14 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Harts
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Appalachia, constable, crime, handcuffs, Harts Creek District, history, Lincoln County, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Harts Creek District constable handcuffs, owned by descendants of the Dingess family, Lincoln County, WV
13 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in Fourteen
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Andrew Elkins, Appalachia, Church of Christ, Elizabeth Elkins, history, Lincoln County, Marvel Elkins, photos, preacher, religion, U.S. South, United Baptist, West Virginia
Marvel Elkins (1866-1935), son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Elkins) Elkins, resident of Fourteen, Lincoln County, WV
12 Saturday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Whirlwind
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Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Logan County, Paris Hensley, photos, preacher, U.S. South, West Virginia
Paris Hensley (left), an old preacher on Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
11 Friday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Harts, Lincoln County Feud, Stiltner
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Cain Adkins, education, Harts Creek, history, justice of the peace, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Mariah Adkins, medicine, photos, preacher, Stiltner, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Fork, West Virginia
Cain and Mariah (Vance) Adkins, residents of West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV. Cain was a United Baptist preacher, teacher, country doctor, justice of the peace…and participant in the Lincoln County Feud.
10 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Lincoln County Feud, Timber, Warren
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Appalachia, Blood in West Virginia, Floyd Dingess, genealogy, Harts Creek, Henderson Dingess, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, murder, photos, Sallie Dingess, U.S. South, West Virginia
Floyd Dingess, son of Henderson and Sarah (Adams) Dingess, murdered during the Lincoln County Feud
10 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Ferrellsburg
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Appalachia, C&O Railroad, Ferrellsburg, history, J.M. "Doc" Mullins, labor, Lincoln County, Minnis "Mink" Mullins, photos, railroad, U.S. South, West Virginia
(L-R) J.M. “Doc” Mullins (section foreman), M.C. “Mink” Mullins, and two unidentified men
07 Monday Jul 2014
Posted in Ashland, Big Sandy Valley, Ed Haley, John Hartford, Music
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Annadeene Fraley, Ashland, banjo, Brandon Kirk, Ed Haley, Ed Haley Fiddle Contest, fiddlers, fiddling, history, J P Fraley, John Hartford, Kentucky, mandolin, Mike Compton, music, Nancy McClellan, Paul David Smith, Peter Even, photos
(L-R) Peter Even, Mike Compton, Brandon Kirk, J.P. Fraley, Nancy McClellan, Paul David Smith, and John Hartford.
06 Sunday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley
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Ed Haley, Ewell Mullins, genealogy, Harts Creek, Logan County, photos, Trace Fork, West Virginia
Ewell Mullins home, Trace Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
05 Saturday Jul 2014
Posted in Harts, John Hartford, Music, Women's History
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Harts, John Hartford, life, Lincoln County, music, photos, Phyllis Kirk, raccoon, West Virginia
Phyllis Kirk (and her pet raccoon) with John Hartford, Harts, Lincoln County, WV, c.1995
03 Thursday Jul 2014
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Ashland, Ed Haley, Ella Haley, Harold Postalwait, Kentucky, Mona Haley, music, Pat Haley, photos
Mona Haley and Harold Postalwait at Pat Haley’s house, Ashland, KY, c.1996
03 Thursday Jul 2014
Posted in Stiltner
Monroe T. Fry (left), son of Spicie (Adkins) McCoy-Fry, resident of Stiltner, Wayne County, WV
01 Tuesday Jul 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Chloe Mullins, Ed Haley, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Jackson Mullins, Lincoln County Feud, Logan County, photos, Weddie Mullins, West Virginia
Weddie Mullins, son of Jackson and Chloe (Gore) Mullins, resident of Trace Fork of Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
30 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Stiltner, Women's History
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Appalachia, Cain Adkins, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lena Adkins, life, Lincoln County, Mariah Adkins, photos, Stiltner, U.S. South, Wayne County, West Fork, West Virginia
Salena “Lena” Adkins Napier (1876-1939), daughter of Cain and Mariah (Vance) Adkins, resident of West Fork of Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV
28 Saturday Jun 2014
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Allen B. Straton, Bella Wilkinson, civil war, David Straton, genealogy, Henry Clay Ragland, history, James A. Nighbert, John B. Wilkinson, John F. Aldridge, Logan Banner, Logan County, Mary Perry, Minnie Straton, photos, U.S. South, Vicie Nighbert, West Virginia, West Virginia Legislature, William Straton, Williamson
Major William Straton headstone, Logan, WV, 2010
William Straton obituary, Logan (WV) Banner, July 2, 1903
William Straton obituary, Logan (WV) Banner, July 2, 1903
William Straton obituary, Logan (WV) Banner, July 2, 1903
Major William Straton footstone, Logan, WV, 2010
26 Thursday Jun 2014
Posted in Dingess
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Appalachia, culture, genealogy, history, Jim Kirk, life, moonshine, moonshining, photos, U.S. South
Jim Kirk (left) holding a glass container of moonshine
25 Wednesday Jun 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County Feud, Women's History
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Angeline Lucas, Cain Adkins, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Mariah Adkins, Mary Jane Jordan, photos, Wayne County, West Virginia
Mary Jane (Adkins) Jordan and Angeline (Adkins) Lucas-Adams, daughters of Cain and Mariah (Vance) Adkins, residents of Wayne County, WV
25 Wednesday Jun 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Culture of Honor, Ed Haley, Lincoln County Feud, Spottswood
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Ben Adams, culture, feuds, Harts Creek, history, life, Lincoln County Feud, Naaman Adams, photos, Trace Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia, Winchester rifle
Naaman Adams was an excellent source of information regarding the old Adams family feuds, 1996
24 Tuesday Jun 2014
Posted in John Hartford, Music
John Hartford’s grave, Madison, TN, August 2008
John Hartford’s grave, Madison, TN, August 2008
23 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Spottswood
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Appalachia, farming, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Jeff Baisden, Logan County, photos, Trace Fork, U.S. South, West Virginia
Jeff Baisden, resident of Jonas Branch of Trace Fork of Big Harts Creek, Logan County, WV
22 Sunday Jun 2014
Posted in Green Shoal, Lincoln County Feud
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Appalachia, Cecil Lambert, genealogy, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, photos, U.S. South, West Virginia
Cecil Lambert standing on the “green shoals” of Guyandotte River, Lincoln County, WV, 1996
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