September 1990 (Vol. I, No. I)
Dedication 2
Map of Letcher County 3
Formation of Letcher County 4
When Letcher was Young 5
First Two Courthouses (Pictures) 8
Genealogical Research
Collection of Mrs. Bloomer 9
Ancestral Chart -
Burdette (Blair) Bloomer 11
Edward Polly Family 12
Recollection by
John Lucas (1964) 13
Franklin Cemetery 14
Andrew Jack Franklin Family 20
Allen Adams Family 22
Joseph W. Haynes Family 23
Anderson Cook Family 24
Sources Available 25
Ancestral Chart -
Sam Collins, Jr. 26
Books for Sale 27
Spring 1991 (Vol. II, No. I)
Message - Staff 2
Dedication to Harry M. Caudill 3
Pedigree Chart -
Anne Frye Caudill 5
First Recorded Deed
(Nathan B. Kelly/John Friend) 6
John Wright Marriage 7
First Recorded Will
(Henry Back) 8
Court Order Book I, Part 1 9
Pedigree Chart -
Dorothy Amburgey Griffith 14
Pedigree Chart -
Nadine Shepherd Cornett 17
Pedigree Chart -
Janice Watts Porter 18
Picture Page (3 pictures) 19
Pedigree Chart -
C. Anita Wright 20
Pedigree Chart -
Lonnie Gibson Frazier 21
School Census (Neon ca. 1901) 22
Colly Creek Church 24
Henry Meade Cemetery Record 28
Book Notes 35
Queries 37
Fall 1991 (Vol. II, No. II)
Message 2
Letters from Bert 3
John Hughes Family
(John & Matilda Hughes) 4
Pedigree Chart -
James G. Hobbs 5
Pedigree Chart -
Callie Adams Cureton 7
Gabriel Hughes Family
(Gabriel & Nancy Hughes) 9
Ancestral Chart -
Geneva Eldridge Watkins 10
Pedigree Chart -
Darlene Sexton Pettibone 11
Court Order Book I, Part 2 12
Colly Creek Church (continued) 17
Aaron Lucas Will 18
Pedigree Charts -
Annette Fleming Darmon 19
Andrew Jack Franklin 21
Pedigree Chart -
Wilma Parker Johnson 22
Tolson Cemetery 26
Burton Hill Cemetery 28
McIntyre Cemetery 29
Elijah Banks Cemetery 29
Campbell Cemetery 29
Morgan Cemetery 30
Cox Cemetery 30
Bentley Family (Thomas Bemtley) 31
Bible Record
(Francis Marion Everide) 36
Book Notes 37
Queries 38
Spring 1992 (Vol. III, No. I)
Presidents Message 1
Letters from Bert 2
Marriage Book 3, Part 1 4
1850 Letcher County Census
Part 1 8
Pedigree Chart -
Doris June (Rippee) Godfrey 12
Elizabeth Brashear Branson 13
Thomas Bentley (Continued) 15
Appalachian Expatriates 23
Colly Creek Minutes 27
Cemeteries -
Cemetery at John Reynolds 33
Collier Cemetery 33
Tackett Cemetery 33
Bentley Cemetery 33
David Collier Cemetery 34
Morgan T. Reynolds Cemetery 35
Elbert Bentley Cemetery 35
Fulton Cemetery 35
Martin Baker Cemetery 36
James Baker Cemetery 36
Leonard Baker Cemetery 37
Baker Cemetery #1 37
Baker Cemetery #2 37
Baker Cemetery #3 38
Tolliver Cemetery 38
Stines Cemetery 39
Holbrook Cemetery 39
David Hogg Family 40
Pedigree Chart -
Sharon Kay (Krolo) Stevens 41
Pedigree Chart -
Patricia Brock 42
Charter Membership 43
Queries 47
Book Notes 48
George Gibson Cemetery 48
September 1992 (Vol. III, No. II)
Presidents Message 1
Letters from Bert 2
1850 Letcher County Census
Part 2 4
Court Order Book I, Part 3 11
Doc Taylor 16
Marriage Book 3, Part 2 17
Death Record for Albert Meade 24
Pedigree Chart -
LaDonna (Wright) Snyder 25
Isaac Whitaker Bible Record 27
Pedigree Chart -
Karen Elaine (Smith) Lee 28
Collins - Eldridge Cemetery 29
Tribute to Clarence D. Baker 31
Births from Combs Bible 34
1843 Letcher County Tax List 35
Wesley Allen McElroy 41
Pension Record
David D. Caudill 42
Christopher Hurst Family 43
Spencer Breeding Family 45
Old Water Mill 46
Collins Deed 47
Caudill Cemetery 49
Melugeons 50
Queries 51
March 1993 (Vol. IV, No. I)
Presidents Message 1
Corrections for 1850 Census 2
Lt. Darwin K. Kyle
Highway Marker Dedication 3
1850 Letcher County Census
Part 3 4
Letters from Bert 12
Court Order Book I, Part 4 15
Ralph Adams Article 21
Hogg Family History 22
Stephen Caudill Will 27
1844 Letcher County Tax List 28
John Johnson Deed 36
Marriage Book 3, Part 3 37
G. Bennett Adams Article,
Part 1 of 3 45
Pearl Combs Interview 49
Picture of William Henry
Reynolds Family (ca. 1912) 50
Dixon Cemetery 51
Letcher County Records for Sale 54
Queries 55
Big Branch School 1907 56
September 1993 (Vol. IV, No. II)
Presidents Message 1
Marriage Book 3 Annotations 2
Letters from Bert 8
1845 Letcher County Tax List 10
Pedigree Chart -
Henry Clinton Boatright 19
Queries 21
Court Order Book I, Part 5 22
Lewis Back Cemetery 28
Raleigh Cemetery 30
Teague Quillen 32
G. Bennett Adams Article,
Part 2 of 3 33
Marriage Book 4, Part 1 38
Doc Cook Cemetery 41
Pedigree Chart -
Michael William Hall 42
Queries 45
Oven Fork Church 46
Joseph E. Cornett Will 48
Confederate Pension
Henry J. Back 49
Confederate Pension
Solomon C. Hampton 50
Deed,
Robert Bates/David Sergent 51
Deed,
Robert Bates/Steven Sergent 52
Books for Sale 54
Hogg Family 55
Back Family Tree
Ben and Nancy (Caudill) Back 57
March 1994 (Vol. V, No. I)
Presidents Message 1
Markers Purchased (Pictures) 2
Marriage Book 4, Part 2 3
Court Order Book I, Part 6 9
Letters from Bert 15
1846 Letcher County Tax List 17
James Monroe Maggard Cemetery 21
Pedigree Chart -
Audrey Mullins Treu 25
Bakers Rock 27
Pedigree Chart -
Silas Henderson Begley 29
Will of Ralph Collier, Sr. 32
Pedigree Chart -
Milton Smith, Jr. 33
Bates Cemetery 35
Corrections for 1850 Census 38
Journey to Camp Fork 39
Ison History
Genealogy of Gideon Ison I 45
Surname Index 52
William Thomas Hogg 55
Preachers Problems 56
Books for Sale 57
Queries 58
September 1994 (Vol. V, No. II)
Presidents Message 1
Markers Purchased (Pictures) 2
Letters from Bert 3
1847 Letcher County Tax List 7
James Tolliver Deed 11
Pedigree Chart - Doshia Adams 12
Brown Cemetery 14
Queries 15
G. Bennett Adams Article,
Part 2 of 3 16
John W. Wright Obituary 20
Indian Bottom Obituaries 21
Joseph E. Cornett 25
Pedigree Chart -
Ruth Martin Smith 31
Weddings (from Mt. Eagle 1921) 32
Pedigree Chart -
Madeline Sue Bird 35
Pedigree Chart - Ken Profitt 36
Confederate Ancestors 37
Marriage Book 4, Corrections 38
Pedigree Chart - Jeff Halcomb 42
Free Trial Offer (1914) 44
Pedigree Chart -
Deborah Harris McGreehan 45
William Tolliver Family 46
Cival War in Harlan and
Letcher Counties, Part 1 50
W. J. Hall, Jr. Bible Records 54
J. I. Craft Letter 56
March 1995 (Vol. VI, No. I)
Presidents Message 1
Letters from Bert 2
1850 Letcher County Census
Part 4 4
Pedigree Chart -
Mary Claire (Coleman) Kelly 9
Cival War in Harlan and
Letcher Counties, Part 2 10
David Sergent 14
Thomas Gilbert Family 15
Pedigree Chart -
Zelma (Aills) Pratt 17
Thomas Meade Cemetery 18
Meade Family Cemetery #1 18
Meade Family Cemetery #2 19
Riley Meade Cemetery 20
Sam Sergent Cemetery 21
Sergent and Taylor Cemetery 21
Thomas Carter Ancestry 23
Pedigree Chart -
Jimmy B. Cornett 24
Potter Family 26
Moses Toliver Family 27
Mountain Eagle Articles 30
Samuel Cornett Family 35
Corrections
(1910 Knott Co. Census Book) 36
Thomas Johnson Family 37
Peter Whitaker Family 44
Webb Family Article 45
Pedigree Chart -
Wanda (Stamper) Owens 47
Pedigree Chart -
Patia Lee Massey 47
Marriage Record
John A. Caudill (9/2/1869) 48
Birth & Death Index 49
Queries 53
Col. Benjamin E. Caudill 55
Books for Sale 57
September 1995 (Vol. VI, No. II)
Presidents Message 1
Stephen Caudill 2
Court Order Book I, Part 7 9
1850 Letcher County Census
Part 5 12
Johnson Journeys 18
Thomas Middleton Family 20
Jesse Toliver Family 29
Joseph M. Hampton Letter 32
John Lewis Deed 33
Joel Sturgill Cemetery 34
Beyrl E. Boggs Cemetery 40
John Profitt Family 41
Zachariah Morgan Deed 45
Civil War Caudill's 46
Ancestor Chart -
Rhoda Ellen Blankenship 56
March 1996 (Vol. VII, No. I)
Editor's Notes 1
Campbranch School Census 1911 2
1850 Letcher County Census
Part 6 4
John Toliver Family History 9
Letters from Bert 16
Deed Sullivan/Bates 18
Barthalomeue Austin Family 19
Queries 21
William Turner Family History 22
Capt. W. J. (Bolen Bill) Hall
Confederate Cavalryman 25
Letter from Gertrude Lewis 25
Ancestor Chart -
Denver G. Johnson 26
War of 1812 27
Civil War Widow -
Phyllis Tacket 31
Keathley Work Statements 32
Ancestor Chart -
