348James Logue
Key Facts
Snapshot:moved from North Carolina to Georgia; farmer; separated from his wife
Parents:unknown
Born:circa 1786
North Carolina
Died:sometime between 16 July 1855 and 1857
presumably Hancock County, Georgia
Buried:unknown

348James Logue was born in North Carolina circa 1786.1 I know nothing else of his early life, nor of his move to Georgia.

He married 347Frances Hunter in Hancock County, Georgia on 16 July 1811.2



1811: 348James' and 349Frances Hunter's marriage record. Full page.2

348James must have remained in Hancock County for the rest of his life, since all subsequent records show him there. He apparently lived in militia district 113 and/or 118 (map). Tax records consistently show that he owned no property, so he probably lived modestly.*

By 1820 they had five children. The numbers below represent: 3 males of age 0-9, 1 male 26-44, 2 females 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 1 person engaged in agriculture.3


1820: 348James Logue's household in Hancock County, Georgia. Full page.3

Twice in 1824, 348James' name appears on a list of people who had mail waiting for them at the post office in Sparta.4,5

In September 1827 property that 348James owned in Houston County was auctioned off to settle a small tax debt.6

The 1830 census shows several more children, and intriguingly also includes a female in her 70's.7 I suspect that she was either 348James' or 349Frances' mother, although I don't know her identity.



1830: 348James' family still in Hancock County. Full page.7

Little changed in 18408 and 1850.1



1840: 348James' family still in Hancock County. Full page.8


1850: 348James' family still in Hancock County. Full page.1

In 1854 348James had a child enrolled in a poor school.9

A deed dated 16 July 1855 strongly implies that there was marital trouble between 348James and his wife 349Frances, and that they had probably separated. The deed, a gift from Wiley Logue to his "mother Frances C. Logue," was for 50 acres "for her own use and benefit through her natural life, free from the control or disposition of her husband or a future husband." Later the deed describes the land as "where the said Frances C. Logue now lives" and again specifies that the deed was "through her natural life, free from the debts liabilities and control of her present or a future husband to her only use and benefit." Two excerpts are below.10



July 1855: This deed suggests that 348James and his wife 349Frances had separated. Full page.10

Hancock County's 1857 tax digest shows that 348James' wife was his "ag[en]t," strongly implying that 348James had died. Ironically, this is the first and only tax digest to show that 348James (or, rather, his estate) owned land,* specifically 50 acres11—even though we know from the abovementioned deed that 348James had no real stake in it due to the terms set by Wiley.10


1857: This tax digest entry implies that 348James had died. The 50 acres of land helps to confirm (in conjuction with the abovementioned deed) that the "wife" being referred to here is in fact 349Frances, even though her name isn't provided. Full page.11

I didn't find 348James in these Hancock County record books (or, rather, their indices):

 administrators' and guardians' bonds book for the years 1856-1878
 index to deeds & mortgages book A, 1794-1838
 index to deeds & mortgages book B, 1838-1878
 inferior court minutes for ordinary purposes, 1853-1863
 index to wills & estate records, 1793-1900
 superior court minutes, 1842-1850
 superior court minutes, 1850-1858
Footnote:

*

In addition to the 1840 and 1850 censuses,1,8 348James' militia district is recorded in numerous Hancock County tax digests, which I've summarized in the table below.

It seems plausible/likely that there were two men named James Logue, and their tax records may be somewhat conflated in the table below. However, if this were the case, one would expect to see two entries for the name James Logue each year, yet such a "double entry" occurred only in 1847. Perhaps one of the two James men was 348James' son, who moved out of Hancock County not long after reaching adulthood.

A few of the tax records summarized in this table are cited individually as sources elsewhere on this page.

Year District Image Notes
1812Turner'slink
1829118link
1830113link
1831113link
1832113link
1833118link
1840118link
1842118link
1846118link
1847118link
113link
1849113link"Jr."
1851118link
1854113link"Sr."
Had one child in a poor school.
1855113link
1857113link"agt wife"
50 acres

Sources Cited:

1: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Militia district 113, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 66 or 33B, dwelling 494, family 503, James Logue household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 77. Internet Archive, <https://archive.org/details/7thcensus0058unit/page/n712/mode/1up>, accessed 4 March 2022.

2: Hancock County, Georgia. Marriage book for the years 1808-1879, page 11, marriage of James Logue and Francis Hunter, executed 16 July 1811. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9BZ6-235?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AKXJ2-4LJ>.

3: 1820 U.S. Federal Census. Capt. Litcus'[?] district, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 104, James Logue household. NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 7. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBC-WN1?i=10&cc=1803955&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AXHLW-33P>. Since the 1820 census often lacks column headers, you may find this template helpful.

4: "List of Letters [...]," The Missionary (Mt. Zion, Hancock County, Georgia), 12 July 1824, page 3, column 5, near the top. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053279/1824-07-12/ed-1/seq-3>.

5: "List of Letters [...]," The Missionary (Mt. Zion, Hancock County, Georgia), 4 October 1824, page 3, column 3, about halfway down the page. Georgia Historic Newspapers, <https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053279/1824-10-04/ed-1/seq-3>.

6: Faye Stone Poss, abstractor, "Hancock County, Georgia Newspaper Abstracts: Hancock Advertiser, 1826-1830" (self-published, 2002), page 43.

7: 1830 U.S. Federal Census. Hancock County, Georgia. Page 160, James Logue household. NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 18. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-DJN>.

8: 1840 U.S. Federal Census. Militia district 118, Hancock County, Georgia. Page 230, James Logue household. NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 43. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YTL-7NB?i=4>.

9: Hancock County, Georgia. Tax digest book for 1854, section for militia district 113, entry for James Logue Sr. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR1-79BS-7?cc=4130006&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6Z5G-MM23>.

10: Hancock County, Georgia. Deeds book R, pages 97-98. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95Y-G7HG?i=56&cat=215305> et seq.

11: Hancock County, Georgia. Tax digest book for 1857, section for militia district 113, entry for James Logue "agt wife." FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR1-79B9-S?cc=4130006&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6Z55-S725>.