1. 1920 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Twin Branch; taken on 17 Jan 1920; Page
257B; Image 23 of 26; Family #582/586.
Listed as Walter King; age 5; born in WV; Black; in household of father, Robert A. King.
2. 1930 Census, Raleigh Co, WV; Slab Fork District; taken on 24 Apr 1930; Page 139A; Image 69 of 105;
Family #576/658.
Listed as Walter King; age 16; born in WV; Negro; in household of father, Robert A. King.
3. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 124; WV Archives Website.
Walter Leon King age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; Colored; living at Layland, WV; married on 4 Jun
1935 in Irquiors, WV; Louise Estelle Brown; age 22; born in Indepdence, VA; Colored; living at Ury, WV.
1. Raleigh Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1935); Page 124; WV Archives Website.
Walter Leon King age 21; born in McDowell Co, WV; Colored; living at Layland, WV; married on 4 Jun
1935 in Irquiors, WV; Louise Estelle Brown; age 22; born in Indepdence, VA; Colored; living at Ury, WV.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1943); Page 399; WV Archives Website.
George Harris; age 50; born in PA; widowed; Colored; living at Iaeger, WV; married on 10 Dec 1943
in Davy, WV; Louise King; age 37; born in VA; divorced; Colored; living at Iaeger, WV.
3. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 21; Dwelling #153.
Listed as Louise Harris; age 39; born in VA; married; Negro; in household of husband, George Harris.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 21; Dwelling #153.
Listed as Donald E. King; age 15; born in WV; Negro; in household of step-father, George Harris.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #153.
Listed as Mary E. King; age 12; born in WV; Negro; in household of step-father, George Harris.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as John Collier; age 6; born in AL; Colored; in household of father, Kille Collier.
2. Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name John Collier
Gender Male
Marriage Date 11 Aug 1897
Marriage Place Pike, Alabama, USA
Spouse Rosa Riggins
Film Number 001033201"
3. 1900 Census, Pike Co, AL; Dixon; taken 13 Jun 1900; Page 177 A; Family #195/196.
Listed as John Collier; age 26; born in Aug 1873 in AL; married 4 yrs; Black; farmer; head of
household.
4. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as John Collier; age 34; born in AL; married once for 12 yrs; Mullatto; laborer for tobacco
farm; head of household.
5. 1930 Census; Fayette Co, WV; Kanawha District; taken 28 Apr 1930; Page 222 B; Family #556/558.
Listed as John F. Collier; age 55; born in AL; married; Negro; Baptist church minister; head of
household.
6. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name John Floyd Collier
Gender Male
Race Black
Birth Date 15 Sep 1874
Birth Place Barbour, Alabama
Father Killis Collier
Mother Smithey Lawrence
SSN 232427850
Notes Jun 1945: Name listed as JOHN FLOYD COLLIER
7. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #10854; WV Archives Website.
John Floyd Collier; age 73 yrs, 19 days; born 15 Aug 1863 (sic 1873) in Brundygee (sic, Brundidge),
AL; married; Colored, mail carrier; living at Davy, WV; son of Kilst and Mittie (Lawrence) Collier, both
born in Brundidge, AL; died 2 Sep 1946 at Davy, WV; due to uremia from prostate hypertrophy,
buried 8 Sep 1946 in cemetery at Roderfield, WV; informant, Moselle Collier, Davy, WV.
1. Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Rosa Riggins
Gender Female
Marriage Date 11 Aug 1897
Marriage Place Pike, Alabama, USA
Spouse John Collier
Film Number 001033201"
2. 1900 Census, Pike Co, AL; Dixon; taken 13 Jun 1900; Page 177 A; Family #195/196.
Listed as Rosa Collier; age 24; born in 1876 in AL; married 4 yrs; Black; 2 children, both living. in
household of husband, John F. Collier.
3. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as Rose Collier; age 36; born in AL; married once for 12 yrs; 8 children, 6 living; Mullatto; in
household of husband, John F. Collier.
