Logan County, West Virginia Genealogy

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

Description
Logan County was named for Chief Logan. The county is located in the southern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Logan County Courthouse 300 Stratton Street Logan, WV 25601 Phone: 304-792-8550 Fax: 304-792-8600 Logan County Website County Clerk has birth, marriage and death records from 1872, burial, probate, land and military records. Circuit Clerk has divorce, court, and naturalization records.

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:

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.

Bible Records

 * 1776-1870 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Genetic Chandler Family Bible Records at Chandler Family Association

Biographies

 * West Virginia Biographies Project - Logan County

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Logan Field. Map of the coal field that provided employment to many residents.

Census Records

 * 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. Annotated by Mr Turner.

Church Records
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Logan
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1868-1889 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1868-1960 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1884-1968 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1884-1990 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1885-1931 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Funeral Homes

 * Akers-James Funeral Home in Logan.
 * Collins Funeral Home in Switzer.
 * Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Chapmanville.
 * Freeman Funeral Home, Inc. in Chapmanville.
 * Honaker Funeral Home in Logan.
 * Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home in Man.

Genealogies
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.
 * Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1978. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 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.


 * Price - Price, Jay Berry and Harry Hollingsworth. The Price, Blakemore, Hamblen, Skipwith and Allied Lines, Descendants of English, French, Spanish and Italian Kings and Sureties of the Magna Charta, A.D. 534-1992. Knoxville, Tenn., 1992..
 * Spratt - Buchanan, Paul C. "The Spratt Family of Southwest Virginia Prior to 1800," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):297-305. Digital version at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($)..

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records


 * 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 FS catalog.
 * Logan County Deed books, 1835-1968 A collection of volumes containing the deeds of Logan County. Partially digitized. See FS catalog.
 * Digitized Items:
 * Volume B 1832-1879
 * Volumes C-D 1846-1893
 * Grantor Index A-B, K-Z
 * Grantee Index A-C, K-N, T-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 and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * 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 Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. See Virginia, Western District, Logan County on page 135.
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). 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 - How to Use this Collection
 * 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, WV1912 Civil War memories with list of Logan Veterans page 654.
 * West Virginia in the Civil War
 * 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?

World War II

 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * Logan County, West Virginia WWII Casualities Army and Air Force

Korean War

 * Korean War Casualties from West Virginia

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1814-1991  at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection

Newspapers

 * The Logan Banner
 * Williamson Daily News

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1724-1985 West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 at Ancestry ($) — index & images
 * 1756-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1776-1900 (*); County Clerk at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1868-1917 (*); County Court and Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1868-1960 (*); Circuit Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1872-1900 (*); Works Progress Administration of West Virginia at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1873-1900 (*); County Court and Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1873-1915 (*); County Court and Historical Records Survey at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1873-1934 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1873-1969 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1884-1990 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1885-1931 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1888-1927 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 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

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

 * West Virginia Vital Records, 1865-1969 (varies) - Includes birth, death, and marriage.
 * 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
 * West Virginia Department of Culture and History Guide: Finding Information on the Archives and History 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.

Birth

 * 1853-1914 West Virginia Birth Index, 1853-1914 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Marriage

 * 1776-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1780-1970 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1801-1962 West Virginia, United States Marriages at Findmypast; index $

Death

 * 1804-1999 at FamilySearch — index - How to Use this Collection
 * 1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates, 1853-1964 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Archives
Archives and History Library West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History Culture Center, State Capitol Complex 1900 Kanawha Blvd E Charleston, WV 25305-0300 Phone: 304-558-0230 Website Facebook

FamilySearch Centers

 * Huntington West Virginia FamilySearch Center
 * Charleston West Virginia FamilySearch Center

Libraries
Logan Area Public Library Western Counties Regional Library System 16 Wildcat Wy Logan, WV 25601 Phone: 304-752-6652 Email: [mailto:logan@cabell.lib.wv.us logan@cabell.lib.wv.us] Website Facebook Southern West Virginia Community College Libraries Email: [mailto:kimberly.maynard@southernwv.edu kimberly.maynard@southernwv.edu] Website Facebook
 * Libraries have a wealth of information on Logan County history and family history.

Societies
Logan County WV Genealogical Society PO Box 1959 Logan, WV 25601 Website Facebook

Websites

 * Logan County WVGenWeb
 * Logan County History
 * Logan County History and Genealogy at Genealogy Trails
 * Cyndi's List West Virginia
 * West Virginia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * - 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