Murdered by her slaves-Finding Ann Lawson-Logan West Virginia

Murdered by her slaves-Finding Ann Lawsons grave-Logan West Virginia
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[@dmc4426]

If his wife was alive when he left, why didn't he take her to celebrate the holiday with him? Usually married folks spend the holidays together. Maybe she couldn't travel for some? Seems weird. Hubby could have killed her, left and came back and blamed the slaves? Maybe I've watched too many crime shows.

[@vlc518]

You just may have a point there.

[@justasmalltowngirl_lynne5089]

AND did he remarry ❓❓❓🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@blessed3779]

They were playing kickball with slave babies until they were decapitated, they used slave babies as live bait for catching alligators, they whipped pregnant women and SA them in front of their slave husbands……but you ask the silly question if you thinking the husband killing his own wife and blaming it on the slaves is reaching??? Clearly you don’t know the full scope of the atrocious history of this country LOL!

[@brooklynred6762]

i’m with you on this one emmitt til was blamed and murdered for a lie

[@Shebeethin]

I wonder how many times people killed people in the worst way and blame the slaves?

[@duanerice-mason2115]

THOUGH MURDER IS NEVER GOOD NEITHER IS SLAVERY

[@niviaholman1185]

The slaves was framed

[@duanerice-mason2115]

@@niviaholman1185 OKAY

[@Carlton_Wilson]

Slavery actually had the effect of greatly benefiting the descendants of the slaves. Very bright silver lining. What, you think they'd rather be in Africa? Lol!

[@alibalbee2883]

@@Carlton_Wilson it did NOT!!!

[@Carlton_Wilson]

@@alibalbee2883 Think, as opposed to allowing your emotions and personal biases determine your outlook. Be objective. Yes, the long dead practice of importing slaves from Africa to North America was an enormous benefit to each and every single black person currently residing in the single greatest, most successful, most influential, most wealthy, most powerful, most free nation that has ever existed in the entire history of the human species. If you really don't believe that to be true, perhaps you should emigrate to Africa? No? No, you would not like it there at all.

[@susanfaulkner2304]

I feel sad because they built the town on Native American burial grounds.

[@kathyparkhurst7005]

who was here before the native americans, there were others here before them,

[@ashs8335]

The whole country is if you think about it 😞💔

[@ashs8335]

@@kathyparkhurst7005 indigenous people were on this land for twenty thousand plus years. Nice attempt at deflecting.

[@crystalmrstessaroifyourena3505]

I live about an hour from this place and it is very sad , but for the most part , they did try to preserve sacred things ... there's a town in our state that built everything around the burial mounds and it's a very interesting place called Moundsville ...

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Agree that indigenous ppl were ppl here 20,000 years ago. Do you believe that the ppl of the Clovis culture became who we sometimes refer to as American Indians? Was Clovis first? Did Clovis die off or move on & then who we refer to as American Indians make their way to North America? I’m not asking to be a smart ass. These are really interesting questions to me & I don’t know the answer. Sometimes I wonder if the first inhabitants of North America died off after a cataclysmic event like a possible Younger Dryas meteor strike or a super volcanic eruption. The American Indians & any cultures that were here before them or became them obviously took great care of the land. We don’t trip over their garbage nor worry that we’ll unknowingly get exposed to their nuclear waste. I admire that immensely.

[@everettjennings4443]

Is it possible her husband killed her, then blamed the slaves???

[@thehillbillyfiles]

absolutely

[@everettjennings4443]

Afterall, during that era, who are people apt to believe, an enslaved supposed "non-person" with no rights or a white man? Just sayin.' And I grant you no investigation was done-- no investigation which contradicted the claims of the white husband.

[@todddanforth8853]

Although I wouldn't blame the slaves.

[@everettjennings4443]

@@todddanforth8853 neither would i.

[@themobseat]

You get an A+ for a very woke answer.

[@Dee_nyce]

The ground is not cursed, it’s sacred. But those who disturb and disrespect it may be cursed.

[@poppyneese1811]

My son works as a signalman on the N&S in Welch West Virginia and a lil cat jumped up in the back of his truck and my boy just kept him and his daughter named him Banjo, ole Banjo is 100% a Hunter, comes gets his breakfast and dinner and back on patrol. Best ole cat I’ve ever seen, the mice and rats he’s left at their door would fill a coal car. Love Your channel! Like spending time with a ole friend!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

What a nice comment thank you!

[@sherbearb.1593]

Aaaah...the scrappers are the best kitties ever.

