Chief Logan was born in Pennsylvania circa 1725. His father was a Cayuga Indian named Shikellamy. Shikellamy named his son Tachnechdorus. Logan grew up in Pennsylvania and came to view many whites as his friends. Chief among them was David Zeisberger, a missionary of the Moravian Church. Logan eventually married a Shawnee woman and moved to Ohio circa 1770. He settled in Yellow Creek, a village of the Mingo Indians. He became a war chief but continued to urge his fellow natives not to attack whites settling in the Ohio Country. His attitude changed on May 3, 1774, when a group of Virginia settlers murdered approximately one dozen Mingos. Among them were Logan's mother and sister. Logan demanded that the Mingos and their allies, principally the Shawnee Indians, avenge the deaths of his loved ones. Chief Cornstalk, one of the main leaders of the Shawnees, still called for peace, but Logan ignored him. He conducted raids in western Pennsylvania, killing thirteen whites in retaliation for the Mingos' deaths. His attacks resulted in Lord Dunmore's War. In August 1774, Pennsylvania militia entered the Ohio Country and quickly destroyed seven Mingo villages, which the Indians had abandoned as the soldiers approached. At the same time, Lord John Murray Dunmore, the governor of Virginia, sent one thousand men to the Little Kanawha River in modern-day West Virginia to build a fort and to attack the Shawnees. Cornstalk, who had experienced a change of heart toward the white colonists as the soldiers invaded the Ohio Country, dispatched nearly one thousand Shawnee to drive Dunmore's force from the region. The forces met on October 10, 1774 at what became known as the Battle of Point Pleasant. After several hours of intense fighting, the English drove Cornstalk's followers north of the Ohio River. The two sides eventually met near Chillicothe to determine peace terms. Logan refused to attend but did send a speech known as “Logan's Lament.” It was probably read at the conference by Simon Girty, an Englishman that the natives had kidnapped and then raised as one of their own. In the speech, Logan pledged to continue fighting the English as they moved westward into the Ohio Country. Logan spent the remainder of his life fulfilling his pledge. Cornstalk surrendered to the English in 1774, but Logan kept up his struggle. During the American Revolution, he continued to raid white settlements in Pennsylvania. Most accounts describe Logan as becoming despondent and turning to alcohol after his family's murder. He probably died circa 1780, perhaps murdered by his own nephew. Despite his efforts, Logan failed to prevent white settlers from moving into the Ohio Country. Terri Pascal You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain

I have ran across some old receipts and things of my parents. You may not be interested but I will name them just in case. 1)Mary Sue Grocery Mt Gay, W.V Bill Clark 10/9/1944 account forwarded $10.81 eggs .47 milk .17 Bologna .20 Bread .11 cake .25 pineapples .34 tax .4 ------------------ $12.52

