| 1775/05/01 |
James John Floyd |
Work |
Benjamin Logan and a survey party led by John Floyd leads establish "a little town" they call St Asaph's on the Skagg's Trace branch of what will become the Wilderness Road in Kentucky. |
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| 1775/06/00 |
Gen Benjamin McKinley Logan |
Work |
Ben Logan builds a cabin, plants a crop of corn and returns to Virginia. |
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| 1776/03/00 |
Robert Logan |
Home |
Benjamin Logan brings his family to St Asaph's. |
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| 1776/04/00 |
Gen Benjamin McKinley Logan |
Work |
Logan prepares to defend his fort against an Anglo Indian attack by building a covered ditch from the fort to the spring so water can be fetch and telling the women and children to bring in last year's pumpkins and to fill their vessels full of water. |
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| 1777/02/00 |
Gen Benjamin McKinley Logan |
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Benjamin Logan completes his cabin. Logan and John Floyd build a stockade with two blockhouses and cabins (lost) at St Asaph to provide refuge for families moving west to Kentucky County, Virginia. |
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| 1777/05/18 |
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Indian warriors are seen by scouts near Logan's Fort. Native American tribes, aligned with the British regular troops, have recently attacked Fort Harrod and Fort Boonesborough. |
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| 1777/05/30 |
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Indians attack Logan's Station, firing muskets. Hudson is shot through the head and killed and Harrison is shot down. Kennedy, hit by four balls, reaches the fort along with Craig, and the women uninjured. |
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| 1777/05/30 |
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Early Friday morning, William Hudson, Burr Harrison, John Kennedy and James Craig guard the outside the fort as Ann Logan, Mrs Whitley and a Negro woman milk the cows. |
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| 1777/05/30 |
Gen Benjamin McKinley Logan |
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In the evening, Ben Logan, protecting himself with a bag of wool, dashes outside the stockade to rescue Burr Harrison, who has been laying wounded since morning. The Indians renew the attack, killing all the cattle and hogs. |
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| 1777/06/01 |
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The hostile Indians stay quiet till Sunday morning and then depart. |
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| 1777/06/06 |
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Low on munitions, Ben Logan leaves for the Holston Settlement. |
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| 1777/07/00 |
Patrick Henry |
Virginia Governor |
Virginia Governor, Patrick Henry, dispatches Col John Bowman to Logan's Fort with orders to bring settlers back across the Cumberland mountains if he decides they can not be properly defended. |
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| 1777/07/28 |
Col John Bowman |
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Col John Bowman arrives at Logan's Fort leading 100 militiamen with orders from the Virginia governor to bring settlers to a safer location if needed. Bowman will not relocate the settlers. |
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| 1779/09/26 |
Jane Logan Allen |
Born |
Ann Montgomery Logan, wife of Benjamin McKinley Logan, gives birth to a daughter, Jane Logan, at Logan's Fort in Lincoln County, Kentucky. |
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| 1780/00/00 |
William Harrison Logan |
Home |
William H Logan spends his early childhood in St Asaphs Fort, receiving private instruction from his parents and tutors. |
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| 1789/01/05 |
Dr Benjamin Logan |
Born |
Ann Montgomery Logan, wife of Benjamin McKinley Logan, gives birth to a son, Benjamin Logan, in Lincoln County, Kentucky. |
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