Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy

United States

Kentucky

Logan County

Guide to Logan County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Kentucky Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Russellville Organized: June 28, 1792 Parent County(s): Lincoln Neighboring Counties Butler  • Muhlenberg  • Robertson (TN)  • Simpson  • Todd  • Warren See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: KYGenWeb Project who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

County Information

Description

The County was named for Benjamin Logan. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

County Courthouse

Logan County Courthouse
229 W 3rd Street
Russellville, KY 42276
Phone: 270-726-6621
Logan County Website

Logan County, Kentucky Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1792	1790	1853	1792	1792	1792	1810
Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911. General compliance by 1917.

Record Loss

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Boundary Changes

1792--Logan County was created 28 June 1792 from Lincoln County. County seat: Russellville For animated maps illustrating Kentucky county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Kentucky County Boundary Maps" (1776-1939) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

County Pronunciation

• Hear it spoken

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Adairville Auburn	Lewisburg	Russellville (county seat)
Unincorporated communities
Agnes Anderson Beechland Buffalo fork Cave Springs Chandlers Chapel Cooperstown Corinth Costelow Crossroad Danby Deer Lick Dennis Diamond Springs Dot Edwards	Epleys Everett Ferguson Gasper Gordonsville Happy Hollow Henryville (hist.) Hilltop Hollow Bill Homer Insco Jerico Justice Keysburg Lickskillet Lost City	Mortimer Station Mosley Pond Oakville Old Volney Olmstead Richelieu Rogers Sandtown Schley Schochoh South Union Spa Whippoorwill Whiskey Bay Whispering Pines Wolf Lick

Resources

Biographies

• KY Biographies, Jeff Murphy's Kentucky Biographies Project

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Logan, Kentucky online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com KYGenWeb KYGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project Kentucky Gravestones Billion Graves
TombstoneTranscriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Billion Graves Kentucky Cemeteries
See Kentucky Cemeteries for more information

The following web sites have additional information on Logan county cemeteries.

• Interment.net, Kentucky cemetery records by county.
• Cemetery Junction, Links to cemetery transcriptions
• Naming the Forgotten, The Eastern State Hospital Project
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Local volunteers may take photographs of headstones found in county cemeteries.

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1800	5,807	—
1810	12,123	108.8%
1820	14,423	19.0%
1830	13,012	−9.8%
1840	13,615	4.6%
1850	16,581	21.8%
1860	19,021	14.7%
1870	20,429	7.4%
1880	24,358	19.2%
1890	23,812	−2.2%
1900	25,994	9.2%
1910	24,977	−3.9%
1920	23,633	−5.4%
1930	21,875	−7.4%
1940	23,345	6.7%
1950	22,335	−4.3%
1960	20,896	−6.4%
1970	21,793	4.3%
1980	24,138	10.8%
1990	24,416	1.2%
2000	26,573	8.8%
2010	26,835	1.0%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

For tips on accessing Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy census records online, see: Kentucky Census.

• Kentucky Census Transcriptions 1850-1930, USGenWeb
• Census Images, USGenWeb
• KY Census Online, Links to online census records

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Kentucky denominations, view the Kentucky Church Records wiki page.

• Baptist History
• Kentucky Christian Church Directory, ChurchAngel
• Catholic Parishes in the Diocese of Lexington
• Catholic Parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records

• Abstracts of Early Kentucky Supreme Court Cases, KYGenWeb
• Kentucky Court of Justice Research & Reference

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

More information about African American resources in Kentucky can be found on the Kentucky African Americans and the United States African Americans Wiki pages.

Vanderpool, Montgomery. Colored Marriage Bonds, Logan County, KY to 1900. - Russellville, Ky.: C 1985. - 80 p. FHL 976.9 A1 #312 F457.L8 V365 1985

• African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records available
• The African American Griots Project
• Kentucky Minorities has information specific to Kentucky African Americans.
• Sandi Gorin's Tips, Hangings in Kentucky 1792-1900

Genealogies

• [Baker] Chapman, Peggy Brown. Bakers of Logan, Christian, Muhlenberg, Livingston, Henderson, Hopkins, Caldwell, Union, Todd, Trigg, Crittenden, Lyon, McLean and Webster Counties & Jackson Purchase, Kentucky. Lubbock, Texas: P.B.& Chapman, 1995. FHL 751704
• [Sevier] Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Vol. 4. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• [Sone] Sone, Guy M. Genealogy of Rogers, Peyton, Owens, Sone, Marrs, Jennings, Jouett and Allied Families. Jefferson City, Mo.: G.M. Sone, 1958. FHL 301540

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Kentucky Land and Property for additional information about early Kentucky land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

• The KY Land Office

Local Histories

Local histories are available for Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Kentucky Local Histories.

• The Archives of Appalachia
• Notes on Amos West (1766-1819) of Sumner County, Tennessee, and Logan County, Kentucky at Ancestry ($)

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Maps of Kentucky (1776-1939)
• KYGenWeb compiled list of maps
• Click on the county to go to the KYGenWeb site

Military Records

• Logan County, Kentucky Pensioners: Revolutionary, War of 1812 and Indian Wars. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
• Military Resources, Revolutionary War through Civil War

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 - Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1865 - Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (free)
• 1912-1950 - Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications 1912-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images

Regiments. Men in Logan County served in various regiments and companies. Those listed below were specifically formed in this county:

- 3rd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Company G.