Sandi, sounds like you did a great job! I wish I could be there this weekend... Maybe next time Laura -----Original Message----- From: Sandi [mailto:sandmayo@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:02 AM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I Hello, Yesterday, I had the honor of spending the day with Chief Logan, at Chief Logan State Park. My approach to Chief Logan was sad, but my resignation for what I was going to undertake was unthwarted. Chief Logan stood stern, proud, and undaunted by my presence. I surrounded him by tools and flowers, and lots of determination, to make his standing ground a lovely place once more. The two barberry bushes planted on either side of him had grown to considerable size and I was concerned about their overgrowth. The crabgrass was the biggest problem, but I pulled the most of it from the soil. Many people drove by taking notice of my endeavor, and several even stopped to ask if I was with a local garden club, to which I proudly replied, "YES! Are you a garden club member, also? We are in desparate need of new members who like to do civic beautification..." To which, I just received a smile and a "Keep up the great work!" ;-) For several weeks I have felt compelled to come and clean and plant flowers in the flower bed of Chief Logan....He deserves some beautification, as our county is named for him. The men working inside the Museum in the Park came out to check on me and one asked if I had been called to clean up Chief Logan for this coming weekend's event? I stated to him that I had not, and I knew nothing of what was happening this weekend....He proceeded to tell me about the Colonial Days Encampment that they are calling West Virginia Days. Reenactors of the pre 1840's will set up camps and demonstrate the lifestyles of the Colonial natives and American natives of the Logan Co., VA(WV) area....He made it sound so interesting to a history nut. Friday and Saturday they will demonstrate what it may have been like to live in those early years in peace time, not war. Mrs. Frankie Esposito, Museum in the Park curator, came out to talk with me, and later took me on a tour of the museum and its contents....the huge Coal Wall Memorial is being constructed, and I was lucky enough to get to meet the artist, and see the beginnings of the construction...Cool. The coal being used is from the actual mines from SAGO and the one at Melville, Logan Co.,...A must see once completed this weekend! Mrs. Esposito explained that they are planning to have a room set up to invite persons to come and tell their oral histories, as many of these are being lost with each passing day. I agreed with her wholeheartedly, and told her I was very impressed that there were plans for this. She was very excited about it. I really liked the Quilt exhibit and especially, the Dehue/Rum Creek, Logan Co., WV Exhibit that is in the main entry hall. Anyway, I returned to complete my duties around Chief Logan, and I am almost positive he was beginning to stand a little taller when I had completed planting all the petunias, swept up, and cleaned. I regret I did not have enough to plant on the back side, though. Bruce Collinsworth, park coordinator, told me to do whatever it took to make him look nice....and so I proceeded to trim up those unruley barberry bushes into nice round balls....Though I would have preferred completely removing them and planting yellow lilly perennials, but that is for another time and more money down the road. (The paper wasps' nest in the right hand bush, kept me from cutting them down to the nubs). I took photos of him and a family with a son named LOGAN, stopped to have their photo taken with Chief Logan, also....It was a good day. The Chief stood tall again. I will gladly email a photo of the Chief Logan memorial, if anyone would like to see him in his glory, or better yet, pay him a personal visit this weekend. Have a great weekend, Sandi Logan Garden Council Holden Garden Club __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Owing to the large amount of discussion concerning Chief Logan, it is well for us to know a little about this famous Native American who the white settlers turned into a blood-thirsty killer during Dunsmores War. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Tachnedorus (c.1725–1780), usually known as Chief Logan or John Logan in historical records, was a Mingo Native American leader in the era before the American Revolutionary War, whose revenge for the brutal killing of his family members by white frontiersmen helped spark the conflict known as Dunmore's War. Also known as "The Great Mingo" and "Captain Johnny Logan," he has often been confused with his brother James Logan (Tah-gah-jute) in historical accounts. John Logan (Tachnedorus) was a village leader, not a tribal chief, but his white contemporaries and subsequent historians generally called any influential American Indian "chief." Those Iroquois who had migrated to the Ohio Country were usually called "Mingoes." Like his father, Logan maintained friendly relationships with white settlers who were moving from eastern Pennsylvania and Virginia into the Ohio Country, the region which is now Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, and western Pennsylvania. That all changed with the Yellow Creek Massacre on 3 May 1774. A group of Virginia frontiersmen led by one Daniel Greathouse brutally murdered about a dozen Mingoes, among them Logan's mother, sister, and cousin, at the mouth of Yellow Creek near present-day Wellsville, Ohio along the Ohio River. (Capt. Cresap was blamed by Logan, but subsequent history reveals that Cresap probably hadd nothing to do with it.) Influential tribal chiefs in the region, such as Cornstalk (Shawnee), White Eyes (Lenape), and Guyasuta (Seneca/Mingo), attempted to negotiate a peaceful resolution lest the incident develop into a larger war, but by Native American custom Logan had the right to retaliate, and he intended to do just that. The chiefs managed to have Logan agree to take out his vengeance only on Virginians, not Pennsylvanians. Leading a war party of 13 Shawnees and Mingoes, Logan attacked settlements west of the Monongahela River. His reprisals were as brutal as the earlier murders, and he and his warriors killed numerous settlers, many of them women and children. White settlers fled in droves, and the royal governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, responded by going to war against the Mingoes and Shawnees, in the war that bears his name: Dunmore's War. Some of Dunmore's contemporaries, and some subsequent historians, have suspected that Dunmore had a hand in provoking the Yellow Creek Massacre with the intention of seizing the Ohio Country from the natives before the rival colony of Pennsylvania did so. The war ended with the defeat of Cornstalk — who reluctantly led his eager young men in the war — at the Battle of Point Pleasant, and the Native American peoples of the region were forced to recognize the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, surrendering their hunting lands in Kentucky. (Logan was probably not at Point Pleasant.) While Cornstalk conducted the negotiations for the defeated Indians, Logan refused to attend. Cornstalk, thinking the treaty would be strengthened by Cornstalks endorsement, sent a messenger to Logan to convince him to join the negotiations. Instead he sent a letter that would become famous. His speech, which has been acclaimed by some as one of the most eloquent of all history is inscribed on his memorial statue at the Chief Logan Park in Logan. It can be read on the Logan County Web site. The remainder of Logan's life is shrouded in obscurity. Along with many other Ohio natives, he participated in the American Revolutionary War against the Americans. It is thought that he was possibly murdered in 1780 by another Indian, possibly by a nephew. I have no record that identifies his wife or children. For another version of the Chief Logan story, visit the Mingo County web site. I believe the speech is recorded there also STAN On Thursday, June 15, 2006, at 01:23 PM, Jim Burgess wrote: > When was Chief Logan Born and when did he die? and Where born and died > - Do > we > know who he married? > > I would love to see a picture. > > jim@promobiz.biz > > Jim Burgess > > -

