John Logan (pioneer)

John Logan
1st Kentucky State Treasurer
In office
1792–1807
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byDavid Logan
Kentucky State Senator
In office
1792–1792
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byHenry Pawling
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Lincoln County
In office
October 19, 1789 – December 20, 1791
Serving with Henry Pawling, Baker Ewing, Thomas Todd
Preceded byJames Knox
Succeeded byposition abolished
In office
May 3, 1784 – January 7, 1785
Serving with George Slaughter
Preceded byJohn Edwards
Succeeded byBenjamin Logan
Personal details
Born1747
Augusta County, Colony of Virginia
DiedJuly 1807
Frankfort, Kentucky
Resting placeStanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky
SpouseJane McClure
RelationsBenjamin Logan (brother)
Stephen T. Logan (grandson)
Military service
Branch/serviceVirginia and Kentucky militias
RankColonel
Battles/warsLord Dunmore's War, American Revolutionary War

John Logan (1747 – July 1807) was a military officer, farmer and politician from Virginia who became a pioneer in and helped found the state of Kentucky. He served under his brother, Benjamin during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774, then both moved to what was then called Kentucky County, Virginia. Logan took part in several expeditions against the Shawnee, including some led by Daniel Boone, John Bowman, and George Rogers Clark. After Kentucky County was split into three counties, Logan and his brother at various times represented Lincoln in the Virginia House of Delegates, and John Logan also represented that county at the Virginia Ratification Convention in 1788.

When Kentucky became a state in 1792, Logan briefly served in the Kentucky Senate, before accepting appointment as the state's first treasurer, an office he held continuously until his death in 1807. After being becoming treasurer, he moved to Franklin County, where he became one of the first trustees of the city of Frankfort, which became the state capital. He also represented Franklin County at the 1799 state constitutional convention and later became the county's first circuit court judge.