William Haden was born on Byrd Creek, a James River tributary in Goochland County, Virginia, to John Haden (1723-1817) & Jean/Jennie Mosley (1722-ca.1796) who were married 31 Jan 1745. When William was 14 years old, his father moved the family 10 miles west to the Dogspoint tract on the banks of the Rivanna, at Burk's and Cunningham's Creeks. In the Revolution, he served as an ensign and lieutenant in the Fluvanna Militia, with brothers Anthony, John M. and Joseph. William was the first of his family to move west of the Appalachians, as he had established four homesteads in Virginia & Kentucky, where tax and/or census records indicate he had claimed title to a number of slaves. George D. Blakey JR (1809-1886), the youngest child of George D. Blakey SR (1749-1842), recalled in his compilation, "Men Whom I Remember", that "William D. Haden" was known as "Captain" among those who knew him, although his official military record confirms his highest rank as lieutenant. William's middle initial listed as "D" by Blakey, is the only known reference to establish such, which likely stood for Douglas, the maiden surname of William's paternal grandmother. A smaller possibility exists in that the D, may have stood for Dabney.
William Haden in Albemarle/Fluvanna County, Virginia, until ca. 1784
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By the time William was 18, his father held title to 3750 acres, over 5 square miles within the Rivanna Watershed, plus the Byrd Creek properties he still held. Their Rivanna home was above the west bank at a bend in the river named 'Dogspoint', on Burks' Creek south of what is known today as Lake Monticello. The deed abstract below lists the buyer as William's father and the seller as Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins - father-in-law of William's sister Mary, who married William Hopkins.
★ 9 Aug 1764: Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Albemarle to John Haden of Goochland for £400. Parcel in Albemarle on both sides Rivanna River containing 1150 acres. Down the River according to it's meanders to branch opposite Rock House, crossing river said Hopkins' line, corner of: (1) DR./COL. ARTHUR HOPKINS & SAMUEL HOPKINS, their line to (2) Capt. Joseph Thompson line. 350 acres known as "Dogpoint", purchased by Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Col. William Randolph II, dec'd and 800 acres opposite side of the River granted by Patent to said Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins.
Signed by Arthur Hopkins and ack. by him on 9 Aug 1764.
Deed Abstracts of Albemarle Co VA; DB 3; pp.493-494.
Another purchase by William's father was made in 1767, from the estate of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, whereby Samuel Hopkins was a son/heir of Dr. Arthur Hopkins.
★ 10 Sep 1767. [Dr.] Saml. Hopkins of Mecklenburg Co [VA] to John Haden of Albemarle for £130. 2600 acres in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle. Pointers in Moody's line, crossing Cunningham's Creek, George Hilton's line, William Creasey's line, George Payne's line, crossing Bush's Creek, oak in sd John Haden's line. The whole of which was granted by deed from Arthur Hopkins to said Saml Hopkins except 100 acres sold to Green Richardson and 200 acres to John Moody as by deeds appear. Signed Saml Hopkins and ack. by him September Court 1767.
This 2600 acres was southwest and adjacent to the Dogspoint/Burk's Creek tract purchased 3 years earlier and was also located next to a 350 acre tract on the south branch of Cunningham's Creek that was granted to Thomas Jefferson in 1763, whose father Peter Jefferson, was a close personal friend of Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins, as they served together in the Virginia House of Burgess and both held land tracts in the same vicinity of Albemarle and Goochland Counties, on the James and Rivanna watersheds.
The next deed abstract of the Haden's neighbors on Cunninghams Creek shows that William's father's property there had indeed bordered Thomas Jefferson's 350 acre tract that TJ was granted in 1763. Jefferson was familiar with the Haden Family on Cunningham Creek, since TJ cites father John Haden and brothers Anthony and John Moseley, as well as uncle Zachariah, in his memo books/accounting records (National Archives Founders Online).
★ 1 Aug 1777: John D. Hancock of Fluvanna Co., for love and affection, (1) deeded his son Benjamin Hancock - 182 acres on Cunningham Creek (2) deeded son Lewis Hancock - 87 acres adjoining the lines of Thomas Jefferson, JOHN HADEN and HENRY HAISLIP. This deed is signed John Hancock. Fluvanna DB 1, p. 18-19. Note: the pics on the Hancock memorials are said to be photos of portrait paintings.