Shelby, My Uncle Bethel Clark's mother in law owned the boarding house and Uncle Bethel and his wife(Flossie) lived on the other side, it was a split house the way I had it described to me. I have forgotten Flossie's maiden name but it will return in due time:) I know the mother in law was divorced because I recall one year on a visit home we visited with her ex husband. Can you tell me who Norma's cousin was as we knew some of the boarders. You can private email if you want to. judinclark@sbcglobal.net cousin judi Judi BurgessWV@aol.com wrote: >Some history on Camp Chief Logan Park; It was originally called Little >Buffalo Creek on the land maps; the creek heads up against Crawley Creek. About the >time of world war one, the Merrill Coal Co. had a mine there and closed in the >1950s.Where the loco engine now s. tands was a boarding house for single >miners.My late wife Norma often visited her cousin who lived in the converted >boarding house. > >Shelby > > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > >

Thank you, Sandy. I'd assumed the park service did this. My sister and I visited a couple years ago, as it was my father's favorite place to hike, and he loved the deer. When some came out and approached us, we were as thrilled as if dad had sent them to say hello. Our cousin named her son Logan also. Wish we were there to join the events! Sue in Tampa At 07:01 AM 6/15/06 -0700, you wrote: >Hello, > >Yesterday, I had the honor of spending the day with >Chief Logan, at Chief Logan State Park. > > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Just had an idea that might save Sandi a lot of time sending individual messages to everyone who wants a picture of Chief Logan and the results of Sandi's hard work cleaning up his garden area. She could post a message and attach her picture(s) on the Rootsweb Logan Co. site that is gatewayed to our list. Interested people will then have a link taking them to her online message with access to her pictures. http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.logan Carole

