David Dollar Logan (1811 - 1884)

Born 1 Mar 1811 in Franklin County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Anne (Morgan) Logan — married 15 Mar 1840 in Franklin County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1884 at age 73 in Franklin, Indiana, United States

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Biography

David was born on the 1st of March in 1811. At that time it was the Indiana Territory and was located on the western border of Ohio.

On February 1, 1811, Franklin County had been formed from parts of Dearborn and Clark counties. It was Indiana's 6th county.

David was the son of John Logan and Mary Dollar. David's father had come from Ireland to South Carolina. His father was married and had several children before moving from Laurens District in South Carolina to the Indiana Territory. His father came with others from Laurens District and formed the Carolina Settlement when lands became available in the Indiana Territory. The first wife of his father died and John Logan married Mary Dollar. Mary had also come from Laurens District in South Carolina. Mary was married to John in 1807. David's grandparents along with several aunts and uncles moved to the territory about 1810 prior to David's birth also from Laurens District in South Carolina. David's grandfather, William Dollar was a veteran soldier of the Revolutionary War.

After David was born war came to the new territory. There was fighting with the Indians led by the Shawnee chief Tecumseh and the War of 1812. In 1810 Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa encouraged other tribes in the territory to resist European settlement. Tensions rose and the US authorized the territorial governor, William Henry Harrison, to launch a preemptive expedition against Tecumseh's Confederacy; the United States of America gained victory at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811. Tecumseh was killed in 1813 during the Battle of Thames. After his death, armed resistance to United States control ended in the region. These and other events prompted President Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Great Britain.

The War of 1812 with Great Britain began on June the 18th 1812. Many battles were fought in Indiana Territory including the Siege of Fort Harrison and Fort Wayne , the Battle of Mississnewa, and The Pigeon Roost Massacre. which was in southeast Indiana Territory.

There were no engagements in Franklin County where David and his family lived. David's uncle, John Tharp served in the Indiana Militia.

David and his siblings were raised on his father's farm in Franklin County. His father died in 1823. David lived with his widowed mother and his siblings.

David was married to Elizabeth Ann Morgan in Franklin County in 1840. He and Elizabeth were living with their family in Franklin County in 1850. He was a farmer. David moved his family to Owen Township in Clinton County, Indiana and by 1860 He and Elizabeth had 9 children.

The next year a great war began between the newly formed Confederate States of America and the Union. David was over 50 when the war began and had a large family to provide for. He was still living with his family and farming in Clinton County in 1870. David was a farmer but he also was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Church in 1870 while residing in the Burlington Circuit. David had moved back to Franklin County by 1880 and was living in Fairfield. He passed away in 1884.

David and Elizabeth had the following children:

1. John Thomas b. 1841 and died 1841
2. Mary Jane b. 1843
3. Delighty or Delilah Ellender b. 1845
4. William Jefferson b. 1846
5. Nancy Anne b. 1848
6. James Washington b. 1849
7. Samuel Dollar b. 1855
8. Elizabeth Caroline b. 1859

Sources

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XXF5-M2N : 10 December 2017), David Logan and Elizabeth Ann Morgan, 15 Mar 1840; citing Franklin, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,854,693.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJD-RV5 : 12 April 2016), David Logan, Brookville, Franklin, Indiana, United States; citing family 202, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FD-B4M : 13 December 2017), David Logan, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXW-T4H : 12 April 2016), David Logan, Indiana, United States; citing p. 16, family 119, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,804.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM1-QBW : 14 August 2017), David D Logan, Fairfield, Franklin, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 82, sheet 305B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0278; FHL microfilm 1,254,278.

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