Post 9, Book 1, Part II, Chapter 8a

Becoming Logan and Gard Chapter Eight A: Becoming Elizabeth Jackson in Virginia 1625 – 1860 Brockmans:  Samuel, John, Stephen and Mary Ann Brockman;  Rebecca Graves Embree: John, Joseph, Elizabeth and Mary Embree; Frances Woolfolk Jacksons:  Congrave, James, Caleb, and Elizabeth Jackson Bush:  Peggy, John and Abraham Bush Burris:  Thomas and Mildred Burris Coming to the Chesapeake Like her husband, Daniel Logan, Elizabeth’s ancestors moved from Virginia to Kentucky and finally into Missouri.  However, their ancestors would not have had the same experiences.  Most notably, in Virginia, Elizabeth’s ancestors settled from the Chesapeake, out to Orange County.  Unlike the Shenandoah Valley, … Continue reading Post 9, Book 1, Part II, Chapter 8a

Post 7, Book 1, Part II, Chapter Six

Becoming Logan and Gard Chapter Six: Going to Missouri 1700 – 1842 William Logan Jr; Martha “Patsy” Hudgens and her ancestors: Daniel Hudgens, Dorthy McNeely, Moses Hudgens (and potential relations) William, son of William Thanks to the Census, we know that William and Agnes Logan (nee McNown) welcomed their son and our ancestor William (jr.) into Logan’s Station (St. Asaph) sometime in the 1780s[i].  While Lincoln County was establishing itself as a thriving community, it was also still firmly on the frontier of a growing nation.  This westward growth was not into a baren wilderness, but was into existing nations, … Continue reading Post 7, Book 1, Part II, Chapter Six