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.

Populated Places
Cities of Logan County, West Virginia

Cherry Tree West Virginia

Chief Logan State Park

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Lincoln
 * Mingo
 * Wyoming

Cemeteries

 * There is a list of cemeteries on Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries
 * Baisden, Louise and Brenda J Hensley. Cemeteries of Logan County 2 Volumes", 2 Volumes 1983
 * Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries
 * Funeral Homesin Logan, West Virginia
 * Political Graveyard - Logan County, West Virginia
 * Logan County West Virginia Cemeteries- E Podunk


 * Census
 * Schreiner-Yantis, Netti 1830 Logan County, Virginia (West Virginia) 1970
 * 1840 Logan County Census and Index 1986
 * Turner, David Anderson "1860 Census of Logan County, Virginia" annotated. 1981.
 * Ferrell, Lenore Kingery 1870 Logan Logan County Virginia Census 1989
 * Turner, David Anderson "1880 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" annotated 1981.
 * Baisden, Connie "1900 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" 1981.
 * Brown, Donna L "1920 Census of Logan County, West Virginia. 1996

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.
 * 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. ; 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

 * Johnston, David E. History of the Middle New River Settlements &amp; Contiguous Territory Standard Printing &amp; 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 &amp; Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900University of North Carolina Press, 1988. War of Economics, Genealogical Tables for both families.
 * Wardell, Patrick. "Virginia &amp; 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
1850 Virginia Map Including West Virginia

Map of Logan County, West Virginia

Logan County West Virginia 1895

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,.
 * Grant, U.S. The Civil War", Battleground Publishing, Huntington, WV  1912 Civil Ware memories with list of Logan Veterans page 654.
 * West Virginia in the Civil War
 * Civil War 7th West Virginia Calvary
 * 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.

Mine Wars

 * Battle of Blair Mountain(Civil Uprising)
 * Blair Mountain West Virginia Mine Wars
 * Don Chafin Sheriff of Logan County, West Virginia

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

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

Taxation
West Virginia Records at the Library of Virginia

Early Logan County Tax List


 * 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.
 * Logan County Marriages 1992
 * Brown, Donna L Logan County, West Virginia Marriages - 1892-1913 1993
 * Brown, Donna L Logan County, West Virginia Marriages - 1913-1923" 1995
 * Brown, Donna L "Logan County, West Virginia Birth &amp; Deaths 1872-18921992
 * Brown, Donna L "Logan County, West Virginia Birth &amp; Deaths 1889-1906" 1994
 * Fowler, Vicie F. Vital Statistics of Logan County West Virginia 1853-1860.  Manuscript Collection

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

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

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

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

Web Sites

 * Logan County, West Virginia USGENWEB
 * Logan West Virginia History and Nostalgia
 * Logan County History
 * Logan Field
 * McCormick's Fine Furnishing
 * Logan County West Virginia Nostalgia
 * Logan County Veteran's Page
 * Fuzzy's Home Page
 * Home of WVOW, Logan
 * Logan County West Virginia History and Genealogy
 * Buffalo Creek Flood
 * Environmental Justice Case Study: Buffalo Creek Disaster
 * Buffalo Creek Disaster Coal dam leads to flood - You Tube
 * Looking Back at the Buffalo Creek Disaster C V Moore
 * Lessons Unlearned from Buffalo Creek Disaster
 * Logan County, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
 * Logan County, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

Hatfield McCoy Stories


 * Hatfield McCoy Country
 * Hatfield McCoy feud wiki
 * The Hatfield Family - West Virginia Division of Culture and History
 * Hatfield-McCoy Feud West Virginia Archives
 * Hatfield-McCoy Feud- Roseanna: Juliet of the Mountains
 * Hatfield McCoy Feud Matewan

CYNDI'S List West Virginia Logan County, Virginia Recreated The History of Logan County by Henry Clay Ragland, 1850 1860Logan 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