Wayne County, West Virginia
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Index:
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Census Records | |
Deeds/Land Transactions | |
Letters | |
Marriage Records | |
Military Records | |
Miscellaneous | |
Newspaper Articles | |
Obituaries | |
Vital Records (Births, Deaths) | |
Wills | |
Photos/Scanned Documents |
- Francis Marion Fullerton and Elizabeth Keyser Fullerton Bible entries
- Rosalie Fullerton Riel Bible entries
- Image of Marriage Record in James W. Porter, Lutie Perry Bible
Submitters: Peg Schreiber, Unknown
1% Sample of the 1880 Census
1783-1910 Census Artrip Family Members
1850 Census Index, Wayne County
1850 Census, Wayne County
1860 Census Keyser Family, Ceredo Post Office, Wayne County
1930 Census Index, Wayne County
1930 Census ED 50-10 Wayne County
1930 Census ED Numbers Wayne County
1930 Census ED 501 Page 1 of 3
1930 Census ED 501 Page 2 of 3
1930 Census ED 501 Page 1 of 3
Submitters: Randy Lambert; Alice V. Malphus; Peg Schreiber; S-K Publications; USGenWeb volunteer team; Al Zopp
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Deed of Colbert Artrup, 1745
Deed of Colbert Atrup, 1754
Deed of Booth/Corns, 1885
Deed of Corns/Corns, 1861
Deed of Corns/Corns, 1878
Deed of Isaacs/Smith/Simpson/Fletcher/Duncan Deed, 1883
Deed of Wellman/Corns, 1859
Land Grant of Alderson Workman, 1860
Index to Workman Family Deeds, 1844-1897
Land Grants issued 1866-1875, Wayne County
Property Entries Wayne County, 1807
Property Entries Wayne County, 1808
Land Grant Abstracts, "A" Surnames —
Adkins, Atkins, Adams, Aken, Akers, Artrip, Asbury
Land Grant Abstracts, "B" Surnames —
Baisden/Baisding, Baker, Ball, Banks, Bartram/Bartrim/Bartrum, Bean/Been, Bear, Bellamy, Bench, Benoist, Blair, Blankenship,
Blevins, Bloss, Booton, Booth, Bowen, Bradley, Bradshaw, Breckenridge, Bromley/Brumley, Brown, Bryan/O'Bryan, Buffington, Burk, Buskirk, Buzzard
Land Grant Abstracts, "C" Surnames —
Campbell, Canterbury, Carroll, Carson, Cassady, Cavendish, Chaffin, Chaffins, Chenith/Chenwith, Childers, Christian, Cissle/Scissle,
Clark, Clay, Copley, Cox, Crabtree, Cremeans, Crum, Cyrus
Land Grant Abstracts, "D" Surnames —
Davis, Dalton, Damron, Dean, Deboy, DeFoe, Dempsey, Deweese, Donathen, Donahoo, Drawn, Duvall
Land Grant Abstracts, "E" Surnames —
Edwards,Elkins,Endicott, Eplin, Estep, Evans
Land Grant Abstracts, "F" Surnames —
Farley, Ferguson, France, Frasier/Frazier, Friley, Fry, Fulkerson
Land Grant Abstracts, "G" Surnames —
Garrett, Gartin, Gilkison, Griffith, Grizzle
Land Grant Abstracts, "H" Surnames —
Hager, Hammon, Hammond, Hampton, Hany/Haney, Harris/Harriss, Hatton/Hatten, Heater, Henkle/Hinkle, Herald, Hill, Hobbs, Holt,
Hollingsworth, Hopkins, Hooser/Hoosier, Hunter
Land Grant Abstracts, "I" Surnames —
Issacks/Isaacs
Land Grant Abstracts, "J" Surnames —
Jackson, Jarrell, Johnson
Land Grant Abstracts, "K" Surnames —
Kenyon, Killgore, Kirk
Land Grant Abstracts, "L" Surnames —
Lambert, Lewis, Loar, Low/Lowe, Lucas, Luster, Lycan/Lycans
Land Grant Abstracts, "M" Surnames —
McCann, McCleery, McDyer, McGinnis, McGregor, McHenry, Mainard/Maynard, Madison, Mansfield, Marcum, Martin, Massey/Massee, Mathis,
Matthews, Mayo, May/Mays, Mead(e)/Meed, Miller, Mills, Moore/More, Morgan, Morrison, Munsey/Monsey, Mutter
Land Grant Abstracts, "N" Surnames —
Napier, Nelson, Newman, Nixon, Noe
Land Grant Abstracts, "O" Surnames —
Osborn
Land Grant Abstracts, "P" Surnames —
Pack, Page, Parks, Parsley/Pasley, Parsons, Pauley, Perry, Pierson, Pinson, Porter, Pratt, Preston, Price, Pritchett
Land Grant Abstracts, "Q" Surnames —
Queen
Land Grant Abstracts, "R" Surnames —
Ramey, Ratliff, Reed, Roman
Land Grant Abstracts, "S" Surnames —
Salmons, Samuels, Sawyers, Scales, Sciscle, Selbee, Sellards, Sharp, Shelton, Short, Sick, Smiley, Smith, Snidow, Spaulden, Spaulding,
Spence, Sperry, Spry, Spurlock, Stapleton, Stephens/Stephenson, Stone, Stratton, Stroud, Sumner, Swearingin, Swift
Land Grant Abstracts, "T" Surnames —
Tabern, Taylor, Thompson, Tomlinson
Land Grant Abstracts, "V" Surnames —
Vancouver, Vanhoose, Vaughn, Vinson
Land Grant Abstracts, "W" Surnames —
Wade, Walker, Wallace, Wampler, Watson, Wats/Watts, Ward, Watts, Wethro, Whitt, Wiley, Williamson, Wilson, Witcher, Wooten
Submitters: Diana Kinzer Heath; John K. Isaacs; John E. Snyder;
June White; Lorna Corns Workman
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Open letter written by Francis Marion Fullerton,
son of Calvary Fullerton and Elizabeth Wilkinson, to his children, ca. 1895
Submitters: Peg Schreiber
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Miscellaneous Wayne County Marriage Records, 1857-1889. Various surnames.
