Aly Hatfield Survey (1849)
01 Monday Mar 2021
Posted Wharncliffe
in01 Monday Mar 2021
Posted Wharncliffe
in22 Monday Feb 2021
Posted Big Sandy Valley, Matewan
inTags
A.J. Baker, Alexander Mounts, Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, Charles Mounts, Charleston, Christian M. Cline, Cincinnati, Four Pole Creek, genealogy, history, J.C. Alderson, J.D. Sergeant, Jackson Mounts, Jacob Smith, James Laidley, James OKeeffe, John Counts, John Mullins, Julius C. Williamson, Kanawha County, Kentucky, Lewis Ferrell, McDowell County, Minnesota, Morehead, Oswald Schaaf, Philadelphia, Pike County, Pond, Roane County, Stuart Wood, T.W. Blankenship, Tazewell County, W.W. Adams, Warren Alderson, West Virginia, Wheeling, William P. Payne, Wytheville
What follows is a list of absentee landowners in Magnolia Township/District of Logan County, WV, for 1870, 1886, and 1889… There are three significant categories of absentee landowners: 1) those who live outside of Logan County; 2) those who live in Logan County but outside of Magnolia District; and 3) those who own property, for example, at Mate Creek but reside, for example, at Grapevine Creek (both within the district). This list only includes the former.
1870
John Counts, Minnesota, 180 acres, Mates Creek
Charles Mounts Estate and Jackson Mounts, Kentucky, 150 acres, Sandy River
John Mullins, McDowell County, 150 acres, Tug Fork of Sandy River
Alexander Mounts, Kentucky, 100 acres, Sandy River
Alexander Mounts, Kentucky, 100 acres, Sandy River
Alexander Mounts, Kentucky, 100 acres, Sandy River
Christian M. Cline, McDowell County, 68 acres, Four Pole Creek and Sandy
John Counts, Minnesota, 50 acres, Mates Creek
Christian M. Cline, McDowell County, 17 acres, Four Pole Creek and Sandy
1886
Warren Alderson, Morehead KY, 2999 acres
Jacob Smith, Mouth of Pond KY, 2050 acres
J.D. Sergeant, Philadelphia PA, 1581 acres
Julius C. Williamson, Kentucky, 1353 acres
T.W. Blankenship, Roane County, 1200 acres
Anthony Lawson estate, Wytheville VA, 816 acres
Oswald Schaaf, Cincinnati OH, 650 acres
A.J. Baker, unknown, 300 acres
James Laidley, Kanawha County, 141 acres
1889
J.D. Sergeant, Philadelphia PA, 8976 acres
James OKeeffe, Tazewell County VA, 3592 acres
Stuart Wood, Philadelphia PA, 1093 acres
Warren Alderson, Morehead KY*, 800 acres
F. Slutienburgh, Cincinnati OH, 350 acres
J.C. Alderson and W.W. Adams et al., Wheeling and Charleston
Lewis Ferrell heirs, Pike County KY
Anthony Lawson heirs, Wytheville VA
William P. Payne et al., McDowell County
*Note: Residence located in Logan County in 1889 but in Morehead, Kentucky, for all other years.
Source: Land Book 1880-1886 and Land Book 1887-1892.
05 Friday Feb 2021
Posted Big Harts Creek
in28 Monday Dec 2020
Posted Guyandotte River, Little Harts Creek
in27 Sunday Dec 2020
Posted Big Harts Creek
in03 Thursday Dec 2020
Posted Big Sandy Valley
in04 Tuesday Dec 2018
Posted Logan
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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, county clerk, genealogy, history, James Browning, James Lawson, Logan County, Virginia, West Virginia, William Straton
Deed Book C, page 215, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
Deed Book C, page 216, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
11 Sunday Mar 2018
Posted Big Harts Creek, Shively
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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, Corbin Bryant, genealogy, Hampton White, Harts Creek, history, John Chambers, Logan County, Samuel Vannatter, Virginia, W.I. Campbell, West Virginia, White Oak, William Straton
Deed Book C, page ___, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. This property is located in present-day West Virginia.
29 Sunday Oct 2017
Posted Big Harts Creek
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Anthony Lawson, genealogy, Harts Creek, history, James Lawson, Logan County, Marsh Fork, Patton Thompson, Virginia, West Virginia, William Straton, William Thompson
Deed Book C, page 272, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Patton Thompson is my great-great-great-grandfather.
Deed Book C, page 273, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV.
23 Monday Oct 2017
Posted Little Harts Creek
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Anthony Lawson, Appalachia, genealogy, history, James Lawson, John Lucas, Lincoln County, Little Harts Creek, Logan County, Logan Court House, Mary Lucas, Price Lucas, Virginia, West Virginia
Deed Book C, page 261, Logan County Clerk’s Office, Logan, WV. Price Lucas, the son of John and Mary (Fry) Lucas, is my great-great-great-great-grandfather. This land is located in present-day Lincoln County, WV.
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