Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

LAWSON W. BELT 

     Lawson S. Belt, born April 15, 1855, in what is now Wirt County, 
West Virginia, was a son of Silas and Angeline (Morgan) Belt. On his 
mother's side he is descended from the Morgan family celebrated as 
Indian fighters, and one of his mother's brothers possesses a piece 
of tanned Indian skin, from the body of an Indian killed in 
Monongalia County, Virginia, by Daniel Morgan. 
     John R. Belt, a brother of Lawson S., was an Indian fighter of 
our day, and was wounded while engaged with the Indians under the 
redoubtable "Capt. Jack" in the lava beds. 
     In 1880 Lawson S. Belt took up his residence in Calhoun County, 
and in this same county, on Christmas Day of 1880, he was united in 
marriage with Florence H. Ferrell. Her parents, well known residents 
here, are Harrison and Julia (Cox) Ferrel, who came to Calhoun County 
May 2, 1853. Here their daughter, Florence H., was born on the 23rd 
of February l861. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Belt has been blessed 
with one daughter, Amanda Lee, born November 22, 1881. Farming is the 
occupation of Lawson S. Belt, his land lying in Sheridan district, 
his postoffice is Big Bend, Calhoun County, West Virginia. 

(Linda Fluharty)