Nicholas County Courthouse News: December 20 through January 9
The following Death Certificates were filed in Nicholas County between December 20 and January 9:
Filed December 22, 2025:
- Timothy Lee Brown
- Karen Jean Dillon
- Ira Roosevelt Phillips
- Donald Shirley Sweeney
Filed January 9, 2026:
- James Allen Ashcraft
- Richard Reese Bragg
- Delano Dee Buchanan
- William Donaldson Corbitt
- Barbara Mae Dempsey
- Genevieve Gibson
- Deloris June Hamrick
- Kathryn June Holmes
- Betty Frances Legg
- James Camdon McClung
- Rose Marie Molnar
- Norma Aileen Nettles
- Timothy Allen Pritt
The following Marriage Certificates were filed in Nicholas County between December 20 and January 9:
Filed December 30, 2025:
- Jamie Faye McCourt and Jack Harley Wilfong
- Ottie Anne Hypes and Obed Clyde Bailes
The following Land Transfers were filed in Nicholas County between December 20 and January 9:
Filed December 22, 2025:
- Gauley River Railroad Inc. to Bright Lands LLC: 6.28 acres, Summersville District.
- Anna L. Cutlip Life Estate to John Backus Revocable Living Trust (John D. Brackus trustee): 1.24 acres, Wilderness District.
- Brent Gray and Shawn Gray to Sheila Gray and Gorge Getaway LLC: 2.07 acres, Wilderness District.
Filed December 23, 2025:
- Back Forty Ranch Incorporated to Howard F. Harris Estate, CCS Land Group LLC, James H. Hunter Trustee, and William L. Harris (trustee): corrective, 10.274 acres, Wilderness District.
- Shiela K. Facemire to Ram Enterprise LLC: 0.54 acres, Kentucky District.
Filed December 29, 2025:
- Mary J. Beam Estate (by executor Terrence C. Beam) to Kinsey L. Baldwin and Garrett Sharp: lot 32, Lillywood, Kentucky District.
- Delbert E. Jarvis Estate (by Bonnie S. Young executrix) to Jason R. Miller, Holly S. Miller, and J&K Farms: certain tracts & R/W, Beaver District.
Filed December 30, 2025:
- David E. Groves to William H. Salomon Jr. and Stacy L. Saloman: lot no C20 space 1&2, Mount Vernon Cemetery, Hamilton District.
- Thomas F. Bailes Contracting Co Inc. to Eric J. Bailes: lot 7, Thomas M. Bailes SD, Summersville District.
- Caleb Hanna to Kimberly A. Arden: 0.388 acres, Wilderness District.
- James E. Griffin, Patricia L. Griffin, and Stella L. Amick to James E. Griffin and Patricia L. Griffin: partition 0.97 acres, Kentucky District.
- Cody L. Nelson to Amanda Jarvis and Wayned Griffith: certain tracts, grant district.
Filed January 5, 2026:
- John D. Backus to John Backus Revocable Living Trust by John Backus (trustee): 1.50 acres, Jefferson District.
- Ted T. Cranford and Evelyn M. Cranford and Dekota J. Bailes: 1 acre, Kentucky District.
- LCG LLC to White Pine Inc: 45.55% of ½ interest, 6 FXC Hanna Land, Beaver District.
- Mark A. McClung to Delmer L. Tate and Mary J. Tate: 61 4/40, Meadow River, Wilderness District.
- John W. Cruikshank to John W. Cruikshank Jr.: TOD, certain tracts, Jefferson District.
Filed January 6, 2026:
- Karren Zenzick Estate (by executor Mark A. Chapman) to Mark A. Chapman II: 2.02 acres.
- J. Walter Copley Jr. and Patricia L. Copley to J. Walter Copley III and Jeffrey A. Copley: TOD certain tracts, Richwood District.
- Charles W. Kincaid to Shawn Cowell and Melanie Carr: ½ sur, NS Cherry /T/, Beaver District.
- James L. McClung to James B. McClung: quitclaim, 1.13 acres, Wilderness District.
- Tony L. Coffman to Birchco LLC: certain tracts & RES, Hamilton District.
- Valley Industrial Real Estate LLC to Birchco LLC: ½ acres & ½ acre, Hamilton District.
- Kathryn S. Clark to Arthur C. Summers: quitclaim, 0.40 acres, & 20 foot R/W, Jefferson District.
- Kathryn S. Clark to Arthur C. Summers: quitclaim, 125.53 acres, Grant District.
