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Jay Legg was a woodhick from Clay Co, WVa. He was on a log drive down the Elk River which flows into the Great Kanawha River at Charleston WVa. The 'drive' would last for several days down the river depending how high the 'spring tide' was. John Morris b'46 from Ivydale, Clay Co remembers story which was passed down: "Jay got part way down river. There is a big rock up on the side of hill at ________. Jay suddenly saw a vision. He tied up the 'ark' he was on and told the boss. "I saw myself at that _____ rock and I saw myself in great turmoil and I'm goin home." An ark was several logs connected - dogged - together and made into a raft. There would then be 2 or 3 with a cook shack and a bunk house on one. the other would have a shed to keep the horses in. they were used to pull the logs back off the bank if they got washed up there. The date of his murder was shortly after 1900. Aunt Minnie Moss may have made up this song, but would deny it because of the anger still in the community. I heard Maggie Hammons Parker sing this about autumn 1969. This 'news song' had traveled from Clay County, through Webster Co and on up the Williams River in Pocahontas County.

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Dwight Diller and David Nemec West Virginia

Traditional Mountain Music from
the Yew Pine Mountain range of Pocahontas County containing Cheat, Elk, Black, Cranberry, Kennison, Viney, Caesar and Droop Mountains. Virtually every musician in these recordings are West Virginians. ... more

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