Selected Marriage Records, 1857-1889 (may be the same as previous entry)
Marriage of Goodman/Lawhorn, 1882
Marriages of the Powers Family, 1873-1899
Marriages, Tabor Family
Marriages, Various, by Brides
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Marriages, Various, by Grooms
Marriages by Grooms
Compiled Marriages
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Submitters: Dottie Tabor Blankenship; Beatrice Goodman; June White; Lorna Corns Workman
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Casualties from World War I
Casualties from World War II
Casualties from the Korean War
Casualties from Vietnam
Roster of Men Who Registered 6-5-1918 World War I
Honor List World War II (from NARA records)
Confederate information on James M. Corns
Captain's Bond Colonel James M. Corns
William and John Artrip on the Revolutionary War Muster Roll of Michael Reader's Company
Civil War Military Records of Nathaniel Chaffins
Civil War — 8th Virginia Cavalry
Civil War — 16th Virginia Cavalry
Civil War — 34th Virginia Cavalry
Civil War — 45th Battery Virginia Infantry
Civil War — Guerilla Problems in the Big Sandy Region and "Rebel Bill" Smith
Civil War — Virginia State Line and Swann's Battalion
Submitters: Candie Freeman; Diana Kinzer Heath; Fran M. Roen; John Snyder; June White
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1760 Apprenticeship of John Artrup
History of the Ceredo Independent School District, Wayne County
The First Settlers, Wayne County
History of the town of Cassville, Wayne County
History of the town of Trout's Hill, Wayne County
History of Lincoln District, No. 4, Wayne County
History of Grant District, No. 5, Wayne County
Publications, written between 1850 and 1876 on the History of Wayne County
A Story of Dreamland, Wayne County
Minor Civil Divisions (Districts), Wayne County
Submitters: Valerie Crook; John Edwin Snyder; June White; Lorna Corns Workman
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Article on the death of Paul W. Workman, 1967. Surnames: Campbell, Hedrick, Holderby, MacCorkle, Manser, Myers, Runyon, Snow, Stemple, Workman.
Wayne County News, 1901-1902. Surnames: Adkins, Angus, Baker, Barrows, Bayless, Bloss, Boroman, Brown, Bryan, Cassady, Chadwick, Curnutte, Davis, Flannigan, Forbush,
Freeman, Godsby, Johnson, Jones, Kirk, Kirtman, McDowell, Marcum, Moore, Neal, Newman, Nunn, O'Dell, Perdue, Polley, Rakes, Salter, Self, Smith, Spangler, Stock, Thompson, Tooley, Vinson, West, Wilson, Wise, Witmer, Workman.
Ceredo Advance Newspaper abstracts March — December 1887. Surnames: Berger, Bloss, Blubaugh, Brown, Burke, Burgess, Bush, Calvin, Cameron, Canterbury,
Cheuvront, Chittendon, Collier, Cook, Cowie, Crow, Dietz, Duncan, Emmons, Feazell, Fee, Ferguson, Floyd, Frasher, Frizzell, Fry, Gordon, Griffith, Grothe, Gum, Handley, Hoard, Hodsc?, Holt, Johnson, Kelley, Kendrick, Kirk, McCormick, McCune, McDougal, McMahon, McQuin,
Mansfield, Maxwell, Millender, Napier, Ogden, Osburn, Osgood, Perdue, Perry, Plymale, Powell, Ramsdell, Ratliff, Segur, Sheldon, Shumate, Sonnanstine, Spurlock, Stewart, Stockham, Thompson, Tiltbruner, Vinson, Walker, Walters, Waymer, Wentz, Wharton, Wilson, Witcher, Wright, Young, Zorick.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Newspaper abstracts March 1, 1905. Surnames: Ferguson, Mahan. June 7, 1903. Surname: Strother.
