Logan County, West Virginia

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== County Courthouse  ==
 
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[[Image:Logan County, West Virginia Courthouse.JPG|thumb|right|272x205px|Logan County, West Virginia Courthouse.JPG]] '''''Logan County Courthouse''''' <br>300 Stratton Street<br>Logan, WV 25601<br>304-792-8550 <br>304-792-8600 Fax<br><br>  
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[http://www.courtreference.com/Logan-County-West-Virginia-Courts.htm  Logan County Courthouse ]<br>300 Stratton Street<br>Logan, WV 25601<br>Phone: 304-792-8550 <br>Fax 304-792-8600 <br><br>County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1872, burial, probate, land and military records. Circuit Clerk, had divorce, court records and naturalization records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Logan County, West Virginia. Page 744 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1872, burial, probate, land and military records. Circuit Clerk, had divorce, court records and naturalization records.  
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[http://www.logancountychamberofcommerce.com/ Logan County Chamber of Commerce]
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== History  ==
 
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==== Populated Places  ====
 
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[http://westvirginia.hometownlocator.com/maps/countymap,cfips,045,c,logan.cfm Cities of Logan County, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair,_Logan_County,_West_Virginia Blair, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapmanville,_West_Virginia Chapmanville, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://www.cherrytreewv.com/ Cherry Tree]&nbsp;:West Virginia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_County,_West_Virginia Logan County, West Virginia&nbsp;]&nbsp;:[http://www.chiefloganstatepark.com/ Chief Logan State Park]&nbsp;:[http://www.logancountychamberofcommerce.com/ Logan County Chamber of Commerce]&nbsp;:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man,_West_Virginia Man, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://www.wvculture.org/museum/omar/index.html The Omar Project]  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blair,_Logan_County,_West_Virginia Blair, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapmanville,_West_Virginia Chapmanville, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man,_West_Virginia Man, West Virginia]&nbsp;:[http://www.wvculture.org/museum/omar/index.html The Omar Project];<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1337794880203_123" /><br>[http://westvirginia.hometownlocator.com/wv/logan/ Logan County Towns]  
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[http://westvirginia.hometownlocator.com/wv/logan/ Logan County Towns]
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[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blair-Logan-County-West-Virginia/108144569205646 Blair, West Virginia Facebook]  
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville,_Logan_County,_West_Virginia Greenville, Logan County, West Virginia]
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==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 
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== Resources  ==
 
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The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is Jim Burgess's [http://histfam.familysearch.org/learnmore.php '''Logan County Recreated.'''] This database reconstructs ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s.<ref>The following sources were used to create this database: (1) [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ptsonline/history/ragland.html The History of Logan County ]by Henry Clay Ragland, (2)1850 Logan County Virginia Census, (3) 1860 Logan County Virginia Census, (4) 1870 Logan County WV Tridelphia Township, (5) 1850 Wyoming County, Virginia Census, (6) 1853-1860 Logan County, Virginia Birth Marriage and Death Records, and (7) 1850 - 1860 - 1870 Logan County, Virginia Mortality Schedules.</ref>
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The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is&nbsp;[http://histfam.familysearch.org/search.php?tree=Logan_VA_WV&mybool=AND&nr=50&tree=Logan_VA_WV&page=383 '''Logan County Recreated.''']&nbsp; The compiler created a database of ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s.<ref>The following sources were used to create this database: (1) [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ptsonline/history/ragland.html The History of Logan County ]by Henry Clay Ragland, (2)1850 Logan County Virginia Census, (3) 1860 Logan County Virginia Census, (4) 1870 Logan County WV Tridelphia Township, (5) 1850 Wyoming County, Virginia Census, (6) 1853-1860 Logan County, Virginia Birth Marriage and Death Records, and (7) 1850 - 1860 - 1870 Logan County, Virginia Mortality Schedules.</ref> His database is available through FamilySearch Community Trees.
  
