Places

States

The Border Area around West Virginia and Kentucky (and originally Virginia). The STATE pages summarize the overall creation and changes to COUNTY borders, whereas the COUNTY pages focus only on that county and it's history/geography.

Virginia		West Virginia
Ohio	. . . . .	Kentucky

Counties

State of Virginia	...	State of West Virginia	...	State of Kentucky	...	State of Ohio
Russell County, VA	...	Logan, WV	...	Pike, KY	...	Bulter, OH
Cabell County, VA	...	Mingo, WV	...	Menifee, KY	...
Kanawha County, VA	...		...	Perry, KY	...	Hamilton, OH
Wythe County, VA	...		...	Floyd, KY	...
Roane County, VA	...		...		...

Big A Mountain

Big A mountain, in Virginia (present day Buchanan County, wiki, but previously in Russel). In "Southwest Virginia Kin", Ethyl relates the story of how David Musick was killed near Big A (Chapter 1, Pg. 4).

David Musick was killed by Indians in the Big A, Mt. area of Russell County, Virginia ca 1792. A marker commemorating his death at the hands of Indians now stands, 1976 beside the highway which crosses Big A Mountain.

Then later she goes on to desribe how this is in the same New Garden (near Honaker) area where my ancestor William (Richard) Ferrell was also killed by Indians (Chapter 2, Pg. 96), and states it was originally called "Big Ass" mountain, then Big Butt, before settling on Big A.

Thompson's Creek is formed from various springs which flow from the south side of Big A Mountain, New Garden District, Russell County, Virginia and empties into the Clinch River on the south side of the present town of Honaker; and this is the location of the Ferrell lands dealt with in this compilation. Originally Big A Mountain was called Big Ass Mt. Then changed to a little more refined title, Big Butt Mt., then eventually to the name Big A Mountain which it bears today. Other Ferrell deeds bear the location Lewis Creek which flows from the northern side of Big A Mountain and also empties into the Clinch River.

Cities

Matewan, WV
Middletown, OH
Frenchburg, KY
Sudith, KY

Cemeteries

Upper Salt Lick Cemetery, Bath County, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.04993, -83.61892 Upper Salt Lick Church, Salt Lick, KY 40371 Upper Salt Lick Cemetery find-a-grave

• Arvid Ferrell and Anna Craig
  

W. H. Caudill Cemetery Perry County, KY. Coordinates: 37.12970, -83.18030. Viper, KY 41774 W. H. Caudill Cemetery find-a-grave

• Jerry Ferrell and Bertha 'Bert' Caudill
  

Smith Cemetery Menifee County, Kentucky, USA, Coordinates: 38.01194, -83.64361, Cemetery ID: 2345796, Smith Cemetery find-a-grave.

• Moses Ferrell and Clearisa Hatfield
  

Christian Cemetery Browning Fork Mingo County, West Virginia, USA Cemetery ID: 2179675 Christian Cemetery find-a-grave.

• Elijah Ferrell and Augusta Ellis
  

Houses

933 Congress Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45246
Current Address, since 2017-2023+, bought to move the in-laws in and be closer to the office when the golf course behind Top Flite closed and they started to build houses on it. Moved my in-laws in to the first floor master and remodeled the basement as a master for Elizabeth and I, then built an addition for our garage, a new guest suite with kitchenette, and a workout room.

3708 Top Flite Ln
Mason, OH 45040
We bought this house about 2013, around the corner from our previous Wandering Way home, a beautiful modern stucco on a pond with a 6 car garage, just because it was so beautiful and was on a great lot with a pond. I loved this house, and we thought we'd move the in-laws in here, as it had lots of room and second master in the basement with garage access that we remodeled, but they didn't like the idea of 'moving in with us'. And then the golf course closed.

5274 Wandering Way
Mason, OH 45040
Elizabeth and I bought this house because of the 3 car garage to build the Velocity in, in January 2002, had not moved in before Pop died, but he saw it being finished and showed it to Aunt Fay and cousin Cathy. The house was a 'spec', or built on speculation, home when we bought it - it was 70% or so complete, but we got to pick our finishes and have the garage setup for the airplane build. We later finished the basement ourselves with full guest suite with egress window.

5370 Heather Circle
Mason, OH 45040
I bought this shortly after my divorce, a nice condo near the ST RT 741 Kroger in Mason, near where "Putters" bar and restaurant used to be. It was really nice, with a 1 car garage for my Porsche Boxster, and the master bedroom was large and directly over the garage. The second bedroom was an open loft over the family room, which I used as an office, and the had a Jack-n-Jill door to the second bathroom which opened to the hall. It had a front porch and side patio.

1300 W. Northbend Road
Cincinnati, OH 45224
This was my first house, bought this after getting hired by P&G in 1997, just up the road from the P&G Winton Hill Technical Center. It had a detached garage and a tiny yard that I mowed with an electric (battery powered) mower. It was stone and stucco, with 1 foot thick stone foundation built in 1929, but was really upscale when built so it actually had closets (which was rare for that period) and a Cincinnati Rookwood Pottery fireplace surround.

6633 Highland Greens Drive, Apt. G204
West Chester, OH 45069
Moved here a year or so later to get a better apartment. This place was OK, but it had free steam heat, and a central hallway the apartments opened onto, and it was pretty much always too hot if the heat was on, so we cracked a window often to cool it - and folks propped the firedoors a lot.

6754 Lakeside Drive, Apt. D316
West Chester, OH 45069
Moved here after college and marriage to Catherine, off I-75 at Cincinnati-Dayton Road. She didn't spend a lot of time here before heading off to UT in Knoxville.

868 Trails End Drive
Monroe, OH 45050
We moved here after mom died, on January 1st 1983, a brutally cold day and the U-Haul truck broke down on Cincinnati-Dayton road on us. Dave was basically done with highschool when we moved, so I don't think it was as big a deal for him, but I never really settled in here. I didn't have friends in the neighborhood, which felt really weird, but it was still awhile before I could drive.

6090 Serena Way
Middletown, OH 45044
We moved here when I was about 8, after getting hit by car - mom insisted Granada neighborhood wasn't safe. 6090 Serena way was our parents dream home, they installed the pool and considered putting in a lighted tennis court (that was the big family activity for the 4 of us! The pool was great, and we played in it a ton, even though it was always too cold - we didn't have a heater, and the solar blanket was not that effective. The yards were big, and we played football all the time (breaking my arm at one point), and we would run around the farm of Mr. Zucker, and play in the woods for hours.

510 Grenada Ave
Middletown, OH 45044
We lived here in elementary school, maybe moving here when I was about 4 years old? There were some rough kids around that would bully us, and I was really only good friends with Julie Chapman next door and a couple of boys up the street, maybe the Pergrines?

843 Foster St
Franklin, OH 45005
From my newspaper birth announcement, but I have literally no memory of this place.