Chadwick Brice Niece 33
Confederate Ancestors 40
Goolsby Childers Family 45
Male Sexton Marriages 48
Index of all Letcher Heritage
News (Vol. 1-1 to Vol. VII-1) 52
Publications Available 57
September 1996 (Vol. VII, No. II)
Webb Lineage - Parts 1 and 2 1
My Family Genealogy (Chub Adams) 4
Pedigree Chart -
Joanna (Adams) Newsome 5
Intercepted Letter -
Mona L. Harrod 6
School Census, Blackey - 1911 7
Birth & Death Index 13
Raleigh Cemetery 16
Boggs Cemetery 16
Unnamed Cemetery 19
1848 Letcher County tax List 20
Queries 23
John Hall Family History 24
Marriage Record of
Daniel Bentley & Nancy Lewis 26
Will of Peter Lewis 26
James D. Caudill Cemetery 28
Queries 29
Will of William Webb 30
Deed of Conveyence -
John Bentley Heirs to Squire 31
Corrections for 1850 Census 33
Pedigree Chart -
Bruce Edward Robertson 34
Descendants of
Benjamin Robertson 35
Thomas Watts Cemetery 37
Queries 40
John C. Watts Cemetery 41
Recipes from Yesteryear 42
Land Record for John Johnson 53
Early History of Letcher County 55
Publications Available 57
March 1997 (Vol. VIII, No. I)
Editor's Notes 1
Webb Lineage - Parts 3 & 4 2
Indian Bottom Church History 4
Sexton Female Marriages 5
Parson's School Census - 1912 9
Old Documents -
Note by J. D. Craft - 1899 14
Pedigree Chart -
Ella Rae Wilson 15
Queries 17
Martin Van Buren &
Anna Swan Bates Information 18
Whitesburg Rotary Club -
The 1942 Review (1/1/1943) 22
The Kentucky Colliers 24
The Descendants of
Solomon Center 33
Boggs Genealogy Narrative 38
LCHGS Members 47
Letcher County Genealogy Web
Page Announcement 56
Queries 56
Publications & Videos for Sale 57
September 1997 (Vol. VIII, No. II)
From The Editor 1
The Role Of The Church In
Establishing And Keeping
Our Independence 2
Letcher Co. Laconics 4
1890 Special Letcher
County, KY, Census 5
Last Will and Testament of
Martin V. Bates 13
Intercepted Letter - Pedigree
Joseph and Delilah (Caudill)
Musselwhite 17
Pedigree Chart of
Nancy Carole Early 20
Pedigree Chart of
Carol Louise Vanover 25
Pedigree Chart of
Kathy Jeanne Rager 26
Sturgill Genealogy Narrative 27
Dr. B. F. Wright -
A Biographical Sketch 29
Old Talt Hall -
(A Henry Martin Cousin) 30
1921 Mountain Eagle Articles 31
There's An Excuse For
Everything 33
Old Photos (2ea Large) 34
Misc. 36
Descendants of Moses Adams 37
Query - Harris 38
Creeches Who Were Legal Heirs
of Thomas Robertson 39
Queries 41
Old Photo - 1941 H.S. Band 42
Letcher County, KY, Births
(1852 - 1859) Adams - Collier 43
Queries 57
March 1998 (Vol. IX, No. I)
From The Editor 1
Letcher Co.'s Methodist
Heritage 2
Letcher County, KY, Births
(1852 - 1859) Collier - Lewis 4
Whitesburg 8th Grade Commencement
Program, May 16, 1952 18
Isaac Hall & John Hall Deed
Oct. 18, 1883 19
Webb Grocery Store Building,
Partridge, KY (Picture) 20
Chuckle of the Day 20
Pedigree Chart for Marvin
Hall, Jr. 21
1910 Mountain Eagle Articles 22
Wright's Fork of Long Ago -
McRoberts Today 23
Pedigree Chart for
Clester Isaacs 25
1911 Campbranch School Census 31
Pedigree Chart for
Robert Allen Bevins 33
Webb-Craft-Adams Reunion
Announcement, July 14, 1940 39
Wedding Announcements from
1921 Mountain Eagle 40
Gideon Ison History 43
Copy of Headstone of
Cynthia Akemon 43
Hall Family History 44
Adams, Bush, Smith Cemetery
of Wolfe Co., KY 45
Ancestry of Steven Douglas
Reynolds 47
Revolutionary War Record of
James Pratt 49
Letcher Co.'s Courthouse,
Early 1890's (2 Pictures) 53
Benjamin E. Caudill from the
Burdette Bloomer Collection 54
Queries 55
September 1998 (Vol. IX, No. II)
From The Editor 1
Pedigree Chart for
Robin Dea Clay Oliver 2
Pedigree Chart for
Denver Gale Johnson 3
Pedigree Chart for
Jesse James Collins 3
Pedigree Chart for
Delight Slotwinski 4
Pedigree Chart for Mose Stamper 4
Pedigree Chart for
John Emmanuel Boyd 5
Letcher Co. Births (1911-1915)
Surnames Beck thru Boyd 6
Letcher Co. Deaths (1911-1915)
Surnames Beach thru Borovica 9
Deeds of James Webb
(1793 and 1809) 10
Wars, Battles and Other North
American Skirmishes 12
Revolutionary War Record of
James Pratt 14
Mother's Crazy Quilt (1935) 17
History and Genealogy of
David Childers 18
History of Abraham Potter 23
Descendant Chart for
Ephriam Potter, Sr. 27
Webb-Craft-Adams Annual
Reunion, July 14, 1940 37
Reprint of Whitesburg Booster
March 23, 1917 38
Letcher County, KY, Births
(1852 - 1859) Lewis - Shupe 42
Marriage License and Letter for
Isom and Magnolia Sloan 50
Formation of Counties of KY 52
School Census -
Franks Creek 1911-1912 53
Queries 54
Publications and Books for Sale 57
March 1999 (Vol. X, No. I)
From The Editor 1
Uriah Sutherland
Estate Sale, 8/15/1805 2
Family History of
Goolsby Childers 3
Letcher County, KY, Births
(1852 - 1859) Singleton - Yonts 8
Obituaries from the Mountain
Eagle (1938 - 1942) 14
Pedigree of Timothy Wray
Gilbert and Family 20
Article: Old Regular Baptists
To Build Church At Mayking
(Mt. Eagle, June 21, 1934) 22
Uncle Mat, The Moonshiner
(Madison Greer) 23
The Caudills of Wilkes County
And Eastern Kentucky 24
Article: Aunt Lettie Webb
(Neon News, Feb. 1949) 26
Why You Have A Family Name And
It Means To You 28
Pedigree Chart of Nadine
Shepherd Cornett (Update) 31
Article: 149 From Letcher
County Lost Their Lives In
World War II
(Neon News, Sept. 1949) 32
Francis Amburgey Deed of
March 10, 1884 34
Tribute Program -
Greenberry Thomas 35
Pedigree Chart of
Robert Edward Polley 39
Photo: Common School -
Rockhouse Creek, 1884 43
Photo: Preachers of Indian
Bottom and Oven Fork Assocs. 44
The Inevitable Laws of
Genealogy 45
Troop Movements Through Pound
Gap During the Civil War 46
Help Us Preserve The "Old
Indian Bottom Church" 50
Pedigree Chart for
Mary Frances Stevens 51
Pedigree Chart for
Lucinda Muncy 51
Pedigree Chart for
Randall Gay Crumpler 52
Pedigree Chart for
James Wilber Whitt 53
Pedigree Chart for
Carol Louise Vanover 53
Queries 54
How Am I? Well... 56
Publications and Books for Sale 57
September 1999 (Vol. X, No. II)
From The Editor 1
Reminiscence by Alfred V. Adams 2
A Tribute to Henry Morgan
Holbrook (includes photo) 5
Big Branch School Records:
1911 - 1912 6
Maggard School Records -
1912 - 1913 8
Little Cowan School Records:
1913 - 1914 10
Little Cowan School Records:
1912 - 1913 12
Intercepted Letter from Wilma
June Parker Anderson 14
Physician's Reports filed by
Midwife Nettie Shackleford
Jan. 1925 to July 1932 17
Adams Family Genealogy 30
Descendants of
John Collier, Sr. 33
Photo: Our County's Great Old
Soldiers (7 men) 35
Collier Family Genealogy 36
Berkeley Plantation 38
Help Us Preserve The "Old
Indian Bottom Church" 39
Queries 40
A Tribute to Andrew Crase -
29 Dec 1938 News Article 41
Statistics from the 1910 Letcher
County, KY, Census (List of
People and their Occupations) 43
Pedigree Chart of
Druschel Mullins 45
Descendants of
William Tolson Adams 46
Queries 55
Letter From The Past 56
March 2000 (Vol. XI, No. I)
From The Editor 1
Funeral for Aunt Lettie Webb 2
Missing Gravestones (Story/Joke) 3
History of the William Caudill
Family (Includes Photos) 4
Letcher County School Census -
Rockhouse School 1911-1912 7
Clippings from the Neon News,
Jan. 17, 1941 10
Descendants of Solomon Parsons 11
Clippings from the Neon News,
Jan. 17, 1941 (Continued) 17
History of the First Taylor
Family in Letcher County 18
Letcher County School Census -
1910 and 1919 19
Family History of
David A. J. Mullins 23
Family History of
Solomon M. Hampton 25
Ceremonies of Pine Mountain
Chapter DAR and LCHGS 27
Food on the Farm 29
Wells Family History 33
Remembering My Dad,
Garnett Calhoun 45
Star of Love Quilt Donated to
Society for Fund Raiser 49
Deed - Cynthia Akeman / Gerrard
Ingram, (December 9, 1885) 50
Photo From the Past 51
A Listing of Teachers and
Students of Letcher Co., KY 52
Various Documents From the Past 53
Family History of
the Christian Family 56
Queries 56
Note: Vol. XI, No. II was mistakenly
labeled Vol. XII, No. II, so there is
no Vol. XI, No. II or Vol. XII, No. I.
