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The following land information is derived from Land Book 1866-1872, Land Book 1873-1874, Land Book 1880-1886, Land Book 1887-1892, and Land Book 1893-1899 at the Logan County Clerk’s Office in Logan, WV:
Anderson Hatfield
[Property listed in name of Levecy Hatfield in 1869, Levica Hatfield in 1870-1871, Levisa Hatfield in 1872, 1874, and 1876, Levitna Hatfield in 1873, Lavisa Hatfield in 1875, Levica Hatfield in 1889, Lovicy Hatfield in 1890-1891, Lovica Hatfield in 1892, and Levicy Hatfield in 1893.]
No property listed in 1865-1868.
1869: Magnolia Township
100 acres Mates Creek $4.20 per acre no building $420 total
55 acres Mates Creek $2.10 per acre $75 building $136.50 total
[Note: Both tracts were acquired in 1869 from George Hatfield of Kentucky. Also, the 55-acre total value figure did not include the value of the building.]
1870: Magnolia Township
100 acres Mates Creek $4.20 per acre no building $420 total
55 acres Mates Creek $2.10 per acre no building $136.50 total
1871-1872: Magnolia Township
100 acres Mates Creek $4.20 per acre no building $420 total
55 acres Mates Creek $2.10 per acre no building $115.50 total
[Note discrepancy in the valuation for the 55-acre tract.]
1873: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $5.25 per acre no building $441 total
55 acres Mates Creek $4.20 per acre no building $420 total
1874: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $4.20 per acre no building $420 total
55 acres Mates Creek $2.10 per acre $115.50 total
1875: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $4 per acre $50 building $400 total
55 acres Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $13.75 total
1876: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $4 per acre no building $400 total
55 acres Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $13.75
[Note: In 1876, Anderson Hatfield transferred 200 acres on Mates Creek worth $0.25 per acre and with a total worth of fifty dollars to Polly Hatfield; the 1878 land record corrected the acreage to 55 acres by order of P.A. Counts]
1877: Magnolia District
No records available for this year.
1878: Magnolia District
Anse Hatfield owned no property in 1878.
[In 1878, Anderson Hatfield transferred 150 acres on Double Camp and Road Fork of Mate to Floyd Hatfield worth twenty cents per acre and with a total worth of $20. Records showed this as “transferred from Anderson Hatfield.”]
1879: Magnolia District
No records exist for this year.
1880-1881: Magnolia District
Anse Hatfield owned no land.
1882: Magnolia District
The Hatfield page is missing from records.
1883: Magnolia District
Records for this district are blank.
1884: Magnolia District
37 acres Tug River $1 per acre no building $37 total
2900 acres Grape Vine, Tug River $1.25 per acre $50 building $3625 total
[Note: In 1884, Anse transferred 100 acres to Daniel Christian on Grape Vine and Sandy River worth $1.25 per acre with no building and valued at $125. In 1884, Anse transferred 150 acres on Beech Creek and Sandy River to Jacob Francesco worth $1 per acre with no buildings and total value at $150. This latter tract states “by A. Hatfield by P. Mayhorn” and adds that “books don’t show A. Hatfield is owner.” Anse is not named in the 1884 deed to Jacob Francesco.]
1885: Magnolia District
37 acres Tug River $1 per acre no building $37 total
2750 acres Grapevine Creek and Tug River $1.25 per acre $50 building $3437.50 total
[In 1885, he transferred 50 acres on Sandy River to Moses Christian worth $1.25 per acre with a total worth of $62.50. In 1885, he transferred 100 acres on Grapevine Creek to Samuel Mayhorn worth $1.25 per acre with a total worth of $125.]
1886: Magnolia District
No property listed for him in 1886.
[In 1886, he transferred 500 acres on Pigeon Creek to James Ferrell worth $1.12 per acre with a total worth of $500. This note referenced him as “A. Hatfield Sr.” In 1886, he transferred 25 acres on Tug River to E.S. Murphy worth $1 per acre and a total worth of $25. In 1886, he transferred 340 acres on Beech Creek to Harrison Steel valued at $2.25 per acre and with a total worth of $765. This latter note stated: “2 years back tax and with interest; transferred from Ans Hatfield.”]
1887: Magnolia District
37 acres Tug River $1 per acre no building $37 total
2360 acres Grape Vine $1.25 per acre $50 building $2950 total
[Note: For both entries, the record reads: “one yr bk tax & interest.” In 1887, he transferred 69 acres on Sandy River worth $1 per acre and total worth of $69 to James Mounts. In 1887, he transferred with others 100 acres on Sandy River worth $1 per acre and total value of $100 to Charles R. Mounts. In 1887, he transferred 200 acres on Beech Creek to Harrison Steel worth $1 per acre and total value of $200.]
1888: Magnolia District
No property listed for him, but a note in 1893 lists back taxes owed for
Anderson Hatfield
2656 1/2 acres Grapevine Creek $3.50 per acre no building $9297.75 total
[Note: In 1888, he transferred 300 acres on Grapevine, Sandy River worth $1.25 per acre and total value of $375 to J.D. Sergeant of Philadelphia, PA. In 1888, he transferred along with others 1385 acres on Sandy River worth $1.25 per acre and total worth of $1632 to J.D. Sergeant.]
1889: Logan District
Levica Hatfield
250 acres Island Creek $1 per acre no building $250 total
200 acres Island Creek $1.40 per acre no building $280 total
[Note: The 250-acre tract was transferred from S. or L.D. Steel. The 200-acre tract was transferred from S.S. Steel.]
1889: Magnolia District
Anderson Hatfield
2656 1/2 acres Grapevine Creek $3.50 per acre no building $9297.75 total
1890-1891: Logan District
Lovicy Hatfield
250 acres Island Creek $1 per acre no building $250 total
200 acres Island Creek $1.40 per acre no building $280 total
1890-1891: Magnolia District
Anderson Hatfield
2656 1/2 acres Grapevine Creek $3.50 per acre no building $9297.75 total
1892: Logan District
Lovica Hatfield
250 acres Island Creek $2 per acre no building $500 total
200 acres Island Creek $5 per acre $500 building $1000 total
1892: Magnolia District
Anderson Hatfield
2656 1/2 acres Grapevine Creek $3.50 per acre no building $9297.75 total
1893-1894: Logan District
Levicy Hatfield
250 acres Island Creek $2 per acre no building $500 total
200 acres Island creek $5 per acre $500 building $1000 total
1893: Magnolia District
Anderson Hatfield
2656 1/2 acres Grapevine Creek $3.50 per acre no building $9297.75 total
[Note: In 1893, the tract at Grapevine Creek was noted: “entered with 5 yrs back taxes and interest.”]
1894: Magnolia District
Anderson Hatfield
2656 1/2 acres Grapevine Creek $3.50 per acre no building $9298 total