Brandon Ray Kirk

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Rebellion in the Hills. #CivilWar #WestVirginia #Logan #history

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Logan County Jail in Logan, WV

Old #Jail in #Logan #WV #Appalachia #history #crime

Logan County Jail, no longer standing, in Logan, WV.

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Absentee Landowners of Magnolia District (1890, 1892, 1894)

Absentee landowners of Magnolia District in present-day #MingoCounty #WV #Appalachia #history (1890-1894)

What follows is a list of absentee landowners in Magnolia District of Logan County, WV, for 1890, 1892, and 1894… There are three significant types of absentee landowners: 1) those who live outside of Logan County; 2) those who live in Logan County but outside of Magnolia District; and 3) those who own property, for example, at Mate Creek but reside, for example, at Grapevine Creek (both within…

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Charles Spurlock Survey at Fourteen Mile Creek, Lincoln County, WV (1815)

At the time of this survey, the 110-acre tract was located in Cabell County, Virginia. Today, the property is located in Lincoln County, WV.

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Feudist Jim McCoy (1929)

Jim McCoy of the #HatfieldMcCoyFeud obituary (1929) #Appalachia #Pikeville #KY #history

Jas. McCoy, Old Feudist Leader, Dies At Four Score Years Old, Warrior Dies with Boots Off at Pikeville Home Last of McCoy Clan who Long Fought the Hatfields “James McCoy, 80, the last of the men who were actively engaged in the Hatfield-McCoy feud about forty years ago, passed away last Friday in Pikeville at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Amick. But one other member of the older family…

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Ellison Hatfield (1889)

Ellison "Cotton Top" Hatfield (1889) #Appalachia #history #HatfieldMcCoyFeud #PIkeville #KY

Source: Louisville Courier-Journal, 28 October 1889.

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Ran'l McCoy's Final Months (1914)

Ran'l McCoy's final months (1914) #Appalachia #history #HatfieldMcCoyFeud #feuds

Oral history relating to Randolph “Ran’l” McCoy’s final years is scant. Most historians rely upon Truda Williams McCoy’s book The McCoys: Their Story (1976) for information about his life. Here are a few news items which may in some part be reliable that provides more information about Ran’l and his final months of life. Randolph McCoy Falls into Fireplace (January 9, 1914) “Randall McCoy, who…

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Interview of Dr. Leonard Roberts, Part 3 (Summer 1982)

Dr. Leonard W. Roberts provides commentary about the Hatfield-McCoy Feud (1982) #Appalachia #history #HatfieldsandMcCoys #HatfieldMcCoyFeud #feuds #WV #KY

Truda Williams McCoy’s The McCoys: Their Story (1976) is a classic book about the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Truda, a McCoy descendant born in 1902 who married a grandson of Ran’l McCoy, collected her stories directly from feud participants and close family members prior to and during the 1930s. Truda was unable to publish her manuscript, but after her death in 1974 Dr. Leonard W. Roberts located and…

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Industrial Workers in Logan County, WV

Industrial workers in Logan County #WV #Appalachia #history #coal #coalmining

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Interview of Dr. Leonard Roberts, Part 2 (Summer 1982)

Dr. Leonard W. Roberts Provides Commentary about the Hatfield-McCoy Feud #Appalachia #history #feuds #HatfieldMcCoyFeud

Truda Williams McCoy’s The McCoys: Their Story (1976) is a classic book about the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Truda, a McCoy descendant born in 1902 who married a grandson of Ran’l McCoy, collected her stories directly from feud participants and close family members prior to and during the 1930s. Truda was unable to publish her manuscript, but after her death in 1974 Dr. Leonard W. Roberts located and…

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Dr. Henry Drury Hatfield

Official portrait of West Virginia's 14th governor: Henry Drury Hatfield #governors #WV #history #HatfieldsandMcCoys #Appalachia #politics

Dr. Henry Drury Hatfield, son of Elias and Betty (Chafin) Hatfield. This is his official portrait as West Virginia’s 14th governor.

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Interview of Dr. Leonard W. Roberts, Part 1 (Summer 1982)

Interview of Dr. Leonard W. Roberts about the #HatfieldMcCoyFeud #Appalachia #feuds #KY #history

Truda Williams McCoy’s The McCoys: Their Story (1976) is a classic book about the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Truda, a McCoy descendant born in 1902 who married a grandson of Ran’l McCoy, collected her stories directly from feud participants and close family members prior to and during the 1930s. Truda was unable to publish her manuscript but after her death in the mid-1970s, Dr. Leonard W. Roberts…

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Flowers in Fayette County, #WV #Appalachia #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYTobGLECp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sometimes I move mountains. #coal #wv #brandonkirk #Appalachia https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSpDveuU4v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sometimes I move mountains. #coal #wv #brandonkirk #Appalachia https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSoeCFu8vp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Core samples #wv #coal #mining #coalmining #Appalachia #drilling https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxC25SuOC5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Log cabin in #Racine #Boone County #WV #Appalachia #barns #agriculture #farming #history #architecture (at Racine, West Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpla-qovbjS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=