From this point on, the Vol. #/No. #
designations are not necessarily
consistent or consecutive. Use the
Month/Year designation for reference.
September 2000 (Vol. XII, No. II)
From The Editor 1
Brown Hotel/Old Jenkins Hotel 2
Will of Robert Bates, Sr. 4
Articles from the "Yodeler",
Stuart Robinson School 8
Grave Houses 10
Lost Cemetery - Now Found
Kingscreek at Jct 931 & 160 13
Headquarters National Guard
Troops, Camp Knox, KY 14
V-Mail 16
Students at Mill Branch School
Roxana, KY, in 1947 (Photo) 17
Hero of the Mountains 18
German Naming Customs 20
Relationship Chart 21
A Kentucky Pioneer - Uncle
Riley Bentley 22
Oil and Gas Lease - Winton and
Patsie Sergent (5/12/1917) 23
Biography of Thomas Benton
Sturdivent 24
Cornett Cemetery, Linefork, KY 26
Ancestors of Many Letcher
Countians (Photo) 34
Army Service Benefits, 1942 35
Sandlick Cemetery Clean-Up 36
Clabe Short Family 38
Wesley Breeding Cemetery 40
Wilson Short Ancestry - Update 41
Death Certificate of Sillar
Craft Hall, 7/4/1942 44
Will of Jesse Adams, Sr. 45
The Story of Whitesburg - The
Open Sesame To Midas' Mines
(Part 1) 46
Kentucky Vitals on Short Family
(1911 - 1915), Part 1 55
March 2001 (Vol. XIII, No. I)
From The Editor 1
Elmer North Letter 2
Elmer North Pedigree Chart 4
Letcher County, KY, Place
Names: Bell Craft to Jeremiah
(Part 1 of 2) 13
Kentucky Vitals on Short Family
(1911-1915), Part 2 17
Will of John Q. Bentley, Sr. 20
Samuel Isaacs Land Grant 21
George W. Isaacs Death Cert.
(b. 3/24/1841, d. 2/13/1923) 22
Joseph P. Brown Obituary
(b. 8/1/1860, d. 4/11/1943) 23
Whitesburg High School Graduates
Before 1927 to 1933 (Part 1) 24
Jesse A. Adams Death Cert.
(b. ?, d. 10/25/1912,
Age: 57) 28
Early Letcher County Vitals,
Craft Family Births 29
Federal Reserve Notes - "Old
Money" (photos) 32
46th Annual Session of Indian
Bottom Assoc. Minutes 34
Permission Slip for marriage of
Frances Holbrook and Riley
Sparks (1/29/1895) 35
Cynthia Ann Adams Death Cert.
(b. 1833, d. 1/13/1913) 36
Anderson Gibson Death Cert.
(b. ?, d. 8/9/1911, Age: 45) 37
Family Group Sheet for Anderson
Gibson and Lucinda Sexton 38
Malissie Gibson Death Cert.
(b. 1848, d. 5/26/1918) 39
Gibson and Collins Families 40
Henry Back Deed to James Back
(Deed Dated: 7/1/1871) 42
Family Group Sheet for Enoch M.
Webb and Letha Jane Craft 43
Queries 45
The Wilkes County, North
Carolina Connection 46
Letter from Ruth Semaan in
Regard to Shepherd Family 48
Queries 48
The Story of Whitesburg - The
Open Sesame To Midas' Mines
(Part 2) 49
September 2001 (Vol. XIV, No. II)
From The Editor 1
Tribute to Wid Page 2
Will of John A. Caudill 3
Charles E. Richardson Family 4
Letcher County, KY, Place
Names: Kona to Whitesburg
(Part 2 of 2) 5
Old Jenkins School 9
Query 12
Horn Post Office 13
Finley Collins Death Cert. 16
Dr. Thurman McKinley Perry 17
Community News (Dec. 17, 1898) 20
Corrections/Additions 20
Grave Houses 21
Whitesburg High School Graduates
1934 to 1937 (Part 2) 24
Louella Collins Deposition 26
This Month's Pin-Up
Emmett Taylor 29
Family Group Sheet
Solomon Collier 31
The Banner 1945 (Seco School) 32
Fiddler Shade Slone 38
The Story of Whitesburg - The
Open Sesame To Midas' Mines
(Part 3) 39
Caudill's 13th Kentucky
Cavalry (C.S.A.) 56
March 2002 (Vol. XV, No. I)
President's Message 1
Letcher Co. Hist. & Gen. Soc.
Twelve Years of Progress 2
Patsy Isaacs Sergent, 1822-1966 9
Teacher's Contract 12
Five Brothers in World War II,
The Yonts Brothers 13
Fess Whitaker 17
Marriage Bond - G. Bennett
Adams and Ella Combs 22
Ermine Grade School - 1950 23
William M. Cornett, 1860-1936 24
Revolutionary War Veterans 26
David M. Maggard, 1840-1934 27
Ismay and Dixie Kincer Sparks 29
Main Street - Jenkins
Photo taken ca. 1900 30
W. R. Hagins Family 31
Recreation Building - Jenkins 34
Samuel Banks and Kin - Birth
and Death Dates 35
John Palumbo - Poet In Stone 37
Death Certificate of George W.
Collins 42
Col. Benjamin Everage Caudill 43
Whitesburg High School Graduates
1938 to 1940 (Part 3) 45
Doctors and Midwives (1948) 47
1948 Tax Assessment 48
Will of James Ison 49
Genealogy Books Available 50
Family Genealogy Exchange 51
Tri-City Family Connection -
Gilliam Family of Harlan Co. 52
Back Family History Book on CD 56
Queries 56
September 2002 (Vol. XVI, No. II)
President's Message 1
Obituary of Gene Anderson 2
Obituary of Homer Banks 3
Obituaries of Bobby R. Lucas and
Margaret Franklin Addington 4
Henry Vanover Family 5
1920 Tax Receipt for George
Isaacs 10
Tax Collector's Sale For Taxes 11
Eli Lucas, Sr. 12
Alfred Honeycut Muster Roll 17
Paul Phipps Pedigree Chart 18
Uncle Chunk Craft - Last Civil
War Veteran 20
Rev. John Adams' Bible 22
Historical Sketch of the
Primitive Baptist Church in
Letcher and surrounding Co's 23
John Johnson, Sr., Appraisal 26
Marion Sumner - Fiddler King
of the South 27
Hurricane Gap School Class
Photo with names ca. 1939 32
Hurricane Gap School Teachers 34
Robert A. & Anna Mae Reed
McCullum 35
Brown/Cornett Civil War
Connection 37
Benge Family 40
Excerpts from The Black Kat,
WHS Journalism Class 45
Andrew Jackson B Smith 48
First Run of Mail Bus - Jenkins 52
Old Timer Retires - Harper W.
