James Logan (March 11, 1791 – December 6, 1859) was an early settler, politician, slaveowner and United States Indian agent in western Arkansas.

[2] Logan married Rachel [presumed Steele] of Tennessee in Cape Girardeau, Missouri about 1815.

While there he established Logan's Post Office and was appointed a postmaster on February 11, 1832.

[2] There he acquired 1,000 acres of land on Sugar Creek, near Booneville, which at that time was in Scott County.

He died November 11, 1857, at his old home on Sugar Creek and his remains are in the family cemetery there.