★3 Jun 1777: William Haden and brother John Moseley Haden are cited as citizens who signed the petition to separate as a separate county, from Albemarle County.
As noted below, right after citizens voted to form Fluvanna County, and William had been married for a couple of years to his 2ND wife Ann "Nancy", his father John had gifted him deed to 400 acres on Cunningham Creek, when brothers Joseph and John were also gifted lands by their father.
★7 Aug 1777: John Haden of Fluvanna for the natural love I have for my son William Haden of Fluvanna, one tract of 400 acres in Fluvanna on the south side of the North Fork of the James River, both sides of Cunningham Creek, the place whereon my son William Haden now lives. Signed 4 Aug 1777 byJohn Haden. Wit: George Thompson, JOHN HADEN, ROBERT FARLEY. Recorded 7 Aug 1777. William sold this land back to his father, in May 1784; Fluvanna Deed Book 1, p.22.
★ 6 Nov 1777: J[ohn] Napier, gave oath of allegiance, taken by Ensign William Haden, who served during the Revolutionary War with the Fluvanna Virginia Militia, along with his elder brothers; Anthony and John Moseley; and younger brother Joseph.
★ 6 Nov 1777: Fluvanna County, Order Book 1777-1779, Reel 16, p.10-11 Court held for Fluvanna county at the house of Thomas Staples, on Thursday the 6th day of November 1777...Ordered that HENRY MARTIN, JOHN MOSELEY HADEN, W[ILLIA]M HADEN & John Moody or any 3 appraise the Estate of GEORGE THOMPSON JR. dec'd and report the same to Court. (George Thompson Sr. was a neighbor of the Hadens, however no known living George JUNIOR's appear at this time - see previous deed).
★4 Dec 1777: ... At a Court held for Fluvanna County ...
"On the petition of Anthony & William Haden setting forth that they have lands on both sides of Cunningham Creek in this county, whereon is a convenient place to build a Water Grist Mill and praying that they may have leave to do the same without the formality of a Jury, it appearing to this Court, that the building of the sd. mill will not prejudice any person, leave is given the sd. Petitioners to erect a mill on the Land aforsd. agreeable to [the] act of Assembly in that case made & provided."
The mill stayed in the family with brother John M. Haden, as stated in the Bulletin of the Fluvanna County Historical Society, Oct 1970 edition, where "a deed dated 1793 proves that a Mr. Haden had a mill on Cunningham Creek at that time". Since father John Haden Sr. and sons William and Anthony had moved away, the mill would have continued to be operated by William's other brother, John Mosely Haden, who inherited land from his father at Cunningham Creek & the Rivanna, where brothers William and Anthony had built on the north side of Cunningham Creek a grist mill in 1777, where Solitude Mill was built 1856 and still stands today (see attached pictures).
★ 1778: "On the motion of Turner Richardson, the court ordered that GEORGE THOMPSON, HENRY HAISLIP, William Moody and WILLIAM HADEN view the most convenient way for a road from the Broken Back Church; crossing the North River at the said 'TURNER RICHARDSON's Fishing Place' to the road leading to Fork Church."
★ 3 Nov 1778: WILLIAM HADEN of Fluvanna to ANTHONY HADEN of same, for £12 - - - Two tracts of land on Cunningham Creek bounded by said WILLIAM HADEN, TURNER RICHARDSON, ROGER THOMPSON, and said ANTHONY HADEN, supposed, by estimation, to be 20 acres. Also two acres adjoining the said Anthony Haden's and William Haden's Mill, bounded by the north side of Cunningham Cr and the mill pond. Signed: William Haden Witnesses: William Moody, JOHN M. HADEN, RICHARD ALLEN. Recorded 3 Dec 1778
★ 2 Apr 1779: WILLIAM HADEN took oath, as 1ST Lieutenant with the Fluvanna Militia. The Rivanna River was also an important transportation route during the Revolution. There was a military depot and arsenal at Point of Fork (Columbia) about 10 miles downstream from Dogspoint, where the Rivanna runs into the James River. It was captured and destroyed by British troops in 1781, as the war neared its' end. His brothers Anthony & Joseph, also served as Captains during the Revolution and were said to be at Yorktown when the British surrendered.