- 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, C, D, F, G, H, I, K, L and M.

- 17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Union), Companies A, B, C, D, E, G, H, L and M.

World War I

• Fallen Soldiers in WWI from KY

Korean War

• Korean War Memorial for Soldiers from KY, KYGenWeb

Newspapers

• USNPL, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
• World-Newspapers, Kentucky, Kentucky newspaper index with links
• Kentucky Newspapers on Microfilm

Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
• Do a Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).

Obituaries

• Kentucky Footsteps Archives, KYGenWeb
• Kentucky Obituary Sources, KYGenWeb
• Links to research and locate obituaries
• Browning Genealogy Database, Compiled by Charles Browning.
• Kentucky Obituaries, USGenWeb
• Afrigeneas, African American death notices, obituaries and funeral programs compiled by users from current newspapers and historical sources
• Obituary Depot, Kentucky Newspaper Citations
• Obituary Daily Times, Citations to over 15,000,000 obituaries including interactive search function
• Nashville Christian Advocate Death Abstracts

Other Records

• Kentucky Postcards, USGenWeb

Probate Records

Probate records are held by the Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy Clerk of Court and are housed at the Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records can be found online at Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977 for Caldwell, Henry, Hickman, Russell and Trimble counties. See the wiki page Kentucky Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.

Online Probate Records

• 1774-1999 Kentucky Wills and Probate Records 1774-1999 at Ancestry ($) — index and images
• 1795-1959 Will Books A to S (1795-1959) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
• 1795-1817 Will Book A: 1795-1817 - Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Logan County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee.
• 1815-1823 Will Book B: 1815-1823 - Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Logan County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee.
• Images of Wills, Estates, Guardianships, Distributions Book A 1795-1817; Book B 1815-23; Book C 1823-27; Book D 1827-31. Kentucky Pioneers ($)

Tax Records

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district. For more background information and state-wide resources see the wiki page Kentucky Taxation.

• 1800 - 1800 Tax List of Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy is included in Clift's Second Census of Kentucky 1800, digitized by Ancestry ($).
• Search Tax, Criminal, Land and Wills Records, Ancestry ($)

Vital Records

Vital records consist of birth, death, marriage and divorce records. Although Kentucky enacted a statute in 1852-1862 requiring registration of births and deaths,many counties did not comply. A second law was written in 1874-1879, and 1892-1910 but, again, was not always followed. By 1911, the law was more clearly defined and kept by 1920. Any existing births 1852-1960 and death records 1852-1953 can be accessed online. See How to Find Kentucky Birth Records and How to Find Kentucky Death Records for links to indexes and images.

Original marriage records are held at the office of the Logan County Clerk, with divorce records 1849-1958 located with the Logan County Circuit Court. For more information see How to Find Kentucky Marriage Records. For Kentucky divorce records see the wiki page Kentucky Vital Records.

Birth

• 1839-1960 – Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960 at FamilySearch
• 1852-1861 - Logan County Birth Index 1852-1861. Batch C517651 at FamilySearch - free.
• 1875-1876 - Logan County Birth Index 1875-1876. Batch C517652 at FamilySearch - free.
• 1911-1912 - Searchable KY Birth Index

Marriage

• 1609-2016 - Kentucky, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
• 1785-1979 – Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 at FamilySearch
• 1797-1954 - Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1854-1861 - Logan County Marriage Index 1854-1861. Batch M517651 at FamilySearch - free.
• 1875-1876 - Logan County Marriage Index 1875-1876. Batch M517653 at FamilySearch - free.
• 1878 - Logan County Marriage Index 1878. Batch M517654 at FamilySearch - free.
• 1973-2000 - Searchable KY Marriage Records
• 1973-2000 - Kentucky Marriage Records 1973-2000

Death

• 1843-1970 – Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970 at FamilySearch
• 1911-1965 - Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 at FamilySearch — index
• 1911-2000 - Searchable KY Death Index
• The Social Security Death Index - Searchable
• The Kentucky Vital Records Project, Transcriptions and Images of KY Death Certificates

Divorce

• 1973-1993 - Kentucky Divorce Records 1973-1993, University of Kentucky Vital Records Databases

Research Facilities

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes.

• For current information about a center near you, go to the Family History Center Map

Societies

• Logan County, KY, Genealogical Society, Inc.
  PO Box 853
  Russellville, KY 42276-0853
  Telephone: 270-726-8179
  Email: logankyarchives@att.net
  Website
  
• Auburn Historical Society
• Links and addresses to Kentucky genealogical and historical societies

Websites

• Logan County, KY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
• Logan County KYGenWeb Project: Collection of vital records, histories, and links to other resources.
• KYGenWeb project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for each county. Select the county.
• State of Kentucky Website
• USGenWeb Kentucky Archives
• The USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library
• Logan County, Kentucky Genealogy and Family History (linkpendium)
• Logan County KY Genealogy (Kentucky Genealogy)
• FamilySearch Catalog . Free - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Family History Library