05 Friday Feb 2021
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, Isaac Conley, John Lawson, Logan County, Robert Hensley, Robert Scott, Smokehouse Fork, Thomas Conley, Virginia, West Virginia
08 Thursday Oct 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek, Chapmanville, Civil War, Crawley Creek, Green Shoal, Harts, Little Harts Creek
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129th Regiment Virginia Militia, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Aaron Adkins, Abbotts Branch, Abijah Workman, Abner Vance, Addison Vance, Admiral S. Fry, Albert Abbott, Alexander Bryant, Alford Tomblin, Allen B. Brumfield, Anderson Barker, Andrew D. Robinson, Andrew Jackson Browning, Andrew Jackson Vance, Arnold Perry, Barnett Carter, Battle of Boone Court House, Battle of Kanawha Gap, Benjamin Adams, Benjamin Barker, Big Branch, Burbus C. Toney, Calahill McCloud, Canaan Adkins, Carter's Company, Charles McCloud, Christian T. Fry, civil war, Crawley Creek, Daniel Bill Nester, David Workman, Douglas Branch, Edward Garrett, Enos "Jake" Adkins, Evermont Ward Brumfield, Fleming Fry, Fulton D. Ferrell, Garland Conley, genealogy, George Bryant, George Godby, Griffin Stollings, Guy Conley, Harts, Harts Creek, Harvey S. Dingess, Henderson Dingess, Henderson Lambert, Henry Conley, history, Hoover Fork, Ira Lucas, Isaac Adkins, Isaac G. Griffith, Jackson McCloud, James Bryant, James Dalton, James Dingess, James Mullins, James P. Ferrell, James Tomblin, Jefferson Thompson, Jeremiah Perry, Jesse W. Carter, John C. Chapman, John DeJarnett, John Dingess, John H. Adkins, John McCloud, John Quincy Adams, John R. Robinson, John W. Workman, Josiah Browning, Lewis Baisden, Lewis Jupiter Fry, Lewis Vance, Logan County, Martin Dalton, Martin Van Buren Mullins, Mastin Conley, Mathias Elkins, Moses Tomblin, Moses Workman, Obediah Workman, Oliver Conley, Peter C. Dingess, Peter Fry, Reuben Conley, Riland Baisden, Robert Bob Mullins, Robert Fry, Rufus Bryant, Russell Fry, Shade Estep, Smokehouse Fork, Spencer A. Mullins, Squire Toney, Thomas Conley, Thompson Perry, Tolbert S. Godby, Weddington Mullins, West Virginia, William A. Dingess, William C. Lambert, William D. Elkins, William S. Dingess, William T. Fowler, William Workman
The 129th Regiment Virginia Militia, commanded by Colonel John DeJarnett, consisted of men primarily from Logan County, (West) Virginia. The 129th existed to protect Logan County. Carter’s Company, captained by Barnett “Barney” Carter, consisted of many Harts Creek men, all of whom enlisted on 27 August 1861 at Logan Court House, Logan County, (West) Virginia. The 129th, including Carter’s Company, participated in the Battle of Boone Court House on 1 September 1861 and the Battle of Kanawha Gap on 25 September 1861. In 1862, Carter’s Company essentially became Company D, 34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry. (This list will be updated periodically.)
Albert Abbott*, Abbotts Branch
Benjamin Adams, Crawley Creek
John Quincy Adams, Harts Creek
Aaron Adkins
Canaan Adkins, West Fork of Harts Creek [Lincoln County Feud]
Enos “Jake” Adkins, 1st Lieutenant, Douglas Branch (Ferrellsburg)
Isaac Adkins, Jr., Harts Creek (Big Branch area)
Isaac Adkins, 2nd Sergeant, Harts Creek (Big Branch area)
John H. Adkins
Lewis Baisden
Riland Baisden
Anderson Barker
Benjamin Barker
James M. Berry
Jacob Browning
Josiah Browning, 4th Sergeant
Andrew Jackson Browning, Harts Creek
Allen B. Brumfield, Big Ugly Creek
Evermont Ward Brumfield, Big Ugly Creek
Alexander Bryant, Harts Creek
George Bryant, Harts Creek
James Bryant, Harts Creek
Rufus Bryant, Harts Creek
Ed Burchett
William F. B_____
Jesse W. Carter
Barnett Carter, Captain, Hoover Fork of Harts Creek
John C. Chapman, 1st Corporal
Garland Conley, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek
Guy Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)
Henry Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)
Maston Conley, Chapmanville
Oliver Conley, Crawley Creek
Reuben Conley
Thomas Conley, Conley Branch (Chapmanville)
James Dalton, Harts Creek
Martin Dalton, Harts Creek
Harvey S. Dingess*, Crawley Creek
Henderson Dingess, Smokehouse Fork of Harts Creek [Lincoln County Feud]
James Dingess, 3rd Corporal
John Dingess
Peter C. Dingess, Crawley Creek
William A. Dingess
William S. Dingess
Mathias Elkins
William D. Elkins*, 2nd Corporal
D.J. Estep
Shade Estep, 4th Corporal
Fulton D. Ferrell, 3rd Sergeant
James P. Ferrell, Big Ugly Creek
