That sounds like a great start! You may find some of the discussions on the soil/compost/mulch forum informative and pertinent.

Since you are going to take some time contact your counties office of the West Virginia university Cooperative Extension Service and ask about having a good, reliable soil test done so you know what your soils pH is and what you need to do, if anything to correct that as well as the major nutrient levels are. You can also use these simple soil tests,
1) Structure. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. A good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top.

2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains� too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up.

3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart.

4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell.

5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy.
to see if anythjing else needs to be done.
You do have a good start.

Have you considered gardening on top of the soil??? I have done it for years with great success. Check out this link and let me know if you need additional info. Will be glad to help~

Here is a link that might be useful: Tess' Till-less, Organic Garden 2012

yes best solution by far will be raised beds, there will be no need to do any quality testing of what is there.

len

Here is a link that might be useful: lens straw bale garden

Thanks for the advice. I did look at raised garden beds but then I have a 2000 sq ft plot and I feel building one or two raised beds will look ugly. Since I will be living here for a long time I thought I would rather put in the effort to build the soil the right way. The soil is pretty bad. There are no earthworms and I see rocks, construction material and concrete at the top 3-4 inches. I had dug a 3X3 ft hole and filled it with water and the water did not drain after 4 days. I decided not to do a soil test now as I am getting rid of the top 12 inches of the soil and thought I might do the soil test after 5 months. My plan for now is to takeout 12 inches of the soil, rocks and fill it with manure and cover the manure with grass clippins, new top soil and dried leaves and leave this until next spring. Then I can add a layer of compost, soil and mulch and do my planting.

A good, reliable soil test is one tool a gardener/farmer can use to help them grow strong and healthy plants. Many people have gardened for many years without a soil test, without too many problems.
A soil test can save you money by keeping you from adding unneeded fertilizers.
A soil test is environmentally correct since it keeps you from adding unneeded nutrietns that can cause pollution.
A soil test can help plants grow up healthy by guiding you in providing what those plants need, but not too much that can interfere with a plants ability to properly utilize other nutrients. For example, plants need Magnesium to properly ustilize Calcium, but too much Magnesium can interfere with the plants ability to use Calcium, and then again plants need Calcium to properly use Magnesium and an imbalance causes problems. So how would you know whether your soils Ca and Mg are in balance without a good, reliable soil test?

I am all for the raised bed, even the new easy 12 inch deep with all store bought mix should have at less one soil test.
You are not using chemicals for growth & to stop pest, but you would use too much of one & not enough of another of the 20 nutrients for healthy plants?

Get a post hole digger, as large as two people can handle and dig a hold three to four feet deep to see what is down there.
Fill that hole with water and see what happens.

Two years ago I landscaped at a new house site in Iowa.
I had to dig two holes for new trees about three by three by three.
In one hole I poked through the clay added to the site for building and it drained well, the other I never got through the clay.
I told my boss and he said just add some stuff in the hole blah, blah, blah.
Well the tree in the first hole thrived, the tree in the second died less than a month later.

There is no need to dig a hole 3 or 4 feet deep, the one foot square by one foot deep is more than ample and a lot easier to do.