Andrew Logan (1763 - 1856)

Born 17 Aug 1763 in Rutherford, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Meriwether) Logan — married about 1794 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1856 at age 92 in Greenwood, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Private Andrew Logan served with Ninety-Six District Regiment, South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Andrew Logan is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A071121.

Andrew joined the South Carolina State Militia as a boy of 16 and later applied for a pension for his service during the Revolutionary War. ^[1]Some details of Andrew's life can be gleaned from his pension application. He was awarded a pension at two separate times in his life. Andrew is also on a list of men who rode with Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, for his service during the Revolution.

Andrew Logan married Ann Nancy Meriwether about 1794 in South Carolina. She was the daughter of Zachary Meriwether and Jane Lewis. Through this marriage, Andrew and Nancy's descendants are connected to the Meriwether and Lewis lines.

Capt. Andrew Logan, a soldier in the war of the Revolution, died at his residence in Abbeville District, S. C., on the 14th inst, at the advanced age of 93 years.^[2]

Obituary

Another Soldier of the Revolution Gone.

Died, the 14th inst., at his rsidence near Greenwood in this District, Capt. Andrew Logan, at the advanced age of 93 years.

Capt. Logan, in the bloom of manhood, was present at the siege of Ninety-Six, which began the morning of the 23d of May, 1781 ; and afterwards became an active partizan in the desultory warfare sustained by the gallant Moore and his compatriots, against the predatory and remorseless bands of tories who ravaged the country on the disastrous retreat of Green from Ninety-Six. Near the close of the same year, (1781,) he marched with Gen. Pickens in his famous expedition against the Cherokee Indians ; in which, at the head of three hundred and ninety-four mounted men, in a campaign of only fourteen days, he burned thirteen towns, killed forty Indians, and took a large number of prisoners, without the loss of a man from his party.

In private life, he was a most indulgent father and master ; temperate in his habits, indefatigably industrious, just to all men, and punctiliously honorable ; amiable and retiring in his disposition, but of iron will, and a physical constitution whose strength it required near a century to exhaust. A soldier, in his early life, in the cause of human right, it was the glory of his old age to live and die a soldier of the Cross.---The natural force of his mind was not perceptibly abated to the last ; and his nody, though no so active as once, was still stalwart, and straight as an arrow. He passed away calmly, as "sinks the gale when storms are o'er," surrounded by his children of three generations, exulting in the prospect of a glorious immortality.^[3]

Slaves

• Slaves of Andrew Logan

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LTS8 : accessed 18 January 2022), Andrew Logan, 04 Mar 1831; citing South Carolina, United States, NARA microfilm publication T718 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1962), roll 8; FHL microfilm 1,319,388.
2. ↑ [1]
3. ↑ Abbeville Banner, Abbeville, South Carolina. April 24, 1856. Page 2.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37270666/andrew-logan
• DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A071121
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-H1N : accessed 18 January 2022), Andrew Logan, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 113, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 60; FHL microfilm 181,419.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLQ-TZ2 : accessed 18 January 2022), Andrew Logan, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5S-44J : 20 February 2021), Andrew Logan, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing 16, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 169; FHL microfilm 22,503.
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYB-141 : 4 October 2021), Andrew Logan, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 52, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q8-64C : 23 December 2020), Andrew Logan, Greenwood Township, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• 1850 Census Slave Schedule: "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850"
  citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 1; FHL microfilm: 444824; Record number: 13943;
  FamilySearch Record: HRWH-N52M (accessed 2 September 2022)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-62KH-B2F Image number 00175
  Andrew Logan in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.
• Revolutionary War Soldiers for NC and SC, Data provided by the website Carolana. (accessed 8 Sep 2022)

Acknowledgements

• Logan-1423 was created by Vick Miles through the import of Vicktory_Lap_2014-03-06_01_FULL.ged on Jan 4, 2015.