4. 1930 Census; Fayette Co, WV; Kanawha District; taken 28 Apr 1930; Page 222 B; Family #556/558.
Listed as Rosa Collier; age 50; born in AL; married; Negro; in household of husband, John F. Collier.
5. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #154.
Listed as Rose Collier; age 72; born in AL; widow; Negro; head of household.
1. 1900 Census, Pike Co, AL; Dixon; taken 13 Jun 1900; Page 177 A; Family #195/196.
Listed as Annie Collier; age 5; born in Oct 1894 in AL; Black; in household of father, John F. Collier.
2. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as Annie Collier; age 14; born in AL; Mullatto; in household of father, John F. Collier.
1. 1900 Census, Pike Co, AL; Dixon; taken 13 Jun 1900; Page 177 A; Family #195/196.
Listed as Johnnie May Collier; age 2; born in Oct 1897 in AL; Black; in household of father, John F.
Collier.
2. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as John M. Collier; age 12; born in AL; Mullatto; in household of father, John F. Collier.
1. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as Elsie Collier; age 8; born in AL; Mullatto; in household of father, John F. Collier.
1. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as Mosell Collier; age 3; born in AL; Mullatto; in household of father, John F. Collier.
1. 1930 Census; Fayette Co, WV; Kanawha District; taken 28 Apr 1930; Page 222 B; Family #556/558.
Listed as James A. Collier; age 18; born in FL; Negro; section laborer for railroad; in household of
father, John F. Collier.
1. 1930 Census; Fayette Co, WV; Kanawha District; taken 28 Apr 1930; Page 222 B; Family #556/558.
Listed as Clarence Collier; age 15; born in AL; Negro; in household of father, John F. Collier.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Kille Collier; age 32; born in AL; married; farmer; Mulatto; head of household.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Smithey Collier; age 28; born in AL; married; Colored; in household of husband, Kille Collier.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Emma G. Collier; age 12; born in AL; Colored; in household of father, Kille Collier.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Jason Collier; age 12; born in AL; Colored; in household of father, Kille Collier.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Thomas Collier; age 8; born in AL; Colored; in household of father, Kille Collier.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Mary F. Collier; age 4; born in AL; Colored; in household of father, Kille Collier.
1. 1880 Census, Barbour Co, AL; Pea River; taken 1 Jun 1880; Page 364 A; Family #9/10.
Listed as Sarah G. Collier; age 1; born in AL; Colored; in household of father, Kille Collier.
1. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as Willie E. Collier; age 5; born in AL; Mullatto; in household of father, John F. Collier.
2. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1925); Page 137; WV Archives Website.
Willie Collier; age 20; born in Pike Col AL; single; Black; miner; living at Davy, WV; son of J.F. and Rosa;
married on 12 Jun 1925 at Welch, WV; Ruth Hamlet; age 17; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; Black;
daughter of Fred and Annie.
3. McDowell Co, WV; Death Certificate #18612; WV Archives Website.
Willie Elmer Collier; age 31 yrs, 6 mons, 6 days; born 30 May 1905 in Brundidge, AL; married; Negro;
husband of Ruth Hamlet; laborer for N&W railroad; living at Davy, WV; son of John and Rosa (Riggins)
Collier; died 6 Dec 1936 at Davy, WV; due to shotgun wound to the head; homicide; buried 11 Dec
1936 at Davy, WV; informant, John Collier, Davy, WV,
1. McDowell Co, WV; Marriage Records; Vol #__(1925); Page 137; WV Archives Website.
Willie Collier; age 20; born in Pike Col AL; single; Black; miner; living at Davy, WV; son of J.F. and Rosa;
married on 12 Jun 1925 at Welch, WV; Ruth Hamlet; age 17; born in McDowell Co, WV; single; Black;
daughter of Fred and Annie.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #154.
Listed as Joe Collier; age 24; born in WV; never married; Negro; coal loader in coal mine; in
household of grandmother, Rosa Riggins Collier.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #154.
