Kiahs Creek, Wayne and Lincoln Counties, WV

19 Saturday Oct 2019

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Kiahsville

Tags

bear, Big Laurel Fork, Brandon Kirk, Francis Fork, horses, Kiahs Creek, Lincoln County, Mountain Home Cemetery, nature, New Salem Old Regular Baptist Church, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Wade Adkins Branch, Wayne County, West Virginia

Black Bear, Francis Fork of Kiahs Creek, WV. Photo by Mom. 2015

House With the Rock, Wade Adkins Branch of Kiahs Creek, WV. 15 July 2016

Log Structure on Francis Fork of Kiahs Creek, WV. 31 August 2019

Mountain Home Cemetery, Trough Fork of Kiahs Creek, Wayne County, WV. 5 August 2017

New Salem Old Regular Baptist Church, Big Laurel Fork of Kiahs Creek, Wayne County, WV. 15 July 2016

Old School at Big Laurel Fork of Kiahs Creek, Wayne County, WV. 15 July 2016

Head of Big Laurel Fork of Kiahs Creek, Wayne County, WV. 15 July 2016

Head of Big Laurel Fork of Kiahs Creek, Wayne County, WV. Photo by Mom. 15 July 2016

Road in the Road, Wade Adkins Branch of Kiahs Creek, Wayne County, WV. 15 July 2016

Big Branch of Harts Creek (2016-2017)

03 Friday Nov 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Appalachia, Big Branch, Harts Creek, Lincoln County, nature, photos, West Virginia

Big Branch of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. 9 July 2017.

Big Branch of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. 3 December 2016.

Cole Branch of Harts Creek (2017)

22 Sunday Oct 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, Cole Branch, Cora Black, Eva Brumfield, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, nature, Pat Kirk, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Ray Kirk, West Virginia

My grandfather Ray Kirk used to drive me up Cole Branch and tell stories about his mother’s family. Today I came looking for a cemetery…and found a cave. 21 October 2017. Photo by Mom.

My great-grandmother Eva Brumfield was raised in the lower section of Cole Branch. My great-grandfather Pat Kirk courted her by crossing the ridge from Piney Fork. He passed through here. They were married at Cole Branch in 1911. Photo by Mom.

My great-great-aunt Cora (Brumfield) Black lived near here. 21 October 2017. Photo by Mom.

Raven Rocks (2017)

09 Sunday Apr 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Big Harts Creek, Warren

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Appalachia, Camel Rocks, Hall Point, Harts Creek, Indian Rocks, Lincoln County, Myrtle Kirk, nature, photos, Raven Rocks, rocks, Thompson Branch, West Virginia

These rocks are visible from Thompson Branch and Hall Point on Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. Most locals today know them as the Raven Rocks. Myrtle (Farley) Kirk, born in 1909, remembered them as the Camel Rocks; she played on them as a young girl. Yet another possible name is “Indian Rocks.” 2 April 2017.

Frye Ridge (2015)

14 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk in Fourteen

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Appalachia, Aude Adkins Family Cemetery, Brandon Kirk, Dry Branch, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, Frye Family Cemetery, Frye Ridge, Lincoln County, nature, photos, West Virginia, Willard Frye, Willie Frye

This spot will always remind of my great-uncle Willard Frye and his cattle. During my high school years, I wrote poetry here. 30 October 2015.

Looking up toward Uncle Willard Frye’s old cattle grounds. 30 October 2015.

Nice slope near the fishing pond and the Aude Adkins Family Cemetery. 30 October 2015.

Frye Ridge Road near the Frye Family Cemetery, Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV. 30 October 2015.

Slope near the fishing pond and the Aude Adkins Family Cemetery. 30 October 2015.

Near the fishing pond. Frye Ridge, Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV. 30 October 2015.

Frye Ridge, Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV. 30 October 2015.

Frye Ridge is one of the area’s most beautiful places, especially if (like me) you are a Frye descendant.

Gravel road near the Frye Family Cemetery. Frye Ridge, Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV. 30 October 2015.

Uncle Willard Frye’s amazing barn…a landmark! Frye Ridge Road, Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV. 30 October 2015.

Frye Ridge Road, Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV. My great-grandfather, Willie Frye, owned most if not all of this ridge. Today, his descendants still own most of the land.