Logan County, KY, Order Book 2 May 1801 – August 1804 Almost whole book is dedicated to giving people land so they can get Logan County, KY, settled and citizens on the tax rolls. Page 20, May 1801, Isrel McGrady enters his commission from Gov. James Garrard and is appointed sheriff of Logan Co., KY. James Rollins is appointed deputy on p. 21. P. 21, Alexander Baggs is granted license for a tavern for they feel he is a “man of good character and will probably keep an orderly house” so he is given a license for 1 year. P. 22, Isaac Penington is tax commissioner in place of Iseral McGready who resigned in lower district. In this session of court, several deeds are recorded in the minutes, estates are settled, other tavern licenses granted, prison bounds set, judges and clerks for approaching election are appointed, tavern rates set , for example lodging 6 pence, warm breakfast with tea or coffee is 1 shilling 3 pence, stablage and hay for 12 hours is 9 pence while pasturage for 12 hours is only 6 pence. More roads are also to be viewed. P. 103, inventory and appraisement of estate of William McIntosh is entered. Several pages of court business follow. Some are exempted from county levy for being infirm, some land is reported as already appropriated and new grants are issued, Matthew Lodge is allowed to practice as an attorney. P. 138, Vardery McBee’s estate is sold,, including pewter worth $6.90, a book for $2.75, a hog for $5.11, other hogs for $3, $2.10, and $3.91, and another book for $8.90. This makes little sense, with the books bringing that much, and perhaps the columns mean shilling and pence as there are no markers to indicate which system they are using at this point. P. 138, ten acres of land are marked off for prison bounds. State law required that debtors be given liberty over 10 acres for health reasons. Criminals were not allow this freedom. P. 144, Michael Clinefelter’s estate is appraised and listed. Among other things, he owned a silk handkerchief and pair of silk stockings worth $2.91, 2 old pocket handkerchiefs and a neck cloth worth 33 cents, a rifle gun, shot pouch and powder horn worth $25.00, a pair of shoeboots and plated spurs worth $8.00, and a pair of “course overhalls” worth 25 cents. Jacob Cook entered his bill for sewing and washing for him and charged 6 pence, cooking for him for 5 weeks, 15 pence. P. 160, November court pays $1.33 and one half cents for wolf scalps. William Edgar is paid $75.00 as balance of fee for building jail. Some court cases that magistrates arbitrated come to court as the appeals level. Stray pen is removed to corner of public square adjoining James Willson and Douglass Forsythe “lotts” and is to be made 30 feet square and sufficient height and strength. Various people are recommended to governor to be justices of peace for the county. Then back to dishing out land again. P. 225, James Anderson’s estate is appraised and they are using pounds, shillings, pence as indicators. 1 Man saddle is 1-4-0 and the woman saddle is 3-0-0, small looking glass is 0-1-0, 5 Delf plates are 0-5-0. P. 234, James Rollins is appointed keeper of the stray pen and is paid $10.00 per year. P. 237, the jury summonded by the sheriff decide that Beverly A. Allen’s saw mill dam on the main branch of Red River will not flood the orchards, gardens, offices, or mansion houses, health of neighbors will not be annoyed by stagnation of the water, that fish passage or ordinary navigation will not be obstructed, and no damages will be to the Commonwealth. Dam can not exceed 6 feet high. P. 281, Israel McGready is appointed sheriff by Gov. James Garrard. P. 284, thirty dollars is to be paid to Robert McReynolds for his one half of his former claim against the county which was ordered at January 1801 term of court.. P. 303, Agnes Harrington does not appear in court and no evidence is presented so Elisha Herndon is cleared of a bastardy charge. P. 305, June 1804, Matthew Lodge is appointed Commonwealth Attorney for William Reading has resigned. P. 306, warm supper now costs 25 and ½ cents in set tavern rates, French Brandy and wine, 50 cents, whisky and half pint proof is 12 and ½ cents. P. 310, August 1802, court meets at the court house in the town of Russellville on the 16 of August 1802. P. 385-86, January 1803, lists the estate of Levi How, deceased. He owned a horse, 2 tables and 2 chairs, and miscellaneous clothing items. P. 390, February 1803, jury states that they can find no other information other than James Eakins was found dead on 25 Dec 1802 on path between widow Houghstetters and John Laines and they find “no just cause to believe any violence had been executed on his body so say we all.” P. 411, February 1803, David McNeely is judged not guilty of a charge of having committed carnal knowledge or sodomy with a mare on the 18th of December 1802. Testimony was heard from both sides of the case but not recorded here. P. 412, April 1803, the estate of James Eakin is listed but no values are given. The items are referred to as “one small old gray mare, 2 pr. of very old ragged overhalls, 1 very old ragged shirt, old morning gown, one new great coat of the cheapest kind.,” etc. P. 417, Philip Simons estate is appraised and dollars and cents are the markers. A sickle is worth 66 cents, crockery and tin ware is $5.00, a coffee mill is $1.66, 30 heads of hogs are worth $21.00, a mattock is $1.50, 1 pair of flat irons, $1.50. P. 434 is a loose page stuck in back of this book that is evidently out of place. It has a date of 23 April 1801 and refers to claims John Bailey enters as he closes the state of Abraham Nelson, deceased. Looking back to page 24, it seems this page was attached to the bottom of it and has been torn away but preserved in back of book. If passed along to others or used in some other text, please credit or blame: Judy Utley Lyne, President, Logan Co., KY, Genealogical Society, Inc. P. O. Box 853 Russellville, KY 42276-0853