Notebooks - Kentucky #6, Part 2

Coffman, Edward. The Story of Logan County, Nashville, TN: The Parthenon Press, 1962.

Map of Logan County, Kentucky

Logan County, Kentucky is situated in the southwestern part of the state and is one of the southern tier of counties bordering the northern Tennessee line.  It is bounded on the north by Muhlenberg and Butler Counties, on the east by Warren and Simpson Counties, on the west by Todd County and on the south by Robertson County,  Tennessee.

Russellville, the county seat, is almost in the center of the county. It is 144 miles by railroad southwest of Louisville and 72 miles by rail south of Owensboro, Kentucky. It is 55 miles due north of Nashville, Tennessee. . . . 

Logan County is one of the early counties of Kentucky being the thirteenth of the 120 counties of the Commonwealth. It was originally formed in 1792, the year in which Kentucky became a state. 

Kentucky itself was at first a part of Virgnia. Fincastle County, Virginia, from which Kentucky was formed, was the frontier county of Virginia from 1772 through 1776. By an act of the legislature of Virginia, Fincastle County was dissolved, effective December 31, 1776 and one

First Christian Church

First Christian Church - Wayne City, Illinois

1889 - May meeting was held at the Methodist Episcopal Church presided over by Elder J.S. Rose of Albion. The meeting lasted 18 days and culminated in the organization of the First Christian Church of Wayne City. Fifty-two members were in attendance at the meeting.

Church officers appointed by Elder Rose:

• J.K. Ashley, elder
• J.M. Lee, elder
• Job Pixley, deacon
• Jonathon Bratton, deacon
• John Gaddis, deacon
• J.H. Gaddis, clerk

1889 - October 29 - the church purchased three lots from P.A. & John Gaddis for $200 and construction began on the church building.

1890 - church building completed, measuring 28' x 48' 

1890 - October 19 - church dedicated by Elder Rose. It was a great day for the young church, and services were held at 10:30 am, 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm with large attendance at each of the services. Trustees were A.G. Scudamore, E.B. Reid and J.M. Whitson. 

Mt. Olive Church

Years ago, when the country around here was mostly covered with woods, two men named George Casner (in 1852) and John Hawkins Jr. (in 1854) decided to settle in this territory. Mr. Casner cleared some land, built some fences, and entered the land in the records at Shawneetown in his own name. The of the United States signed the patent giving George Casner the title to the land. Mr. Casner and his wife had a son named Ramsey and after Mr. Casner was killed in an accident, this young man sold the farm to a trader on May 1, 1868, just six years and a month after his father had purchased it. Six months later, the trader, Joel Scrivner sold it to William Palmer, who kept it several years, and then it passed from hand to hand until on February 10, 1865, John Gentle purchased it and planned to make his home there.

North Farnham Church

Mom standing in front of North Farnham Parish Church in Richmond County, Virginia. This was the home church of the Anthony Morgan family.  Anthony was born before 1665 in Bristol, England.  He was living in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia in 1665. Anthony bound himself to Mrs. Sarah Walker, the widow of Lt. Col. John Walker to serve an apprenticeship for seven years 1670-1676. After the completion of his apprenticeship he married Elizabeth (?) ca. 1677.  They had five children whose births were recorded in the Farnham Parish registers.