Listed as Herbert Collier; age 19; born in WV; never married; Negro; section head for railroad; in
household of grandmother, Rosa Riggins Collier.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #154.
Listed as Rosetta Collier; age 12; born in WV; Negro; in household of grandmother, Rosa Riggins
Collier.
Joseph Thomas "Joe Tom" Collier
1. 1910 Census, Gadsden Co, FL; Havana; taken 13/ 14 May 1910; Page 153 B; Family #650/651.
Listed as Joseph T. Collier; age 1 yr, 6 mons; born in AL; Mullatto; in household of father, John F.
Collier.
2. McDowell Co, WV; WW II Draft Registration Card 427; 16 Oct 1940; Ancestry.com Website.
Joe Tom Collier; age 31; born 6 Sep 1909 in AL; living in Asco, WV; employed by Atlantic Smokeless
Coal Co, Asco, WV; name of person that will always know address, Mrs. Gladys Collier, wife, Asco, WV;
Negro; 5' 9-1/2" tall; 199 lbs; brown eyes; black hair; light brown complexion.
3. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #156.
Listed as Joe T. Collier; age 40; born in AL; married; Negro; mail carrier; head of household.
4. FindAGrave.com; Website; submitted by Jacques; 19 Nov 2008; maintained by LJAMES PHILLIPS.
" Joe Tom Collier
Birth 6 Sep 1909
Death 31 Aug 1979 (aged 69)
Burial Oak Grove Cemetery
Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Plot Garden of Peace Lot R020 Grave 3
Memorial ID 31559951"
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #156.
Listed as Gladys Collier; age 38; born in VA; married; Negro; in household of husband, Joe T. Collier.
2 . FindAGrave.com; Website; submitted by Jacques; 19 Nov 2008; maintained by LJAMES PHILLIPS.
" Gladys Annie Collier
Birth 9 Apr 1912
Death 16 Feb 1981 (aged 68)
Burial Oak Grove Cemetery
Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, USA
Plot Garden of Peace Lot R020 Grave 4
Memorial ID 31559949"·
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #159
Listed as Robert J. Urps; age 28; born in VA; married; brakeman in coal mine; head of household.
1. 1930 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy; taken on 10 Apr 1930; Page 87A;
Image 45 of 48; Family #51/88.
Listed as Janis M. Hurd; age 7; born in WV; in household of father, Tony S. Hurd
2. 1940 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; Davy; E.D. 24-35; taken on 5 Apr 1940;
Page 695A; Image 8 of 57; Household #72.
Listed as Janice M. Hurd; age 17; born in WV; single; 2 yrs HS education; attending school; lived in
same house on 1 Apr 1935; library assistant in NYA school library; in household of father, Tony S.
Hurd.
2. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #159
Listed as Janice M. Urps; age 27; born in WV; married; sales clerk in retail store; in household of
husband, Robert J. Urps.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #159
Listed as Estelle E. Urps; age 1; born in WV; in household of father, Robert J. Urps.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #160
Listed as Joe Mee; age 76; born in TN; married;; unable to work; head of household.
1. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Davy; taken 7 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 22; Dwelling #160
Listed as Nancy Mee; age 72; born in TN; married;; in household of husband, Joseph C. Mee.
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by KJHall;25 Sep 2009.
"William Walter Alley
Birth 18 Oct 1908
Virginia, USA
Death 3 Dec 1967 (aged 59)
Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
Burial Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery
Austinville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 42353898"Additional Information Posted:
"W. W. Alley"AUSTINVILLE – William Walter Alley, 59, retired employee of New Jersey Zinc Co., died in a Pulaski hospital Sunday, December 3, 1967. Surviving are his wife, Lessie Altizer Alley two sons, William W. Alley Jr., Thomason, Ohio, and Ray B. Alley, Paynesville, Ohio two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy L. Jackson and Mrs. Nellie Walls, Cleveland, Ohio a brother, Lee V. Alley, Austinville, and four sisters, Mrs. Mellie Riggins and Mrs. Lessie Dean, Austinville, and Mrs. Nettie Harris and Mrs. Bertha Grubb, Pulaski.
