31 Wednesday Mar 2021
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Canaan Adkins, East Fork, Elisha Vance, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, John Runyon, justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, Nettie Toney, notary public, R.E. Lowe, Salena Estep, T.B. Stone, West Fork, West Virginia
19 Friday Feb 2021
Posted in Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, Aracoma, Elias Hatfield, genealogy, Hatfield-McCoy Feud, history, Logan, Logan County, notary public, S.P. Kelly, West Virginia
10 Monday Feb 2020
Posted in Big Ugly Creek
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Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, county clerk, genealogy, history, Jacob D Smith, Lena Ferrell, Lincoln County, Nancy Fry, notary public, Philip Hager Jr., Robert Hager, Rock Pen Branch, West Virginia
Deed Book 59, page 495, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 59, page 495, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
27 Tuesday Aug 2019
Posted 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
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.
Deed Book 59, page 270, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
29 Monday Apr 2019
Posted in Battle of Blair Mountain, Coal, Logan
06 Saturday Apr 2019
Posted in Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek
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Appalachia, Big Creek, Big Ugly Creek, genealogy, George W. Estep, Grant Cremeans, H.C. Chandler, history, John Chandler, Lincoln County, M.J. Chandler, Nancy Adora Chandler, notary public, Trace Branch, West Virginia
Deed Book __, page __, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book __, page __, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book __, page __, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
30 Wednesday Jan 2019
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Timber
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Appalachia, Big Branch, Charles Avis, genealogy, Georgia Perry, Harts Creek, history, John W. Robertson, Lincoln County, notary public, Sarah A. Perry, timber, timbering, W.B. Wilkinson, W.C. Holstein, West Virginia
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
28 Friday Dec 2018
Posted in Fourteen, Lincoln County Feud, Wewanta
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Al Brumfield, Ann Brumfield, Appalachia, Bruner Hollow, Edward W. Clark, Fine Malinda Nester, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Hollena Brumfield, Jefferson Lucas, John S. Nester, Lewis Adkins, Lincoln County, Louisa Wiley, notary public, Paris Brumfield, Sulphur Spring Fork, West Virginia
Deed Book 56, page 40, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Al Brumfield was the son of Paris and Ann (Toney) Brumfield. Hollena Brumfield was the daughter of Henderson and Sallie (Adams) Dingess. Both were leading figures in the Lincoln County Feud.
Deed Book 56, page 40, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Louisa (Nester) Wiley was the daughter of John S. and Fine M. (Dalton) Nester. Her father was a first cousin to Al Brumfield.
Deed Book 56, page 41, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. NOTE: Al Brumfield was literate; he signed this document with an “x” because he had gone blind by 1903.
09 Sunday Dec 2018
Posted in Big Ugly Creek, Guyandotte River
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Allen Estep, Appalachia, Big Ugly Creek, Ella Spears, G.W. Estep, genealogy, Guyandotte River, history, L.A. Ellis, Lincoln County, Logan County, notary public, Roma Spears, Trace Branch, Trace Fork, West Virginia
Deed Book 55, page 364, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 55, page 364, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 55, page 364, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 55, page 365, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
06 Thursday Dec 2018
Posted in Fourteen, Women's History
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Andrew Lewis Sias, Appalachia, Archibald Elkins, county clerk, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Henry H. Sias, history, Jefferson Lucas, John S. Brumfield, Lincoln County, Martha Ellen Brumfield, notary public, Robert Hager, West Virginia
Deed Book ___, page 13, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Martha Ellen (Lambert) Sias is my great-great-great-grandmother. Henry H. Sias, her son, is my great-great-grandfather.
Deed Book ___, page 14, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
23 Friday Nov 2018
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Guyandotte River, Lincoln County Feud
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Albert Adkins, Ann Davis, Appalachia, Ben Walker, Bob Adkins, Brooke Adkins, C.E. Burns, Catherine Adkins, Clementine Dingess, Douglas Branch, Ed Dingess, Ferrellsburg, Fisher B. Adkins, Floyd Enos Adkins, Guyandotte River, Harts Creek District, Henry Adkins, Jake Adkins, Lincoln County, Marshall County, notary public, Ruby Adkins, Susan Adkins, West Virginia, Yantus Walker
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. This property was located on or near Douglas Branch in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV.
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. I knew Bob Adkins, the infant referenced in this deed. He was a key source about the Lincoln County Feud.
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Note who could and who could not sign their name.
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Note: Albert Adkins was incarcerated at the West Virginia State Penitentiary at the time of this deed, which is the reason for a Marshall County notary.