★ 1 Sep 1779. Benjamin Johnson to Ann Norvell; security John Johnson. Joseph Johnson's letter of consent to son's marriage; James Norvell's letter of consent to daughter's marriage. Benjamin, son of Joseph Johnson married Anna Norvell, dau of James Norvel. John Johnson, Sec. Wit: WILLIAM HADEN [bro-in-law of Benjamin]. Marriage Bonds in Goochland Co Publication: William and Mary College Qtrly Mag, Vol 7, Ser1, p106.
★ 1782: Tax List for Fluvanna Co VA - Head of Family; Whites; Blacks
WILLIAM HADEN; 6 whites; 5 blacks
ANTHONY HADEN (brother): 11 whites; 19 blacks
JOHN MOSELEY HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 4 blacks
JOSEPH HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 8 blacks
BENJAMIN HADEN (brother): 1 white; 0 blacks (he was not 21 years old yet)
JOHN HADEN (father): 1 white; 0 blacks (previously divided slaves between his sons)
★ 21 May 1784: WILLIAM HADEN sold property back to his parents, the same 400 acre property on Cunningham Creek that he had been gifted by his father - John Haden Sr., of Fluvanna Co, Virginia, on 7 August 1777.
After William sold this property back to his parents, most if not a part of it, was eventually owned by William's grand nephew, aka great grandson of John Haden Sr. - Col. William Douglas Haden. His "Pleasant Grove" home built in 1854, exists today as the Fluvanna County Museum & Welcome Center, containing the known graves of 47 Haden family members in a fenced area within view of the house, a large family cemetery for central Virginia. The earliest known burial was in 1862. Some of the Colonel's old tax records shows the agricultural yield produced on his plantation was significant (source: Pleasant Grove Federal Historical Site Application).
Since there is no record of William's brother, John Mosely Haden interred at Pleasant Grove, an earlier Haden Burial Ground would have existed, most likely on the "400 acre Dogspoint" land tract, close to the homes of Margaret Haden & Nancy (Haden) Lane yet to be fully documented. The memorial of John Mosely Haden has a map from 1863 showing the approximate location of these 2 homes at Dogspoint; where William's nieces - "Mrs. Hayden" is Margaret D. Haden and Wm' Lane is Nancy (Haden) Lane's husband. One or both of these homes at Dogspoint was where William's family lived after moving there from Goochland on Byrd Creek, ca. 1764-67, and would be the most likely spot for a cemetery. William's brother Joseph had a documented cemetery on his own homestead property on Byrd Creek.
William Haden on the Staunton River in Bedford Co., Virginia, ca. 1784 - ca. 1788
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About the summer of 1784, William removed his family from Fluvanna Co., about 100 miles south, to Bedford County, Virginia, which was about 20 miles southwest of the Big Otter River in Campbell County, where his parents and some of his brothers and sisters had moved to, about the same time as when William moved.
★ 30 Jan 1785: Francis Smith of Bedford sold to William Haiden of the County of Fluvanna for 400£, all the land whereon Francis Smith was living - 800 acres on North side of Stanton River at Mouth of Blackwater River. Signed by Francis Smith. Wit: Joseph Frith, George Moody, Samuel Layne.
★ 25 Jul 1785: Above was proved by George Moody & Samuel Layne.
★26 Sep 1785: Above was further proved by Joseph Frith.
Bedford Co VA Deed Book 8, p.87
Note: the Stanton/Staunton River at the Blackwater River confluence, where William Haden's Bedford County home was located, in modern day terms is now submerged under the Smith Mountain Lake Reservoir.
★ 22 Feb 1788: William Haden & Ann his wife of Bedford to Stephen Hook of the same for 700£, sell a tract of 753 acres on the North side of Staunton River. Bounded by John Anthony, Barnet Arthur, Josiah Hatcher, the River. Signed: William Haden, Ann Haden. Wit: John Thrasher, William Sutphin, Hendrick Sutphin, George Chowning.