Wayne County News
1919 — Includes the following alternate sources —
October 23, 1919
- History of School System in Wayne County Shows Immense Growth in Century. Surnames: Napier, Deering, Walker, Bean, Jarrell;
- Wolf Creek Items. Surnames: Puckett, Osborn, Huff, Johnson, Ellis, Plymale, Hooser, Johnson, Lycan, Ball;
- Camp Creek Items. Surnames: Tabor, Morrison, Osburn, Adkins, Richards;
November 27, 1919
- Squibbs from Early History of Districts (Stoneway District). Surnames: Adkins, Bias, Bartram, Ferguson,
Harmon, Lambert, Lycan, Moore, Napier, Osburn, Queen, Smith, Thompson, Watts, Withrow;
Broom Business Under Headway.
December 4, 1919
- Squibbs from Early History of Districts (Butler District). Surnames: Adams, Artrip, Bartram, Beaire, Breeden,
Breedon, Burke, Cyrus, Deering, Ferguson, Frasher, Fulkerson, Grayson, Hatten, Kelly, Lee, Lindsey, Loar, Lycan, Marcum,
Newman, Perry, Queen, Romans, Short, Smiley, Smith, Sperry, Stith, Tabor, Thompson, Vaughan, Workman;
- Celebrates Ninetieth Birthday (re: Mrs. Amanda Osburn). Surname: Osburn;
December 11, 1919
- Squibs from Early History of Districts in this County (Ceredo District). Surnames: Bellomy, Cartmill, Durney,
Haney, Hatton, Kelly, Keyser, McCormick, Maxey, Parsley, Perdue, Plymale, Sharp, Stewart, Stodridge, Toney, Wilson;
December 18, 1919
- Squibs from Early History of Districts in this County (Lincoln District). Surnames: Cox, Damron, Giddings, Hampton,
Jarrell, Lycan, Nevins, Noe, Prinston, Ratcliff, Spence, Wiley, Wilson, Workman;
- Victory Buttons. Surnames: Bellomy, Cox, Copley, Ray, Ramsdell, Smith;
- Aunt Mary Ann Sansom, 92 Years Old, Passes Away. Surnames: Bloss, Booton, Osburn, Sansom, Smith, Walker;
December 25, 1919
- Pioneer District History. Surnames: Adkins, Bother, Bowen, Blankenship, Bloss, Booton, Chandler, Crockett,
Davis, Drown, Ferguson, France, Garrett, Lambert,Lycan, Morris, Newman, Reuben, Spurlock, Stephens, Stephenson,
Thompson;
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1920 — Includes the following alternate sources —
January 22, 1920
- County's First Rural High School. Surnames: Cox, Hussell, Hypes, McClure, Plymale, Staley;
- Wayne County Woman, Age 94, Dies (re: Mrs. Eliza Ann Clark). Surname: Clark;
- Whites Creek Woman Makes a Farm Record. Surnames: Gray, Rigg;
February 5, 1920
- Only Sixteen Living Descendants of Bloss Family. Surnames: Bloss, Clark, Dempsey, Ferguson, Morris, Turner;
- First Love Triumphs. Surnames: Chapman, Ferguson, Spurlock, Walker;
September 9, 1920
- Westmoreland Woman is 105, Well, Active, but Won't Vote (re: Mrs. Hanna Runyon Blankenship). Surnames:
Blankenship, Blair, Enslow, Jackson, Loar, Mays;
September 16, 1920
- First Will in County Recorded in 1846; is Preserved by Clerk (brief history and text of the will). Surnames: Burke, Loar;
- State Legislature Holds Extra Session This Week (re: provisions in registering women to vote for the first time in the upcoming
November election and lingering opposition to their voting). Surname: Wysong;
- Coat Hung over Hole in Brick Wall of Jail as Three Prisoners Escape. Surname: Adkins;
September 23, 1920
- Dunlow Woman, 104, is Victim of Paralytic Stroke. Surnames: Kelly, Neace;
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1922 — Includes the following alternate sources —
January 19, 1922
- Hot Lunches are Proven Success in One Local School. Surname: Copley;
- Deaths. Surnames: Crabtree, Mills, Parsons, Thompson;
February 16, 1922
- Aged Woman Pictures the Hardships of Early Days. Surnames: Jackson, Mansfield, Osburn, Smith;
May 11, 1922
- Capt. Ferguson Sold Farm for Race Track, but Didn't Know It. Surnames: Cannon, Dickenson, Ferguson,
Pollock, Smith;
- Monument to be Built in Memory of Dead Heroes. Surnames: Adkins, Beale, Bradshaw, Crum, Damron,
Davis, Dean, Hamm, Hooser, Jackson, Johnson, Kesiter, Lester, Lynch, Marcum, Milum, Muncy, Napier, Payne, Pogue,
Postle, Sellards, Smith, Stone, Tabor, Thompson, Wellman, Williamson,
July 27, 1922
- Wayne Woman is 71 years Old and has Taught for Half a Century. Surname: Copley;
October 12, 1922
- Death Takes...Dr. G.R. Burgess. Surnames: Beale, Burgess, Curry, Ferguson, Jenkins, Ketchum,
McClure, Martin, Meck, Powell, Stoughton;
November 16, 1922
- Beloved Woman Succumbs After Year's Illness. Surnames: Beale, Booton, Bowen, Damron, Dial, Goddard, Herald;
December 7, 1922
- Wayne Woman is Given Party on 93rd Birthday. Surnames: Booton, Click, Damron, Lambert, Napier,
Newman, Osburn, Peters, Pigg, Porter, Scaggs, Smith, Thompson, Walker, Wilcox, Walker;
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1923 — Includes the following alternate sources —
February 1, 1923
- Death Summons Judge P.H. Napier, One of the County's Most Notable Men. Surnames: Beale, Davison, Fry,
Keesee, Napier;
- "Uncle Pat" (a euology re: Judge Napier). Surname: Napier;
August 9, 1923
- Old Timer Tell of Killing Deer in Wayne County. Surnames:Booth, Brumfield, Chapman, Drown, Garrett, Johnson,
Luther, Showater;
- Vocational Agriculture is Added in Local High School. No surnames.