Pippin (1948) 53
Consol's Old Timers - Nathaniel
H. Craft (1948) 54
Queries 55
March 2003 (Vol. XVI, No. I)
President's Message 1
Obituaries of Robert E. Polley
and Carl "Carlie" Anderson 2
Obituaries of Bert C. Banks
and Lora D. Stamper 3
Obituary of Curtis Bates 4
The Battle of Whitesburg
December 13, 1862 5
Western Union Telegram to Minnie
Holcomb - son is POW, 4/26/43 7
Craft Funeral Homes Receipt for
burial of Fred Holcomb's
mother, 5/21/1951 7
Consol's Largest Family - The
Thurston Collins Family 8
Descendants of William Callihan 9
Irene Depew Letter, 7/8/25 18
Margaret Sharp Fulton 19
Poem About The Camp Branch
Wreck on June 22, 1948 21
Obituaries from The Mountain
Eagle (1938-1944) 23
Bottom Fork School Photo, 1945 29
John Morton Baker 31
The Caudills of Letcher County,
Kentucky: A Family History 33
Photo of Solomon Frazier Home 38
John Hugh Hart 39
Death Certificate of Susan
Caudill, 8/14/1925 41
Death Certificate of Mary
Cook, 7/25/1915 42
My Days at Mill Branch School 43
James Collins - Oldest Citizen,
News Article, 11/29/1927 45
Photo of Civil War Veterans 46
William Griffith Letter 47
Henry C. Lucas Obituary in
Mountain Eagle, 2/18/1937 48
Queries 49
September 2003 (Vol. XVII, No. II)
President's Message 1
Obituaries:
John Calvin Mulins, 2
Imogene "Jean" Cupps Collins, 3
Wheeler Brown, Tina Cook, 4
Harold E. Lloyd,
Jean Bates Sexton, 5
Noah Dennis Sturgil,
Lulu Back Smith, 6
Clyde Yonts and Herbert Yonts 7
Moses and Mary Garland Adams
Mark-A-Grace Headstones 8
John B. and Sarah Adams 9
Leonard Pigman (1748-1835) 12
Hanbill Combs 14
Miss Reed Bible Study Class
(Photo, ca. 1941) 17
Revolutionary War Pension
Application of John Sexton 18
Mt. Eagle Article, 11/5/1936,
Jerry Lucas Robbed of Teeth 20
Cordelia Hall Bently 21
Hurricane Gap Church Established
Dec. 1910 - List of Members 22
Mt. Eagle Article, 2/25/1960,
Arius Holbrook, Sr. 23
Check for Henry Hall for $6.25,
Dated 6/1/1895 24
Letter to Sol. Banks, 2/9/1925 25
Articles from the Check Board,
1949 (Pub. of Cons. Coal Co.) 26
Mt. Eagle Article, 10/10/1940,
Middle Dry Fork 27
Irene Depew Letter, 7/30/1925 28
Sgt. Brian Keith Bailey 29
Articles from the Check Board,
1948 (Pub. of Cons. Coal Co.) 30
Dames of Colonial Cavaliers 31
Darcus Amburgey Taylor 32
Corrections/Additions 33
D. N. Benton, Oldest Consol
Employee (Check Board, 1948) 34
Eagles Nest (Mt. Eagle), Photo
May 1910, Mr. Webb & Family 35
Adams Genealogy 36
John H. Jones, CSA 39
R. N. Swisher Letter, 7/14/1914 40
Summons 41
V-Mail and Organizers Receipt 42
Johnson Genealogy 43
Queries 50
Spring 2004 (Vol. XVIII, No. I)
President's Message 1
Obituaries:
Dr. Henry G. Martin,
Nancy Irene May, 2
Arlie Cook,
Tom "Boots" Sexton, 3
Tina Faye Whitaker, 4
Riley Isaacs - 8th Grade
State Spelling Champion 4
Edna Sergent Cook (1917-2000) 5
Big Branch School Census (1914) 8
Battle at Colley Branch - The
Rockhouse Ruckus (5/13/1864) 10
Nancy Belle Morton Funeral Card 13
Lucy Hamilton Adams Craft 14
A Mighty Storm - H. R. Yonts 15
Virgie Mae Caudill Bentley 18
Whitco Grade School Fourth
Commencement (5/19/1948) 20
The Johnce Mullins Family 21
The Little Towns Within Jenkins 23
Elkhorn Country Club 30
John Henry Cook (1839-1927) 31
Darcus Amburgey Taylor 32
Marriage Bond - Martin and
Minty Isaacs (9/21/1883) 34
Adams Records 35
Will of Catherine Pratt 42
Five Generations of Aunt Clara
Collins (with photo) 43
Marlowe 8th Grade School
Commencement (1944) 44
Court Document - T. P. Craft
and S. E. Baker (7/9/1919) 45
The Way We Were: Clips From the
Mt. Eagle Front Pages (April
24th through May 29th 1952 46
Queries 49
Fall 2004 (Vol. XIX, No. II)
President's Message 1
Obituaries:
Fairy Mae Duncan,
Robert B. Collins, 2
Belle Baker Sturgill,
Neldon Whitaker, 3
Bernice Mullins, 4
Mabel Mullins (1906-2004) 5
David A. Sturgill (1917-2004) 6
Etta Collins Banks (1890-1982) 10
Grave Houses 11
Paschal Fields Service
Station (photo) 14
Last Confederate Widow Wasn't
Really the Last 15
I'm Curious About This Antique 17
Jenkins High School Banquet/
Prom Program - May 4, 1946 18
Jessie Pauline Collins 19
Bottom Fork School Census -
April 15, 1914 21
Book Review/Ad: "Footprints of
an Owens Pioneer" 22
Civil War Letter 23
Obituary of Mary Jane Williams
(Mountain Eagle - 2/16/1936) 25
Lusk Family of Letcher County 26
Old Greeting Cards 27
Funeral Card for William S.
Collins - Jan. 3, 1948 28
Letcher Co. Records Worst Single
Car Accident in U.S. History 29
The Old Nick Williams Company 31
Star Tailoring Company 32
Sylvester Prophet Land Grant 33
War Ration Book 35
War Bond Giveaway Sponsored by
Polly Hardware 36
Jesse Columbus Mooney Retires
After 63 Years of Mining 37
Two Clover Splint Men Who
Practice Safety 39
Title of "Miss Kentucky" Won by
Madonna Smith 40
Pvt. James Hall - 13 KY Cav CSA 41
Marriage Register of William A.
Bentley and Virgie Caudill 43
Will of J. H. Hart (9/21/1909) 44
Dewey Caudill and Artie Caudill 45
Pvt. Isaac Brashear - 13 KY Cav 47
Queries 49
Spring 2005 (Vol. XXX, No. I)
President's Message 1
Member Obituaries:
Charles Lee Adams,
Francis Cecil Stallard 2
Charlemagne (King Charles) 3
Nellie Taylor Sexton 8
John A. Caudill Family 9
Irvin Cornett Receipt (1893) 14
Jesse and Louraney Cornett 15
George and Kelly Hogg (photo) 19
Granville Henderson Boatright 20
War Ration Book - John R. Banks 21
James M. Meade Letter - 1864 22
Little Cowan School - abt 1928 23
Loretta Lynn's Family 25
Letcher County Lawmen (photo) 26
Mountain Eagle Articles on
the 1927 Flood 27
Marriage Certificate for David
Sturgill and Dacota Honeycut 34
Whitesburg Schools - Graded and
High School (photos - 1928) 35
Whitesburg HS Gym (photo-1928) 36
Supt. R. Dean Squires 37
Whitesburg Graded Faculty-1928 38
Eighth Grade Graduates from
Whitesburg Graded School-1928 39
Benjamin Webb Will 40
Sons of Rev. James Collins 41
Sons of Soloman Yonts 42
Webb Cousins Reunion - 1991 43
The Remarkable Webb Clan 44
Kona Grade School (photo-1963) 46
Consol Coal Co. Mine 205 47
Owens History Book Progress 48
Queries 49
Fall 2005 (Vol. XXX, No. II)
President's Message 1
Member Obituaries:
Anna Everidge Collins,
Mitchell Caudill,
Larry Dean Brock, Sr.
Larry Issac 2
Family and Friends of Lee and
Lona Kincer (1942 Photo) 4
Harris Yonts Funeral Card 5
Whitesburg Main Street (Photo) 6
Leander Sexton and Laura Pratt
Marriage Bond (12/2/1891) 7
Selected Letcher County Land
Grants and Land Warrants 8
Shadrick Slone Death Record 12
Lewis Hall Death Record 13
Civil War Tales About the
William "Mannon" Jenkins
Family of Letcher County 14
Lee and Janie Isaac Hall Family 19
Commencement Exercises, Marlowe
Grade School, March 16, 1944 20
The Story of John B. and Sarah
Adams 21
Whitesburg High School, Photos
of 1928 Seniors 22
Upper Blackey School Census,
April 20, 1914 29
Obituaries from The Mountain
Eagle (1938-1944) 30
Larry Collins - COBRAA Strikes 36
Letcher County, 1858 41
Hubert Bailey 42
WWII Christmas Dinner Card 43
Will of James Gibson, 1803 44
Gladys Taff 46
W. E. Cook 47
Harrison Hall 48
Queries 50
Spring 2006
President's Message 1
Member Obituaries:
Stella Nadina Wright Osborne,
Thelma Caudill Rawlings 2
Catherine "Cathie" Scherer,
Josephine Webb, Cornealous
"Cack" Bates 3
Nicholas Vernon "Nic" Brown,
Mitchell Caudill 4
Kermit Collins, Herman Gibson 5
Lee Isaac, Jr., Lonnie King,
Myrtle Cook Mullins 6
Onis B. Smith 7
Owens History Book Announcement 7
Society Receives Grant for
Cemetery Cleanup, etc. 9
Short Family Book Announcement 10
Obituary for Melvin Tolliver
(09/06/1847 - 01/19/1941) 11
Obituary for Henry Morgan
(1852 - 1934) 12
Obituary for Elizabeth E. Adams
(12/03/1867 - 01/30/1940) 13
Obituary for Roy Reasor
(04/10/1898 - 11/26/1940) 14
Salyer/Baker Note 14
Marriage Bond / Certificate for
Loyd Whitaker & Ludema Caudill
(12/28/1914 / 12/31/1914) 15
History of Taylor Family in
Letcher County 18
Joel Martin Wright Family 19
Lee Kincer Family Photo 29
Fouts Cemetery 30
Death Certificate for Morgan
Hall (02/08/1912) 31
Birth Certificate for Lavenia
Taylor (02/26/1907) 32
Halcomb Family of SE Kentucky 33
The Halcomb Herald - Aug 2005 34
Owens Ancestry 43
Tolliver Reunion 49
Soldier - Arthur Bailey 51
Photo - Gibson/Sexton Family 52
Queries 53
Book List/Order Form 55
Fall 2006
Member Obituaries:
Jake Smith, Rex Kiser 1
Clyde Mays, Dunk Quillen 2
Cemetery Grant 3
Document: Farmers' Bank of KY
dated Sep 10, 1891 4
Cornettsville Post Office 5
Zack Day Cemetery 6
Blackey Post Office 7
Whitesburg High School
Class of 1930 8
Boyhood Story about "Bad" Talt 10
News Articles from outside of
Letcher Co. about Letcher Co. 12
Col. Logan Henry Neil Salyer 22
Permission Slip: For Victoria
Isaacs & Joseph Hall (1888) 27
Letcher County Court Clerks 28
Obituary of Wilburn Caudill 29
Wade H. Flanary 30
Adams/Kincer Photo 31
Old School Photos 32
The B Smiths of Knott Co., KY 38
Uz School Photo 40
Pedigree Chart of Governor
Ernie Fletcher Maternal Line 41
Histories of Some of the Old
Regular Baptist Churches 42
Noah Gibson Funeral Notice 48
Books Available through
Tapestry Publishing Company 49
Queries 50
Spring 2007
President's Message 1
Member Obituaries:
Mona Lisa Owens Harrod,
Gladiola Yonts Meade 2
McEroy Pedigree Chart 3
Wesley Allen McElroy Story 4
SCV Resolution in honor of
Lola Bates Honeycutt 5
Sillar Adams Letter - 2/13/1910 7
The Strange Death of
Joel Wright 9
Whitesburg High School
Commencement - 1942 10
Craft-Webb Reunion (early
1940's) - Photo 11
Henry W. Sparks Teacher's
Certificate 12
Phillip Conner Cemetery 13
Charles Crase Cemetery 14
Chester Roy Conner Cemetery 14
List of Registrants Inducted
into the Service by the Local
Board of Letcher County, KY.