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
  
 
*There is a list of cemeteries on [[Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries]]  
 
*There is a list of cemeteries on [[Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries]]  
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*[http://www.wvgenweb.org/logan/lo-cem.htm Logan County Cemeteries]
 
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*Baisden, Louise and Brenda J Hensley. ''Cemeteries of Logan County 2 Volumes", 2 Volumes 1983''
 
 
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=3086 Find A Grave Logan County]  
 
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=3086 Find A Grave Logan County]  
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*[http://www.interment.net/data/us/wv/logan/foley.htm Interment.net Cemetery Records Online]
 
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*[http://www.interment.net/us/wv/logan.htm Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries]
 
 
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/westvirg/logan.htm Logan County Tombstone Inscriptions]  
 
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/westvirg/logan.htm Logan County Tombstone Inscriptions]  
 
*[http://www.caring.com/local/funeral-homes-in-logan-county-west-virginia Funeral Homes ]in Logan, West Virginia  
 
*[http://www.caring.com/local/funeral-homes-in-logan-county-west-virginia Funeral Homes ]in Logan, West Virginia  
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*Political Graveyard - [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO.html Logan County, West Virginia]  
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*Political Graveyard - [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LO.html Logan County, West Virginia]
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*[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=23070&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down&sec=0&qty=104 Logan County West Virginia Cemeteries ]- E Podunk
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*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/smhtml/audiodir.html#7803775 See that my grave is kept green!]&nbsp; Audio
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*{{WVcensus}}&nbsp; Schreiner-Yantis, Netti ''1830 Logan County, Virginia&nbsp;(West Virginia)'' 1970
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*1840 Logan County Census and Index 1986
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*Turner, David Anderson "1860 Census of Logan County, Virginia" annotated. 1981.  
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*Turner, David Anderson "1860 Census of Logan County, Virginia" annotated by Mr Turner. 1981.  
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*Ferrell, Lenore Kingery&nbsp; ''1870 Logan Logan County Virginia Census'' 1989
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*[http://www.us-census.org/image-index/wv/logan/1880/a.htm Logan county, WV 1880 Federal Census Index]  
 
*[http://www.us-census.org/image-index/wv/logan/1880/a.htm Logan county, WV 1880 Federal Census Index]  
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*Turner, David Anderson "1880 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" annotated 1981.  
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*Turner, David Anderson "1880 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" annotated 1981. Annoted by&nbsp;Mr&nbsp;Turner
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*Baisden, Connie "1900 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" 1981.
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*Brown, Donna L "1920 Census of Logan County, West Virginia. 1996
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*[http://www.trailsrus.com/westvirginia/logan-a.html Trails Rus-West Virginia Map]  
 
*[http://www.trailsrus.com/westvirginia/logan-a.html Trails Rus-West Virginia Map]  
 
*[http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/WV/County/logan.htm Logan County West Virginia 1895]  
 
*[http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/WV/County/logan.htm Logan County West Virginia 1895]  
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*[http://www.us-places.com/West-Virginia/maps/Logan-County-map.htm Map Showing Logan County, West Virginia]
 
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*[http://www.wvexp.com/index.php/Guyandotte_River Guyandotte River]
 
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*[http://maps.google.com/maps?rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=&safe=active&q=logan+county+west+virginia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x884f10626697615b:0x145b031d8f06ca60,Logan,+WV&gl=us&ei=yJOiT4OwHKWg2AXf57XYCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&ved=0CEMQ8gEwAQ Logan County, WV]
 
 
*[http://batchgeo.com/map/db7b9295b1440c851d943ce459890c4a West Virginia County Clerk Map]  
 
