Logan County, West Virginia Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
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
For animated maps illustrating West Virginia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation West Virginia County Boundary Maps" (1617-1995) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
Fire sometime during the Civil War destroyed most, but not all, records. Many Logan County records were destroyed during the Civil War, and records were not kept for several years following the war. The Library of Virginia records on microfilm help fill in the years 1853-60.

Populated Places
Blair, West Virginia :Chapmanville, West Virginia :Man, West Virginia :The Omar Project; Logan County Towns

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Lincoln
 * Mingo
 * Wyoming

Resources
The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is Logan County Recreated. The compiler created a database of ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s. His database is available through FamilySearch Community Trees.

Cemeteries

 * There is a list of cemeteries on FamilySearch at Logan County, West Virginia Cemeteries
 * Funeral Homesin Logan, West Virginia
 * Political Graveyard - Logan County, West Virginia
 * Random Acts WV Cemetery Records Research Guide

Census

 * Turner, David Anderson "1860 Census of Logan County, Virginia" annotated by Mr Turner. 1981.
 * Logan county, WV 1880 Federal Census Index
 * Turner, David Anderson "1880 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" annotated 1981. Annoted by Mr Turner
 * Turner, David Anderson "1880 Census of Logan County, West Virginia" annotated 1981. Annoted by Mr Turner

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Logan

Family Histories
West Virginia Biographies Project - Logan County

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.

Land
Digitized Deed Books are:                           Digitized grantor indexes for last names:                            Digitized grantee indexes for last names:
 * Logan County Land book, 1824-1902 A register of land owners and the details of their properties year by year. Only available on microfilm. See FHL catalog.
 * Logan County Deed books, 1835-1968 A collection of volumes containing the deeds of Logan County. Partially digitized. See FHL catalog.

-v. B1 1832-1879                                                    -A through B                                                                             -A through C

-v. B2 1836-1879                                                    -K through Q                                                                             -K through N

-v. C-D 1846-1893                                                  -R through Z                                                                             -T through Z
 * See "Taxation" section for Personal Property Tax Books.

Local Histories
The West Virginia Encyclopedia Articles addressing various topics dealing with West Virginia. Some articles of interest relating to Logan County are: History and Genealogy Logan County
 * "Logan County" by Robert Y. Spence
 * "Tug Fork" by Mack H. Gillenwater
 * "Big Sandy River" by John Hartford

West Virginia Archives &amp; History Logan County Contains a list of books and newspaper articles dealing with Logan County history.


 * 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, 1860-1900 University 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

 * Maps of West Virginia (1617-1995)
 * 1850 Virginia Map Including West Virginia
 * Map of Logan County, West Virginia
 * Trails Rus-West Virginia Map
 * Logan County West Virginia 1895
 * West Virginia County Clerk Map
 * City of Logan West Virginia Map

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
Confederate


 * - 1st Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Companies A, E, H, I, K.
 * - 2nd Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry) (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 2nd Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Rifles (Confederate). Company D.
 * - 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate). Company A.
 * - 5th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry) (Confederate). Company A.
 * - 34th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry (Witcher's Battalion, Virginia Mounted Rifles) (Confederate). Company B and Company D (1st Battalion Virginia Mounted Rifles).
 * - 45th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Confederate). Companies B, D, and E.

Union


 * - 8th Regiment, West Virginia Infantry.

Records and histories are available, including:


 * 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)
 * 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
 * Logan Wildcats
 * 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.
 * Civil War Medals of West Virginia. Where are they?

Korean War
Korean War Casualties from West Virginia

World War II
Logan County, West Virginia WWII Casualities Army and Air Force

Naturalization Records

 * 1814 - 1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
The Logan Banner

Williamson Daily News

Probate
Online Probate Records

Logan County, West Virginia Will Books 1873 - 1968 West Virginia Will Books Logan
 * 1724 - 1978 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records 1724-1978 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1756 - 1971 at [https:/familysearch.org/ FamilySearch] — index and images

Taxation

 * West Virginia Records at the Library of Virginia
 * Early Logan County Personal Property Tax List
 * County and City Court Records Land and Office Patents &amp; Grants Land Taxes, 1782-1900 Personal Property Taxes Vital Statistics, 1853-1862

Online West Virginia Tax site
West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

The search for tax information can start here

Vital Records

 * Vital Research Records Project - online database with images
 * Year Coverage for Logan County
 * Birth: 1825, 1853 - 1860, 1863 - 1864, 1866 - 1916
 * Marriage: 1853 - 1860, 1868, 1872 - 1969
 * Death: 1853 - 1860, 1872 - 1877, 1885 - 1886, 1888 - 1966
 * Guide to Vital Research Records Project for a description of the Vital Research Records Project and the efforts made by the West Virginia State Archives and the Genealogical Society of Utah to make West Virginia vital records available online.


 * Turner, Ronald Ray. Logan County West Virginia Marriages from Other Counties. 2007. Available online, courtesy: Prince William County Virginia website.
 * Logan County USGENWEB Archives - Vital Records
 * Logan County, West Virginia Marriage Archives
 * Logan County, West Virginia, births, marriages, deaths, wills and bible records (1872-1900) : copied from Logan court house records 1936.

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of West Virginia Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

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

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

West Virginia State Archives

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

Websites

 * Logan County, WV History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * West Virginia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * West Virginia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Logan County, West Virginia USGENWEB
 * Logan County History
 * Logan Field. Map of the coal field that provided employment to many residents.
 * Logan county People and Places
 * Logan County Veteran's Page
 * Logan WV Genealogy
 * Logan County West Virginia History and Genealogy
 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia
 * CYNDI'S List West Virginia