First Families of Logan County

The "First Families of Logan County" project was held in 2017 in conjunction with the 225th birthday celebration of Logan County's creation. Numerous individuals participated and in the list below are their ancestors who fit the criteria.

To apply, you had to submit an application with documented proof each generation connected to the next, and prove your ancestor was within the original boundaries of Logan County by 1820. (See the map below.) They didn't have to stay, they just needed to be within the county boundaries. Their presence in the county is what helped Logan County become a populated area.

Although the western most counties - Ballard, McCracken, Carlisle, Graves, Marshall, Hickman, Calloway, and Fulton - were part of the Jackson Purchase, they are included in the original boundaries since that area is included in the Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the creation of Logan County. [See Kentucky Secretary of State Land Office Division or the "History of Logan County" page.]

There are many more individuals who qualify for this honor and the Genealogical Society continues to accept applications. For more information or to obtain an application, please contact the Archives.

If you know of a reliable website for anyone on our list, please let us know so we can link to it!

ADDISON, William

ANDERSON, Leonard

ARNOLD, Jonathan D.

ASHBY, (Lt.) Charles Willoughby

AYERS, Edmund

BAILEY, Gabriel

BAILEY, John

BAIRD, Moses

BAIRD, Thomas

BALLANCE, Ahaz

BARBRE, David

BARCLAY, Hugh

BARKER, Ananias

BARNER, William

BARROW, Charles Miskell

BAUGH, John

BEALL, Zadock

BIGGERSTAFF, Samuel

BILLINGSLEY, James Jr.

BLACKFORD, Ephraim

BLAKEY, George

BODINE, John

BOISSEAU, John H.

BLANCHARD, Thomas

BOYD, Daniel

BRIANT, (Rev.) Eli

BRITT, Obediah

BROWN, Bentley

BROWN, Hezekiah Jr.

BROWNING, Reuben

BRYANT, Absalom

BUNCH, George

BURGHER, Joseph

BUTLER, Edmond

CALDWELL, Andrew

CALVIN, James

CARNAHAN, Andrew

CLAYPOOL, John

CLAYPOOL, Stephen

COFFMAN, Adam Sr.

CORNELIUS, John Preston

COURSEY, Robert

COVINGTON, Peter Baylor

COX, John P.

CREWDSON, William

CUNNINGHAM, William

DAVENPORT, Fortunatus Pope

DAVIS, Harrison

DAWSON, William Chiswell

DeLOACH, William

DIAL, Thomas

DICKEY, Ebenezer

DILLON, Henry

DONOHUE, James

DOWNING, Benjamin

DUNCAN, Benjamin

DUNCAN, James

DUNCAN, Sarah Price "Sally"

DUNN, Lewis

DUVAL, (Maj.) Claiborne

DUVALL, Claudius

EDGAR, Zachariah

EDWARDS, William Bernard

EPLEY, Jacob Fritz

EVANS, Alexander

EWING, Henry

EWING, John

EWING, (Brig. Gen.) Robert

EWING, William

FARMER, Conrad

FELTS, Archibald

FIKE/FYKE, Malachi

FLEENER, Isaac

FORGY, James T.

FOSTER, Anthony Samuel

FRANKLIN, Reuben

FRESH, Nicholas

FUGATE, John Henry

GARRETT, Robert S.

GIBBS, John

GIBBS, Smith

GILLIAM, Marcus

GLASGOW, Samuel

GOODMAN, Jacob

GOODRUM, James Garner

GORHAM, Thomas Jefferson

GRAHAM, Eli

GRAHAM, Levi

GRAY, Edward

GRAYSON, John Jefferson

GRINTER, John

GROUND, Robert

HADDEN, Thomas

HADDOX, John

HALL, John

HALL, Micajah

HAMMOND, Samuel E.

HAMMOND, Thomas Sr.

HAMPTON, Joel

HANKS, Joshua

HANNUM, Jonathan

HARNED, Benjamin

HARPER, David

HARRIS, Taylor

HENDERSON, Michael

HERNDON, (Capt.) James

HICKMAN, John Lewis

HIGHTOWER, Abajah J.

HILDABRAND, Joseph

HINES, John

HINTON, Jesse

HITE, John Smother

HITE, Joseph

HODGES, Jesse

HOGAN, John

HOLLAND, Michael

HOLLINGSWORTH, Jeptha

HOUCHENS, Robert

HOWARD, David

HUFFINES, Christian/Christopher

HUGHES, Rowland

HUMMER, William Jr.