I agree fully, Sandi, and would appreciate a copy of the picture. Rick > > From: "Ralph Sewell" <jlgrd@comcast.net> > Date: 2006/06/15 Thu PM 01:08:01 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I > > What a wonderful thing that you did Sandi. I would love a copy of the > picture > > Ralph > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandi" <sandmayo@yahoo.com> > To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:01 AM > Subject: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I > > > > Hello, > > > > Yesterday, I had the honor of spending the day with > > Chief Logan, at Chief Logan State Park. > > > > My approach to Chief Logan was sad, but my resignation > > for what I was going to undertake was unthwarted. > > Chief Logan stood stern, proud, and undaunted by my > > presence. I surrounded him by tools and flowers, and > > lots of determination, to make his standing ground a > > lovely place once more. > > > > The two barberry bushes planted on either side of him > > had grown to considerable size and I was concerned > > about their overgrowth. The crabgrass was the biggest > > problem, but I pulled the most of it from the soil. > > > > Many people drove by taking notice of my endeavor, and > > several even stopped to ask if I was with a local > > garden club, to which I proudly replied, "YES! Are you > > a garden club member, also? We are in desparate need > > of new members who like to do civic beautification..." > > To which, I just received a smile and a "Keep up the > > great work!" ;-) > > > > For several weeks I have felt compelled to come and > > clean and plant flowers in the flower bed of Chief > > Logan....He deserves some beautification, as our > > county is named for him. > > > > The men working inside the Museum in the Park came out > > to check on me and one asked if I had been called to > > clean up Chief Logan for this coming weekend's event? > > I stated to him that I had not, and I knew nothing of > > what was happening this weekend....He proceeded to > > tell me about the Colonial Days Encampment that they > > are calling West Virginia Days. Reenactors of the pre > > 1840's will set up camps and demonstrate the > > lifestyles of the Colonial natives and American > > natives of the Logan Co., VA(WV) area....He made it > > sound so interesting to a history nut. Friday and > > Saturday they will demonstrate what it may have been > > like to live in those early years in peace time, not > > war. > > > > Mrs. Frankie Esposito, Museum in the Park curator, > > came out to talk with me, and later took me on a tour > > of the museum and its contents....the huge Coal Wall > > Memorial is being constructed, and I was lucky enough > > to get to meet the artist, and see the beginnings of > > the construction...Cool. The coal being used is from > > the actual mines from SAGO and the one at Melville, > > Logan Co.,...A must see once completed this weekend! > > > > Mrs. Esposito explained that they are planning to have > > a room set up to invite persons to come and tell their > > oral histories, as many of these are being lost with > > each passing day. I agreed with her wholeheartedly, > > and told her I was very impressed that there were > > plans for this. She was very excited about it. > > > > I really liked the Quilt exhibit and especially, the > > Dehue/Rum Creek, Logan Co., WV Exhibit that is in the > > main entry hall. > > > > Anyway, I returned to complete my duties around Chief > > Logan, and I am almost positive he was beginning to > > stand a little taller when I had completed planting > > all the petunias, swept up, and cleaned. I regret I > > did not have enough to plant on the back side, though. > > > > Bruce Collinsworth, park coordinator, told me to do > > whatever it took to make him look nice....and so I > > proceeded to trim up those unruley barberry bushes > > into nice round balls....Though I would have preferred > > completely removing them and planting yellow lilly > > perennials, but that is for another time and more > > money down the road. (The paper wasps' nest in the > > right hand bush, kept me from cutting them down to the > > nubs). > > > > I took photos of him and a family with a son named > > LOGAN, stopped to have their photo taken with Chief > > Logan, also....It was a good day. > > > > The Chief stood tall again. > > > > I will gladly email a photo of the Chief Logan > > memorial, if anyone would like to see him in his > > glory, or better yet, pay him a personal visit this > > weekend. > > > > Have a great weekend, > > > > Sandi > > Logan Garden Council > > Holden Garden Club > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. 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When was Chief Logan Born and when did he die? and Where born and died - Do we know who he married? I would love to see a picture. jim@promobiz.biz Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: suebod [mailto:suebod@tampabay.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 12:54 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I Thank you, Sandy. I'd assumed the park service did this. My sister and I visited a couple years ago, as it was my father's favorite place to hike, and he loved the deer. When some came out and approached us, we were as thrilled as if dad had sent them to say hello. Our cousin named her son Logan also. Wish we were there to join the events! Sue in Tampa At 07:01 AM 6/15/06 -0700, you wrote: >Hello, > >Yesterday, I had the honor of spending the day with >Chief Logan, at Chief Logan State Park. > > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

