24 Monday Aug 2015
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34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Andrew Lewis Sias, Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, civil war, Fourteen, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, history, Lincoln County, photos, Phyllis Kirk, Sias Family Cemetery, West Virginia
Mom and I recently placed a military marker at the grave of Andrew Lewis Sias, who served in Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. Lew Sias is my great-great-great-grandfather. He is buried in the head of East Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV.
07 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Lincoln County Feud, Logan
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Appalachia, author, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Chief Logan State Park, history, log cabin, Logan, Logan County, Pelican Publishing Company, photos, Phyllis Kirk, U.S. South, West Virginia, writer
Log cabin at Chief Logan State Park, Logan, WV, 2014. Photo by Mom.
30 Thursday Oct 2014
Posted in Culture of Honor, Lincoln County Feud
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Amazon, Appalachia, author, Blood in West Virginia, book, books, Brandon Kirk, history, Lincoln County, Merritts Creek Station, Pelican Publishing Company, Phyllis Kirk, West Virginia, writing
“Blood in West Virginia” Brumfield v. McCoy” is a current Top 10 Best-Seller for Pelican Publishing Company at Amazon. Photo by Phyllis Kirk
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
28 Wednesday May 2014
Posted in Cemeteries, Fourteen
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Andrew Elkins, Andrew Elkins Family Cemetery, Appalachia, Brandon Kirk, cemeteries, Elizabeth Elkins, Fourteen Mile Creek, genealogy, Harry Kirk, history, Lincoln County, Phyllis Kirk, West Virginia
To reach the Elkins family cemetery, you must cut brush, Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2002
Mom and I at the Elizabeth Elkins grave, Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2002
Mom at the Elizabeth Elkins grave, Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2002
Elizabeth Elkins was the wife of Andrew Elkins, a Confederate veteran and postmaster, Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2002
Dad at the Elizabeth Elkins grave, Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2002
Elizabeth Elkins grave, Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV, 2002
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