World War 1917-1919 15
Dr. John Dishman Fitzpatrick
Mountain Eagle - July 1909 21
Attorney D. Daniel Fields
Mountain Eagle - July 1909 22
Race Track Story by Hiram
Williams - 12/31/1936 23
Joel & Susannah Wright Tribute 24
Marriage Bond - James Potter &
Louisa Hall - May 14, 1889 25
John Adams Family 27
Attorney Ira Fields
Mountain Eagle - July 1909 30
Descendants of Nancy Annie
Shores (3/24/1874-2/25/1956) 31
Photo of W. J. "Miller Bill" &
Martha A. Caudill 36
Jenkins House Sales (1948) 37
Stephen Wiley Hayes 38
Reuben Thacker 39
Elizabeth Bates Funeral (1956) 41
Betty F. Webb Obituary (1955) 42
Demmer Richmond Story 43
Family Group Sheet for Hawkins
Hall and Mattie Quillen 49
Bear Branch School Census-1914 53
Queries 55
Fall 2007
President's Message 1
Member Obituaries:
Sandra "Sonnie" Baker, Esba
Everidge, Lonnie Gibson
Frazier 2
Obituaries of Member's Families:
Broza Adams, E. B. Addington,
Jr., Claude Andrew, Theresa
"Terri" Yonts Britt, Louanna
Caudill Banks Day, Glenn
Frazier, Mae Kiser, Debbie Ann
Stamper, John Curtis Thrasher,
Jr., Marsha Lynn Yonts 3
Marriage License/Cert. of David
Sturgill and Dacota Honeycut 8
Captain Peter Everette's Raid
(November and December 1863) 9
Athalyle Caudill (1842-1923) 16
Photo of 1954 graduating class
of Whitesburg Grade School 17
Holbrook Family Bible Records 18
Teacher's Register for Blackey
Main School, 1943-1944 19
Adams Cemetery at Eolia, KY 21
Colonel Vernon Eugene Davis 31
Birth Certificate of Stillborn
Child of Winton Sergent and
Patsy Isaacs (5/12/1912) 32
The Bobbed-Hair Scandal 33
1854 Letcher County Births 37
Queries 42
Photos of Camp Houses 43
Descendants of William Yonts 45
More Queries 49
Photo - In Memory of Lonnie
Gibson Frazier (1927-2007) 51
Spring 2008
President's Message 1
Obituaries:
Adrian W. Reynolds, B. F.
Caudill, Marsha Collins,
Bazel Isaac, Mark Isaac,
Nathan Isaac 2
Clarence Sizemore Family Photo 5
Tolliver Reunion - 2008 6
Tolliver Death Records 8
Martha Cook Toliver Death
Certificate 10
Rebecca Cook Tolliver Death
Certificate 11
Lynch Fields 12
Chapman Family Association 15
Battle of Leatherwood 16
Whitesburg Normal School Class
of 1915 Photo w/names 20
Mrs. George M. Adams (Aunt
Poppy) - Mt. Eagle Article 21
Thornton Old Regular Baptist
Church w/ photos 23
Beaver Dam Creek - Elbertson
Bentley interview, 11/17/1936 24
Enoch Flannary Webb & Family 27
Candidates 1909 (Mt. Eagle) 28
Marriage Record for W.H. Wright
and Delia Sanders 7/24/1913 29
The Bull Hole 30
Talt Hall Elopes with Daughter
of Murdered Man 31
Death of Ed Stratton - Lexington
Herald Article - 6/25/1928 32
Bottom Fork School Photo, 1945 33
Beaver Dam School Census, 1914 34
Whitesburg Residences in 1860 35
Muster Roll - Shade Slone 36
John H. Jones, CSA 38
John Roberts Letter - 2/14/1894 39
Frank P. Burgess, Army WWI 40
William M. Caudill, Army WWI 42
Harlin Caudill 44
Marriage Record for William Cook
and Medora Isaac - 11/15/1888 46
Calhoun & Baker Reunion - 2008 47
Uncle Billy Boatwright 48
Dr. James Monroe Bentley 50
Queries 51
Fall 2008
Increase in Membership Dues 1
Ovenfork School Census - 1913 2
Obituaries:
Vernon Brown, Ellis Duncil,
Betty Ison, Merley Mae Maggard,
Karen Stidham, Bud Tolliver 3
Photo - Sunday School Picnic 6
Marshall Benton "Doc" Taylor 7
Opal's Rose (Opal M. Johnson) 11
John & Darcus (Ambergey) Taylor 13
Henry Fields Death Certificate
(son of Obediah Fields) 14
Arthur Dixon 15
Aunt Lenie Adams Obituary 17
W. W. Everidge Bible Records 19
Abraham Childers 23
Harold Whitaker Letter 27
Descendants of Peter Whitaker 29
Henry Morgan Obituary 34
William R. Thomas Family Bible 35
Rev. War Pension Statement given
by Moses Guest on behalf of
Samuel Isaacks 37
Family Group for Hamilton
Gibson 39
John P. Slone Birth Record and
Pension Depositions 41
James Bentley Deed 44
Letcher County's Methodist
Heritage 45
Henry Elliott Sexton Family 48
1946 WHS Faculty 50
Queries 56
Publications 58
Spring 2009
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
John C. Cleveland, Florence
Meade Craft, Owen Sexton,
Vivian Sparkman Adams, Jerry
M. Amburgey, Lareve "Tina"
Blair, James L. Caudill, Chad
A. Gilliam, Hillard Hall,
Lawnie I. Hall,Nora Newsome
Isaacs, David W. Mercer,
Sylvester Quillen, Selma Riley,
Cleda McNulty Smith, Georgia
Mullins Fleenor Stallard,
Doris Buddle Williams 2
Tolliver Reunion 10
William "Ervin" Wright 12
Midwife Cards 14
Courier Journal Article: Hiram
and Isham Caudill, 11/22/1962 15
Article: James C. Duncan 16
Cpl. Denver Collins, 1917-1980 17
Lucinda Blair Banks, 1840-1920 18
Marriage Certificate for Fred
Banks and Matilda Banks 19
Whitesburg High School, May 20,
1952 Commencement Program 20
Family History Records: John Q.
Brown and Elizabeth Caudill 22
Marriage Certificate for William
Wright and Geona Hobbs 23
1927 Red Cross Roll Call 24
Dunham Colored School, May 19,
1948 Commencement, w/Photo 26
Letcher County News, Dec. 1898 27
Upper Cumberland School, 1974 28
DECA Students Win Trophy, 1974 29
William "Stiller Bill" Caudill,
w/Photos and Descendant Chart 30
Family of Charles and Easter
Robertson Blair 36
Judge James P. Lewis, w/Photo 47
Robert and Margie Bentley Smith 48
Military Service by Ancestors of
Paul D. Smith 49
County Names 50
John Wesley Bentley 51
Descendants of Amanda Elizabeth
Shipley Ward 52
Queries 54
Fall 2009
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Larry D. Collins, Elaine
Stamper Fields, Odis Cornett,
Thelma Cornett, Minnie Page,
Bemis Pratt, Hazel Quillen,
Shyra Lynn Collins Kresovsky 2
Gene Spangler Military Service 6
Arlie and Edna Sergent Cook 7
Great Truths About Growing Old 8
Margaret (Peggy) Quillen and
Teague Quillen Court Orders 9
Ancestor Chart for Sarah Jane
Whitaker (1907-1992) 11
The Four Stages of Life 12
Hobson Hogg Funeral Service 13
Article, Lewis Hall Acquitted 13
Ben Hooper (1949 Check Board) 14
Early Printers in Letcher
County (Photo) 15
Marriage Permission Note for
Finley Sexton and Laura
Collins, May 17, 1915 15
Newspaper Articles From 1800s
(John Sexton Murder) 16
Wright's Fork of Long Ago 17
Dr. John B. Floyd, Jr., Family
(1948 Check Board) 19
Orville Osborne and Joyce Greer
Wedding (1948 Check Board) 20
Arville Burke and Jean Crase
Wedding (1948 Check Board) 20
The Gideon Ison Family 21
Great Truths That Adults Have
Learned 23
Photo, Downtown Whitesburg
Early 1900's 24
Anna Hannon Wright 25
Home Is Where The Heart Is
(1948 Check Board) 28
Webb, Craft, Adams Family
Reunion Article (7/11/1940) 29
Presidents Visits 31
Death Ceretificate - Nancy Hall
Anderson (8/12/1949) 32
David Day Family (Note/Photos) 33
Tax Receipts, Ben F. Caudill 34
Chad Allen Gilliam (1979-2009) 35
Hassell Stamper (Article/Photo) 37
James H. Frazier Cemetery 38
Solomon Banks Family 39
Election Ads (J. B. Banks,
Robert "Bob" Sexton) 40
George Washington Cook 41
Silas Watts Family 45
Death Certificate - Athalile
Caudill Hampton (6/5/1923) 46
Mattie Humphries Wright's Story 47
Great Truths Little Children
Have Learned 52
Ralph Cornett 53
Queries 55
Spring 2010
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Robert "Bob" Sexton, Lute
Sexton, William T. "Jack"
Bailey, Mandy Lynn Boo" Bentley
Ison, Billie C. Hippelheuser,
Kelly Stamper, Jr. 1
History of Letcher County 4
Funeral Service Cards for
Isaac Mitchell, 7/30/1940 8
Hobson Hogg, 1/18/1940 9
Jesse Potter Diploma, 1935 10
Dr. Samuel Cornett Collins 12
Dry Fork Veterans 14
Caves of Linefork, 1903 17
B. Arthur Caudill, 1894-1948 18
Arthur V. Caudill, Military 19
Misc. Obituaries:
Jesse Austin, Hulda E. Powell,
Mary M. Compton, Mary E.
