Logan naturally took the lead in the first serious movement to make Kentucky an independent state.

In its beginnings this movement showed a curious parallelism to what was occurring in Franklin at the same time, though when once fairly under way the difference between the cases became very strongly marked.

In each case the prime cause in starting the movement was trouble with the Indians.

In each, the first steps were taken by the commanders of the local militia, and the first convention was summoned on the same plan, a member being elected by every militia company.

The companies were territorial as well as military units, and the early settlers were all, in practice as well as in theory, embodied in the militia.