William Marrs Logue (abt. 1778 - 1839)

Husband of Hannah (Jobe) Logue — married 6 Aug 1799 in Kentucky USA

Descendants

Died 1839 at about age 61 in Tennessee USA

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The early life of William Marrs Logue is speculative for now, much of his life still needs to be pieced together. Some researchers say he was a child of a William Logue who married a Martha Vogan and died in the Revolutionary War, but Martha Vogan’s husband survived the war, according to pension documents, and their children don’t seem to include our William Marrs*. Later biographical collections that include his descendants do not mention a great grandfather who was in the Revolution at all, much less killed in the war; a detail unlikely to be left out in that era. It is still possible that some researchers are correct that he had a mother who married a Fleming, and a younger half (or step) brother John Fleming, but conclusive proof (or even strong evidence) of this or any other parentage has so far been elusive. It's speculated he may have been born in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, or the Carolinas.

We do know for certain that a William M. Logue was the clerk for the Mill Creek Baptist Church, later called the Old Mulkey Meetinghouse, in what is now Monroe County Kentucky. Many traditions hold that his middle name was Marrs, and there are Marrs families in the congregation as well. Extant scans of the records he kept (not in his hand, but copied a few years later, it seems) are difficult to see clearly past the “M”, but may read Marrs. One researcher has pursued the theory that his middle name was Marion - a middle name that persisted among his descendants, is frequently mis-transcribed as something else, and has an unclear origin. No evidence has been found to support that, and more exists to dispute it, at this point. So for now, let us differentiate him from other William Logues, by using “Marrs.”

Research about William Marrs Logue may be helped by delving further into the history of the 18th century Separatist Baptists, especially followers of Phillip, Jonathan, and John Mulkey. The Marrs family appears to marry into the Mulkeys, and one can find many Fleming, Hall, Lane, Payne, and other repeating surnames in the families and communities attached to William and the Mulkeys. Whether by affection or blood, William Logue seems closely tied to the Mulkeys; one could speculate his oldest son was named after Jonathan Mulkey.

But back to what does seem more clear, about his life:

This particular William M. Logue, who was the clerk of the Mill Creek Baptist Church, was married to Hannah Jobe, by John Mulkey, in Kentucky. There are also land transactions in this place and time, which connect him to an Enoch Jobe (who seems to be Hannah’s father). It seems his first two sons were Jonathan and Oliver Logue, who were born in Kentucky and who migrated together to Illinois as adults. The tie to these two sons is less well documented but there is a great deal of circumstantial evidence: The times and places of their births are appropriate, the documentation of their lives point toward Kentucky and Tennessee and a father named William Logue. Oliver and Jonathan are not in their father’s will, but they had moved to Illinois by that time, and Jonathan’s father in law was an executor of that will.

William did move to Tennessee, where the rest of his children after Oliver were born. He is said to have been a sheriff, and/or Justice of the Peace. In the 1814 records of an annual meeting of a Baptist convention, he is listed as the clerk at the Rocky River Baptist Church, in Warren County Tennessee.

• My research and that of a professional genealogist, Liz Vanderham, concurs that William Marrs Logue was NOT the son of the William Logue, a Revolutionary soldier. There is evidence that he was the son of another William Logue, often confused with the soldier. Our research shows that his mother was Martha Jane Edwards Logue who married a John Fleming born circa 1753 after William Marrs Logue's father died. We find William Marrs Logue living in Warren, TN near John Fleming, Martha's son and half brother to William Marrs Logue in the 1820 and 1830 federal census records. Two major Fleming yDNA studies confirm that direct male descendants to John Fleming are very closely related to me and my Fleming line that appears to genetically trace back to an early American group of Delaware Flemings heralded by the Immigrant (from SCT/IRE), John Fleming born 1671.---John Fleming.

• This is a post made on Ancestry.com in 1998 by "Ann," a descendant of Martha Jane Edwards Logue Fleming: "My GGGGGrandmother was Martha Jane Edwards Logue Fleming. According to the Fleming Family Bible, Martha Jane Edwards was married to William Logue who was killed in the Revolutionary War, leaving her with one son, William. My GGGGGrandmother was Martha Jane Edwards Logue Fleming. According to the Fleming Family Bible, Martha Jane Edwards Logue later married John Fleming and they had sons John, ( born April 4, 1790 in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky), Samuel, and daughter, Jane. I would be happy to share any information that I have with anyone who would like it.." What is important is that she is referencing a family Bible that she has likely seen. I attempted to reach/find her over a decade ago, to no avail. Again the data on William Logue (the father) dying in the Rev. War is possibly based on the time frame, but the only record found of a William Logue dying during that war shows him married to somebody else and his will does not include members of this family. Click on the following link for the original post: Martha's descendant.---John Fleming.

William died in Tennessee, about 1839, burial location is unclear. A deed book lists heirs who agreed to a land transfer: Hannah Logue Widow; William Johnson and Polly Johnson his wife; Dickson N Hillis & Lydia Hillis his wife; Benjaman L Smith and Lucressa Smith his wife; Eli Logue, James C Logue & Jane Boyd all of the county of Warren and state of Tennessee. This supports the children many researchers assign to him:

B. 1800: Mary “Polly” Logue Johnson B. 1802: Jonathan M. Logue (living in Illinois by 1839) B. 1805: Oliver Logue (migrated to Illinois with his brother) B. 1808: Elisha “Eli” Logue B. 1811: Lucretia/Lucressa Logue Smith B. 1814: Nancy “Jane” Logue Boyd B. 1816: James Calvin Logue B. 1819: Lydia Logue Hillis B. 1822: Elizabeth Logue (a minor at her father’s death)

SOURCES

William Marrs Logue

1820 U S Census; Census Place: Warren, Tennessee; Page: 299; NARA Roll: M33_122; Image: 263

1830; Census Place: Warren, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 181; Page: 368; Family History Library Film: 0024539

Kentucky, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890; Ancestry.com

Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850; Ancestry.com

Kentucky, Tax Lists, 1799-1801; Ancestry.com; Second Census of Kentucky, 1800 North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931

Tennessee, Early Land Registers, 1778-1927; Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 02; Series Title: Entries

U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820; Document: Barren County Tax Book, 1800, part 1; Call Number: FHL Film 7865; Page Number: 9; Family Number: 29

Google eBook, page 92. Proceedings of the Baptist Convention for Missionary Purposes, held in Philadephia May 1814.

Old Mulkey Meetinghouse history, at https://parks.ky.gov/parks/historicsites/old-mulkey/history.html