- Lost: County's Freakish Chicken Among the Missing. No surnames.
November 22, 1923
- Did George Washington Cut Initials "G.W." on Chimney Rock Near (re: land grants and early settlers of Wayne County).
Surnames: Adkins, Bartram, Bellomy, Bias, Brown, Crawford, Dunmore, Ferguson, France, Harmon, Hatten,
Hensley, Howe, Kelly, Savage, McCormick, Myers, Napier, Nevens, Sharp, Stewart, Spurlock, Tabor,
Thompson, Washington;
- Local News. Surnames: Baisden, Brown, Browning, Chaffin, Crum, Damron, Frasher, Mills, Jackson, Jude, Lovins,
Lowe, Perry, Stafford, Straley, Waller, Watts;
December 20, 1923
- Sturdy Pioneers of Wayne County Eulogized. Surnames: Artrip, Ball, Bloss, Bowen, Bromley, Brumfield, Burgess,
Chapman, Copley, Cyrus, Damron, Frazier, Fry, Garrett, Gibson, Hampton, Handley, Hatten, Hoard, Hutchinson, Hoard,
Jarrell, Johnson, Kelley, Kirk, Loar, McGinnis, McKeand, Marcum, Maynard, Moore, Napier, Newman, Parsley, Plymale,
Prichard, Pyatt, Queen, Ratcliff, Smith, Shannon, Spaulding, Spurlock, Stone, Strothers, Thompson, Tiernan, Vinson,
Ward, Wellman, Wilson, Witcher, Wright, York;
- In Quiet Thought (editorial comment on Col. Vinson's richly detailed letter). No Surnames.
December 23, 1923
- Wayne's Seven Wonders (re: scenic spots/history). Surnames: Boone, Fuller, Harrison, Ridgley, Utterback;
- J.H. Meek Began on $26 a Month Teaching School. Surnames: Burgess, McClure, Meek, Renshaw, Thompson, Vinson;
- O.J. Wilkinson at Charleston Practicing Law. Surname:Shumate;
- Local News Briefs. Surnames: Blankenship, Bowen, Cyrus, Fraley, Hay, Monroe, Napier;
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1924 — Includes the following alternate sources —
January 17, 1924
- Mrs. Donald Clark of this County, Announces for Secretary of State (re: the first woman ever to seek elected state office
in West Virignia). Surnames: Clark, Vinson;
- Local News Brief. Surnames: Drown, Jackson, Poole, Rife, Thompson, Wilson, Wright;
February 7, 1924
- Execution of Walker Here is Outstanding Event in History (re: 1878 public execution, Wayne's only civil execution).