Samuel Ferrell
Isaac Fleming
William T. Fowler, West Fork/Marsh Fork of Harts Creek
Admiral S. Fry, Green Shoal
Christian T. “Jack” Fry*, Abbotts Branch
Fleming Fry
Lewis “Jupiter” Fry, Big Ugly Creek (Gill)
Peter Fry
Robert Fry
Russell Fry
Edward Garrett, 2nd Lieutenant
Isaac G. Gartin, 2nd Lieutenant, Little Harts Creek
George Godby
Tolbert S. Godby, 1st Sergeant
Isaac O. Jeffrey
Henderson Lambert, Bend of the River
William C. Lambert, Bend of the River area
Ira Lucas
Calahill McCloud, Harts Creek or Twelve Pole Creek
Charles McCloud
Jackson McCloud
John McCloud
B. McNeely
James Mullins
Martin Van Buren Mullins, Harts Creek
Robert “Bob” Mullins, Harts Creek
Spencer A. Mullins, Bridge Branch area (Atenville)
Weddington Mullins, Harts Creek
Daniel “Bill” Nester, Browns Branch
William Owens
Arnold Perry
D.H. Perry
Jeremiah Perry
Thompson Perry
Andrew Robinson, Harts Creek
John R. Robinson
Griffin Stollings
Jefferson Thompson, Thompson Branch of Harts Creek
Alford Tomblin, Sr., Harts Creek
Alford Tomblin, Jr., Harts Creek
James Tomblin
Moses Tomblin
Burbus C. Toney, Green Shoal area (Toney)
Squire Toney, Big Ugly Creek
Andrew Jackson Vance
Abner Vance, West Fork of Harts Creek
Addison Vance
Lewis Vance
James Wills
Abijah “Bige” Workman
David Workman
John W. Workman
Moses Workman
Obediah Workman
William Workman
(*) denotes my direct ancestors
05 Friday Jun 2015
Posted in Big Harts Creek
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Albert Smith, America Thompson, Appalachia, Billie Kinder, Causby Conley, Charlotte Tomblin, David Smith, Dixie Smith, Doad Tomblin, Elizabeth Kinder, Elvin Smith, Emerald Fleming, Fine Malinda Nester, Garland "Bock" Conley, genealogy, George Dalton, Goldie Smith, Harts Creek, Herbert Chilton Smith, history, Howard Dalton, James "Yellow Jim" Dalton, James Dalton, Jim Tomblin, Joe Smith, John Dalton, John Tomblin, Laura Smith, Leana Smith, Leonard Dalton, Lewis Tomblin, Lincoln County, Mary Ann "Poos" Adams, Melvin Dalton, Moses "Wog" Dalton, Moses Tomblin, Paris Smith, Peter Dalton, Peter Tomblin, Polly Pratt Dalton, Reece "Wid" Dalton, Reece Myers, Robert Dalton, Roxie Leana Adkins, Ruth Dalton, Ruth Smith, Sarah Conley, Sidney Smith, Thomas Conley, U.S. South, Velvie Smith, Viola Dalton, Virginia Jane Dalton, West Virginia, William Tomblin, Willis Adkins
In 1979, Roxie Leana (Dalton) Adkins, daughter of James and Viola (Tomblin) Dalton, wrote a history of her family, which includes memories of her early life on Harts Creek. Roxie, born in 1904, married Willis Adkins in 1924 and mothered nine children. In the late 1990s, Roxie’s daughter Emerald (Adkins) Fleming gave this history to me.
This is the Dalton family tree as far back as I have learned of the record of my great-great-grandparents, Jim Dalton (“Old Yellow Jim” as he was called) and Virginia Workman. I don’t know Yellow Jim’s age or his death but I have heard talk of him and his family. His wife was always called Jane. They came down from Tazewell, Virginia before the kids were born or some of them. Their two sons were Moses (“Wog” as he was called) and Peter (no nickname). Moses “Wog” married America Thompson.
Moses “Wog” and America Dalton had Elizabeth Dalton, who married Billie Kinder, and James Dalton, who married Viola Tomblin. Viola first married Paris Smith. He died in July of 1893. Her son by this first marriage was Joe Smith. Joe married Laura Simpkins and their children were Elvin Smith, Albert Smith, Goldie Smith, Velvie Smith, Herbert Chilton Smith, Sidney Smith, Dixie Smith and Leana Smith. Ruth Smith and David Smith died as infants.
James and Viola had eight children: Melvin, born May 2, 1900; Robert, born February 23, 1902; Roxie Leana, born April 11, 1904; John, born March 20, 1906; Howard, born September 22, 1908; Leonard, born March 15, 1911; George, born April 15, 1914; and Ruth, born June 17, 1918.
Yellow Jim’s daughters were Fine Malinda Dalton, who married John Nester, and Pratt Dalton, who had a son by Reece Myres named Reese Jr. (but who was always known as Wid Dalton). Pratt married Moses Tomblin and had five sons: Jim Tomblin, Lewis Doad Tomblin, Peter Tomblin, William Tomblin, John Tomblin and one daughter, Charlotte Tomblin, who died small.
Other daughters of Yellow Jim were Causby Dalton who married Thomas Conley, Sarah Dalton who married Bock Conley, and Mary Ann Dalton who married John Morgan Adams. She was always called “Poos.”
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