*[http://batchgeo.com/map/db7b9295b1440c851d943ce459890c4a West Virginia County Clerk Map]  
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*[http://24timezones.com/mapa/usa/wv_logan/logan.htm City of Logan West Virginia Map]
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*[http://24timezones.com/mapa/usa/wv_logan/logan.htm City of Logan West Virginia Map]
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*[http://www.topozone.com/states/westvirginia.asp?county=Logan Topo Zone Logan County]
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:- [[1st Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate)|1st Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate)]]. Companies A, E, H, I, K.
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:- [[5th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry) (Confederate)|5th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry) (Confederate)]]. Company A.<ref name="r95" />
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:- [[34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Witcher's Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles) (Confederate)|34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Witcher's Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles) (Confederate)]]. Company B and Company D (1st Battalion Virginia Mounted Rifles).<ref>Scott C. Cole, ''34th Virginia Cavalry'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1993). {{FHL|676842|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 94}}.</ref>
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:- [[45th_Battalion,_Virginia_Infantry_(Confederate)|45th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Confederate)]]. Companies B, D, and E.<ref>Jeffrey C. Weaver, ''45th Battalion Virginia Infantry, Smith and Count's Battalions of Partisan Rangers'' (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1994). {{FHL|706298|item|disp=FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 102}}.</ref>
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Records and histories are available, including:
  
 
*West Virginia, {{RecordSearch|1932429|Revolutionary Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}}.  
 
*West Virginia, {{RecordSearch|1932429|Revolutionary Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}}.  
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*&nbsp;Civil War [http://www.wvgenweb.org/raleigh/7th/index.htm 7th West Virginia Calvary]  
 
*&nbsp;Civil War [http://www.wvgenweb.org/raleigh/7th/index.htm 7th West Virginia Calvary]  
 
*[http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1451 Logan Wildcats]  
 
*[http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1451 Logan Wildcats]  
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*Rending of Virginia, Hall, Granville Davisson, self published 1902 The Birthing of West Virginia eyewitness accounts of Seccession and Wheeling Conventions, many pictures of ancestors.  
 
*Rending of Virginia, Hall, Granville Davisson, self published 1902 The Birthing of West Virginia eyewitness accounts of Seccession and Wheeling Conventions, many pictures of ancestors.  
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*Great [http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/02/the-civil-war-part-1-the-places/100241/ Pictures of the Civil War]
 
 
*[http://www.lindapages.com/cwmedals.htm Civil War Medals of West Virginia.&nbsp; Where are they?]
 
*[http://www.lindapages.com/cwmedals.htm Civil War Medals of West Virginia.&nbsp; Where are they?]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Chafin Don Chafin Sheriff of Logan County], West Virginia
 
  
 
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*[http://usgwarchives.org/wv/logan/vitals.htm Logan County USGENWEB Archives - Vital Records]  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.org/wv/logan/vitals.htm Logan County USGENWEB Archives - Vital Records]  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.net/marriages/westvirginia/logan.htm Logan County, West Virginia Marriage Archives]  
 
*[http://usgwarchives.net/marriages/westvirginia/logan.htm Logan County, West Virginia Marriage Archives]  
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*Brown, Donna L ''Logan County, West Virginia Marriages - 1892-1913'' 1993
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*Brown, Donna L ''Logan County, West Virginia Marriages - 1913-1923" 1995''
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*Brown, Donna L "Logan County, West Virginia Birth &amp; Deaths 1872-1892''1992''
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*Brown, Donna L "Logan County, West Virginia Birth &amp; Deaths 1889-1906" 1994
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*Fowler, Vicie F.&nbsp; ''Vital Statistics of Logan County West Virginia 1853-1860.&nbsp; Manuscript Collection''
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== Societies and Libraries  ==
 
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'''[[Logan County Genealogical Society|Logan County Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P O Box 1959<br>Logan, West Virginia 25601  
 
'''[[Logan County Genealogical Society|Logan County Genealogical Society]]'''<br>P O Box 1959<br>Logan, West Virginia 25601  
  
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[http://cabell.lib.wv.us/buffalo/ Buffalo Creek Memorial Library]
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[http://logan.lib.wv.us/ Logan Area Public Library]<br>16 Wildcat Way<br>Logan, WV 25601<br>304-752-6652 <br>
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[http://www.southernwv.edu/ South West Virginia Community College] 2900 Dempsey Branch Road<br>Mt-Gay - Shamrock,<br>WV 25637 <br>Telephone 304-896-7378
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Family History Books that were found at the South West Virginia Community College were taken to Logan High School in April May of 2004. Patron should call during inclement weather before traveling to confirm library hours. College Library has a wealth of information on Logan County History and Family History  
 