Chafins, Miles Gibson, George
Tackitt, Neal Osborn, Sr., N.
T. Tackett, Elder William
Osborn, Marion Slone, Nancy
Hamilton, Soloman Boyd 20
Whitesburg H.S., Sophomore Class
of 1928, w/ Photo and Names 22
Descendants of James F. Maggard 23
Railrod to Kingscreek 35
Death Certificate of Johnny
Collins, Died on 5/9/1942 36
Davis Family Christmas Greeting 37
Thurston Davis Letter, 1937 38
Dawahare Brothers 41
Isaac Whitaker 43
Sinclair Flannery, Civil War 44
Hall-White Shooting Mystery 45
Humor in Genealogy Records 45
Jaycees Roster, 1961 46
Wright Family 47
Queries 55
Fall 2010
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
June Frazier Breeding, Ruby
June Caudill, Saundra Sue
Webb Hill, Margie Lee Kiser,
Patricia Ruth Francis Thrash,
Lois A. Baker, Myrtle Blair,
Pauline Elkins 2
Whitesburg H.S., Freshman Class
of 1928, w/ Photo and Names 6
Mountain Eagle Scan Project -
Updated List of Needed Issues 7
Family of Timothy Paul Johnson
and Cosby Quillen 11
Ermine Grade School, 1951-52
(w/ Photo) 12
Descendants of Rev. James
Shepard Collins 13
Letter to G. P. Isaacs, Dated
August 10, 1924 17
Known Only to God, Six Unknown
Graves of Civil War Soldiers 21
Early Settlers in Wise County,
VA - Melvin Sargent 22
Abstract of Rev. War Pension of
John Sexton, 1834 23
Hon. J. W. M. Stewart Article
from July 1909 Mountain Eagle 24
Rotary Club, Letcher County
Happenings - 1942 in Review 25
Superintendent's Report, Arch
C. Adams, 1903 27
Habbitts Clan 29
Nelson and Mary Ellen (Barnett)
Adams Family, w/ Photos 39
Article - Hogg Building Burns
in Whitesburg, 3/10/1949 45
My Amazing Grandmother - Susie
Crabtree Blizzard 47
Will of Christopher Reynolds 54
Article - Reedy Store Moves to
New Location, 1956 55
Queries 56
Photos of Some LCHGS Members,
Celebrating Twentieth Year 58
Spring 2011
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Melinda Sue Lovern Kenney,
Donald Ray Meade, Allen
Branham, Jack Branham,
Margaret Page Caudill,
Moneaki Owana Caudill, Alene
Baker Cook, Alicia Corie Cook,
Lonnie Craft, Bertha Irene
Early, Desta Anderson Hall,
Geraldine Sparks Hall, Reneva
Lois Hayes, Jerry Hissom,
Glenda Carol Sexton Jones,
Julie Sergent Lucas, Maxie
Halcomb Mays, Woodie McKinney,
Ora L. Pierce, Ruby Jean
Collier Ramsey, Don Richardson,
Ford Richardson, Omery Sanders,
Roger Lee Sexton, Carolyn Sue
Turpin, Stephanie A. Wilcox-
Wagner, Lillian Walker,
Alberta Webb, Benjamin "Benny"
Johnson 2
Isaac Mitchell Funeral Service
July 30, 1940 18
Ghost Stories in Letcher County
Involving the Civil War 19
Teacher's Group 1930's (Photo) 28
The Black Kat - December 1927 29
The Webb Family - 1932 Article 33
Seco Banner - March 1945 37
Alex Anderson - Consol's Old-
Timer - From 1947 Checkboard 40
Obituaries - Thornton Union
Association of ORB, 1948-49 41
George Minton, Consol Old Timer
Retires - 1949 43
The Silas Watts Family Tree
with Photos 44
Mayking School - April 14, 1922
List of Pupils, etc. 45
July 1909 Mountain Eagle Photos
John M. Adams, Warren M. Meek 50
Miles M. Holbrook Documents 51
Captain W. J. Hall (1826-1912) 54
Death Certificate of George W.
Brown - July 19, 1917 55
Leonard Hall and Nancy Jane
Adams Marriage Record, 1926 56
Soldier Activities in Camp
During Civil War 57
Sergent Elementary School, 8th
Grade Graduation Photo, June
1951 61
Fall 2011
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Stephen P. Adams, Don C.
Amburgey, Judith Ann Baker,
Mattie Fern Brown, Dauphus
Day, Carol Gibson, Connie
Hall, Carl Dean Mullins, Vina
Michelle Banks Roark, Sherry
Lynn Page Whitaker 2
Newspaper Article: Richard Hall
and Andrew Thornsberry
Ambushed (July 20, 1906) 7
List of Whitesburg Post Office
Postmasters (1843-2010) 7
List of Letcher County P.O.'s 8
Photo: Jack Taylor Orchestra 9
Sarah Day Letter (9/5/1934) 10
Article: Mudtown Mishap from
the 1947 Checkboard 11
V-Mail to Blanch Holbrook 13
V-Mail to Maxie Davis 14
Civil War Tales About the
William M. Jenkins Family 15
Grocery Tickets (May 1943) 20
Kenneth Clayton "Kenny" Baker 21
Minute Obits (1951-1955) 23
Humor in Genealogical Records 30
Death Certificates:
Martha Toliver, 9/2/13 31
Ruby Pearl Stanifer, 9/14/12 32
William R. Caudill, 10/26/16 33
Sillar Hall, 7/4/1942 34
Civil War Soldiers: John Barnes
Christian and Aaron Rice
Bentley 35
Article: What was Whitesburg
Like in Earlier Times? 37
Time Sheets - J. M. Franklin 41
Commencement Exercises: Marlowe
Grade School, 3/16/1944 42
Orphanage - G. Bennett Adams 43
Obituary: Aunt Venia Webb 49
Announcement: Pictorial Book
on Lecher County by Deborah
A. Cooper now Available 50
Queries 51
The Whitesburg Booster, Vol. 1,
No. 3: Friday, March 9, 1917 53
Spring 2012
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Verna Banks, Edna Lucille
Blanton, Margaret Caudill,
Bill Franklin Farley, Jimmy
Dwight Frazier, Dixie Kincer
Sparks, Norma Jean Campbell
Wright 2
Washington Post Article on the
Hall-Martin Feud - 10/8/1906 5
Robinette Family Drownings in
1939, with Funeral Photos 6
Letcher County Militia, Co. H,
of the 2nd Kentucky Militia
with Group Photo 11
Miles Mayo Holbrook and Flora
Jane Collins Family Births 15
Marriage Bond for John Taylor
and Darcus Amburgey 16
Mountain Eagle Article, "Walk
Down Main Street in Early
Whitesburg" 17
Ghost Stories 23
Floyd County Times Article -
John Newsom Given Two Years
In Slaying of James Nelson
Boggs (1/29/1932) 27
Program of the 40th Anniversary
of the First Baptist Church of
Whitesburg - March 13, 1939 28
In Memory of Icy Johnson 32
"Dad" McCowan Retires, Article
from the 1947 Checkboard 33
History of the Taylor Family in
Letcher County, KY 34
Descendant Report for William
Shepherd and Rebecca Maggard 36
Floyd County Times Articles on
the Murder of Ben Bates 43
Descendant Report for John A.
Parrott and Nancy J. Arnold 44
Thurston Davis Letter - 1937 45
The Family Record of Wesley J.
Caudill and Margaret Caudill 47
Daniel Boone Fields 49
Marriage Record of Alex Hall
and Martha Crase - 3/12/1917 50
Mullins Cemetery, Eilia, KY 51
Blackey: Its Growth and Decline,
1912-1932 53
Fall 2012
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Amanda Roberts, Dr. Andreae
Collins, Thomas Ray Day,
Hershel Evin Hall, Arlene
McCullough, James Norris
Davis 2
Records of G. Bennett Adams for
the Mouth of Thornton School
1913-14 6
Letcher County Memories Peom by
Lois (Hampton) Back - 2003 9
The Kincer Family 11
Tall Tale From Letcher County
Concerns Famous Bull-Hole 13
Fallen Heroes - In Memoriam 14
Application for Elecrtic
Service - 5/21/1941 16
Jackson Watkins and Elizabeth
(Keziah) Hollon Family 17
Photo of Mart Lewis Home 20
149 From Letcher County Lost
Their Lives in WWII 21
Letcher County Directory 1914 22
John H. Craft Obituary 24
Braddock Family Cemetery 25
Williams Family 26
News Articles About the Feuds
of the Hatfields and McCoys 27
Kenny Phillips Cemetery 29
Marriage Bond of George W.