HUNT, Elijah

HUTCHINGS, Richard

INGRAM, Jonathan

JAMES, (Rev.) John Martin

JENKINS, Amos

JENNINGS, Elizabeth Ann

JEPSON, (Dr.) Lemuel Cox

JEWELL, Jonathan

JOHNS, William

JOHNSON, Thomas

JOHNSTON, Johnnie

KELLEY, John Sr.

KENNEDY, John

KENNERLY, (Rev.) Philip

KING, Benjamin A.

KING, Joshua

KINSLOW, Aaron

KNIGHT, Radney

LACY, Burley Sr.

LAFFOON, William

LANEY, Culbert Means

LANGSTON, Joseph

LANGSTON, Ragland

LAWRENCE, Thomas Davidson

LEE, William

LEWES, Andrew Porter

LEWIS, Gabriel Jones

LEWIS, John

LIKENS, James

LONG, John Slaughter

LONG, Samuel Culbertson

LOWE, Ralph

LOWE, William

LYNE, Timothy

MABEN, John

MAJORS, Alexander

MALLORY, William Jr.

MANSFIELD, Elijah

MARRS, William Sr.

MARSHALL, Lewis

MARSHALL, Samuel W.

MATHEWS, Peter Harrison

MAULDING, Ambrose

MAULDING, James

MAULDING, Morton "Mote"

MAXWELL, William Sr.

McCARLEY, John

McCUTCHEN, Sarah

McENDREE, James H.

McGINNIS, Hezekiah

McPHALE/McPHAIL, Niell

McREYNOLDS, Archibald

MEGUIAR, William

MIMMS, Robert

MORGAN, Reuben

MOORE, Levi

MORROW, Thomas W.

MORTON, William Jordan

MOSLEY, Robert

MOTLEY, John

NANNEY, Edmund

NEAL, Edward

NICHOLS, John

NISBET, James

NOE, Aquilla

OFFUTT, Tilghman

OGDEN, Otha W.

ORNDORFF, Christian

ORNDORFF, Christopher

PAGE, Leonard

PAGE, William J.

PENROD, Solomon

PERRY, Samuel

PIPER, Asa

POE, Thomas

POOR, Drury Woodson

POWELL, Levi Sr.

POWELL, Isaac

PRICE, John

PRICE, Major I.

PRICE, Samuel DuVal Dunscomb

PROCTOR, Hezekiah

RAGER, Burkett

READ, Moses

RENFROW, Mark

RHEA, Charles

RHODES, Joseph Rheinhardt

RICKARD, Isaac

RICKS, Jonathan

ROWDEN, Frances Jocelyn

ROWLAND, Micajah

RUSH, Grigsby

RUSSELL, Thomas

RUSSELL, William

RUST, Jacob

RUTHERFORD, Archibald

SAUNDERS, David

SAWYER, Benjamin

SAWYER, David

SEARS, John

SEARS, William

SHEMWELL, James

SHEMWELL, Samuel Sr.

SHIFFLETT, Harden

SHIRLEY, Richard

SIMPSON, John M.

SLACK, John W.

SLEDGE, Miles Cary

SLOSS, John Sr.

SMITH, Jesse

SMITH, Joseph H.

SOYARS, William

STARKS, George

STEENBERGEN, Robert Pendleton

STEVENSON, Hugh

STOCKDALE, Thomas Ward

STOKES, David

STOKES, Matthew

STRATTON, Benjamin

STRINGFIELD, William

STROUD, John

STUART, Frederick Pennington

SUMNER, Thomas J.

SUTTON, John

TATUM, Thomas

THOMPSON, Priscilla

THOMPSON, William Sr.

TINSLEY, Isaac

TODD, Benjamin

TOWNSEND, Jabez

TOWNSEND, William

TRAUGHBER, Michael

TRIMBLE, William

UNSEL, Frederick

UTLEY, Jacob

VICK, Ebenezer Nelms

VIERS, John

WADE, Brunt

WARDER, Joseph

WATSON, Anaphelida

WEIR, Elizabeth

WELBORN, James

WELLS, Henry

WELLS, Micajah R.

WEST, Amos

WESTRAY, Benjamin

WHEELER, Zachariah

WHITEHOUSE, Charles

WHITESCARVER, Robert

WILKINS, James

WILKINS, Richard Craven

WILLIAMS, Daniel

WILLIAMS, Jesse

WILLIAMS, John Robertson

WILLIS, Sterling

WILSON, James Thomas

WILSON, William Henry

WOOD, Brewer A.

WOOD, John (b. 1750)

WOOD, John (b. 1768)

WOOD, Lashley

YOUNG, John