From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Logan, Molly

Molly Logan was one of the first African American women in Kentucky. She was enlaved and came to the state with the Benjamin Logan family on March 8, 1776. She had three little boys, Matt, David, and Isaac. The family settled in St. Asaph, a station [later Fort Logan] in Lincoln County, District of Kentucky. For more on Molly Logan see Women in Kentucky, by H. D. Irvin; and Chapter 1 of The Antislavery Movement in Kentucky by L. H. Harrison.

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Kentucky County & Region

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NKAA Source: The Antislavery movement in Kentucky

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“Logan, Molly,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 11, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/354.

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