Sexton and Catherine Cook 32
Robert Bates 34
Stephen R. Blair Obituary 35
Florida Trip - From the Diary
of French Hawk's Wife - 1937 36
Notes on the Potter, Sanders,
Wright and Howell Families 40
Senior Class of Stuart Robinson
High School - 1978 41
Commencement Exercises for
Whitesburg 8th Grade - 1958 42
Mary Jane "Polly" Collier 44
Battles of West Liberty and
Ivy Mountain 47
Obituary of Rev. Nathan Thomas
Hopkins (1852-1927) 49
Marching Order - Whitesburg
High School 1961-62 50
141 Candidates File for County
and City Offices in Primary
Election - 1961 51
Photo of Blanche Holbrook (16)
holding Arius Jr. (6 mos) 52
Letcher County Officers, 1870 53
Revolutionary War Veterans of
Letcher, Perry and Knott
Counties 54
Spring 2013
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Grant Caudill, James Duncan,
Connie Roberta Elswick, Eleanor
Ann King Isaacs, George Mikel
Isaacs, Velma Owens Lovins,
Doyle C. Roe, Jr., Ona Faye
Sexton, Elmer Ray Webb, Robert
Francis Douglas, Bennett
Stallard, Eva Dale Stallard
Douglas 2
"Baby Number 8" by Eva Dale
Douglas Two Days Before Her
Passing on February 22, 2013 8
Family Group Sheet for William
Leonard Stallard and Minnie
Belle Hart 9
Photo Needing Identification 10
Moments and Memories of WHS -
Whitesburg High School
Faculty, 1927-28 11
WHS Junior Class - 1928 14
WHS Basketball Team - 1928 15
Six Baker Brothers - Photo 16
Mt. Eagle Article: Wayne Stamper
Death - October 18, 1934 17
Neon News Article: Miner Father
of 34 (John L. Slone) -
August 19, 1932 18
1899 Tax Receipt for Jesse
Stallard 18
Thornton Old Regular Baptist
Church 19
Elder G. Bennett Adams Funeral
Card - March 24, 1950 22
Gleanings for February 1948 23
Harlin Caudill, Grave #11 24
Who's Who - Comments by Virginia
Harris Combs on Various People
from the Past 26
Descendants of Dennis Sexton 30
Hall-White Shooting Mystery 40
The Henry Vanover Story - His
Murder Led to the Ira Mullins
Family Massacre 41
Descendants of John Gibson 44
Letcher County, KY, History 54
Fall 2013
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Hager Blair Sr., William Edwin
Gibson, Bertha Imogene Sizemore
Mullins, Donald Webb, Pressie
Spencer Adams, Patsy Nadine
Craft, Bonnie Holbrook, Oda
McClain 2
Arthur Warner Broughman (article
from the Checkboard - 1948) 6
Henry Randolph Holbrook (1838-
1907) 7
The Reynolds Family of Letcher
County, KY 9
Frank H. Price (article from
the Checkboard - 1947) 12
Judge Floyd Hall Threatened by
Two Murderers (1894 article) 13
Bryant Family Cemetery Listing 16
Vital Records from the Bible of
W. J. Hall, Jr. (1846-1921) 17
Obituary of Dishman Fields
(1905-1936) 19
Miller Cemetery Listing (#1
Hill in Jenkins, KY) 20
Skirmish at Camp Cumberland,
March 15, 1863 21
Obituary of Sam Mullins (1875-
1951) 24
Andrew Craiger Cemetery Listing 25
Obituary of Sol McCray 26
Historical Disclosure read
before the Thornton Regular
Baptist Church on April 18,
1936 by G. Bennett Adams 27
Family History Record of John
Robinson Blair (1799-1870's) 35
War Ration Book of Mary Banks 36
Articles about the Hanging of
Leonard Woods in 1927 37
Letcher County Post Offices 39
Funeral Information for Stephen
P. Combs - Dec. 17, 1943 43
Family History Record of
Stephen Adams (1840-1911) 44
Funeral Information for Miles
M. Holbrook - June 8, 1948 45
Photo of Miles M. Holbrook with
wife, Flora Collins 46
Taylor Family - Early History 47
Funeral Information for John
N. Anderson - Mar. 30, 1938 48
Looking for Leonard Marsh Grave,
Husband of Sofa Duty Marsh 49
Ratliff Cemetery Listing (#1
Hill in Burdine, KY) 50
Alamander Martin Marriage
Record, Floyd County, KY 51
Family History Record for Martha
Jane Caudill (1852-1945) 52
Letcher County Schools, 1901-3 53
Ad for Sam Hush Store - Neon,
KY (1932) 54
Spring 2014
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Billie Loraine McKinney,
Ronald E. Potter, Gary Bennett
Amburgey, Mary Evelyn McElroy
Bentley, Marla A. Chilson,
Patty Jean Hall Harper Elson,
Loreva Banks Fields, Elaine
Hall, Melody Dawn Griffie
Kelly, Junior McArthur Sexton,
Rosa Meade Tackett, Hazel
Tolliver 2
Photo of Lewis Block Building 8
Pictorial Directory of members
of Thornton Old Regular
Baptist Church (1971-72) 9
Family Group Sheet for Charles
Allen Stidham 16
Pedigree Chart for Charles
Allen Stidham Jr. 17
Family Group Sheet for Calvin
Preston Stidham 18
Family Group Sheet for Hugh
"Hughey/Hewey" Stidham 20
Family Group Sheet for Nathan
Stidham 22
Photo of Evans Post Office
(1891-1900) 23
Ben Caudill's Army - from the
Abingdon Virginian, June 1863 24
List of Ordained Ministers 26
Obituaries from ca. 1928:
Cordella Akers, Mary F. Baker,
William Herbert Baker, Viva J.
Short, Elder F. M. Adams 26
Mountain Eagle Articles from
July 1943, 1953, 1963, 1973,
1983, 1993, and 2003 28
In Memoriam: Joe Wassum 32
Moments and Memories of WHS 33
Diary of a Substitute Governor,
May 23, 1938 40
An Autobiography by Ella
Vermillion Preston, Class of
1934 42
Article: The Arrest of Samuel
Sloan and Samuel Adams Nearly
Ten Years After the Murder of
Deputy US Marshall Wireman -
October 11, 1898 55
Fall 2014
Presidents Message 1
Blank Family Group Sheet for
Submitting Family History 2
Obituaries:
Robert Gene Adams, Vivian Jo
Bailey, Lessie Johnson
Fleming, Deanna Faye Fouts,
Betty Lou Cureton Horn, Rev.
Harold Dean Kincer, J. D.
Quillen, Eugene F. Yonts,
Alpha Faye Sexton, Iris Berlie
Berdie" Mudd 3
Western Union Message Regarding
Furlough of Pvt Arius Holbrook
Dated March 31, 1943 10
The History Behind Black Eyed
Peas on New Year's Day 11
Whitesburg High School Class of
1937 and Their 50th Reunion 13
History of The Holcomb Family 19
Letter from Marshall Benton
Taylor, "Doc Taylor" and "The
Red Fox", dated June 11, 1893 24
Hiram Wesley Hogg Reflects on
Past on His 100th Birthday 25
Henry Adams and Johnny Wright
Fight it Out in Pike County 27
Political Cards from 1960's 31
Death Certificates for William
R. Caudill (10/26/1916) and
Wilson Whitaker (1/11/1926) 33
The Cook/Bentley Family 35
Millard Tolliver - Whitesburg
High School 41
1917 Train Wreck in Neon Kills
Ten and Injures Many Others 45
Funeral Cards: Herman S. Fields
and Foyster Stamper 48
Captain William J. Hall 49
How to Know You're Growing Old 50
The Sons of John Cornett,
(1712-1787) 51
Children of John Dixon Caudill
and Mary Green 52
Excerpts from the June 1948
Check Board 53
Spring 2015
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Patricia May Brashear, Mantie
Eldridge Crase, Anna Meade
Gaydosh, Otho Holcomb, Calvin
"Coolie" Baker, Cora Hampton
Baker, Dauphus Day, Doyath
Lee "Bobo" Day, Reta Faye
Lucas Ballou, Annie Ruth Hall
Halcomb, Astor Halcomb,
Clarence Halcomb, Willie
Perry 2
Collins Sisters - Mattie, Ada,
Cora and Etta 11
Bottom Fork Grade School,
Graduating Class of 1948 12
John Henderson Craft 16
Polly Ann Holbrook 17
Checkboard Articles 19
1820 Floyd County Census 25
Photo: State Highway Foreman
Hassell Stamper and his Crew 28
Descendants of Hezekiah Davis 29
Joseph E. Cornett, Pvt. Co. F 35
Pine Mountain Resort Hotel 36
Newspaper Article: Four Killed
Over Election - 1905 37
Moments and Memories of
Whitesburg High School 1945 39
Photo: Harlan Cornett and his
Uncle Alamander Whitaker 42
Moments and Memories of
Whitesburg High School 1954 43
Campaign Photos: June (Frazier)
Breeding and Lewis Hall 50
Fall 2015
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Elizabeth (Lucas) Anderson,
Sherry (Slone) Baker, Doyle
Bentley, Nettie Bentley, Grace
(Cook) Fields, Buford Caudill,
Jr., Kenneth Eldridge, L. B.
Everidge, Nora Grace (Hall)
Everidge, Andy Fields, Jr.,
Estill Hall, Olive (Cook)
Honeycutt, Glenda Faye
(Mosgrove) Potter, Laura
(Slone) Pratt, Carter Ross,
Jr., Ransom Slone, Audrey E.
