10 Sunday May 2015
Posted in Inez, Lincoln County Feud
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Aquillia Porter, Blood in West Virginia, genealogy, Hart, history, John W Runyon, Kentucky, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Martin County, Mary M. Runyon, photos, Stidham, Wealthy Hinkle, West Virginia
John W. Runyon family, c.1900. Mr. Runyon, shown at back left, was a storekeeper and timberboss in Hart during the late 1880s. His wife, the former Mary M. Williamson, is shown at back right. Their daughters are also shown (l-r): Aquillia and Wealthy.
03 Sunday May 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Canada, culture, Enoch Baker, genealogy, history, Lincoln County Feud, logging, Nova Scotia, photos, timbering
Enoch Baker (center), a timber boss on Harts Creek in West Virginia during the 1880s
30 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in East Lynn, Lincoln County Feud, Music, Stiltner
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Appalachia, Charles Bernard McCoy, culture, East Lynn, genealogy, Gladys Richardson Adkins, guitar, history, Lincoln County Feud, music, photos, Raymond McCoy, Sherman McCoy, Spicy Fry, Stiltner, The McCoy Time Singers, Wayne County, West Virginia
The McCoy Time Singers (l-r) of Wayne County, WV: Spicy Fry, Charles Bernard McCoy, Raymond McCoy, and Sherman McCoy
29 Wednesday Apr 2015
Posted in Big Sandy Valley, Coal, Matewan
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Appalachia, Big Sandy River, history, Matewan, Matewan Massacre, McCoy Street, Mine Wars, Mingo County, photos, Tug Fork, West Virginia
McCoy Street, Matewan, WV, 13 September 2014
28 Tuesday Apr 2015
Posted in Harts
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Appalachia, Charley Brumfield, genealogy, Harts, history, life, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Charley Brumfield house, built 1925, Harts, Lincoln County, WV
26 Sunday Apr 2015
Posted in Calhoun County, Civil War, Gilbert
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19th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, Appalachia, civil war, Confederacy, Confederate Army, Gilbert, history, Mingo County, Moccasin Rangers, photos, Skirmish on the River, West Virginia
19th Regiment Virginia Cavalry, Company A, also known as the Moccasin Rangers. Skirmish on the River at Gilbert, West Virginia, 25 April 2015.
25 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, cemeteries, crime, Floyd Dingess, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess Family Cemetery, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Floyd Dingess grave, located on Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV.
17 Friday Apr 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Halcyon
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cemeteries, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, Melvin Kirk Family Cemetery, photos, Piney Fork, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
Kirk Cemetery, Piney Fork of West Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
11 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, author, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Ray Kirk, history, Lincoln County Feud, photos, Scarborough Art and Lecture Series, Scarborough Library, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, U.S. South, West Virginia
Earlier this week, I presented a lecture regarding the Lincoln County Feud to a wonderful audience in West Virginia’s oldest town: Shepherdstown. Here I stand near Shepherd University’s Scarborough Library, just before my lecture.
06 Monday Apr 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Cemeteries, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Ray Kirk, cemeteries, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, Salena Vance, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
At or near the Salena Vance grave on West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. Salena appears as a character in my book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.”
06 Monday Apr 2015
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Ben Walker, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Ray Kirk, cemeteries, Ferrellsburg, feud, genealogy, Haley-McCoy grave, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Low Gap, photos, Walker Branch, West Virginia
Ben Walker grave, located in the head of Walker Branch at Low Gap, near Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV. Mr. Walker appears as a character in my book, “Blood in West Virginia: Brumfield v. McCoy.”
29 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Ray Kirk, cemeteries, Edwards Park, genealogy, Green McCoy, Haley-McCoy grave, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Milt Haley, photos, Smithsonian magazine, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
Haley-McCoy grave, located on West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. In 2000, Smithsonian magazine featured the grave (and myself) in a story written by Edwards Park. Photo taken 27 March 2015
Haley-McCoy grave, located on West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. In 2000, Smithsonian magazine featured the grave (and myself) in a story written by Edwards Park. Photo taken 27 March 2015
29 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Harts, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Ray Kirk, genealogy, Green McCoy, Haley-McCoy grave, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Milt Haley, photos, U.S. South, West Fork, West Virginia
Here I stand on 27 March 2015 at the Haley-McCoy grave on West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. I first saw the grave in 1995.
18 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in East Lynn
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Appalachia, East Lynn, genealogy, history, Leander Frazier, Mittie Adkins, photos, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Virginia
Leander Frazier, son of Mittie Adkins, resident of East Lynn in Wayne County, WV
09 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Timber
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Blood in West Virginia, Brown's Run, Burl Farley, Cabell County, feud, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, rafting, Roach, Smokehouse Fork, timber, timbering, U.S. South, West Virginia
Burl Farley, timber boss and feudist, resident of Browns Run of Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
06 Friday Mar 2015
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Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Ray Kirk, Greg Kirk, history, Lincoln County Feud, Ohio, photos, William McKinley
Posted by Brandon Ray Kirk | Filed under Lincoln County Feud
05 Thursday Mar 2015
Posted in John Hartford
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book, books, Brandon Ray Kirk, Ed Haley, history, John Hartford, Madison, photos, Tennessee, writing
John Hartford’s home in Madison, TN. The windows shown at right belonged to the “upper office,” where I worked almost daily on the Ed Haley manuscript for three years.
05 Thursday Mar 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Civil War, Lincoln County Feud, Shively, Warren
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Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, Smokehouse Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia
Henderson Dingess, resident of Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV. Photo courtesy of Lily Ray.
04 Wednesday Mar 2015
Posted in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Appalachia, Clementine Adkins, Ferrellsburg, genealogy, history, Jake Adkins, Lettie Kib Adkins, life, Lincoln County, photos, West Virginia
Clementine “Tine” Adkins (1857-1944), daughter of Enos “Jake” and Lettie M. (Toney) Adkins of Ferrellsburg, WV
01 Sunday Mar 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Warren
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Appalachia, Ben Adams, Blood in West Virginia, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County Crew, Logan County, miller, millstone, photos, West Virginia
I took this photograph in August 1996 on Trace Fork of Harts Creek.
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