[@poppyneese1811]

@@sherbearb.1593 he ain’t a petting cat though, he’s all business gets his breakfast or dinner and off to work, he is a pretty cat black with white face, belly and paws,

[@edwinthompson6510]

my old cat,,, he would kill western diamondback rattlesnakes he was faster than a rattler

[@poppyneese1811]

@@edwinthompson6510 that’s a killing machine!!! Not sure how’d Banjo would do with h a Rattlesnake, thank God must of them live in the really wooded areas of West Virginia, we get more Copperheads, bad thing about them no warning.

[@rositahuff4858]

….my husband was born in Kentucky…they say he was a hill billy ….he was the smartest, most intelligent man I have ever met….kind, considered….hardworking……I am German and over many years of traveling with him I got to love Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee….I love the people….love the stories….love their way of life…..it is so sad, that so many of the young people do not value where they came from…….

[@terryalford955]

Hillbilly doesn't mean dumb

[@colleen2671]

Do you still value the caucus mountains? Cause that's where you really come from! If you don't know where you come from, You don't know where your going!

[@greg7129]

Well said and you Hit the Nail on the Head ! I am a Kentuckian also

[@mickeyrob7532]

I first visited Logan a few years ago. My mom and uncle were born there. My maternal great grandparents settled there after coming from Italy. It was fun listening to mom and uncle reliving some of their cherished memories. Like any rail town, mom had the obligatory "foot stuck in the rails with a train approaching" story. Drove down to Omar (had to edit, named the wrong town), where my Nana was born. Hard to imagine my Italian kin raising their large family there during the depression. I left part of my heart there for them ❤️

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Very neat thanks for sharing

[@DarhaLB]

Nice story… loved your grandmama‘s obligatory story lmao 🤣 kinda like our old kinfolk obligatory stories Walking to school and back

[@kaleahcollins4567]

Doubt it @MickeyRob many white passing blacks called themselves Italian descended

[@mickeyrob7532]

@@jamestabor7725 my mom told me they ran a restaurant there called The Wooden Shoe. During the depression, they would give food away. My Nana was number 4 of 13 children, only 11 survived. They all lived into their 80s and 90s, even my Nonna was 91 (great grandma) when she passed. I do know my gr grandfather worked in a coal mine until my Nana begged him not to. And he quit, just like that. My mom's dad worked for the Logan Banner. His grandfather came from NYC to be editor there. Then my grandparents came to Dayton Ohio since he was offered a great job at one of the newspapers here. He retired in 1972. His family was Schuster. My Italian side was Trapasso. The Italian ones ended up moving up to White Plains, NY.

[@mickeyrob7532]

@@kaleahcollins4567 interesting, I hadn't heard of that. Sad they couldn't own their heritage. Gotta do whatever it takes to survive ❤️

[@timlackey5996]

It is a very cool fact that a blacksmith built that fence around the grave, something I've never really thought about it until you mentioned it.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks 🙏

[@amyhall8282]

I thought the same thing. I've seen a lot of fencing at cemeteries like this and never thought about the history of how it was made. Sometimes it's hard to redirect our minds to the past and how things were done back then.

[@timlackey5996]

@@amyhall8282 you are absolutely right about that that's for sure.

[@jesseseven301]

It looked cast to me but I could be wrong.

[@eraserhead1138]

Try not to trip around that grave though. That looks like a hazard lol

[@debraromero4385]

It just seems so disrespectful on so many levels and so many different ways.......the building on graveyards and such. It's funny though how the husband was the only one who heard her last words....so we just have to take his word for it. It's just odd that only one slave was hanged but the other was simply sold. An unheard type of ending, especially for that given time in America.

[@GS-xt8fu]

West…..by god Virginia. My family was all over West Virginia. I live in Ohio. Have for years but I graduated from Harman High School. My family came from Scotland…..actually Ireland as well. Ulster Scots. My 6x great grandfather was an amazing American who fought the British in the revolution. He was a fairly well known frontiersman out of fort wheeling. His name was Moses Williamson. Very proud of him and two sons who fought in the Revolution. Family had homesteads in Sistersville and Friendly West Virginia. He even knew and spent time with the famous frontiersman Lew Wetzel. His father came here in 1744 from Scotland. Samuel Williamson. My son is an eighth generation American. We are going to Fife next year to see our grandfathers grave in Scotland.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Awesome story thanks! I wonder if he's linked to our home town of Williamson

[@johnathanDwhite]

Tell him we said thanks for helping stealing out country we don’t know where we would be without guys like him

[@tinysampson8832]

I live about 40 minutes from there. My grandma Goodrich Bailey was related to Lewis Wetzel

[@alex.tagspot]

Born & Raised in WV, and I know A LOT about the culture and history here but I still often find myself learning something new even after all these years. We as humans truly never stop learning for those willing to seek knowledge 💯 📚 🤓 Very interesting case & documentary! 💯 Looking forward to more videos of similar content! 🍿 👀 We appreciate the work put into what you do 👊 🖤

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks so much 😊

[@smilingsharie887]

I live in West Virginia, northern panhandle. My dad was born in Logan which he said it was super small and seeing it he was right. He use to tell us about the ghosts down there and the tunnels. Thank you for all that you do for all of us. Stay safe in your travels.

[@georginatoppings5912]

I grew up right on the Lincoln county and Boone County border. Logan wasn’t far from me and I’ve heard many stories but I’ve never heard this. I knew about the tunnels and whatnot though.

[@lela8051]

WHAT tunnels? I lived there birth thru high school 1982 n NEVER knew any of that!

[@samanthab1923]

Train tunnel ghost stories? Would love to hear some 👻🚂

[@georginatoppings5912]

@@lela8051 Have you heard of The Dingess Tunnel? It’s in Chapmanville, it’s for a rich history and even has the name “Bloody Mingo”. There’s also 22 Mine Road and Mamie Thurman’s Ghost in Logan, Mingo Counties.

[@georginatoppings5912]

@@samanthab1923 22 Mine Road and Mamie Thurman’s Ghost - Logan and Mingo Counties and Dingess Tunnel aka “Bloody Mingo” Tunnel.

[@marklandroche1706]

My family and I were just stranded there for a day, and overnight. On our way home from Man my truck broke down, and dropped it off at that Dodge Ram dealer repair shop. I am surprised I didn’t see the stray dogs in that lot by the tracks. We unloaded our Rmax sxs there and drove up to that City cemetery. I would not have looked for an old cemetery to explore if it wasn’t for your you tube channel. I walked up the hill farther also. It is really old and overgrown up there. Now days because of you guys I am going to be drawn to old mountain graveyards. Thanks for the great work.

[@kbfasho9313]

He probably killed her himself & blamed it on the slaves. That’s why he allegedly went to some Bs Christmas party instead of being at home with her instead. That Christmas party was the alibi. Back then u could blame ANYTHING on the slaves & they’d be killed or punished

[@thehillbillyfiles]

True

[@thedefensecoalition]

You're perfectly fine to record anywhere in public as long as you're in publicly accessible areas under the 1st amendment. Great story and journalism!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

hahaha

[@rjay7019]

That's what I was thinking 👍

[@warjunkie8242]

Took the words right out of my mouth

[@mimibee626]

Not on private property ... whether you can access it from a road or not.

[@greg7129]

@@thehillbillyfiles If you are not on private property you can film whatever you want, even film private property. Do not believe me but if you truly want to know find out for yourself. Most people do not know their rights and the ruling elites do not want you to know. Easier for them to violate your rights and enslave. If you do not think that is and has been going on I would say you better wake up. Interesting video, Thanks !

[@cecilgore495]

I was born in Logan, I never want to return there, my father work as a coal miner for the Ethel Chilton mine company for pennies, we lived in a coal company house, shopping at the Coal company store, with coal company money while the rich owners lived in luxury. Never want to return.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Oh I understand

[@randomuser1596]

Edit: ive got better stories Im from Logan. Heres a ghost story. My brother and i would go run around the mountains and just do what we wanted as we had no parents only a great grandmother who was too old and too poor to take care of us, we were 6 and 7 yrs old. So we run the mountains looking for turtles and pawpaws everyday to eat. One day we stumble upon a hole in the side of the mtn im guessing its a coal shoot or an air passageway to mines in the mountain. My brother decides to crawl in and gets stuck with his legs barely hanging out the hole. Hes screaming and i cant pull him out and hes squirming only going further into the hole. So i run down the mtn to try to find help and gather town folks to come up to save him. This is around 1987 or so. When we get back up the mountain to the hole my brother is sitting next to the hole on the ground just spaced out. One of the adults i think his last name was Dempsey asked my brother how he got out the hole. He said an Indian man pulled him out.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

very cool! Thanks for sharing

[@vlc518]

God bless that Indian man.

[@70applejack]

Maybe an angel

[@VintageRose75]

@@70applejack An Indian angel!! 😉

[@77danamae]

😮

[@ryanrosser8520]

My great great grandfather had loaned a man a saddle that lived near them and the man hadn't returned the saddle so my gg-grandfather and his friend went to go get the saddle from the man. When they arrived at his house the man asked if they wanted to play cards and they went inside and started drinking moonshine and playing cards. The man that had borrowed the saddle was losing and he told my gg-grandfather and his friend he had to use the outhouse. The man walked outside and got a mauling axe and came back in. My gg-grandfather and his friend were sitting at the table with their backs to the door and the man walked up behind them and struck his friend in the head with the sharp end of the axe and my gg-grandfather turned and was struck with the blunt end right in the forehead. The man drug their bodies outside to the woodpile and went back in and past out drunk. My gg-grandfather came to and crawled on his belly into town where they managed to save him. Awhile later the man was out on bail and got gunned down on the side of the street. He was buried but the body was dug up and his bones were turned into windchimes that hung in a tree at the edge of the property as a warning. My gg-grandfathers skull was caved in and he wore a hat low to his browline to cover it the rest of his life.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

What a story, thanks for sharing

[@tmcgee1614]

What a story that was. So sorry this happened to your gg grandfather Did your Gg grandfather get his saddle back? That is sad about his friend. That is something you need to write down and share to pass on down to your family members. Also do you know what year it was that this happened to your great-great-grandfather?

[@marmaladesunrise]

Sad.

[@suzannenapolitano5480]

That's gruesome , sorry for your Great kin folks .

[@savinghistory642]

@@tmcgee1614 We pass down family stories down here. There is usually a keeper of the history in each generation and the information is given to all who want it. We are busy trying to preserve history-not rewrite it.

[@Victoriah1923]

This is the first video of yours that I've seen. EXCELLENT! So happy I found your channel! I especially liked that you pointed out the fence around the gravestone was so old it would have been made by a blacksmith. I've never left the Pacific Northwest and get so caught up in seeing the rest of the country through video such as yours that I don't think of details such as the fence would have been made by a blacksmith and taken a bit of time to make. Thanks for those kinds of details, they're much appreciated!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks for watching! Much appreciated

[@cherisemelf4758]

Victoriah 1923, Me Too! This is so fascinating.

[@luannm-crazycatlady6621]

This was my first too 👍

[@DarhaLB]

@@luannm-crazycatlady6621 🙋‍♀️ mine too I think it popped up in my feed because I watch a lot of mysterious WV that’s a good channel too Yeah I’ll be looking for these videos lol. I like this guy the way he does the videos

[@amandakurtz7732]

I love to take photos of old fences especially with all the layers of paint !!!!

[@cynthiatolman326]

I refuse to judge a man who murders his owner. I'm not qualified. No one alive now is.

[@michaelstone1620]

The cemetery where Anthony Lawson is buried (died 1849) is not a civil war cemetery. It is the oldest cemetery in Cabell county with graves going back to the early nineteenth century.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

ok thanks

[@karenbarnes3506]

Only one side of this story. We have no way of knowing this is what happened. We all know how things went in those days.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Exactly

[@isisbeck2374]

Hell still to this very day.

[@marywegrzyn506]

Oh my gosh, my Dad n his side of the family was/ is from there!!! How exciting to see this!!! Thank you so much for this video!!! Thank you. It's so wonderful to see it again, it's been years since I've been there. Since my Granny passed away . I love Logan n I miss going there to visit. ❤️💖💗❤️💖💗❤️💖💗

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Your so welcome 😁

[@teresaclontz3574]

This is an interesting story. You both do an incredible job bringing us these unknown stories. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Aww thank you 😊 Teresa!

[@test_subject_usa5017]

Was there ever any question of the slaves possibly having been framed? It just seems odd that they would commit such a crime as it would mean certain & horrible deaths to them both. Not only that, but even if they succeeded, they wouldn’t be able to profit from anything as nobody would accept slaves having money, regardless of how they may have acquired it. I could be totally wrong but this is based on my public school education & my obsession with crime solving lol. I am just fascinated by this story. It just seems really odd. Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed your charisma & the way you told this story. I love how you included the dog in a close up too lol.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

It does seem fishy, it's easy to set people up then, no less enslaved people

[@thehillbillyfiles]

And thank you for the kind words 💗

[@josephinemiller4780]

On December 27, 1847, shortly after her husband‘s death, Ann was mending a shirt for one of the slaves so that he and another slave could go to town for supplies. Thinking that they could be free after Anthony’s death, the slave she was mending the shirt for, struck her on the head with an iron poker and she died. The slaves knew that money was kept in one of the drawers in the bureau. The poker was again used to pry open the drawer and take the money. Two of the slaves, Bill and Hardin, were accused. The one that killed her was hanged, probably on the courthouse lawn. The other slave was severely punished.

[@josephinemiller4780]

I did not know that Logan County was formerly Virginia, not WV. The family settled on the present site of the Logan County Courthouse. Anthony was one of Logan County‘s earliest merchants at Guyandotte, VA (now WV). The Logan family donated the land for the Logan County Courthouse with the stipulation that if the courthouse was moved the land would revert to the heirs of the estate.

[@teresarenee3829]

Alcohol brings out the evil in people.

[@JeffAM1986]

Nothing beats going to see and touch history for yourself. Really refines your perspectives.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

So very true!

[@lakitawright6003]

OK this is what really happened: Mr. Lawson gets the two slaves all sauced up and drunk until they pass out. He goes into the house and kills his wife with the poker iron. He gets cleaned, dressed in his best clothes and goes to the Christmas party - so he has an alibi. He comes back to the crime scene and Mrs. Lawson conveniently tells him, just before she dies, that it was their two slaves. Right. So one gets lynched and he pockets the money from the sale of the other. Mr. Lawson is now a freeman, and he’s probably going to hook up with whomever he met at the Christmas party. The end.

[@toniadugger3954]

I think you’ve got it!

[@rhonatamichellenew3706]

I love the stories you you guys do. I learn so much. Thank you for sharing

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks 🙏

[@carolyounce5810]

Well I'll be! My whole family is from Logan & I NEVER knew any of this!!! Thank you! I loved it. Subbed.

[@pinkkawaii2kutejane454]

This sounds fishy the husband did it

[@pedrovision6987]

VERY interesting...thank you for taking the time to produce this mini-documentary.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you

[@derricklangford4725]

They had no business owning other humans in the first place.

[@roringusanda2837]

Tell that to the blks who owned the blks in Africa in the first place, and sold them to the highest bidder to go to other countries. And still do

[@altheadawn2531]

@@roringusanda2837 You both are right

[@altheadawn2531]

I agree!

[@alansimmons7732]

I agree! We’re ALL equal under The Lord🙏

[@Corgis175]

You are so right when people desecrate Indian burial sites, its bad.

[@nuttybar9]

Maybe it's because they don't know they are there until they are accidentally dug up.

[@markberryhill2715]

They logged over the top of a large one close to me knowing it was there in Upstate SC. I live on part of the village,and now they're about to build a subdivision on the site of the cemetery. It's got everybody pissed!

[@truthteller9071]

It is usually unknowingly done

[@kriscarrillo6434]

They do this knowing these cites are there. It’s been done throughout history every state. All purposefully done to ultimately wipe clean any ancestral belongings, burials , sacredness of people that first lived on what is America today. No accident.! Many people slaughtered and wrongfully so , only to be exploited years later with companies taking tribe names or logos and nice neighborhoods naming their streets after tribes as well. No real honor or compassion for the ancestors or sacred lands whatsoever after all the years. The golf course nearest you, or your own home is probably on sacred grounds long forgotten or purposely so by those that built it.!?

[@rt3box6tx74]

Sidestep Adventures has shown many slave cemeteries where their descendents were also buried, that have been planted over by lumber farms. Often there'll be grave markers shoved up in piles, by the big equipment removing stumps readying the property for a following planting. They claim the black cemeteries aren't well marked, but that is a damn lame excuse since we have GPS.

[@marywegrzyn506]

I just now ran across this channel and I'm so thrilled that you actually filmed n talked about a true story in Logan !! How awesome. You made my day !!!! 💗💖❤️❤️💖💗. I'm a subscriber forever !!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Aww thank you 🙏 we appreciate it

[@davide.b8027]

Awesome piece of history! Thank you for the education. I've been born and raised in WV.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@carolwoodward6141]

Just found and subbed to your channel. I love people’s history. Thank you.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Welcome aboard! thank you

[@ginnymiller2448]

I just found your channel and subscribed! West Virginia is absolutely gorgeous in the fall. I am from the western US and have only traveled through (and over) WV briefly on my way to Ohio. But I’ll never forget all the gorgeous autumn colors all over the mountains in WV.

[@blackwidowspider9852]

We only heard their story I wonder what was done to those 2 boys to make them murder their mistress god only knows the horrors they've seen

[@ms.marion5285]

Though not an advocate of taking anyone's life. Enslaving humans would be enough to not have to wonder why.

[@robinjohnston222]

"boys"?

[@carolynkatsilas8559]

I just found your channel and I loved all the information you had. What a sad tragic story, thank you so much for this video, I love cemeteries, and the stories they hold. I signed up to your channel, I’m so happy I found you ❤️

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you for joining us! We appreciate it

[@daleslover2771]

My good friend is a historian of Josephine County Grant's pass Oregon. She researched past incidents out of the Archives in the historical society, Recopying newspaper headlines as they apperd in the papers. After purchasing her book. of Murder,Mayhem and Mystery of Josephine County by Jean Boland you can't help to think that every little town and city was as peaceful as they tried to portray in the history books. You literally rolled the dice of life everday.

[@SagebrushRambles]

Which part do you find sad and tragic? The slavery of two children for their whole lives or the fact that they killed one of their enslavers? Just curious.

[@carolynkatsilas8559]

@@SagebrushRambles I think both the slavery was sad and tragic, and also that these young people were forced into murder. Slavery was a horrible thing 😢

[@griswald7156]

@@carolynkatsilas8559 we’ve got minimum wage employment today…it enriches some sections of society at the expense of others. More or less the same thing..as yet theres no blame attached to it, by society as a whole. One day minimum wage jobs will be outed..

[@toddandangelbrowning2920]

I live in Gilbert. It’s a 30 minute drive south of Logan on RT 44. I’ve never heard this story. I am a history buff, especially civil war, and WW2.

[@robertalee60]

What would these slaves do with the money? Like where would they go spend it?It seems really like a lame story, why hang one slave but sell the other one? I have some doubts on this story as being factual from the husband.

[@test_subject_usa5017]

Same! My gut says they were framed. I want to know! Lol

[@hanzdolo4328]

The husband did it

[@pamveach9589]

Enjoying your stories. Thank you

[@hangingwithmygnomies1843]

I'm from Lee county Virginia (live in Johnson city TN) absolutely ❤this channel so glad I found it!!!!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@morecm3322]

Sad story,but amazing history. Thank you love the content and your narration.❤️ From NY

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks for listening

[@shawnjackson6242]

Nothing sad people have no right to own people that’s evil

[@suemoo22]

I just found your channel and subscribed, love it, it’s very interesting. Thank you.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you 😊

[@jarricadavis2635]

Thank you well told!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

My pleasure!

[@DeVyneSeyeun]

Thank you for your gift as a SCRIBE to bring these stories to life no matter how it makes people feel. Humans are truly an amazing species in our ability to think and create from the good, the bad, and the ugly

[@thehillbillyfiles]

What a nice thing to say, thank you

[@tanyapeters5062]

Nice comment, @ Devyne Revelation 13:10 comes to mind for me because it brings out he that leaded into slavery must go into slavery and how other things must happen because of it. Your thoughts?

[@billrothrock6477]

Another good video. Thank you Leo!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks again!

[@lisacooper3991]

Wonderful, yet sad story. Thank u for the video and information and goin to the actual sites, showing. You bring so much history to everyone. All stories I've watched so far very interesting, and I always have loved the civil war era.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks so much 🙂

[@kentdouglass1001]

Thx. Enjoyed it.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you too!

[@Matthewseven13]

A sad story. Thanks for posting it. You should know that you do not need anyone's permission to video record public buildings and the police should know that, but its nice that you asked.

[@LD-tk7qf]

I have been there . Didn’t know this story. Thank you

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks 😊

[@LittleKitty22]

It's no good building on Indian burial grounds, or digging the ground up. Nothing good comes from that. But it was nice of the city hall to give you permission to film. Fascinating story! I live in a cursed city too. One can tell it's cursed. I hope I get chance to leave one day. If this town lets me... there's a curse here that anyone who leaves, always comes back. I've seen this happening again and again! No one will tell me the truth about all this though, folks just mock me by telling me scary stories and then laugh if I believe it. So now I don't believe anything. Odd folks! Very odd!

[@southernbelle8920]

I love you,you are just delightful in your videos. Really enjoyed this one. I'm a southern lady,I love Southern stories.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@krystalrobin3164]

I haven't been thru Logan in a long time. My family is from Delbarton and Ragland. Thanks for this video. It brought back some great memories! Definitely have a new subscriber 😊

[@dalemoss4684]

Wow what a tragic but fascinating piece of history! I love folklore like this

[@Lunarstruck1]

With all the billions of people buried since time began, you probably can't dig anywhere anymore without hitting one. Very interesting story.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Very true

[@THESOUTHERNCLAIRVOYANT]

I grew up in Delbarton WV. My dad was principle at Tug Valley high school and also Burch High school in the 80`s so happy I found your channel

[@NancyNNash]

Born and raised there. Great story and video. Love the channel.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tedlawrence4189]

Greetings from Georgia. Fascinating story! Thank you.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks Ted! We would love to make it to Georgia soon

[@the-end-of-my-tether]

I loved your video. All of it. It was very interesting. I live in Ireland and I love stuff like this. You have a great sense of humour. The bit I loved most was the dog jumping on to the truck 😂😂😂 I had to watch your video 3 times coz my side were aching from laughter because that dog got his 15 minutes of fame 🇮🇪💚

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you so much! We love Ireland btw, planning a trip there soon

[@the-end-of-my-tether]

@@thehillbillyfiles you would be more than welcome in fact Cead Mile Failte ( 100 thousand welcomes )

[@m988022]

I hope you can film some of the tunnels. Another great video . Leo you all are so good at this.

[@peggycarson4420]

Thank you

[@thehillbillyfiles]

You're welcome

[@slycat2355]

Maybe if this woman and her husband hadn’t owned people that were viewed as “property”, she wouldn’t have been killed by them. We reap what we sow!

[@vlc518]

Well said.

[@Paleotech1]

Another uneducated and idiotic statement. You do not count skippy.

[@Paleotech1]

@@stevemathew5281 murder and killing. Two different things.

[@thomashunt413]

The Bible thumper don't like it when you tell them you have to reap what you sow.

[@ms.marion5285]

@@stevemathew5281 True. And so is to enslaved humans.

[@AdventuresofmalibuandDad]

Great story ❤

[@bretparker8533]

Thank u for telling this story I grew up near Logan and never heard this story

[@ElizabethBattle]

Born and raised in WV, still here and not planning on leaving. I live about 45 minutes from Logan. First time watching your channel, and I love it. Ssubscribing!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks Elizabeth!

[@bethgiesey9405]

Interesting piece of history. Thank you

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@donhinchey9148]

Interesting story , Thanks for sharing

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks for listening

[@thechawangtvofficial]

Thank for sharing sir..this is amazed to hear

[@MaryManion]

Very interesting story, thank you so much for sharing.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

There is a saying down around Logan, “ if you find a skinny person here they have been sick way too long “.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

hahaha

[@alisonmccracken-mills5381]

Your wheezy chortling makes me laugh as well!!😆 Did you ever watch Hanna Barbera cartoon "Wacky Races"?? Well, you sound like Mutley!! 😂 Great stuff!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

we had to look up Mutley, made us laugh thank you!

[@d.b.2812]

More please!

[@ralphcantrell3214]

I love quaint little Appalachian towns. Most people want to go to the beach or whatever. I like to get away from the masses and spend holidays and vacations hobnobbing with regular folks in "out of the way" country towns I've never seen. Thanks for the history lesson. This makes me want to go there and have lunch and look around. I think it is pretty close to Hatfield and McCoy territory too, and would probably be a great area to spend a week or more. 👍

[@thehillbillyfiles]

It's a great area, Pikeville KY is a good base, close to it all

[@griswald7156]

I’m in old England,i wonder where she was born in England? I could go and check out her hometown…

[@ralphcantrell3214]

@@griswald7156 That would be very cool. Unfortunately I have no way of figuring this one out. Maybe the @thehillbillyfiles will have an idea.

[@griswald7156]

@@ralphcantrell3214 where are the hillbilly files?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

@@griswald7156 Longhorsby, in the county of Northcumberland, England is what it says

[@overtheGarage-ue8lh]

There are a bunch of stories out there that include an Indian burial grounds and curses. Tunnels too, that's always creepy. No doubt about the story though, written in stone. I love WV. I used to go to a town every now and then near South Forks. Beautiful country.

[@overtheGarage-ue8lh]

@@lindawilliams6841 What are you talking about?

[@oneGypsy]

1:00 a m. And I'm binge watching your videos. My goodness they are interesting. I always knew that Logan was a coal town. Didn't know it has such interesting history. Thank you both.

[@judypierce7028]

There was a famous socialite murdered in Logan County. I believe her last name was Thurmond. Her murderer has not been found today. You might think about doing a video on this lady.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

We plan to! Her name is Mamie, she's buried in the same cemetery

[@judypierce7028]

@@thehillbillyfiles That is awesome. Isn't Devil "Anse" Hatfield's grave near Ann in Logan County?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

​@@judypierce7028 it is in Logan county, not that close to this cemetery about a hour or so away through the mountains

[@jackiemack8653]

Oh I would be so interested in that lady Mamie the socialite. Love your narration and bit of accent. Would have loved to move to WV but I'm a NYer so might not have been accepted. I am in poor health now anyway and am older. Just always loved mountains and nature.NY has some beautiful mountains and such but WV lovely too. Have a great day!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

@@jackiemack8653 Thanks Jackie, we will bring you that video soon, thanks for the support

[@buck9739]

Well done

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks

[@mainemermaid6596]

I love your channel. Please keep 'em coming. ❤

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Batman-tb6fq]

Thanks for the video

[@thehillbillyfiles]

You bet

[@michellebaker2061]

Thanks for the information 👍 Logan 😊

[@thehillbillyfiles]

You bet!

