Logan County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Logan County

County Courthouse
Logan County Courthouse 300 Stratton Street Logan, WV 25601 304-792-8550 304-792-8600 Fax
 * 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.

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

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Logan County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Lincoln
 * Mingo
 * Wyoming

Cemeteries
There is a list of cemeteries on Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Logan

General
The following compiled genealogies treat multiple Logan County families:


 * 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. ; digital version at Family History Archives - free.

Local Histories

 * History of Logan County Virginiaby Henry Clay Ragland 1896


 * History of Logan County, Virginia rewritten by George T. Swain in 1927

Maps
1850 Virginia Map Including West Virginia

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: 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." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]

Civil War

 * West Virginia,.

Naturalization Records
West Virgina, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Newspapers
The Logan Banner

Probate
West Virginia Will Books

Taxation
West Virginia Records at the Library of Virginia


 * County and City Court Records


 * Land and Office Patents &amp; Grants


 * Land Taxes, 1782-1900


 * Personal Property Taxes


 * Vital Statistics, 1853-1862

Vital Records

 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Logan County West Virginia Marriages from Other Counties. 2007. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website.

Societies and Libraries
Logan County, West Virginia USGENWEB

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

Family History Centers


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers. The closest family history centers are in the Huntington Family History Center and the Charleston Family History Center
 * ''Logan Area Public Library 16 Wildcat Way Logan, WV 25601 304-752-6652

South West Virginia Community College 2900 Dempsey Branch Road Mt-Gay - Shamrock, WV 25637 Telephone 304-896-7378


 * 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 County, Virginia Recreated

 * The History of Logan County by Henry Clay Ragland, 1850 1860 Logan County Virginia Census


 * 1870 Logan County WV Tridelphia Township 1850 Wyoming County, Virginia - 1853-1860 Logan County, Virginia Birth Marriage and Death Records &lt;br&gt; 1850 - 1860 - 1870 Mortality Schedule &lt;br&gt;