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Logans Fort provided a home for the first settlers in Lincoln Co., Ken. Logans Fort was also known as St. Asaph's Station. This location was home to the earliest Lincoln Co., Kentucky pioneers. Established by Benjamin Logan in 1775, the fort was located on an elevation about 50 yards west of Buffalo Springs. Blockhouses were constructed at three corners of a rectangle which was 150 feet long and 90 feet wide. At the four corner, a cabin was built. Seven cabins were constructed; three on one side of the fort and four on the other side. The stockade itself was built of logs with sharpened upper points and set in the ground vertically. Gates at either end were raised by leather thongs. A ditch about three feet wide and four feet deep ran from one of the blockhouses to the spring. Puncheons were placed over the top and then covered with dirt. A person could crawl through this tunnel to get water in event of a siege. In February 1777, several families moved into the fort. The heads of these families were: Ben Pettit, William Whitley, William Menifee, George Clark and James Mason as well as Benjamin Logan. Not much later, Samuel Coburn and his family arrived. Six single men occupied the blockhouses. Adapted from information from Lincoln Co., Kentucky Historical Society
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Those heads of household listed on both the Orange Co., Virginia headrights and on Rev. Craigs Tinkling Springs Parish Register include: Geo Anderson, John Anderson,William Anderson, Geo. Breckenridge, James Bell, Wm. Brown, Robert Brown John Campbell, Charles Campbell. Wm. McCanless, John King, Robert Crockett, John Trimble, Charles Hayes, Andrew Hayes , Patrick Hayes, Wm. King, Robt Patterson, Robt Poage, Robert Hook, Samuel, Robert and Geo Scott, David Neilson, John Calwell, John Stephenson, James, John and Andrew McClure. These families were the early settlers of both Orange Co., Virginia and the same families moved into Kentucky beginning at a time predating the Revolution.
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