richard Elkins, John Fry, John H. Brumfield, and Jeremiah Lambert.

William Riley Nester

09 Thursday Mar 2017

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for William Riley Nester, who resided at Little Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

Was born in Logan county, (now) West Virginia, June 18, 1858, and came to Hart Creek district before the organization of Lincoln county. He is a son of Daniel and Valeria (Brumfield) Nester, residents of Logan [sic] county. In Lincoln county, December 25, 1879, the Rev. Isaac Fry united in wedlock William R. Nester and Cora B. Perry. She was born in Logan county, August 7, 1860, and her parents, Isaac Granville and Sarah Ann (Clark) Perry, came to Lincoln count in 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Nester have been the parents of two children: James Lewis, born November 19, 1880, died the same day; Minnis Wirt, November 14, 1881. William Nester was president of the board of education for two years, and is its present secretary, in Hart Creek district, Lincoln county. He owns fifty acres of fine farming land between Big Hart and Little Hart creeks. The land is very productive and abounds in coal and iron ore, and is heavily timbered. Daniel J. Nester, brother of William R., resides with his mother on a farm adjoining William R. Nester’s land. The post office address of William and Daniel J. Nester is Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 136-137.

John S. Nester

06 Monday Mar 2017

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From “Hardesty’s History of Lincoln County, West Virginia,” published by H.H. Hardesty, we find this entry for John S. Nester, who resided on Little Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia:

John S. Nester and Malinda Dalton were united in the holy bonds of wedlock in Logan county, West Virginia, January 22, 1877, Rev. Isaac Fry officiating clergyman. John S. Nester was born in what is now Lincoln county, December 11, 1853, and his parents were Daniel and Valeria (Brumfield) Nester. His mother is still a resident of the place of his birth. Mrs. Nester was born in what is now Lincoln county, July 3, 1853, and she is a daughter of James and Jane (Workman) Dalton. Mr. and Mrs. Nester are the parents of four children, born: William Henderson, November 23, 1877; Jane, May 2, 1879; Roxy Ann, October 19, 1880; Georgia Belle, March 11, 1882. Daniel Nester, father of John S., served about two years in the late war; he came home on a furlough and was taken down with the fever, during which time the Federal soldiers came, and in order that he might remain at home, Mr. Nester took the oath of allegiance. A woman folded a letter in a paper and sent it to her husband in the Southern army, but through mistake the letter came into the possession of the Federal officers, and Mr. Nester was sent to Camp Chase, and there died. John S. Nester was living here when Lincoln county was formed, and is a farmer on Little Hart creek, owning 150 acres of land, a number of acres under cultivation. The farm is well timbered, and coal, iron ore, building stone and sand beds are abundant. Hart, Lincoln county, West Virginia, is the post office address of John S. Nester.

Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia, Vol. 7 (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1974), p. 136.

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