Levi LOGAN / Elizabeth WEIST

   Husband: Levi LOGAN             (Ancestor Chart, Descendant Chart)
      Born: ABT 1795               in: Rutherford County, NC
   Married:                        in: 
      Died: BET 1850 AND 1855      in: Union County, GA
    Father: Drury LOGAN
    Mother: Sarah MOORE
      Wife: Elizabeth WEIST        (Descendant Chart)
      Born: ABT 1810               in: NC
      Died: BET 1860 AND 1867      in: Union County, GA
    Father:
    Mother:
  Children:
1     Name: Susannah LOGAN
F     Born: ABT 1830               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 
2     Name: Drury LOGAN
M     Born: ABT 1832               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 
3     Name: Benjamin LOGAN
M     Born: ABT 1834               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 
4     Name: John M LOGAN
M     Born: ABT 1836               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 
5     Name: Sarah LOGAN
F     Born: ABT 1838               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 
6     Name: Phillip LOGAN
M     Born: ABT 1842               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 
7     Name: Joshua LOGAN
M     Born: ABT 1845               in: NC
      Died:                        in: 

Levi Logan

Notes:

• Census data:
  • The 1830 Census of Macon County, North Carolina lists Levie Logan in a household with 3 males and 2 females.
  • The 1840 Census of Cherokee County, North Carolina lists Levi Logan in a household with 4 males and 3 females.
  • The 1850 Census of Union County, Georgia lists Levi Logan (age 50, farmer) as the head of household 361 in the 85th District with Elizabeth (age 40), Susannah (age 20), Drury (age 18), Benjamin (age 16), John (age 14), Sarah (age 12), Philip (age 8), and Joshua (age 5). All are listed as born in N.C.
  • The 1860 Census of Union County, Georgia lists Elizabeth Logan (age 51, farmer) as head of household 428, post office of Blairsville, with Susan (age 30), Drewry (age 28), John S. (age 20), Philip (age 16), and Joshua (age 14).
• Levi Logan's exact birth and death dates are not known. The best indication of his birth date is probably a statement from his father's Revolutionary War pension application dated 26 February 1842 which indicates Levi Logan was 49 years old at that time. This implies a birth date of about 1792 or 1793. However, in the 1850 census his age was listed as 50 years old which would imply a birth date of about 1800. He likely died sometime between 1850 and 1860 as he was listed with his wife Elizabeth in the 1850 census, but Elizabeth was listed without him in the 1860 census. I have not seen the record personally, but am told that Levi's property was listed in the name of his wife Elizabeth in the 1855 tax digest of Union County, Georgia. This would imply that Levi died sometime between 1850 and 1855.
• Although no marriage record is known to exist, Levi Logan is thought to have married Elizabeth Weist. Members of the Weist family are found in early records under a variety of spellings including Weast, Weese, Wease, and West. Various internet sources (#1, #2, #3, & #4) indicate that Elizabeth was likely the daughter of Jacob and Mary Weist who lived in Rutherford County, NC. A Rutherford County marriage bond exists between Jacob Weist and Mary Yearwood dated 2 Dec 1794¹. Mary is thought to have remarried following Jacob's death to someone named Rose (some sources indicate Samuel Rose). An 1860 will exists in Rutherford County records for a Mary Rose who named a daughter Elizabeth Logan, along with son Adam Weast and daughters Margeret Lowry, Catherine Weast, and Nancy E. Weast⁵.
• Based on records of his father, Levi Logan was probably raised on Duncans Creek, a tributary of the First Broad River, in an area of Rutherford County, NC that became Cleveland County, NC in 1841. Land records also indicated that Jacob and Mary Weist lived in this same vicinity, so Levi and Elizabeth likely met there. Levi and Elizabeth had probably married by 1830 based on the age of their oldest child listed in the 1850 census. By 1830 Levi is thought to have moved westward to Macon County, NC based on the name "Levie Logan" listed in the 1830 census. In the 1840 census Levi Logan was listed in Cherokee County, NC. Cherokee County was formed from Macon County in 1839, so it is possible that Levi changed counties between 1830 and 1840 only because the county boundaries changed. By 1850 Levi had moved a short distance southward to Union County, Georgia where he was listed with his family in the 1850 census. Levi's youngest child Joshua (age 5) was listed as born in North Carolina, so the famiy most likely moved from North Carolina to Georgia sometime between 1845 and 1850.
• All five of Levi's sons are thought to have participated in the Civil War. John died as a prisoner of war in Illinois in 1865, but the other four sons survived the war. The following are scanned copies of Civil War compiled service records that likely represent the five sons of Levi Logan:
  • Drury Logan - Georgia 6th (PDF File - 3.6 Mbytes)
  • Benjamin Logan - Georgia 52nd (PDF File - 5.7 Mbytes)
  • John M. Logan - Georgia 52nd (PDF File - 10.4 Mbytes)
  • Philip Logan - Georgia 6th (PDF File - 4.1 Mbytes)
  • Joshua Logan - Georgia 6th (PDF File - 3.2 Mbytes)
• A fellow researcher shared the following information on the spouses of Levi's children. I can't cite sources for this information, but it is provided here as a possible aid for others who may be researching this family:
  • Susanah - married a Mr. Allen
  • Drury - married Mary (Polly) Rider on 9/23/1872
  • Benjamin - married Rosena Prater on 2/10/1858
  • John - died in 1865 in Civil War prisoner of war camp
  • Sarah - married George Queen on 4/26/1864
  • Philip - married Martha Nicholson on 10/12/1865
  • Joshua - married Elizabeth McCoy

