If you go to www.uslandrecords.com and select West Virginia then select Ritchie and put in Barker Creed you will find an entry.
You can search the Ritchie county sheriff's tax records Ritchie County Sheriff tax records
for Barker Creed. I found tax tickets going back several years.
There might be other things we can help you with.
Ask the lawyer for information about the lease which you said they had mailed. You need to see which company is involved, what are the terms of the lease, etc.
You must somehow be related to Creed Barker. Creed is an old honored forename in Ritchie county. Creed Collins, long deceased, has a school named after him.