Family History Books that were found at the South West Virginia Community College were taken to Logan High School in April May of 2004. Patron should call during inclement weather before traveling to confirm library hours. College Library has a wealth of information on Logan County History and Family History  
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[http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvsamenu.html West Virginia State Archives]  
 
[http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvsamenu.html West Virginia State Archives]  
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Family History Centers  
 
Family History Centers  
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*{{FHL|West+Virginia%2C+Logan|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}&nbsp;  
 
*{{FHL|West+Virginia%2C+Logan|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}&nbsp;  
 
*Logan County, West Virginia [http://www.wvgenweb.org/logan/logan.htm USGENWEB]  
 
*Logan County, West Virginia [http://www.wvgenweb.org/logan/logan.htm USGENWEB]  
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*[http://loganwv.us/ Logan West Virginia History and Nostalgia]
 
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*[http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/print/Article/1450 Logan County West Virginia Encyclopedia]
 
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Logan_County,_West_Virginia Logan County, West Virginia Commons]
 
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*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Logan-County-West-Virginia/129639597078531 Facebook Logan County, West Virginia]
 
 
*[http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Logan/loghistory.html Logan County History]  
 
*[http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/wv/Logan/loghistory.html Logan County History]  
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*[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/wv/Logan/state.html National Register of Historical Places Logan County, WV]
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*[http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/logan/logan.htm Logan Field]. Map of the coal field that provided employment to many residents.  
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*[http://loganwv.us/logan-wv-photo-gallery/ Logan WV&nbsp;Gallery Photos]
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*[http://www.flickr.com/groups/asploganman2009/ Flickr Photos Logan County, WV]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/4478/logan.htm Logan county People and Places]  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ridge/4478/logan.htm Logan county People and Places]  
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*[http://www.mccormicksfurniture.com/my_wv_mountain.html McCormick's Fine Furnishing]
 
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*[http://www.reocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/6203/nostalgi.htm Logan County West Virginia Nostalgia]
 
 
*[http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/picsforlogan/index.html Logan County Veteran's Page]  
 
*[http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/picsforlogan/index.html Logan County Veteran's Page]  
 
*[http://loganwv.net/ Logan WV&nbsp;Genealogy]  
 
*[http://loganwv.net/ Logan WV&nbsp;Genealogy]  
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*[http://loganwv.homestead.com/ A Little Slice of Logan County, WV]
 
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*[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/54/54045.html 2010 U.S. Census Bureau Facts Logan County, WV]
 
 
*Logan County West Virginia [http://genealogytrails.com/wva/logan/ History and Genealogy]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1333642550667_838" />  
 
*Logan County West Virginia [http://genealogytrails.com/wva/logan/ History and Genealogy]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1333642550667_838" />  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Creek_Flood Buffalo Creek Flood]
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*'''[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/wv CYNDI'S List West Virginia]'''
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*Environmental Justice Case Study: [http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/Jones/buffalo.html Buffalo Creek Disaster&nbsp;]
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*[http://www.logancountychamberofcommerce.com/ Logan County, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce]
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[http://www.wvculture.org/history/minewars.html West Virginia Archives and History Mine Wars] [http://www.airphotona.com/image.asp?imageid=5338 Mountain Top Coal Mining, Logan County, West Virginia] [http://www.coalcampusa.com/sowv/logan/logan.htm Logan Coal Field] [http://www.wvhighlands.org/Pages/Maps_S_Coal.html Surface Mining] [http://www.wvminesafety.org/fatal97.htm Fatal Mining Accidents] [http://www.trailsrus.com/railcoalwv/logan.html Railroads, Coal in West Virginia&nbsp;] [http://appalshop.org/buffalo/media/Bethell-Pittston-Mentality.pdf Manslaughter on Buffalo Creek: The Pittston Mentality] [http://www.friendsofblairmountain.org/ The Friends of Blair Mountain] [http://loganwv.homestead.com/LoganSpeak.html Logan County Phraseology]
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Revision as of 21:17, 9 July 2012