Surnames: Adams, Adkins, Dillon, Fry, Gibson, Hampton, McLeece, Maynard, Nolen, Peters, Preston, Roberts,
Stephenson, Tooley, Walker, Ward, Wharton;
- Local News Briefs (includes some marriage licenses). Surnames:Adkins, Copley, Jarrell, Johnson,
Loggins, Maynard, Marcum, Miller, Perry, Poindexter, Robinson, Salmons;
April 10, 1924
- Ancient Savage Land Grant was Sold for Taxes (re: first land granted to private individuals). Surnames:
Bailey, Bolton, Bostick, Brown, Buffington, Catlett, Coleman, Conway, Donn, Easton, Evans, Ford, Given, Gorman,
Hampton, Hannon, Henderson, Hogan, Jones, Jordan, Kelly, Langdon, Latrol, Ludlow, McCarty, McCormick, McCoy, Meade,
Morgan, Morrow, Parks, Pratt, Poage, Ramsey, Rogers, Rutherford, Tupper, Scully, Smith, Sterrett, Spurlock,
Summers, Thomas, Trotter, Tunstall, Wells;
- Local News Letters (details routine events and interests within small Wayne communities). Surnames:
Akers, Artrip, Asbury, Bartram, Belcher, Billups, Booth, Brown, Buckingham, Buskirk, Crabtree, Crockett,
Damron, Drenner, Drown, Elkins, Ferguson, Finley, Freeman, Hayton, Hooser, Horn, Jackson, Kendrick,
Lester, Lovins, Mathis, Maynard, Napier, Neal, Nobel, Noble, Perdue, Perry, Phillips, Plymale, Pratt, Roberts,
Rigg, Ronk, Ross, Rowe, Russell, Sheppard, Smith, Spence, Staley, Tabor, Thompson, Toppins, Webb;
- Notice to Teachers (re: qualifications for elementary certificates in the 1920's). Surname: Beckley;
May 15, 1924
- Death Takes Women Age 108 Years; was Oldest Person in this County (re: Hannah Runyon Blankenship,
life and interesting funeral). Surnames:Blankenship, Loar;
- Local News Brief. Surnames: Buskirk, Williams;
June 12, 1924
- Nationally Known Man Recalls Boyhood Days Spent in Wayne County (reprint from Wheeling Telegraph). Surnames:
Archer, Ferguson, Kirby, Napier, Pack, Polley, Robinson, Thompson
- Local News Brief. Surnames: Booton, Burgess, Ferguson, Mosser;
December 18, 1924
- From F.S. Vanhoose (a remarkable letter depicting a life with Wayne connections). Surnames:
Burgess, Ferguson, Vanhoose;
- From Pvt. Emergy Wilson (a letter from the Mexican border).
- From Paul Wilson (a letter from an ex-Wayne Countian).
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1925 — Includes the following alternate sources —
January 15, 1925
- Wayne County of Forty Years Ago. Surnames: Adkins, Bloss, Booton, Burgess, Burke, Deane, Enslow, Frizzell,
Ferguson, Fry, Garrett, Goodman, Howell, Hutchinson, Jarrell, Lewis, McClure, McDougal, Mansfield, Marcum, Mereick,
Mitchell, Morris, Napier, Prichard, Queen, Ratcliff, Rife, Salyes, Shumate, Spurlock,
Tiernan, Vaughan, Vinson, Walker, Watts, Webb, Wellman, Wheeler, Wilkinson, Wilson, Workman;
- Public Opinion (G.M. Johnson writes letter to the editor calling for tax collection revisions). Surname:
Johnson;
- News Briefs. Surnames:Adkins, Baily, Bowen, Lewis, Vaughan;
January 22, 1925
- Y.B. Salmons Taken in Death (an obituary). Surnames: Perry, Salmons;
April 30, 1925
- Death Ends Useful Career of Wayne County Woman Who Taught 52 Years. Surnames:
Beaire, Bryan, Chapman, Copley, Damron, McClure, Toney, Wellman, Wilson;
- New Law Requires Cedar Trees to be Cut Down to Stop "Rust."
- Numerous Local Folks to Attend Sunday School Convention.
- News Briefs (including the formation of Wayne County's first Rotary Club). Surnames:
Bailey, Breece, Byron, Drown, Ferguson, Francis, Jackson, Lambert, Luther, Porter,
Preston, Rife, See, Wilson, Staley, Stratton, Swisher;
May 21, 1925
- News Briefs (truck farming and apple orchards). Surnames: Ferguson, Merchant, Preston;
- 2 Killed and 3 Injured at Kermit. Surnames: Chaffin, Chapman, Kirk, Parsley;
August 8, 1925
- Many Attending Bethesda Homecoming and Toney Family Reunion Saturday. Surnames: Staley, Toney
- Death of Mrs. W.W. Marcum. Surnames: Bryner, Burgess, Marcum, Nell, Swetman;
- Co-Operation (food for thought).
August 27, 1925
- What Do You Know About Twelve Pole?