Court Records:

Rutherford County, N.C. Deed Book 32, p.222, 16 April 1819: William Hunt of RCNC to Joseph Taylor of the same, 500 dollars, 58 acres on First Broad River joining Joseph Grayson dec'd and Absalom Hunt, part of a grant to Hugh Beaty. Wit. Wm. Grayson, Levy Logan. #182, 16 May 1820.
(Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, May 2007, p.88)⁴ 

Court Records:

Rutherford County, N.C. Minutes of the Superior Court of Law, April Court 1816, Friday the 19th: No. 8, State vs. Levy Logan, Benjamin Logan. Indictment A.B. Defendants plead not guilty and thereupon came to a jury to wit as in No. 4 (1 William Dycus, 2 Peter Green, 3 Zachh Johns, 4 George Logan, 5 John Waters, 6 Ransom Powell, 7 Joseph Goode, 8 Walton Bradly, 9 Robert Cockram, 10 William McCurry, 11 Hugh Watson, 12 Richard Martin) who being duly sworn do find the defendants guilty of the assault & battery in manner & form as charged in the bill of indictment (the sentence of the court not yet passed).
(Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Fall 2014, p.139)² 

Rutherford County, N.C. Minutes of the Superior Court of Law, October Court 1820, Thursday the 19th: No. 7, State vs. Benjamin Logan & Levy Logan. Pleads not guilty. Thereupon came a jury to wit as follows: 1 Theoderick Birchett, 2 Elie Littlejohn, 3 James Baber, 4 Thomas Mooreland, 5 Aaron Goss, 6 William Barr, 7 George Cabiness, 8 James Moore, 9 Charles Love, 10 Robert Hany, 11 William McSwine, 12 James Bradly who finds the defendents Benjamin & Levy Logan guilty of the assault and battery in manner & form as charged in the bill of indictment. Judgment of the court that each of them pay a fine of $5 and costs.
(Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Summer 2015, p.53)³ 

Sources:

1. Holcomb, Brent H. Marriages of Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1779-1868. Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986. ISBN 0-8063-1144-4. [ p.157: List marriage bond of Jacob Weost and Maery Yenwood, dated 2 Dec 1794, with Daniel Wartman, bondsman. ]
2. Minutes of Superior Court of Law, Rutherford County, N.C. [1816-1817], Bulletin of The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Forest City, NC. Fall 2014, p.135-148. [ p.139: Court case referencing Levy and Benjamin Logan. ]
3. Minutes of Superior Court of Law, Rutherford County, N.C. [1820-1821], Bulletin of The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Forest City, NC. Summer 2015, p.52-64. [ p.53: Court case referencing Benjamin & Levy Logan. ]
4. "Rutherford County, N.C. Deed Book 32", Bulletin of The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Forest City, NC. May 2007, p.79-89. [ p.88: Deed witnessed by Levy Logan. ]
5. [Will of Mary Rose (1860)]. Rutherford County loose wills, file C.R.086.801.32, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, 2 p. (Scanned copy of original made 23 May 2008 (679.9 Kbytes)).