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.