Logan County, West Virginia
Map
Map of West Virginia highlighting Logan County
Location in the state of West Virginia
Map of the U.S. highlighting West Virginia
Location of West Virginia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded 1824
County Seat Logan
Courthouse

United States  Gotoarrow.png  West Virginia  Gotoarrow.png  Logan County

Contents

County Courthouse

Logan County, West Virginia Courthouse.JPG

Logan County Courthouse
300 Stratton Street
Logan, WV 25601
Phone: 304-792-8550
Fax 304-792-8600

County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1872, burial, probate, land and military records. Circuit Clerk, had divorce, court records and naturalization records[1]

History

Parent County

1824--Logan County was created 12 January 1824 from Cabell (now West Virginia), Kanawha (now West Virginia), Giles and Tazewell Counties (Virginia).  County seat: Logan [2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Logan County boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Blair, West Virginia :Chapmanville, West Virginia :Man, West Virginia :The Omar Project;
Logan County Towns

 

Neighboring Counties

Resources

The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is Logan County Recreated.  The compiler created a database of ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s.[3] His database is available through FamilySearch Community Trees.

Cemeteries

Census

  • For tips on accessing Logan County, West Virginia census records online, see: West Virginia Census. 
  • Turner, David Anderson "1860 Census of Logan County, Virginia" annotated by Mr Turner. 1981.
  • Logan county, WV 1880 Federal Census Index
  • Turner, David Anderson "1880 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" annotated 1981. Annoted by Mr Turner

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

  • Logan

Court

Family Histories

West Virginia Biographies Project - Logan County

General

The following compiled genealogies treat multiple Logan County families:

  • Anglin, Walter F. The Anglin Families of Colonial Virginia, In search of Descendants Approximately 300 pages
  • Ball, Nina, Ferrell,  Lenore Kinger. The Ball Family of Boone County, West Virginia. 1980. 1998 2nd printing. Boone County Educational Workshop page 336.
  • Cook, Bonnie Turner. The Family of John Cooke McClain Printing, Parsons, West Virginia. 2001
  • Browning, Stanley C. Tracking the Pioneers: A History of Browning Families of Southern West Virginia.Lulu Press, Inc., 2006. Morrisville, NC 27560, www.lulu.com
  • Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1978. FHL Film 1035668 Item 10; digital version at Family History Archives - free.
  • Dickerson, Florence S. The James Stewart Family of Early Augusta County, Virginia 1740-1760. 1966 McClain Printing Company, McClain Printing, 319 pages.
  • Lane, Mrs Julian C. "Key and Allied Families" Statesboro, Georgia. The Press 1931
  • Maynard, Roland B. The Maynards of East Kentucky: From Pioneers to the Tenth Generation."  1 May 1978 Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 506 pages.
  • Phillips, Shelby Phillips. David Branham and his Descendants. 1995.
  • Riggins Sharol. "Teage Riggen and his Riggen, Riggin Riggins, descendants.Gateway Press
  • Thomas, Joseph. Logan County West Virginia and Beyond. 2007. 777 pages.
  • Thompson, Fred C. Ferrell, Vance and Allied Families 1991. 500 pages.
    * *Turner, David Anderson. The Family of Floyd Cook.
Bibliography
  • [Price] Price, Jay Berry and Harry Hollingsworth. The Price, Blakemore, Hamblen, Skipwith and Allied Lines, Descendants of English, French, Spanish and Italian Kings and Sureties of the Magna Charta, A.D. 534-1992. Knoxville, Tenn., 1992. FHL Book 929.273 P931pjb.
  • [Spratt] Buchanan, Paul C. "The Spratt Family of Southwest Virginia Prior to 1800," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):297-305. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 32 (1988).