- Wayne-Logan Connected by Way of Mingo (part of 200.1 mile Tug River Highway from Huntington to Charleston;
guide to motoring the Tug River Highway. Surname: Smith;
- K.G.E. Castle to be in Huntington (Wayne delegates among officers of lodge, Knights of the Golden Eagle). Surnames:
Gibson, Lambert, Rigg;
December 3, 1925
- Celebrates 96th Birthday (re: "Aunt" Amanda Osburn). Surnames: Jackson, Osburn, Walker;
- Deaths, Dr. C.E. Wilkinson and Mrs. Nancy Hale. Surnames: Adkins, Clay, Hale, Johnson, McGinnis,
Price, Thomas, Wilkinson;
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1926 — Includes the following alternate sources —
January 28, 1926
- First Deed Recorded in this County 84 Years Ago; 2,100 Recorded Last Year. Surnames:
Adams, Adkins, Cushing, Moore, Ratcliff, Tupper, Webb
- Jurors for Court Term Next March (grand and petit jurors' names and their home districts). Surnames:
Adkins, Banfield, Bartram, Beckett, Beckley, Bromley, Brumfield, Clark, Cole, Copley, Crabtree, Crum, Cyrus,
Davidson, Dean, Drown, Dyer, Ellis, Farra, Ferguson, Frazier, Freeman, Fry, Gillipsie, Griffin, Hatten, Holt, Hughes,
Hunt, Jarrell, Justice, Kidd, Lambert, McClelland, McComas, Malcolm, Marcum, Marshall, Maynard, Mills,
Moore, Morrison, Napier, Pack, Parsley, Peak, Plymale, Queen, Ray, Rayburn, Rucker, Skeans, Simpson, Smith,
Stiltner, Tabor, Thacker, Umphrey, Watts, Webb, Wiley, Wilkinson, Wilson;
- Births. Surnames: Adkins, Cook, Corns, Crossen, Donahoe, Eastham, Elliott, Jeffers, Napier,
Parsons, Perry, Queen, Robertson, Scaggs, Vanhoose, Williamson, Wellman, Wilson
- Wayne Countians in Ritchie County. Surnames: Conners, Dean, Eblin, Harrison, Lloyd, Marcum,
O'Dell, Sparks,Thompson;
- 12-Pole Flooded Road Last Week.
- News Briefs. Surnames: Byer, Berisford, Saunders, Meade, Maynard
February 11, 1926
- Local Church in New Home; Founded in 1874. Surnames: Bowers, Gadsby, Gieskie, Hoard, Hoyt, Stark,
Stump, Wright;
- M.E. Revival in Wayne Promotes Church Council. Surnames: Black, Blankenship, Evans, Icard, Ketchum,
Newman, Vinson;
- Pioneers from this County in Wars of 1812, 1861 (a Barboursville historian notes Wayne soldiers). Surnames:
Miller, Brunfield, McComas, Ferguson, Reynolds, Ballengee;
March 25, 1926
- Negro Hangs Next Month for Attack on Mingo Woman. Surnames: Amburgy, Bailey, Brockus, Sawyers
- Indictments of Long Standing are Nolled Here. Surnames: Adams, Adkins, Blankenship, Brooks, Coffin,
Collinsworth, Counts, Davidson, Davis, Ferguson, Fraley, Holbrook, Houchin, Koger, Lancaster, Lester, Lett,
Lycan, McComas, McCoy, Marcum, Maynard, Mills, Newman, Nutter, Payne, Queen, Spaulding, Spence, Stedham,
Stepp, Vinson, Ward
May 20, 1926
- Teachers are Employed for Lincoln District. Surnames: Adkins, Baker, Branham, Copley, Curry, Deerfield, Frazier,
Harris, Little, Marcum, Meade, Mills, Mollett, Napier, O'Neil, Parsons, Perry, Queen, Ratcliff, Salmons,
Stepp, Thompson, Vanderpool, Vanhoose, Vinson, Walker;
- W.B. Smith Candidate for Legislature. Surname: Smith;
- Crop Conditions in Wayne County Shown in Report.
- YWCA to Open Camp at Dickson Again this Year. Surnames: Carpenter, Riggs
- Gragston News Items. Surnames: Boothe, Christian, Evans, Ferguson, Frasher, Hatten, Huff,
Kites, Kitts, McCoy, Pyles, Romans, Shannon, Thompson, Viers, Wellman;
- President Lakes-Florida Highway Association to Stop in Wayne Saturday. Surnames: Johnson, Rosenhelm;
May 27, 1926
- Ranks of Blue and Gray in Wayne County are Thinned Out. Surnames: Adkins, Billups, Chaffin, Clark, Davis,
Ferguson, Foster, Gilkerson, Hobbs, Johnson, Lloyd, Massie, Mead, Osburn, Parsons;
- Veteran of Civil War Tells of his Part in Conflict. Surnames: Ferguson, Gilkerson, Jenkins, Kindreck;
- Edmund Thompson is Now Able to See After Remarkable Operation. Surnames: Cook, Hawes, Thompson;
June 3, 1926
- Interesting Letter Written by Wayne Man in 1864 Still Preserved. Surnames: Bartram, Booth, Dean, Grizzle,
Huff, McCaslin, Osburn, Toney, Wilson, Workman;
- 33 Veterans of Civil War Listed in this County. Surnames: Bradley, Christian, Ferguson, Marcum,
Maynard, Moore, Muncy, Noble, Perry, Smith, Spaulding, Stone, Ward;
- Officers Named by Wayne Royal Arch Masons for Coming Year. Surnames:
Ball, Booton, Curnutte, Ferguson, Lester, May, Mosser, Saunders, Scraggs, Walker;
June 10, 1926
- Names of 36 Civil War Veterans in the County Reported to this Paper (additions to previous article).