I found a few pictures that I am wondering about. Lourvenia Fain and Thomas Harrison Maynard are in one picture and John E Maynard (b. 1882; d. 1996) is in the other. The writing on the back of this picture says that John was Lourvenia's 2nd husband Wondering who this Fain lady is? There used to be (in the 60s) a family of that name living in Ranger, WV, but I never knew anything about this family. Phyllis Some of SILAS FANNIN’s descendants married BROWNING. ICIE FANNIN (Wayne - Easton - Silas) b. 2 March 1919; married OSSIE BROWNING. This is a question for anyone who owns copies of Stanley Browning’s books: Tracking the Pioneers : History and Genealogy of Capt. Ralph Stewart and His Descendants TRACKING THE PIONEERS II: A History of Browning Families of Southern West Virginia Do either of these books mention SILAS FANNIN? If so, what is written about him? Ralph Sayre "Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow." - Swedish Proverb ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx http://www.geocities.com/harts06/project2006.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

For those of you who are interested, the movie "Matewan" will be shown in the next week or so on cable. I believe the channel is IFC. Anita McClung Fayette County, WV

Sheila M I am not familiar with the book. What is the Title author etc. thanks Jim Burgess -----Original Message----- From: Sheila Merriman [mailto:davishei@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:10 PM To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Shannon's and Smith Families of New River & Wyoming & Logan! Jim, THANK YOU!!!!! I cannot believe how much of my family is referenced in this little book (Chapman, Abbott, Martin, Abbott, Sawyers, Cole, Wilson, Cole)! How did you ever find it???? It's A Good Life! SheilaM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:54 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Shannon's and Smith Families of New River & Wyoming & Logan! > Dear Logan County, Virginia Genealogist and Cousins, > > This looks wonderful. > > Rick - This looks like it may be your Smith family. Let me know what > you think! (arrow down a ways to find the Smith's) > > http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/appendixc10.htm > > Jim Burgess > > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

What a wonderful thing that you did Sandi. I would love a copy of the picture Ralph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandi" <sandmayo@yahoo.com> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:01 AM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Chief Logan and I > Hello, > > Yesterday, I had the honor of spending the day with > Chief Logan, at Chief Logan State Park. > > My approach to Chief Logan was sad, but my resignation > for what I was going to undertake was unthwarted. > Chief Logan stood stern, proud, and undaunted by my > presence. I surrounded him by tools and flowers, and > lots of determination, to make his standing ground a > lovely place once more. > > The two barberry bushes planted on either side of him > had grown to considerable size and I was concerned > about their overgrowth. The crabgrass was the biggest > problem, but I pulled the most of it from the soil. > > Many people drove by taking notice of my endeavor, and > several even stopped to ask if I was with a local > garden club, to which I proudly replied, "YES! Are you > a garden club member, also? We are in desparate need > of new members who like to do civic beautification..." > To which, I just received a smile and a "Keep up the > great work!" ;-) > > For several weeks I have felt compelled to come and > clean and plant flowers in the flower bed of Chief > Logan....He deserves some beautification, as our > county is named for him. > > The men working inside the Museum in the Park came out > to check on me and one asked if I had been called to > clean up Chief Logan for this coming weekend's event? > I stated to him that I had not, and I knew nothing of > what was happening this weekend....He proceeded to > tell me about the Colonial Days Encampment that they > are calling West Virginia Days. Reenactors of the pre > 1840's will set up camps and demonstrate the > lifestyles of the Colonial natives and American > natives of the Logan Co., VA(WV) area....He made it > sound so interesting to a history nut. Friday and > Saturday they will demonstrate what it may have been > like to live in those early years in peace time, not > war. > > Mrs. Frankie Esposito, Museum in the Park curator, > came out to talk with me, and later took me on a tour > of the museum and its contents....the huge Coal Wall > Memorial is being constructed, and I was lucky enough > to get to meet the artist, and see the beginnings of > the construction...Cool. The coal being used is from > the actual mines from SAGO and the one at Melville, > Logan Co.,...A must see once completed this weekend! > > Mrs. Esposito explained that they are planning to have > a room set up to invite persons to come and tell their > oral histories, as many of these are being lost with > each passing day. I agreed with her wholeheartedly, > and told her I was very impressed that there were > plans for this. She was very excited about it. > > I really liked the Quilt exhibit and especially, the > Dehue/Rum Creek, Logan Co., WV Exhibit that is in the > main entry hall. > > Anyway, I returned to complete my duties around Chief > Logan, and I am almost positive he was beginning to > stand a little taller when I had completed planting > all the petunias, swept up, and cleaned. I regret I > did not have enough to plant on the back side, though. > > Bruce Collinsworth, park coordinator, told me to do > whatever it took to make him look nice....and so I > proceeded to trim up those unruley barberry bushes > into nice round balls....Though I would have preferred > completely removing them and planting yellow lilly > perennials, but that is for another time and more > money down the road. (The paper wasps' nest in the > right hand bush, kept me from cutting them down to the > nubs). > > I took photos of him and a family with a son named > LOGAN, stopped to have their photo taken with Chief > Logan, also....It was a good day. > > The Chief stood tall again. > > I will gladly email a photo of the Chief Logan > memorial, if anyone would like to see him in his > glory, or better yet, pay him a personal visit this > weekend. > > Have a great weekend, > > Sandi > Logan Garden Council > Holden Garden Club > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

