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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:
Elias Hatfield
No property listed in 1865-1868.
1869-1870: Magnolia Township
100 acres Mates Creek $4.00 per acre no building $400 total from E.K. Counts
30 acres Mates Creek $10 per acre no building $300 total from E.K. Counts
50 acres Mates Creek $20 per acre no building $1000 total from E.K. Counts
1871: Magnolia Township
100 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $90 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $150 total
1872: Magnolia Township
100 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $90 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $150 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $150 total
350 acres Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $87.50 total from W. Alderson (assessor)
1873: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $40 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
400 acres Two Tracts Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $400 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
350 acres Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $87.50 total
1874: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre $50 building $300 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $40 total
400 acres Two Tracts Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $400 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
350 acres Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $87.50 total
1875-1876: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre $50 building $300 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3.00 per acre no building $40 total
400 acres Two Tracts Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $400 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
[Note: In 1875, Elias transferred his 350-acre tract but records do not identify the recipient.]
1877: Magnolia District
Records are blank for this district.
1878: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $90 building $90 total
400 acres 2 Tracts, Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $100 total
50 acres Mates Creek $2 per acre no building $100 total
[Note: Records for this year spelled his name as Allias Hatfield.]
1879: Magnolia District
Records are missing for this year
1880: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $90 building $90 total
400 acres 2 Tracts, Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $100 total
50 acres Mates Creek $2 per acre no building $100 total
1881: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $90 total
400 acres 2 Tracts, Mates Creek $0.25 per acre no building $100 total
50 acres Mates Creek $2 per acre no building $100 total
[Note: The 100-acre tract was noted with this: “yrs from G.W. Duty.” The 30 acre tract was noted as “change to Hardee Dist on Book 1882.”]
1882: Magnolia District
The Hatfield page is missing.
1883: Magnolia District
The record is blank for this district
1884: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $4 per acre $30 building $120 total
400 acres 2 Tracts, Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $400 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
1885: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $4 per acre $30 building $120 total
400 acres 2 Tracts, Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $400 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
749 acres Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $749
322 acres Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $322 total
[In 1885, he acquired the 749-acre tract from a commissioner. No indication is given about the source of the 322 acres.]
1886: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre [blank]
30 acres Mates Creek $4 per acre [blank]
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre [blank]
1471 acres 4 Tracts Mates Creek $1 per acre [blank]
600 acres Sandy River $1.90 per acre no building $56 total
1887: Magnolia District
100 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre $50 building $300 total
30 acres Mates Creek $4 per acre $30 building $120 total
50 acres Mates Creek $3 per acre no building $150 total
1471 acres 4 Tracts, Mates Creek $1 per acre no building $1471 total
600 acres Sandy River $1.90 per acre $40 building $1140 total
1888: Magnolia District
600 acres Sandy River $1.90 per acre $40 building $1140 total
1889-1891: Magnolia District
600 acres Sandy River $1.90 per acre $40 building $1140 total
1889-1891: Logan District
30 acres Big Island $20 per acre no building $600 total
13 acres Big Island and Washed Part $1 per acre no building $13 total
[Note: The 30-acre tract was acquired from Oliver Perry. No indication of the source for the 13 acres. According to the 21 March 1889 issue of the Logan County Banner: “On the 18th inst., Elias Hatfield, purchased of Oliver Perry, the property known as the ‘Big Island’ near this place.”]
1892-1894: Magnolia District
400 acres Sandy River $5 per acre $50 building $2000 total
1892-1894: Logan District
25 acres Big Island Guyandotte River $20 per acre no building $500 total
18 acres Big Island Guyandotte River $1 per acre no building $18 total