18 Thursday Oct 2018
Posted in Big Ugly Creek
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Appalachia, Arabell Gill, Big Sulpher Branch, Big Ugly Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, Mary F. Fry, notary public, Philip Hager, Robert L. Fry, West Virginia
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
25 Tuesday Sep 2018
Posted in Battle of Blair Mountain, Coal, Logan
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American Sociological Society, Appalachia, coal, Colorado, Dartmouth College, deputy sheriff, Don Chafin, Edgar Combs, Edward F. Moore, H.W. Houston, Hanover, history, Industrial Management, Jerome Davis, Logan, Logan County, Macmillan Company, New Hampshire, notary public, Pennsylvania, sheriff, United Mine Workers of America, West Virginia
State v. Edgar Combs
Affidavit
Filed in open Court
Oct. 15, 1923
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The American Sociological Society
Dartmouth College
Hanover, N.H.
August 1, 1923
As a teacher in Dartmouth College I have been called on to make several investigations into conditions in coal mining regions in Colorado and Pennsylvania. One of my studies was published by the Macmillan Company and another by Industrial Management. I have never been connected in any way with a labor union and believe that my testimony is impartial.
I have recently been to West Virginia for the purpose of studying conditions in the coal industry there. I was in the state for a total of about a month during June and July of this year. For the major part of this time I was in Logan County or in the surrounding counties.
I found it extremely difficult to secure affidavits from coal miners and others because they stated they were afraid of Don Chaffin and his Deputy Sheriffs. It seemed to be the general consensus of opinion that any person connected with the United Mine Workers of America would not knowingly be permitted to remain in the county and might be subjected to violence. I counted the names of over two hundred deputy sheriffs in the court records of the county and Don Chaffin informed me that the unions had so far been successfully kept out of the district.
Whether justified or not, operators and officials with whom I talked in Logan seemed to feel especial bitterness against H.W. Houston, Attorney of the United Mine Workers of America. It seems to me probable that necessary witnesses for the defense would be reluctant to testify fully and freely, and that they might actually be afraid to attend court for any considerable time. I know that there are a large number of responsible citizens of Logan County who share this belief, although they may not be willing to testify publicly for the reasons given above.
Jerome Davis
Taken, subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of July, 1923.
My commission expires on the 17th day of Feb 1928.
Edward F. Moore, Notary Public
***
For more about Jerome Davis, follow these links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Davis_(sociologist)
22 Saturday Sep 2018
Tags
A.F. Morris, Appalachia, Charlie Lambert, Elisha Plumley, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Georgia Cheuvront, Hamlin, Henry C. Sias, history, Isaac F. Nelson, John W. Nelson, Laurel Hill District, Lincoln County, Louisa Collins, Martha Sias, notary public, Rufus Pack, Steer Fork, Vicie B. Sias, West Virginia
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book ___, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
07 Friday Sep 2018
Posted in Atenville, Guyandotte River, Sand Creek
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Appalachia, Bend of the River, Emerine Lambert, genealogy, Guyandotte River, history, Isaac Adkins, Jefferson Lucas, Lincoln County, Martha Sias, notary public, Sand Creek, Sarah J. Nelson, Van Donley Lambert, West Virginia
Deed Book ___, page ____, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. This property is likely located at the Bend of the River opposite Sand Creek and below Atenville.
Deed Book ___, page ____, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. I descend from Van Donley’s sister, Martha (Lambert) Sias.
31 Friday Aug 2018
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Appalachia, Elias Vance, Elisha Vance, Everett Elkins, genealogy, Harts Creek, Harts Creek District, history, Lincoln County, notary public, Rufus Estep, Salena Estep, Spring Branch, W.C. Holstein, West Fork
Deed Book __, page __, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV. Salena (Browning) Estep was the former wife of Elisha Vance and Elias Vance.
Deed Book __, page __, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
27 Monday Aug 2018
Posted in Big Ugly Creek
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Appalachia, Big Sulpher Spring Branch, Big Ugly Creek, genealogy, Harts Creek District, history, John A. McComas, Lincoln County, notary public, Patterson Toney, Philip Hager, Robert Lee Fry, West Virginia
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book __, page ___, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
31 Tuesday Jul 2018
Posted in Harts
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Appalachia, Ed Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, Lincoln County, Minerva Brumfield, notary public, Ward Brumfield, West Virginia
Record Oaths and Certificates Book 4, p. 259, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office (storage room), Hamlin, WV. Ed Brumfield was the son of Ward and Minerva (Dingess) Brumfield.
28 Saturday Jul 2018
Posted in Big Ugly Creek
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Appalachia, Big Deadening Branch, Big Ugly Creek, Bill Duty, Broad Branch, C.I. Stone, Emma Duty, genealogy, Hamlin, history, Lincoln County, Middle Fork, notary public, Philip Hager, West Virginia
Deed Book 59, page 429, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 59, page 430, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Deed Book 59, page 430, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
23 Monday Jul 2018
Posted 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
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.
Deed Book 59, page 273, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
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