>>I will gladly email a photo of the Chief Logan memorial, if anyone would like to see him in his glory, or better yet, pay him a personal visit this weekend.<< Sandi, Oh, how I would love to go to the Colonial Days Encampment and see Chief Logan! My Vances were in Logan County at that time. I guess I will have to be happy with a picture of your handy work in cleaning up the chief and his garden. Thanks, Carole

Sandi, it was a great tribute for a very great man. Thanks for your artistic work. We are sure MANY will enjoy your excellent work. Lee Hash Culpeper, Va

Sandy, What a wonderful tribute to Chief Logan. I would love to make a trip over that way this weekend, but we are having a similar celebration here in Fayette County as well. However, rest assure that I will make a trip over before summer's end. I want to see that wall! Three cheers for a job well done! Anita McClung Fayette County, WV

The annotated 1870 Boone census has Smiths but no connection to the Logan Smiths that I can see. The oldest is an Oma Smith b. 1790 in NC residing in Crook District - Pond Fork. Rick > > From: BurgessWV@aol.com > Date: 2006/06/15 Thu AM 11:52:45 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Shannon's and Smith Families of New River & Wyoming & Logan! > > In the 1860 Boone co. WV census, Ezekiel Smith is listed as the son of George > & Nancy Smith; but I cant find any connection to the upper Spruce Fork Smiths > so far. Those Smiths are somewhat of a mystery. > > Shelby > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Some history on Camp Chief Logan Park; It was originally called Little Buffalo Creek on the land maps; the creek heads up against Crawley Creek. About the time of world war one, the Merrill Coal Co. had a mine there and closed in the 1950s.Where the loco engine now s. tands was a boarding house for single miners.My late wife Norma often visited her cousin who lived in the converted boarding house. Shelby

In the 1860 Boone co. WV census, Ezekiel Smith is listed as the son of George & Nancy Smith; but I cant find any connection to the upper Spruce Fork Smiths so far. Those Smiths are somewhat of a mystery. Shelby

A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory. By David E. Johnston (1906). It was in the link that you sent. Wonderful find! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 10:21 AM Subject: RE: [WVLOGAN] Shannon's and Smith Families of New River & Wyoming & Logan! > Sheila M > > I am not familiar with the book. > > What is the Title author etc. > > thanks > Jim Burgess > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sheila Merriman [mailto:davishei@msn.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:10 PM > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] Shannon's and Smith Families of New River & > Wyoming & Logan! > > > Jim, > > THANK YOU!!!!! I cannot believe how much of my family is referenced in > this > little book (Chapman, Abbott, Martin, Abbott, Sawyers, Cole, Wilson, > Cole)! > How did you ever find it???? > > It's A Good Life! > SheilaM > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Burgess" <jim@promobiz.biz> > To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 6:54 PM > Subject: [WVLOGAN] Shannon's and Smith Families of New River & Wyoming & > Logan! > > > > Dear Logan County, Virginia Genealogist and Cousins, > > > > This looks wonderful. > > > > Rick - This looks like it may be your Smith family. Let me know what > > you think! (arrow down a ways to find the Smith's) > > > > http://www.kinyon.com/westvirginia/midnewriver/appendixc10.htm > > > > Jim Burgess > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >