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Logan Family Burial Grounds – Shelby County

I found this listing for the Logan Family Cemetery in Shelby County and wanted to share this with you.  Ritchey and I have not visited this cemetery, but it is now on the list!  Winter is my planning time, spring and fall the time for visiting cemeteries!

from Kentucky, History of Shelby County, George L. Willis, Sr., 1929

The Logan family burial grounds in the southwestern portion of the county furnish truly pioneer history.  The inscriptions on the tombs and headstones not only give much added information to the otherwise meager sketches of the lives of Benjamin Logan and his son William, but they are typical of the epitaphs and sentiments of that day in the churchyards of the county at large; and have therefore been copied verbatim, as follows:

  • In Memory of our Mother and Father: William Logan, Priscilla Logan.  William was born December, 1776; died August, 1822.  Priscilla was born March, 1784; died June, 1833.
  • Mary Logan Smith died October 22, 1867, aged 86 years.
  • Benjamin L. Smith, born August 28, 1801; died October 5, 1804.
  • Benjamin Logan, born January 3, 1789; died March 19, 1873.
  • James Knox was born in Ireland. Came to America at the age of 14 years.  Served in the Revolutionary War.  Died December 24, 1822, at an advanced age.
  • Robert Logan, born November 7, 1829. Died June 27, 1833.
  • John K. Logan, born December 20, 1830; died July 31, 1833.
  • In Memory of Jane Logan, wife of John T. Parker, and daughter of Col. John Allen who was killed at the River Raisin in 1813 – and Jane Logan Allen, who died February 28, 1821. Born September 24, 1808 – Died September 12, 1844.
  • Benjamin Logan, died December, 1802, in his 60th year.  A name so engraved in the history of his country, and the affections of posterity – the highest monument of fame – married Ann Montgomery, who nobly shared with him in the many perils of their wilderness home.
  • Ann Logan, died October 18, 1825, in her 73rd
  • James K. Logan, born November 13, 1820; died October 19, 1867.
  • Judge Z. Wheat, born July 26, 1806; died April 26, 1877. ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.’
  • Ann M. Wheat, born April 22, 1823; died September 23, 1885.
  • William P. Monroe, born September 15, 1825; died July 19, 1851.
  • Elizabeth S. Logan, born January 8, 1793; died March 3, 1862. Wife, Mother, Christian, Friend.  ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’
  • Robert W. Glass, born August 21, 1821; died July 10, 1854. ‘Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his.’

There two graves were just outside of the enclosure, and there were evidences of other graves, but no stones.

  • In memory of John W. Storts, who was born May 16, 1831, and died March 2, 1833. ‘Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.’
  • In memory of Albert C. Storts, who was born December 24, 1833 – died January 17, 1835. ‘Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.’

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