08 Thursday Dec 2022
Posted in Atenville, Banco, Beech Creek, Big Creek, Big Harts Creek, Big Sandy Valley, Big Ugly Creek, Boone County, Breeden, Chapmanville, Clothier, Cove Gap, Crawley Creek, Dingess, Dunlow, East Lynn, Enslow, Ferrellsburg, Fourteen, Gilbert, Gill, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Halcyon, Hamlin, Harts, Holden, Kermit, Kiahsville, Kitchen, Leet, Little Harts Creek, Logan, Man, Matewan, Meador, Midkiff, Pecks Mill, Peter Creek, Queens Ridge, Ranger, Rector, Sand Creek, Spurlockville, Stiltner, Stone Branch, Toney, Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne, West Hamlin, Wewanta, Wharncliffe, Whirlwind, Williamson, Wyoming County, Yantus
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, Boone County, Guyandotte River, Hamlin, history, Lincoln County, Logan, Logan County, Madison, map, maps, McDowell County, Mingo County, Pineville, Polk's State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Tug Fork, Twelve Pole Creek, Wayne, Wayne County, Welch, West Virginia, Williamson, Wyoming County
29 Sunday Mar 2020
Posted in Guyandotte River, Logan
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Appalachia, Aracoma, C.R. Williams, Cecil L. Hudgins, Coal Street, Dingess Street, Elm Street, F.M. White, Floyd Addition, G.M. Dingess, G.W. Morgan, Guyandotte River, history, J.B. Buskirk, J.S. Aldridge, J.S. Miller, James A. Nighbert, John Chafin, Kell McNeely, L.H. Thompson, Logan, Logan County, Main Street, map, maps, Morgan Street, R.N. French, Stratton Street, Thomas Whited, W.A. Hale, West Virginia, White Street
Plat Record Book 1, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Note: At the time of this survey and map, Logan Court House (or Logan) was named Aracoma.
02 Tuesday Jul 2019
Posted in Big Creek
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A.L. Lucas, Appalachia, Barrett Mullins, Big Creek, Confederate Army, county clerk, genealogy, Gracie Johnson, Hattie Harmon, history, J. Green McNeely, Logan County, map, Mattie Toney, Route 10, Sanders Branch, W.C. Lucas, W.W. Lucas, West Virginia, William G. Lucas
Big Creek, Logan County, WV. “Big Creek Bill” was a Confederate veteran.
Big Creek, Logan County, WV.
Big Creek, Logan County, WV.
31 Friday May 2019
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Appalachia, history, Island Creek, Logan County, map, Mud Fork, Shegon, Troy, West Virginia
Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Logan
14 Tuesday May 2019
Posted in Big Creek, Guyandotte River
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Appalachia, B.L. Saunders, Big Creek, E.E. Garrett, Ferrell Addition, Ferrell Street, First Street, Guyandotte River, history, Laura Hager, Logan County, map, O.J. Conley, River View Addition, Second Street, Stone Street, T.B. Stone, West Virginia
River View Addition, 1924
River View Addition, 1924
River View Addition, 1924
River View Addition, 1924
Ferrell Addition, 1925
13 Monday May 2019
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Appalachia, Coal Street, Don Chafin, High Street, history, Logan, Logan County, map, Morgan Street, Tom Avis, W.H. Steele, W.J. Ellis, West Virginia
Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Logan
26 Friday Apr 2019
Posted in Chapmanville, Guyandotte River
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Appalachia, Ball Addition, C&O Railroad, Chapmanville, Dingess Street, Division Street, Ed Conley, engineer, Ferrell Street, George S. Ferrell, Guyandotte River, history, Huntington, J.D. Perry, J.D. Turner, J.H. Vickers, Logan, Logan County, map, O'Dell Street, R.E. Vickers, Riverside Drive, Rupert W. Stone, surveyor, West Virginia, William J. Ellis
Sub-division of Chapmanville, WV.
Sub-division of Chapmanville, WV.
Ball Addition to Chapmanville, WV.
20 Wednesday Mar 2019
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Guyandotte River
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Appalachia, C&O Railroad, Crispin S. Stone, Ferrellsburg, Guyandotte River, Harts, history, Kirk Street, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Commission, Logan, Main Street, map, Railroad Avenue, River Avenue, West Virginia
Today, the county road and Main Street are called Kirk Street. Railroad Avenue is Mullins Avenue. In the 1980s, the county road became Kirk Street, Main Street became River Avenue, and Railroad Avenue retained its original name. In the late 1990s, the Lincoln County Commission approved the names of several new streets in town. In the early 2000s, 911 disregarded history and our county commission and improperly renamed many of our streets–and required that we use HARTS as our town address. NOTE: The county road led to a ferry at the river.
24 Saturday Mar 2018
Posted in Dingess
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Andrew Jackson Dingess, Appalachia, Dingess, Dingess Branch, Don Chafin, F. Marion Chafin, genealogy, history, J.A. Dingess, Logan County, map, Mingo County, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Ohio Extension, Twelve Pole Creek, West Virginia
Source: Logan County Circuit Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Note: Marion Chafin, a sheriff of Logan County, was the father of Don Chafin.
The map is undated. This property is located in present-day Mingo County.
04 Tuesday Jul 2017
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, Floyd County, Hindman, Inez, Johnson County, Kentucky, Knott County, Letcher County, Levisa Fork, map, Martin County, Paintsville, Pike County, Pikeville, Prestonsburg, Russell Fork, Tug Fork, West Virginia, Whitesburg
Kentucky Counties in the Big Sandy Valley.
Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Big Sandy Valley
27 Thursday Aug 2015
Posted in Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Al Brumfield, Appalachia, geography, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, map, photos, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
Hart, noting “Brumfield’s Store,” in 1891-1892. Al Brumfield owned the store.
30 Tuesday Dec 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts
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Appalachia, Browns Branch, C&O Railroad, genealogy, Guyandotte River, Harts, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, history, Lincoln County, map, West Virginia
Hart, 1914
31 Saturday May 2014
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