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:


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.

Local Histories

 * 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.


 * Ragland, Henry Clay :http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ptsonline/history/ragland.html History of Logan County Virginia ]1896


 * Swain, George T.:History of Logan County, Virginia rewritten by 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;