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Martha Ann Rebecca Williamson1,2

ID# 886, (1814 - 1874)
Family Chart

Parents:

FatherThomas J. Williamson (27 Dec 1788 - 16 Dec 1862)
MotherMary Ellen Mitchell (1790 - 24 Aug 1834)

Key Events:

Birth: 23 Mar 1814, near Sadlersville, Robertson Co., Tennessee,3,4,5
Marriage: 3 Jan 1832, Robertson Co., Tennessee, Benjamin Harrison Logan (b. 28 Jul 1803, d. 12 Dec 1858)6,7,8
Death: 29 Jan 1874, Shelby Co., Tennessee,9,10,11
Burial: 30 Jan 1874, Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelby Co., Kentucky,12,13
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Narrative:

Martha Ann Rebecca Williamson was born on 23 Mar 1814 in near Sadlersville, Robertson Co., TennesseeG.3,4,5
     Martha married Benjamin Harrison Logan, son of James Logan and Mary Logan, on 3 Jan 1832 in Robertson Co., TennesseeG.6,7,8
     Martha and Benjamin appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Shelby Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 7 Oct 1850, reporting $8400 in real estate. Their children Mary, James, Benjamin, and Emmett were listed as living with them, as is R. G. Faster, a 33 year-old blacksmith. There were also 5 slaves listed, two black males, aged 25 and 35, two black females aged 17 and 16, and a mulatto female aged 11.14,15
     Her husband died on 12 Dec 1858.16,17,18 She evidently took over operation of the farm after her husband's death, as she is reported in 1860 with the occupation of farmer. But by 1870 her son Benjamin, by then 24 years old, had apparently taken charge, as she is then shown as "keeping house."19,20
     Martha appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Simpsonville, Shelby Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 14 Jul 1860, reporting $17,500 in real estate and $15,000 in personal property. Her children Mary, Benjamin, Emmett, and Elizabeth were listed as living with her, as well as W. Glass, a 19 year-old farm hand, and 8 slaves in two slave houses. There were black males aged 40, 28, 19, 5, and 4, and a mulatto male aged 30; black females aged 28 and 7, and a mulatto female aged 20.21,22
     Martha appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Simpsonville, Shelby Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 16 Aug 1870, reporting $16,100 in real estate and $400 in personal property. Her son Benjamin was listed as living with her, as was William W. McCloy, a civil engineer on a rail road. There were also 6 black and mulatto farm hands, ranging in age from 14 to 31, and two mulatto female domestic servants, aged 54 and 26.23
     Martha died on 29 Jan 1874 in Shelby Co., TennesseeG, at age 59.9,10,11 She was buried on 30 Jan 1874 in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelby Co., KentuckyG.12,13

Children:
     Children with Benjamin Harrison Logan:

  1. Mary Malvina Logan (15 Oct 1832 - 28 Mar 1835)
  2. Margarette Edmonia Logan (10 Aug 1834 - 5 Aug 1835)
  3. Ann Gorden Logan (16 Apr 1836 - 10 Sep 1838)
  4. Mary Ellen Logan+ (25 May 1839 - 2 Dec 1909)
  5. James Williamson Logan (15 May 1842 - 3 Jan 1857)
  6. Alethia Kerr Logan (17 Mar 1844 - 10 Jul 1845)
  7. Benjamin Harrison Logan+ (10 May 1846 - 4 Sep 1888)
  8. Emmett Garvin Logan+ (9 Oct 1848 - 15 May 1912)
  9. Elizabeth Irvine Logan (27 Sep 1850 - 7 Sep 1866)
  10. Wilmoth Belle Logan (24 Dec 1853 - 27 Mar 1858)

Citations

  1. [S76] Logan Family Bible, shows name as Martha Ann Rebecca Williamson.
  2. [S2397] James L. Logan, James and Mary Logan Bible family records, shows name as Martha A. R. Williamson.
  3. [S76] Logan Family Bible, shows date, with year originally 1815, changed to 1814.
  4. [S324] Regan, "Pedigree Chart - Emmett Garvin Logan", shows date, "near Sadlersville," county, and state.
  5. [S828] Harrison Logan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Kentucky, shows age 35 and state.
  6. [S76] Logan Family Bible, shows date, as 3rd, apparently overwritten from something else.
  7. [S324] Regan, "Pedigree Chart - Emmett Garvin Logan", shows date, as 3rd, county, and state.
  8. [S2397] James L. Logan, James and Mary Logan Bible family records, shows date, as 5th.
  9. [S76] Logan Family Bible, shows date, as 29th.
  10. [S324] Regan, "Pedigree Chart - Emmett Garvin Logan", shows year, county, and state.
  11. [S2397] James L. Logan, James and Mary Logan Bible family records, shows date, as 27th.
  12. [S14052] Grove Hill Cemetery, burial records, computerized records, record for Martha Williamson Logan, shows date.
  13. [S76] Logan Family Bible, shows cemetery, as Shelbyville.
  14. [S828] Harrison Logan household, 1850 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S829] Harrison Logan, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  16. [S76] Logan Family Bible, shows date, as 7th.
  17. [S2397] James L. Logan, James and Mary Logan Bible family records, shows date, as 12th.
  18. [S14052] Grove Hill Cemetery, burial records, computerized records, record for B. H. Logan, shows date, as 12th.
  19. [S830] Martha R. Logan household, 1860 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  20. [S832] Martha R. Logan household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shellby Co., Kentucky, shows her occupation as keeping house, and Benjamin as a farmer.
  21. [S830] Martha R. Logan household, 1860 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Kentucky.
  22. [S831] M. R. Logan, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Shelby Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  23. [S832] Martha R. Logan household, 1870 U.S. Census, Shellby Co., Kentucky.

 

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