Drury Logan’s Bounty Land Warrant for service in 1st Regiment, South Carolina militia (Mean’s), Captain Hendrick’s company, War of 1812

Drury Logan served in the War of 1812 in Mean’s 1st South Carolina Regiment (militia) along with John Trammell. Drury Logan assigned the land he received for his service (Bounty Land) to Hilyard Trammel, John Trammell’s son, in 1852.

Drury Logan married Polly Bias on or shortly after the date of the Lincoln County, North Carolina, marriage bond: 19 November 1805. Drury Logan was born c. 1781 and died after 1860. No dates known with certainty for Polly Bias Logan.

Bounty Land Warrant researched by Foy Morgan, shared by Patricia Krueger

Our Logans: some significant dates and events

Part two: 1800-1838

• 1800: Great Revival (Second Great Awakening) begins in Kentucky; sweeps much of the country; strongly influences those who experience Joseph Logan’s preaching
• c. 1800: Another of our Drury Logans is born in Kentucky
• 1801: Pioneer Baptist ministers Joseph Logan and John Hightower help constitute Upper Difficult Church, later renamed Bethlehem, Warren (now Allen) County, KY
• early 1800s: Reuben Logan appears in records of Bedford and Lincoln counties, TN
• 1803: Louisiana Purchase
• 1807: Zachariah Logan, Joseph Logan’s son, marries Peggy Brown, Warren County, Kentucky
• War of 1812: From York District, SC: Drury, Elijah, and William Logan serve with 1st Regiment, South Carolina militia, as does Britten Boleyn, future spouse of Margaret Logan, daughter of William Logan (of the 4 brothers at Kings Mountain)
• Creek Indian War/War of 1812: Reuben Logan of Mulberry valley, TN, serves with Tennessee Volunteers in the Creek War
• 1812: Reuben Logan marries Elizabeth Ingle in Lincoln County, Tennessee
• 1812: Louisiana admitted to statehood (April 30)
• 1812: Baptist preacher, Joseph Logan, dies in Warren County, Kentucky (October)
• 1814: Zachariah Logan, Joseph’s son, leaves Lincoln County, TN: “gone to Kentucky”
• 1816: Indiana admitted to statehood (December 11)
• 1817: Mississippi admitted to statehood (December 10)
• 1818: Illinois admitted to statehood (December 3)
• 1819: Panic of 1819 begins (major impact on South Carolina, especially enslaved)
• 1819: Alabama admitted to statehood (December 14)
• 1821: Missouri admitted to statehood (August 10)
• 1828: Andrew Jackson elected 7th President, first Scots-Irish president. Serves from 1829-1837
• 1829: Drury Logan moves from Kentucky to North Carolina, an atypical west-to-east move. Marries Mary Addington in Macon County, North Carolina
• 1830: Levi Logan, son of Drury Logan and Elizabeth Weist Logan of Rutherford County, North Carolina, enumerated in 1830 in Macon County, North Carolina
• 1832: William Logan (4 brothers) applies for Revolutionary War pension, York County, South Carolina
• 1832: Drury Logan applies for Revolutionary War pension, Rutherford County, NC
• 1833: William Logan (4 brothers) dies, York County, South Carolina
• 1835: Drury Logan dies, Rutherford County, North Carolina
• 1835-1837: William Logan and Joanna Cason Logan family moves with the “South Carolina Colony” — mostly Baptists — to Claiborne and Bienville parishes, Louisiana
• 1836: Arkansas admitted to statehood (June 15)
• 1837: Panic of 1837 begins
• c. 1837-1838: Zachariah and Peggy Logan and extended family move from Allen County, Kentucky, to southern Illinois (St. Clair and Perry counties)