Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 69.  Shelby County.

WILLIAM LOGAN, judge of the court of appeals and senator of the United
States for Kentucky, was born in Harrodsburg, December 8, 1776, and died
at his residence in Shelby county, August 8, 1822.  He was one of the most
prominent and most beloved of the public men of the state.
     His father was General Ben Logan, who was the earliest settler to
Logan county, to which he gave his name.  He was of Irish parentage, and
was born in Augusta county, Virginia.  His father died when he was but
fourteen years of age and left him the beneficiary of his estate as the
sole heir under the law of primogeniture then in force.  On coming of age
he voluntarily divested himself of the estate for the benefit of his
mother and brother, and sought a fortune for himself.  His mind was
uncultivated save by his study of men.  He accompanied Colonel Henry
Bouquet in his expeditions against the Indians, and in 1774 was with
Dunmore in the expedition to northwestern Ohio.  In 1775 he started for
Kentucky, and in Powell's valley met with Boone, Henderson and others also
on their way west.  He traveled with them for a time, but, not approving
of their plans, he left them on their arrival in Kentucky, and after a few
days' travel stopped in what is now Lincoln county, where he built a fort,
and during the same year, in connection with William Galaspy, raised a
small crop of Indian corn.  He made two journeys between Virginia and his
new home, bringing out his cattle and slaves, and in 1876 [sic] removed
his family to Kentucky.  His history is largely the history of early
Kentucky and the Indian wars, for he was the prominent figure in the
defense of the white settlers against the red men. He was a representative
man, and several times was a member of the convention of 1792 and 1799,
wherein were framed the first and second constitutions of the state.  He
died at an advanced age full of honors and beloved by all who knew him.
     His son, William Logan, was probably the first white child born in
the present limits of Kentucky.  In 1799 he was a delegate from Lincoln
county to the constitutional convention, his father being also a member
for Shelby county.  He had studied and practiced law prior to this time
and had attained some distinction in his profession.  He was the
representative from his county to the state legislature and was speaker
of the house from 1804 to 1806.  He was appointed judge of the court of
appeals, January 11, 1808, but resigned soon afterward, and was again
appointed January 20, 1810.  In 1819 he was elected United States senator
for Kentucky, but resigned that office in 1820 to become a candidate for
the position of governor.  To this office, however, he was not elected.
He was an active and influential factor in many questions that disturbed
the state in the construction of the constitutional provisions for filling
the office of governor, when the vacancy was caused by the death of
Governor Madison.  He was also an adherent of the old court in the contest
for authority between the court and the legislature.
     In private and public life, he was over courteous in manner,
inflexible in his integrity and of great moral worth.  His death at an
early age was deplored very generally as a loss to the state.
     He was married in 1801 to Priscilla Wallace, the daughter of Judge
Caleb Wallace, of the court of appeals.

Logan Bouquet Galaspy Wallace
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Harrodsburg-Mercer-KY Logan-KY Lincoln-KY Augusta-VA

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