[@MsSweetpea1958]

Born on St. Patrick's day. 17 was not her number. Born on the 17th in the 17.00's and murdered on the 17th in '47.

[@VintageRose75]

Wow...it sure wasn't, right!? That is the first time I have ever heard of seven being an unlucky number!!

[@johnclinete6193]

It's always better to ask then to demand. A lot of people demand. Last night 3 people asked to take my picture I politely asked for tips because I'm a street performer. The people were cool and paid me.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

And in small towns the police will just make you leave and you get no video. What are you going to do? Bring a mob back..sue? Its just better to avoid the BS. thanks for your comment

[@brianmatthews4323]

@@thehillbillyfiles Too many of the last couple of generations have been taught to thoughtlessly "demand their rights". You're wise enough to know that you not only have rights, but you also have the RIGHT to not demand those rights.

[@teresaschlomer8257]

How sad . Some people are just bad!! Thanks for sharing. I try to catch every one of your vids. I enjoy doing this as well. But I dont document. You and Leo do a great job so please keep on doing this I may run into yous some day.

[@peterb3772]

First time on your channel. Really enjoyed your telling of the local history. Very interesting content. Liked and Subscribed👍 Greetings from Adelaide, Australia 🦘

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Awesome, thank you! I have a old friend in Adelaide

[@judithbernd7472]

My Dad's father was a blacksmith. I'm sure they did wonderful work. Sad story, but it probably happened more than we know.

[@daleslover2771]

About as common as the sun setting...they had to nip this stuff in bud.

[@jenniferkincaid6148]

I say the husband did it and just blamed the slaves.

[@lettiegrant9447]

👍

[@hairyape3935]

Do you blame them? Nobody is standing in line to have lost identities, kidnapped children, beaten, starved, and raped. GOD only knows what else! For all we know, the husband could have killed her and blamed the slaves! Wouldn't be the first time!

[@beverlybalius9303]

@@jenniferkincaid6148 That’s a possibility for sure.

[@anthonyburke5656]

So, the only “witness” was the dead wife’s husband?

[@kninefly1]

Very interesting history! Ty fellas!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Our pleasure!

[@Jennifer-qo4kz]

I just came across your channel. Very neat. I love history.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you 🙏

[@murphymerryliz]

I’m not sure how I ended up here, but I love it! Subbed 😎

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@RowanWarren78]

My grandparents lived in Bluefield. Our ancestors were from Amonate and Jenkin Jones. These towns were close to the V/WV border. The family immigrated to the US in 1898. I want to hear more stories from this territory.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

When we can travel into other areas we will do more, we like to be at the locations

[@kathydavenport4422]

You put out great videos I love them thank you for sharing

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you like them!

[@donnacollins1356]

I'm a West Virginian from Keyser I just happened upon this and of course I've subscribed ty for doing this video

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks Donna

[@jimmer12911]

New subscriber. Love this channel and will binge watch other videos when I get a chance. My roots are in the Montgomery WV area. Powellton Hollar to be exact

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Awesome thank you!

[@jasonrunyon2663]

Another awesome video

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@heyokaempath5802]

My late mom's best friend was Alberta Bell, from Logan WV. Sweetest soul ever on the earth! She had a cousin named Easter Bell. I'd say she was born in the 1920s.

[@revenge4468]

I has a great aunt name Easter. I've never heard anyone else with that name.

[@debrac3391]

My instinct is that they were simply repaying a lifetime of cruelty. The robbery was probably an afterthought. Very interesting.

[@Carlton_Wilson]

Yeah, because it isn't as if blacks are prone to mindless violence or anything. Right? Oh, wait, that's right.

[@debrac3391]

@@Carlton_Wilson Dear God, open a history book at some point in your life.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Sad story but I guess she shouldn't have been surprised when her slaves murdered her.if you treat people like animals eventually some of them will act like an animal. Why did they hang only one slave & sell the other one

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I agree, thanks Kim 🙏

[@janetsides901]

Agreed

[@maryowens8763]

Why do people tell this old tells. No one knows what it was like back in the slaves days. I’ve saw video’s where slaves said they were treated very well. I guess it just depended on who bought you.

[@jefferyepstein9210]

@@Hereforthecommentsection We're all slave's now and the world is a plantation.

[@careyh827]

@Mary Owens you believe there is such a thing as treating a slave well? Are you serious?