"Funeral services were conducted at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Bethany Methodist Church with burial in Bethany Cemetery. Morehead Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
"Galax Gazette
12-07-1967"
1. FindAGrave.com Website; submitted by KJHall;25 Sep 2009.
"Lessie Altizer Alley
Birth 8 Jun 1912
Canebrake, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA
Death 20 Nov 1989 (aged 77)
Virginia, USA
Burial Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery
Austinville, Wythe County, Virginia, USA
Memorial ID 42353734"
1. 1880 Census, Wyoming Co, WV, Complied by William A. March, Vol 4, page 728.
Center Township, page 015.
Listed as John H.C. Luster, age 3, in household of father, Charles K. Lester.
2. Wyoming Co, Marriage Records, Vol #5, Page 213; WV Archives Website.
John Columbus Lester, age 18, born and living in Wyoming Co, WV; son of Charles and Elizabeth
Lester, married on 16 Jul 1897 Luvena Mitchem, age 16, born in McDowell Co, WV, living in
Wyoming Co, WV; daughter ofThomas and Pricy Mitchem.
3. "Marriage Records of Wyoming Co, WV...", Vol 5, No 328, Haga, page 42.
John Lester, age 21, married on 25 Dec 1898 Roxie Belcher, age 19, daughter
of James and Martha Belcher.
4. Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name John Lester
Gender Male
Marriage Date 11 Aug 1904
Marriage Place Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse Nancy J. Hensly
Film Number 001943485"
5. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken 25 Apr 1910; Page 195B; Image 2 of
4; Family #216/229.
Listed as John Lester; age 27; born in KY; married three times; last time for 5 yrs; lumber man, head
of household.
6. 1940 Census, Mingo Co, WV; Stafford District; Gilbert Creek; taken 27 Apr 1940; Page 418 B;
Household #282.
Listed as John Lester; age 66; born in WV; married; 4th grade education; lived in same house on 1
Apr 1935; laborer in saw mill; head of household.
5. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Panther; taken 27 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 45; Dwelling #295.
Listed as John Lester; age 75; born in WV; married; unable to work; head of household.
6. McDowell Co,WV; Death Certificate #3224; WV Archives Website.
John C. Lester; age 77 yrs, 11 mons; born 8 Jan 1973 in WV; married; timber worker; living at
Mohawk, WV; son of Edward (sic?) and ____ Lester; died 19 Jan 1951 at Mohawk, WV; due to
pneumonia, lobar bilateral; buried 22 Jan 1951 in Long Pole Cemetery, Mohawk, WV; informant,
Daisy Collins.
1. Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965; Ancestry.com Website.
"Name Nancy J. Hensly
Gender Female
Marriage Date 11 Aug 1904
Marriage Place Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse John Lester
Film Number 001943485"
2. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken 25 Apr 1910; Page 195B; Image 2 of
4; Family #216/229.
Listed as Nancy Lester; age 30; born in KY; married twice; last time for 5 yrs; 7 children, 4 living;
in household of husband, John Lester.
3. 1940 Census, Mingo Co, WV; Stafford District; Gilbert Creek; taken 27 Apr 1940; Page 418 B;
Household #282.
Listed as Nancy Lester; age 66; born in KY; married; 2nd grade education; lived in same house on 1
Apr 1935; in household of husband, John C. Lester.
4. 1950 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Panther; taken 27 Apr 1950; Sheet Number 45; Dwelling #295.
Listed as Nancy Lester; age 73; born in KY; married; in household of husband, John C. Lester.
1. 1910 Census, McDowell Co, WV; Browns Creek District; taken 25 Apr 1910; Page 195B; Image 2 of
4; Family #216/229.
Listed as Ray Lester; age 3 mons; born in WV; in household of father, John Lester.