Surnames: Adkins, Queen, Watts;
- Former Wayne Countian Visits Home After Absence of Thirty-Five Years. Surnames:
Corns, Ferguson, Hansford, Hanse, Napier, Osburn, Watts;
- Klansmen Decorate Graves of their Departed Members. Surname: Salmons;
- James Ferguson's Letter to the Editor Recalls Civil War.
- Article Prompts Mrs. Shuff to Reflect Upon Earlier Days and Relics. Surnames: Clark, McClellan;
- Wayne Blackberry Forecast. Surname: Mitchell;
August 26, 1926
- Former Pupils of L. Dickerson Will Again Live School Days at Reunion. Surname: Dickerson;
- Cuts Earliest Cabbage (re: Wayne truck farmers Burl Cyrus and R.R. Gillette). Surnames: Cyrus, Gillette;
September 16, 1926
- Harrison Gives Official Tabulation of His Race in Sixth Senatorial District. Surnames: Curry, Harrison, Prichard;
- Teachers Favor County as Tax Unit and Oppose Darwin Theory. Surnames: Baisden, Berkley, Blankenship,
Buckingham, Burgess, Copley, Frasier, Frazier, Fry, McClure, Millett, Plymale, Queen, Ratcliff, Tabor,
Thompson, Vanderpool, Wagonlander, Wilkinson;
- Good Program is Planned for 24th at Wilson School. Surnames: Bartram, Frazier, Matthews, Queen;
- County Court news. Surnames: Adkins, Crabtree, Collins, Cyrus, Fraley, Hunter, Johnson, McKinsey,
Maynard, Murphy, Price, Pyles, Toney, Staley, Wiley, Wilkinson, Wilson;
- Local News Items. Surnames: Berisford, Bloss, Chafin, Cyrus, Damron, Dickerson, Malcolm, Miller,
Sprencher, Stewart;
November 4, 1926
- Wayne Boy has Fiddle Crown. Surnames: Charles, Sullivan;
- Perfect Attendance Records is Made by Adrian Sullivan. Surname: Sullivan
- Stock Law Again Defeated in Grant.
December 9, 1926
- Jenny Wiley's Escape from Indians Recalled by Mrs. Vinson's Death. Surnames: Borders, Crum, Damron,
Harmon, Murray, Nelson, Vinson, Wiley, Williamson, Yost;
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1927 — Includes the following alternate sources —
January 13, 1927
- Letter to the Editor (by Lee Frazier), favors factory sites in Wayne over sites in Cabell. Surnames:
Frazier, Thompson;
- Captain Joseph M. Ferguson (obituary of a Confederate veteran). Surnames: Cannon, Daughery, Dickerson,
Ferguson, Minister, Pollock, Smith, Spencer;
January 20, 1927
- Mrs. Mahala Wells Huff, Native of Wayne County, Dies at 108 Years. Surnames: Camp, Huff,
Pennington, Wells, Workman;
- Local Boys Make Big Showing in State University Farm Contest. Surnames: Adkins, Garrison,
Mckee, Perry, Preston, Sellards, Tabor, Wellman, White, Wilson;
- Wayne Loses; C-K Keeps on Winning.
- Marcum and Watts Get Important Committee Posts in Legislature. Surnames: Harrison, Johnson,
Marcum, Watts, White, Williamson;
March 17, 1927
- Ceredo Town History Full of Interest (founded on a Massachusetts congressman's dream). Surnames
Adkins, Brown, Bruns, Click, Floyd, Griswold, Hoard, Jenkins, Jordan, Kelly, McCormack, McLeese, Morse, Pond,
Stewart, Ramsdell, Roberts, Stark, Stewart, Stump, Thayer, Wilson, Wright;
- Louisa, Kentucky, Adopts Eastern Standard Time to be Effective April 3rd.
- Local News Items, Prichard. Surnames: Bryant, Boyd, Cole, Cooksey, Drown, Frazier, Hatten, Heaberlin,
Keyes, Meredith, Perry, Shannon;
- Local News Items, Wolf Pen. Surnames: Adkins, Clay, Dickerson, Finley, Gilkerson, Johnson,
Lockhart, McComas, Sansom, Simpkins, Wagenlender;
April 21, 1927
- Scott Adkins, Obituary of WWI Veteran. Surnames: Adkins, Damron, Frazier, Harrison, Icard,
Ketchum, Newman, Sansom, Spurlock;
- Better Homes Campaign in the Wayne Community. Surnames: Brand, Burgess, Click, Ferguson, Garrison,
Rhodes, Scaggs, Smith, Ward;
June 16, 1927
- News Briefs Across Wayne County. Surnames: Adkins, Booth, Burchett, Burgess, Clay, Ketchum, Lester,
Matthews, Mosser, Newhouse, Newman, Osburn, Rice, Smith, Staley, Tabor, Taylor, Thompson, Walker, Wilkinson;
- Local News Items, Webb, Coleman and Wilson's Creek. Surnames: Banfield, Bias, Buckingham, Curry, Cyrus,
Damron, Harmon, Jackson, Little, Lockhart, Mills, Mullens, Parsley, Poindexter, Rutherford, Wilson, Workman;
October 27, 1927
- How Tug Fork of Sandy was Named.