(Cornett) Miller 2
William Bates Info and Will 16
Newspaper Article: "Talt Hall
Elopes with Daughter of Murder
Victim" 19
Marriage Bond of Marshal Taylor
and Martha Jane Hall 20
Photos of Marshall B. Taylor
and Martha Jane Hall 21
James Caudill, Jr. Pension
Application 22
Brief History of the Thornton
Regular Baptist Church 23
Checkboard Article: Mr. Rennie
Pack 27
1963 WHS Cheerleaders 28
1963 Letcher Co. Teacher and
Coach: Gardner Bates, Jr. 29
1963 Superintendent of Letcher
Co., Schools: Sanford Adams 30
1963 WHS Principal: Jack
Burkich 30
Campaign Ad: Elmon Middleton
for County Attorney (1933) 31
The Rebel Trace: The Forgotten
Mountain Road 32
Marriage Permission Note for
Lulu Hall and Gardner Bates 36
Newspaper Article: Hiram Caudill
and Late Father, Isham, May
Span Entire History of U.S. 37
Misc. Election Cards 38
Tandy Bates Letter 39
Newspaper Articles on The Murder
of Ben Bates in 1931 42
Adams History by D. A. Griffith
Includes Will of Benjamin
Adams (1710-1756) 43
Sallie Caudill York (1874-1962) 47
Photo: McRoberts School House,
December 15, 1913 48
Photo: Mable (Blair) Burklow and
Elizabeth "Dot" (Combs) Webb 48
Obituaries from the 1972 Minutes
of the Indian Bottom Assoc. 49
The Big Kentucky Fued: Another
Chapter in the French-Eversole
War 53
Photo: Hotel in McRoberts,
September 24, 1913 54
History of James Caudill (1753-
1840) 55
Photos: WHS Coaches 56
Spring 2016
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Calvin "Coolie" Baker, Jeanie
Elaine (Caudill) Combs, Ruth
Elaine (Gilliam) Holbrook,
Clester Isaacs, George Roark,
Ray Dean Adams, Eld. Charles
Troy Shepherd, Elizabeth
Dudley "Dottie" (Combs) Webb,
Pauline (Trent) Webb, Edward
F. "Eb" Wright 2
Moses Adams (1775-1854) 13
Article: From Tiny Summit City
to a Thriving County Seat 13
Robert C. Brashears Family 15
Sarah Eldridge (1805-1880) 19
Jackson Banks, WHS Faculty
Member 1964-1995 20
Sandy Banks, WHS Faculty
Member 1978-2005 20
James Boggs (1752-1832) 23
Stephen "Shank" Adams (1804-
1875) 23
James Lee Boggs (1752-1832) 24
Five Separate Bios for William
V. Adkins (1869) 25
The Murder of Alexander Goins 28
John Creech (1774-1850) 29
Elizabeth Calhoun (1833-1917) 29
Nelson Adams Family - From the
Hills of Letcher County, KY,
to the Hills of Northern
Arkansas by Marilyn Breece 30
Mary Emma (Weakley) Lewis,
WHS Faculty Member 1954-1982 33
Esquire Adams (1830-1909) 38
John Hobbs Adams, Jr. 38
Mary (Adams) Caudill 38
Moments and Memories of WHS
from 1957 39
List of Occupations from the
1930 Letcher County, KY,
Census with Names 42
John Couch, Sr. (1750-1830) 45
William V. Adkins (1689-1784)
DNA Evidence 55
Queries 56
Fall 2016
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Mabel (Gibson) Combs, Ronnie
Wayne Combs, Joyce Ann (Lucas)
Elkins, Donald Lee Sparks 2
State and County Tax Receipt
for B. F. Caudill (1913) 4
David Day & Son General
Merchanise - IOU from J. D.
and Nancy Caudill, 10/4/1913 5
Article on Dr. Passmore house
Fire (1937) 5
$200 Reward Poster for Henry P.
Blair who Murdered His Wife
on 10/19/1936 6
Middle Dry Fork School Photo,
Teacher Lundy Adams with
Students 7
Col. Benjamin Caudill - Article
from The Mountain Eagle 8
Bony Banks is not Dead Article 12
Bank Deposit Receipt for M. M.
Holbrook (12/4/1933) 13
Washday in the 1940's 14
The Way We Were - March 1943,
1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993,
2003 16
Aunt Lou Maggard Funeral Card 21
Moments and Memories of WHS
from 1959 22
Haines Receipts from 1890's 25
Elijah Ison, CSA, Dedication 26
Nancy Schofield Whitaker
Funeral Notice 27
Harry Johnson, C & O Veteran
Retires (with Photo) 28
Truck Mine Injury Fatal to
Bobbie Wells (1948) 28
Wedding Announcements from the
May 1949 Checboard: Stewart-
Greer, Midkiff-Fugate, Powers-
Burke 29
Mountain Eagle Articles from
8/24/1922 and 9/24/1931 30
Fields Family Photo 31
Application for Headstone for
James Caudill (9/14/1929) 31
Nancy (Reynolds) Adams (1884-
1969) 32
Ely Boggs (1784) General Info 33
Descendants of Peter Morgan 34
High School Faculty (1951) 35
Edward Polly (1699-1770) 36
Uncle Marion Craft (1859-1942) 37
Pedigree Chart for Jeffery
Mearl Halcomb - Descendant of
William Mannon Halcomb 38
WHS Juniors 1944 - Class Roll 39
Descendants of Jacob Kincer 40
Descendants of Roger James 42
Lady Anne Askew (1521-1546) 44
Advertisements from 1944 51
Lowry Baker Letter to Flora
Griffith, 11/24/1917 52
Byrd Franklin Obituary (1927) 54
Family Group Sheet for Byrd
Franklin Family Group 55
Big Sandy News Articles fron
10/13/1913 and 3/6/1914 56
Spring 2017
Obituaries:
Jessie (Frazier) Anderson,
Stella Mae (Smith) Elam,
Ronnie G. Phipps, Muriel
(Sumpter) Barger, Carolyn Sue
(Wasson) Bates, Oscar Cook,
Glatha Mae (Collins) Houk,
Harold Sexton Sr., William
"Bill" Wilson, Sally Louise
(Potter) Wassinger, Stella
Doris (Yonts) Pedigo 1
Letter from Martha Taylor Baker
to Rebecca Taylor Johnson
and Mary Taylor Bentley, all
Daughters of Doc Taylor, 1896 8
Letter about the Book, "Kentucky
Raider" 9
Cram Creek School Census, 1913 10
The Murder of Dolphie Hall by
Troy Triplett on 7/16/1937 11
The Way We Were - June 1943,
1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993,
2003 13
Reminiscence by Uncle Wes
Breeding, 9/1/1939 18
Thornton Grade School Photo
from Late 1920's with a List
of Known Students 21
Who Were These People 23
Descendants of Robert/David
Kincer 27
Descendants of Nelson Kincer 28
Descendants of Lee Kincer 28
Descendants of Frederick "Buck"
Kincer 29
Descendants of Harvey Kincer 30
Descendants of James Kincer 31
Descendants of Jason L. Kincer 32
Descendants of Benjamin "Wash"
Washington Kincer 33
Descendants of Alexander Kincer 34
Descendants of Frederick Kincer 35
Photo of E. P. Blair, Steve
Blair, Cro Caudill and John
Riddle 35
Wiley W. Quillen (1861-1938) 36
Obituary of Hargis Caudill with
The Old Clay House Poem 37
Professor Millard Tolliver 38
Articles: Elbert Holcomb Kills
Brother, Dave Holcomb, 1939 39
Noah Milburn Reynolds and Mary
Chaney Stone Family 40
Ancestors of Charley C. Caudill 41
Elijah & Maggie Blair Hale 45
My Mama's Family by Lois Wilcox 47
William Dixon Cemetery, Located
in Harlan County, KY 51
Articles: Disastrous Fire
Strikes Whitesburg, 1937 54
15th Annual Tolliver Reunion,
June 23-24, 2017 57
Fall 2017
Presidents Message 1
Obituaries:
Warren Douglas Baker, Ellis
Roy Culp, Bobbie Brown,
Mollie Marie (Haynes) Davis,
Wilma (Caudill) Holbrook,
Sharon Ruth (Briggs) Klamerus,
Floyd Meade, Jr., Martin Otis
Potter, Darlene (Collins)
Spears, Cora L. (Sexton)
Walker 2
1938-39 Yellowjackets Basket-
ball Team (w/ Photo) 7
Doc Dow Collins Letter (1956) 8
Descendants of John Kilgore 9
Isaac Whitaker CSA (1842-1916) 12
Descendants of William
Addington I (1750-1805) 13
Diary of a Substitute Governor
(Whitesburg - May 23, 1938) 15
Deed to Graveyard (John Q. Day) 16
Martha Carson (aka: Irene Ethel
Amburgey) - (1921-2004) 17
Letter from Minnie Bentley to
Rebecca Johnson (9/28/1901) 22
Article: Dr. M. Katherine Banks
Heads Engineering School at
Texas A&M (1/25/20121) 23
Noah Hale Family Photo 25
Enoch Craft CSA (1842-1937) 26
Descendants of Thomas Powell 27
Samuel Caudill CSA (1831-1907) 30
Newsome Cemetery Listing 31
Obituary of Belvia (Holbrook)
Gilliam (1918-1986) 32
"Pioneer Temple of Justice
Erected by John Adams" -
A 1929 Article by W. B. Webb 33
Photo of Senior Members Who
Attended the 2017 Thornton
Union Association Meeting 34
Deeds - John and Easter Day 35
List of Letcher County WWI
Service Men Who Were Wounded
During the War (1917-1919) 37
List of Letcher County WWI
Service Men Who Were Among
the Missing (1917-1919) 39
A Consol Old Timer, James
Ratliff, Retires 40
Mountain Eagle Article - The
Way We Were: The Story of Col.
Narce Whitaker, War Hero and
Commander 41
Obituary of Lettie Jane (Craft)
Johnson (1878-1937) 46
Yonts/Yants Genealogy 47
Home Improvements in Jenkins 48
Descendants of Walter Stallard 49
Article: Letcher Residents
Enjoy Long Lives - Mrs.
George M. Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Leach 51
Death Certificate of James H.
Craft (1868-1943) 52
Moments and Memories of
Whitesburg High School, 1953 53
Sanford Adams, Superintendent of
Letcher County Schools, 1963 56
Jack Burkich, Principal of
Whitesburg High School, 1963 56
Whitesburg High School Yellow-
jacket Chearleaders, 1963 57
Occupations Listed in the 1930
Letcher County, KY, Census 58
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