Land: Logans to Samuel Logan, 1779: Tyrone Twp, Cumberland Co, PA

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  FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY ARCHIVES DEED ABSTRACTS
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E-356-357  George Logan, William Logan, and Anthony Logan, all of Tyrone Twp,
gr. to Samuel Logan of Tyrone Twp., 700 (pounds).
  155 a. 110 p. in Tyrone Twp.;  Spanish oak N67 3/4E283 post S50W72 post
S59E150 dogwood S35 1/4W15 walnut S57E131 white oak N26E43 black oak
N48E90.
   Propr. warrants to Alexander Logan and his son John Logan (who predeceased
his father) and to John McElheney; latter gr. to Alexander Logan's heirs;
Alexander Logan by will dated 1 March 1762 left his land to be equally divided
by his exrs. among his sons and the three eldest then living to have
opportunity to purchase, which they did.  Propr. patent 14 April 1774 for 549
("Orphants Lott") and 73 a.
("Nantus") to grantors, of which two tracts the herein granted land is a part.
        7 October 1778   Alexander Murray    Alexander Clark  7 October 1778   
        Alexander Murray    31 May 1779


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Additionally I have this information regarding the home of Alixander Logan
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>From Commonwealth of Pa, Pa Historical and Museum Comm,
Harrisburg, Pa

Sherman's (or Shearman"s) Creek rises on the western border of
Perry County, Pa and flows about forty miles eastward to empty
into the Susquehanna River.  It was an area of early settlement
and of Indian raids.

I find no record of a Logan's fort, although there is an account
in the 1886 work entitled "History of the Susquehanna and Juniata
Valleys" (Vol II, p. 1017) that "The old Logan house is standing
to the rear of Geo. McMillen's...farm-house.  It is built somewhat
after the plan of a block-house, for which purpose it was several
times used.  The logs are large and hewed on both sides, some of
them being twenty-two inches in width, and are dovetailed at the
ends, making it very strong."

This house of Alexander Logan was the center of some fighting in
July 1763.  A party of Indians, victorious in an earlier fight,
occupied Logan's farm.  Sheriff Dunning attacked them there with
fifty volunteers from Carlisle, but only four or five of the forty
Indians were killed or wounded.  The rest of the Indians escaped.
Previous to this fight, one Alexander Logan was killed in an attack
on Indians at another farm.

I have found no reference to a Capt. George Robinison's death.  The
Robinson Fort in Shermans Valley was well known and figured in
fighting both in 1756 and 1763.  Another Robinson's Fort stood east
of the Susquehanna River near Manada Gap, then part of Lancaster
County.

Sincerely,

Louis Waddell
Associate Historian

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