Land Patents prior to 1848

Date: 1824 to 1839
Location: Bibb, Alabama, United States

According to 1848 Bibb County, Alabama tax assessments, Elias Callahan owned land in Bibb County, Township 24, Range 8, Section 3 and/or Section 4

Geographic map of Elias Callahan Lands in 1848[1]

Close-up of map of Callahan's land in 1848[1]

In the above maps, the lands owned by Elias would have been within the rectangle outlined in yellow. Within that yellow rectangle, are 2 red rectangles, which (from left to right) are respectively Section 4 and Section 3 (of Township 24, Range 8). The Bibb County Tax assessment only lists that his lands were within sections 3, 4, but it is highly unlikely that he owned all the land within Sections 3 and 4. His 1848 tax assessment was for $350 (i.e., the value of the land); and given that the original land patents in Alabama around that time were sold for ~$1.25 per acre, then he may have owned on order of 200 - 300 acres of land. A section of a township typically was 640 acres, which could and was easily quartered into 160 acres, and could and was further subdivided/quartered into "aliquots" of 40 acres each. Hence, if the 1848 tax assessment was accurate that Elias Callahan owned land in both Section 3 and Section 4, which in total had an assessed value of $350, then he may have had abutting aliquots from Section 3 and Section 4.

Land patents made prior to 1848 in Bibb County, Alabama for Township 24, Range 8, Sections 3 and 4, using the Bureau of Land Management website for land patents made in T24, R8, S3 ^[2] or T24, R8, S4^[3]

However, his name is not listed in the table below. This suggests that Elias Callahan may have purchased his land from one or more of the people below (or their heirs, or possibly an intermediate owner).

Accession	Names	Date	Doc #	State	Meridian	Twp - Rng	Aliquots	Sec. #	County
AL0740__.302	GOSS, MATTHEW	12/1/1826	5379	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	E½SE¼	3	Bibb
AL0770__.371	CUTTS, WILLIAM & James	11/1/1830	6991	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	E½NE¼	3	Bibb
AL0780__.004	CARTER, EDMUND	1/4/1831	7152	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	E½NE¼	4	Bibb
AL0780__.246	FALGHAM, JOHN R	7/1/1831	7379	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	E½SE¼	4	Bibb
AL0780__.349	CLEMENTS, HARDY	1/2/1832	7471	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	W½SE¼	4	Bibb
AL0800__.368	FULGHAM, JOHN R	10/14/1834	8520	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	NW¼SW¼	3	Bibb
AL0800__.369	FULGHAM, JOHN R	10/14/1834	8521	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	SW¼NW¼	3	Bibb
AL0800__.370	CARTER, EDMUND	10/14/1834	8522	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	SW¼NE¼	4	Bibb
AL0840__.172	BURNS, DEMPSEY	10/1/1835	10363	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	SW¼SW¼	3	Bibb
AL0850__.309	HASTY, JAMES	10/1/1835	11001	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	NW¼NE¼	3	Bibb
AL0840__.173	BURNS, WILLIAM	10/1/1835	10364	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	NE¼SW¼	4	Bibb
AL0900__.087	BURNS, WILLIAM	3/30/1837	13440	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	E½SW¼	3	Bibb
AL0940__.498	MCELROY, BAILEY	4/1/1837	15888	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	SE¼NW¼	3	Bibb
AL2650__.259	MCELROY, BAILEY	9/20/1839	22063	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	SW¼NE¼	3	Bibb
AL2650__.257	MUCKLEROY, WILLIAM	9/20/1839	22061	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	NW¼NW¼	3	Bibb
AL2640__.405	MOORE, AARON	9/20/1839	21707	AL	St Stephens	024N - 008E	NW¼NE¼	4	Bibb

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bibb County Geographic Information System (https://www.alabamagis.com/Bibb/frameset.cfm?cfid=1296768&cftoken=75884942 Bibb County Geographic Information System), accessed 15 May 2021
2. ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=AL|cty=007|twp_nr=24|rng_nr=8|sec=3|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false
3. ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=AL|cty=007|twp_nr=24|rng_nr=8|sec=4|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false