★28 Jul 1788: Proved by witnesses John Thrasher, William Sutphin, George Chowing.
William and Ann Haden left Bedford Co., Virginia, for Fayette Co., Kentucky, before the fall of 1790, since her dower release wasn't effectuated when they were still living in Bedford County. Fayette Co., Kentucky, was part of Virginia, until 1792.
★ 18 Sep 1790: Commonwealth of Virginia to John Parker & Abraham Bowman of the County of Fayette. Regarding Indenture of 22 Feb 1788, bargain & sale by William Haden & Ann his wife. Ann cannot travel to our county court of Bedford to acknowledge and we command you to go personally and receive her acknowledgment apart from her said husband. Signed: James Steptoe, Clerk of Bedford County Court. DB 8, p.340
★ 2 Nov 1790: Went to Ann Haden and she relinquished her right of Dower for 753 acres of land in the County of Bedford, sold to Stephen Hook.
Signed: Jno Parker, Abraham Bowman. DB 8, p.341
★ 22 Nov 1790: Ann Haden's dower relinquishment returned and recorded.
William Haden on the South Elkhorn in Fayette Co., Kentucky, ca. 1788 - 1797
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Families who ventured across the Cumberland Gap most often did so in groups, to better protect them against native attacks and other travel related hardships. It's likely William's family traveled to Kentucky, with other acquaintances and related family lines that were migrating into Kentucky at the same time, such as the families of: Harris, Jouett, Grubbs, Blakey, Dabney and others. William's family's journey from Bedford Co., Virginia, to Fayette Co., Kentucky, would have been a length of 400 to 500 miles, taking several months to complete.
Once in Kentucky, William most likely spent time in and around Fort Boonesborough where the Harris family had moved to, as it was a more inhabited place and was considered a jumping off point for those headed to newer settlements; north & west. Eventually William settled close to the South Fork of the Elkhorn, a few miles west/southwest of Fort Lexington. In the book, "Kentucky: A History of the State; Volume 2; Muhlenberg County Kentucky Biographies" the tradition was stated as, "William Haden and wife immigrated to Kentucky and settled near Lexington in 1778; then moved to Logan County, and settled on Black Lick Creek, where he entered and improved a farm and built the first brick house in Logan County."
The year cited above as 1778 for William's settlement near Lexington, is inaccurate. The garrison wasn't built until April 1779, the year after settlers at Fort Boonesborough had fought battles with British supplied Natives. It wasn't until Dec 1781, a month after the defeat of the British at Yorktown, when Lexington as a town had its' first lots laid out. The Indian threat would still exist in the area for another 10 years, however, attacks diminished greatly after the war concluded. William's own records show he was preoccupied with family and war defense duties in Virginia at that time, in addition to his subsequent home being in Bedford Co., Virginia. The migratory push into Kentucky was a trickle before the war ended, compared to the post war, Kentucky land rush.
Just over the northern border of Boonesborough, Madison County, on the Kentucky River, lies Fayette County, one of the first 3 original Kentucky counties formed in 1780. William Haden has several property deeds recorded in Fayette county (Lexington area), that were unfortunately burned in 1803. Fragments of some deeds remained and have been filmed - LDS, #2111044-2111046.
★ Sep 1789: deeds refer to the properties that bordered that of William Haden and this was a PURCHASE: [COLONEL] THOMAS MARSHALL SENR and [wife] MARY to WILLIAM HADEN of county of Fayette. Sum of 418 pounds, 10 shillings. Parcel containing 409 acres on waters of the South Elkhorn; thence with PROCTORS line. Including two Plantations, COLLINS new lines, being part of Col. William Peachey's Military Survey. Ack Sept Court 1790. No deed of sale remained in the fragments. Volume 4, page 314.
