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.
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