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Cobbs Creek and Beyond A collection of the photographs of David M. McCormick, genealogist, life time resident of Cobbs Creek, WV and author of First 200 years of Cobbs Creek.

David McCormick is a genealogist who has lived all his life in Cobbs Creek, WV. He enjoys: pre-Columbian history, local, county, state and US history. He has three children: David "Corncob", LeAnn, and Lana; three grandchildren: Elijah McCormick, Cody and Hannah Bonnett. The son of Dillard McCormick and his wife Blanch Mortana Griffith. He had two siblings: Linda Dunlap and Michael McCormick. A member of Boone County (WV) Genealogical Society.

04/07/2025

"The Living Uncle Sam" 19,000 military officers and men at Camp Lee, Virginia

- 1918

via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

All from a KVGS Newsletter
08/06/2025

All from a KVGS Newsletter

07/06/2025
We are trying to determine where this picture was taken. It was owned bysomeone from the Sod area. Please help. Joetta ...
20/02/2025

We are trying to determine where this picture was taken. It was owned bysomeone from the Sod area. Please help. Joetta McCallister

15/01/2025
Robby Wade, his step son, Elijah McCormick, and the dog is Ticky
12/01/2025

Robby Wade, his step son, Elijah McCormick, and the dog is Ticky

06/01/2025

The tree stump pictured below may seem unassuming but around 150 years ago, 12 men were hanged from a branch on it. George Tackett operated a stage station that stood just off screen, which was built in the early 1860s, and would have operated for a few decades. Tackett ran the station in the early years and acted as a de facto sheriff in the surrounding area, hence all the hangings. This is alleged to have been the tree from which he did it, after which he would use his hatchet to chop a notch into the tree to count another hanging. When being interviewed in later years, Tackett was asked if the stories were true, and he pointed to his rifle and stated “I once killed 3 men before breakfast.” Also, and kind of randomly, Bob Barker from “The Price is Right” is/was a descendent of George Tackett.
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