Land

Local Histories

West Virginia Archives & History Logan County

History and Genealogy Logan County

  • Johnston, David E. History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contiguous Territory Standard Printing & Publishing, Huntington, WV 1906 General History, family sketches,military rosters, including areas of Giles and Tazewell County which are now in Logan County.
  • Booton, Orland H. Account of Mine Wars 1960
  • Brumfield, Darrell, Ellis, Smith, Flossie Hatfield. Stories About Gilbert, West Virginia and Surround Communities. 1993. Gateway Press, Baltimore, Md.
  • Brumfield, Darrell, Ellis, Smith, Flossie Hatfield. Stories About Gilbert, West Virginia and Surround Communities. 1995. Gateway Press, Baltimore, Md.
  • Davis, Dolores Riggs. Dehue History Book - Depicts the rise and decline between 1916-1994 of the mining town or Dehue 1916-1994. 152 pages.
  • Jackson, Margaret A History of Logan West Virginia" 1950
  • Pearlman, Agnes B.  "Virginia, Later West Virginia."  1976
  • Ragland, Henry Clay History of Logan County, Virginia 1896.
  • Smith, Nancy Sue. History of Logan and Mingo Counties, Beginning in 1617. Williamson West Virginia . 1966.
  • Spence, Robert Y. Land of the Guyandot: A History of Logan County, West Virginia. 1976
  • Swain, George T.:History of Logan County, Virginia rewritten by in 1927
  • Waller, Altine L. Feud: Hatfields McCoys & Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900University of North Carolina Press, 1988. War of Economics, Genealogical Tables for both families.
  • Wardell, Patrick.  "Virginia & West Virginians 1670-1870".  Heritage Books 1986
  • Thurmon, Walter R The Logan Coal Field of West Virgina; West Virginia University Library 1964.
  • Centennial Program: City of Logan, West Virginia 1852-1952. 1952

Maps

Military

Revolutionary War
  • A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Logan County on page 135.]
  • Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]
Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Logan County, West Virginia served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Logan County, West Virginia:

- 1st Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Companies A, E, H, I, K.
- 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Company H.
- 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate). Company A.[4]
- 5th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry) (Confederate). Company A.[4]
- 34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Witcher's Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles) (Confederate). Company B and Company D (1st Battalion Virginia Mounted Rifles).[5]
- 45th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies B, D, and E.[6]

Records and histories are available, including:

Korean War

Korean War Casualties from West Virginia

World War II

Logan County, West Virginia WWII Casualities Army and Air Force

Naturalization Records

West Virgina, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers

The Logan Banner

Williamson Daily News

Probate

Logan County, West Virginia Will Books 1873 - 1968 West Virginia Will Books Logan

Taxation

Vital Records

West Virginia Vital Records - Birth - Death - Marriages

Societies and Libraries

Logan County Genealogical Society
P O Box 1959
Logan, West Virginia 25601

Logan Area Public Library
16 Wildcat Way
Logan, WV 25601
304-752-6652

Family History Books that were found at the South West Virginia Community College were taken to Logan High School in April May of 2004. Patron should call during inclement weather before traveling to confirm library hours. College Library has a wealth of information on Logan County History and Family History

Logan High School, Logan, West Virginia 304-752-6606

West Virginia State Archives

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Logan County, West Virginia. Page 744 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
  3. ↑ The following sources were used to create this database: (1) The History of Logan County by Henry Clay Ragland, (2)1850 Logan County Virginia Census, (3) 1860 Logan County Virginia Census, (4) 1870 Logan County WV Tridelphia Township, (5) 1850 Wyoming County, Virginia Census, (6) 1853-1860 Logan County, Virginia Birth Marriage and Death Records, and (7) 1850 - 1860 - 1870 Logan County, Virginia Mortality Schedules.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Virginia State Line: Organizational Structure of the Virginia State Line, Ranger95.com, accessed 11 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Scott C. Cole, 34th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1993). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 94.
  6. ↑ Jeffrey C. Weaver, 45th Battalion Virginia Infantry, Smith and Count's Battalions of Partisan Rangers (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1994). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 102.
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