- White's Creek Covered Bridge Breaks Under Heavily Loaded Truck. Surnames: Johnson, Wiles;
- Notice of Application for Telephone Franchise. Surname: McMahon
- News Letters, Macedonia. Surnames: Adkins, Bench, Congor, Ellis, Hunter, Keller;
- News Letters, Jim Branch. Surnames: Adkins, Bowen, Berry, Lester, Mills, Morrison, Osburn, Smith;
- News Letters, Crum. Surnames: Adkins, Camel, Corns, Crum, Doss, James, Marcum, Mead, Molette,
Parsley, Prince, Queen, Salmons, Sammons, Self, Spurlock, Stepp, Valley, Wiley;
December 8, 1927
- 28 Practicing Wayne Midwives to Renew License This Month. Surnames: Adkins, Brown, Copley, Crum,
Dortin, Dyer, Evans, Farley, Finley, Gilkerson, Marcum, Mathis, Messer, Moore, Perry, Porter, Thompson,
Smith, Skeens, Roberts, Vinson, Wheeler;
- Bodies of Col. J.J. Mansfield and his Daughter Exhumed Here After 66 Years. Surnames: Adkins, Boyd, Booton,
Ferguson, Mansfield, Osburn, Smith;
- Kenova Company to Sell New Gas. Surnames: Ball, Tabor
- School News (local schools). Surnames: Irby, Jay, McCoy, Newman, Plymale, Price, Pyles, Ray, Smith,
Sparks, Staley;
Submitters: June White; Lorna Corns Workman
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Obituary of Rutherford L. Ashworth, 2000
Obituary of Ruth Ross Booth, 1964
Obituary of Clarence Cline, 1983
Obituary of Hazel Ross Cline, 1986
Obituary of Ted S. Cline, 1963
Obituary of Nellie Powers Munsey, 1927
Obituary of Samuel Osburn, 1938
Obituary of Lewis Edward Porter, 1984
Obituary of Mrs. Ida Shuff Powers, 1947
Obituary of Wade Hampton Powers, 1924
Obituary of Pearl Ross, 1989
Obituary of Rebecca Powers Ross, 1964
Obituary of Zachary Taylor Ross, 1952
Obituary of Eliza Sansom, 1933
Obituary of Herman Okey Sansom, 1990
Obituary of Oma Ross-Samson, 1964
Obituary of Russell Sharp, 1996
Obituary of Tabor Family
Obituary of Frank Thompson, 1973
Obituary of Sam Vaughan, 1977
Obituary of Ruby Ross Vaughan, 1970
Obituary of Grace Wellman Workman, 1945
Obituary of Jefferson Bowen Workman, 1942
Obituary of Theodore Workman, 1927
Submitters: Dot; June Henson; Doreen Ashworth Jones; Pamela Porter-Newville; Lorna Corns Workman
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Selected Birth Records ('P' and 'W' surnames only)
Birth Record of Cora Blankenship, 1870
Birth Records of John Frank and Charles H. Kendrick, 1853 and 1859
Births, Goodman Family, 1883-1889
Selected Birth Records, 1883-1909
Various Births. 1883-1909
Death Record of Joe Davis, 1991
Death Record of Charles H. Kendrick, 1936
Selected Death Records, Potter, Powell,
Powers, Workman, 1856-1943
Death Record of Freeland Runyon, 1964
Death Record of Charles "Carlos" Starr, 1968
Death Record of Sam Starr, 1983
Selected Death Records, Tabor, 1889-1973
Miscellaneous Birth and Death Records, Caudill, Hatten,
Reynolds, Spencer, 1942-1994
Submitters: Dottie Tabor Blankenship; Elizabeth Burns, Candie Freeman; Beatrice Goodman; Debi Kendrick; Russell L. Lawrence; Janice Milam; Lorna Corns Workman
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Administration Bond of Mary Artrup, 1752
Will of Sarah Jane Keyser, 1885
Inventory, Estate of Thomas J. Keyser, 1886
Will of James Wilson, 1856
Will of James Wilson, 1910
Will of Alexander Wilson, 1868
Will of Obediah Ferguson, 1842
Submitters: Glen Gallagher; June Henson; Peg Schreiber; John E. Snyder
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Marriage Bond of Porter/Perry, 1895
Funeral Card of Lutie May Perry-Porter, 1902-1992
Photo of Nellie Powers Muncy/Munsy with niece Edith Sharp Dailey
Photo of Wade Hampton Powers
Photo of Ida Shuff
Photo of Jerusha A. Powers
Photo of Rebecca Powers
Photo of Monie Powers
Submitters names are not available for these
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