Benjamin Logan : miscellaneous papers, 1786-1795.

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Benjamin Logan : miscellaneous papers, 1786-1795.

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Included are a 15 May 1786 statement of Logan concerning field officer's impressment of supplies for the use of the militia in the District of Kentucky; a 15 Sept. 1789 deed by Logan to Jane Montgomery for two hundred acres in Lincoln County, Ky.; and a 4 Apr. 1795 letter to Harry Innes requesting him to be at the Shelby County, Ky. courthouse on 11 Apr. to take the deposition of Martin Daniel in the suit of Innes as guardian in behalf of Colonel Stephen Trigg's estate against George May, Levi Todd, and Logan.

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Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802

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Kentucky frontiersman and legislator. From the description of Statement, 15 May 1786. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49251687 Logan was born in Augusta County, Virginia circa 1742. He began military service in Virginia, rising to the rank of lieutenant in Dunmore's War against the Ohio Indians in 1774. In 1775 he accompanied Richard Henderson to settle in Kentucky. Logan established a fort called St. Asaph's where the town of Stanford is now. He took p...

Trigg, Stephen, 1742-1782.

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Trigg County Kentucky was named for Colonel Stephen Trigg, a native of Virginia, who first came to Kentucky as a land commissioner in 1779. Trigg was mortally wounded at the Battle of Blue Licks, August 19, 1782. From the description of Slave records, 1781-1784. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 191699427 ...

May, George (Kentucky pioneer)

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Todd, Levi

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Innes, Harry, 1752-1816

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Harry Innes was involved, at the time this letter was written, in what is now termed the Spanish Conspiracy. The conspiracy involved Kentucky petitioning to become an independent state and then entering into an alliance with Spain. This would be benificial to Kentucky economically while protecting Spain's valuable colony, Mexico. This alliance plan failed after the defeat of the Jay-Gardoqui Treaty. The treaty would have forbidden United States navigation of the Mississippi River for twenty-five...