James G. Maples homestead record recorded 3 Aug 1882 as Certifiate 3376, application 2751 is described as South fractional half of North East fractional quarter Section 1, Township 18, Range 23 containing 77.44 acres. James G. Maples land marked with blue arrow.
On September 22 1863, A. B. Maples sold to James G. Maples 37.44 acres described as the South East fractional quarter of the South East fractional quarter of Section 1 Twp 18 range 23 containing 37.44 acres for $420. On August 17 1870 James G. Maples sold this same 37.44 acres to Nathan Briles for $175. Nathan Briles daughter Martha married Jessie Tom Maples, son of J. G. Maples. The Nathan Briles land is marked in red above as is the Bobo Cemeterey. If you click on the image to enlarge it, all this is much clearer.
Bobo Cemetery is located at the Junction of County Road 905 and 920 in Carroll County. It is just to the North of 920 and to the East of 905 in a field. Bobo Creek runs just a few yards south of County Road 920 from Carrollton to about 1.5 miles past the junction of 905 and 920. So, now you know.
Sometime after I graduated high school in 1965 and when she died in 1972, I took Grandma Gertrude Maples Powell up Bobo Mountain to the place her grandfather James Gunter Maples homesteaded land via the 1862 homestead act. I have land records of that land describing it as the South fractional half of the North East fractional quarter of Section 1, Township 18, Range 23 West.
This is what I wrote on the back of the above photo many years ago.
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