Thomas O'Callaghan

1790 - 1868  (78 years)

• Name	Thomas O'Callaghan  [1]
  Birth	1790	County, Monaghan, Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Aug 1868	Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, USA
  Burial	Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, USA
  	Transfiguration Cemetery Transfiguration Cemetery
  Person ID	I9328	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	Mary Dougherty,   b. 1796, Ireland d. 1 Sep 1871, Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Patrick O'Callaghan,   b. UNKNOWN   d. Abt 1870, Montana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Margaret O'Callaghan,   b. Ireland d. Bef 1875, Castleblayney, Monaghan, Ireland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Daniel O'Callaghan,   b. Apr 1812   d. 2 Jul 1825 (Age 13 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Owen Callahan,   b. 25 Mar 1818, Ireland d. 10 Nov 1900, Independence, Montgomery, Kansas, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Charles O'Callaghan,   b. 1 Oct 1822, Parish of Dunamine, Monaghan, Ireland d. 12 Feb 1885, Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3393	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office He obtained a land grant on February 1, 1846 for 160 acres in Lake County, Illinois under the name "Thomas Callahan." Certificate No. 18918 The United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greetings: Whereas Thomas Callahan of Lake County, Illinois has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Chicago whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Thomas Callahan according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th April, 1820 entitled "An Act making further provision for the sale of the Public Lands," For the East half of the South East quarter, and the East half of the South West quarter of Section fourteen in the township Forty-four of Range Nine, in the District of Lands, subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois containing One Hundred and Sixty acres according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said track has been purchased by the said Thomas Callahan Now Know Ye, That the United States of America in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of congress, in such case made and provided have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs, the said tract above described: To have and to hold the same together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging unto the said Thomas Callahan and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James K. Polk President of the Untied State of America, have caused these letters to made patent and the seal of the general land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six and of the independence of the United States the seventieth By the President: James K. Polk By J Knox Walker Sec'y Recorded Vol 38 page 259 S.H. Laughlin Recorder of the General Land Office

  
  

• Sources

  [S542] Ancestry.com, U.S., Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Soundex Index to Naturalization Petitions For the United States District and Circuit Courts, Northern District of Illinois and Immigration and Naturalization Service District 9, 1840-1950 (M1285); Mi.