Wirt County, West Virginia Genealogy

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Parent County
1848--Wirt County was created 19 January 1848 from Wood and Jackson Counties. County seat: Elizabaeth

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Jackson
 * Ritchie
 * Roane
 * Wood

Local Histories
A letter written by Orville Clyde Dotson born in Wirt County (1911 - 2002) to his sister, Pearl Dotson DeQuasie about some old acquaintances of theirs who lived in Wirt County WV near Creston. ============================================================

"Pearl, you remember the Edmun Davis Family. Edmun's wife was Arthelia Marks of Creston.

How did it happen that they moved into the John Corbitt-Bertha Fox Corbit house? Did they rent it or buy it before our Dad donated the house to become the Grace Community Building on Wagon Run just above Polly's (Walker) old home.

I remember when John Corbitt furnished their living room in the house in mulberry lumber -- some of this very pretty lumber.

Dar(?) Blankenship dated Sarah Davis when she was in her teens, and since our house was much closer than his home on Ann's Run in Creston, he would come up to our house and stay the rest of the night. Sarah's next beau was Clair (Dotson), then me, until Perry Parsons cut me out after several dates, and I quit dating her and started dating Nina McCrosky. I respected and like both the girls but didn't propose to either.

You know Pearle, that I saw Leafie Corbitt safely home many times, and Clair and I helped Mart Hickman in harvest time and other jobs he needed done. You remember that Mart and Daisy (Hall) Hickman were close friends to our parents. I believe our Dad baptized Leafie and her Aunt Daisy. Am I right?

You remember that our Dad was a Mason and Mom belonged the Eastern Star at Reedy. I believe that I have seen them go with Mart and Daisy to Creston lodge together.

I don't remember if Daisy road a side saddle. Mom did and was an excellent rider. I wish I had that saddle.

It brought to mind a lot of memories when Al Englkee said, in his Creston News column in the Calhoun Chronicle, that Jim, the last of the Ann's Run Blankenships, died. Clair and I went to Akron to watch them launch the Akron dirigible. We went with Jim Blankenship. We also saw Amelia Earhart in her Ford trimotor airplane advertising Wrigley Chewing gum.

Polly had seen her in a Lyceum program at Glenville College previous to that time.

I was at Gilboa Church one night and got there a little early and as was the custom, the young fellows liked to congregate on each side of the entrance and exchange a little banter and do a bit of flirting with the girls.

Virgil Cheuvront parked his car and accosted me before he went in and said, "I want to double date with you tonight so you can ride back home with me."

"You mean triple date, don't you?" I told him I didn't have a date.

I'm not sure now what girl it was he was dating, but she was, I believe, teaching at the Mt. Solon school.

When church services were over, I was near the front entrance and caught Nina's eye, and she nodded at the door. I nodded a yes and waited to walk out with her.

Virgil said to me, "I thought you told me you didn't have a girl."

"I didn't then," I replied.

I think you remember when I bought an engagement ring for Polly and had Jean Petty keep it for me while I worked for Luke Gibson in the store. She kidded me and asked me if I wanted her to wear it. I told her if Pauline Walker turned me down, I just might let her as I considered her a very fine person."

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