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Allen Adkins Branch, Appalachia, Ben Walker, Blood in West Virginia, Brandon Kirk, Ferrellsburg, Green McCoy, Green Shoal, Guyandotte River, history, Lincoln County, Lincoln County Feud, Melvin Kirk, Milt Haley, photos, Walker Branch, West Fork, West Virginia
Walker Branch is a tributary of the Guyandotte River located in Ferrellsburg, Lincoln County, WV. Photo taken 27 November 2016.
Walker Branch is named for Benjamin Wade Walker (1851-1917), a United Baptist preacher who once lived along the stream. Photo taken 27 November 2016.
Walker Branch appears in early deeds as Allen Adkins Branch. Photo taken 27 November 2016.
In October of 1889, Ben Walker and Melvin Kirk brought the corpses of Haley and McCoy from Green Shoal to West Fork via Walker Branch and through Low Gap. Photo taken 27 November 2016.
Brandon Ray Kirk 