Thomas Marshall & wife Mary Marshall is the same referenced on the attached John Filson 1784 Map of Kentucke", as 'COL MARSHALL's OFFICE', just west of Lexington. 'Buck Pond' was named the Colonel's home in Kentucky, established in 1783, and still exists today. He was a hero of the Battle of Brandywine and appointed Surveyor General of bounty lands for Revolutionary soldiers of Fayette County by good friend and Pres George Washington, whom he had gone on surveying expeditions with before the war and whom he camped with at Valley Forge. Thomas was also the father of Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
Two of William's oldest children had married in Fayette County before moving west to Logan County. One of these families was that of William Morton. Some of his family remained in Lexington. Thomas Proctor who married William's eldest daughter, Sarah - "Sally" the elder Haden, lived on land that bordered Col. William Peachey's Military Survey, on or near the South Elkhorn River. Other neighbors included Robert O'Neal who was the father of Thomas Proctor's 1st wife, and Aquilla Gilbert and his son Charles Gilbert who married William's 1st cousin - Jenny Haden → daughter of William's brother Anthony the younger. Most of the deeds that had undamaged dates were from 1790-1795. Some of the Gilbert lands had a common border with William Haden and is referenced as being located on "Thomas['s] Run of South Elkhorn Creek". The following Kentucky Gazette/Lexington advertisement confirms GILBERT's MEADOW as being on THOMAS'S RUN and hence this would also be the close approximation of where William Haden's Fayette County land was located. . . . .
"PUBLIC NOTICE – 14 May 1800 . . . To all whom it may concern, that we, or one of us, will attend the second Thursday in June, at GILBERT'S MEADOW, on THOMAS'S RUN near the SOUTH FORK of ELKHORN with the commissioners appointed by the County Court of Fayette County, in order to take the depositions of such witnesses as shall attend and perpetuate their testimony, to establish the special calls of a military survey made for David Bell, on the head of SHANNON'S RUN, a south branch of south Elkhorn, including part of said creek; and to do such other acts as shall be deemed necessary and agreeable to law – to meet at eleven o'clock in the fore noon."
Fayette County Lost deed fragments, vol 3, p.92. Proved in Court by the witnesses April, 1792. Thomas Marshall Senr and Mary his wife of Woodford Co to Andrew Elder. Tract on waters of THOMAS's RUN in Fayette Co - 143 and ¾ acres. Begin corner to HADONS (sic) and running thence; ASHERTS corner; GILBERTS corner. Wit by JACOB TODHUNTER, Charles Gilbert, HUGH COCHRAN.
In 1795, likely after William's mother died, his parent's Virginia properties were divided up among the other siblings and William was not included in the settlement since he had already received his share and had sold it back to his father in May 1784.
William Haden on Black Lick Creek in Logan Co., Kentucky, ca. 1797
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Several families who lived by William Haden in Fayette County: Thomas Proctor, Charles Gilbert, William Morton - father-in-law of William's son James, moved about the same time as did William Haden to Logan County. William Haden is found on the 1797 Logan County Tax List, showing 1000 acres entered by General Jonathan Clark (older brother of General George Rogers Clark and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) on the Gasper River. William served on a Logan County jury in July 1798, and his son James Sr. is noted in a land transaction in Logan County in May 1797. By 1800, William Haden is being taxed on over 1600 acres on the Gasper, Red, & Barren river watersheds.
William Haden Sr. died intestate in Logan County leaving an estate in land, about 25 slaves and chattels; as well as leaving a widow and eleven children. In Dec 1820, the county court of Logan appointed commissioners to divide among the children, the land and slaves.
When William Haden and/or George Blakey first located this property it was considered highly valuable to it's inhabitants since it contained the spring fed source of the creek. Compiled from land deeds, tax lists, court records and descendants' recollections, the original acreage of the Haden/Blakey Settlement had a western boundary just to the west of Black Lick Creek, extending north to where the creek turns east. The eastern boundary acreage was partly situated next to the acreage of the Shaker Settlement and the acreage of the Clark Settlement; and the southern boundary extended just south of where Black Lick Creek's spring fed source is located (at the end of SPRING STREET) south of Auburn's City Park.
The location of the Haden/Blakey "Federal Grove" Settlement homes was documented by an interview on 6 Nov 1977, with May Belle Morton, a lifelong resident and whose Morton ancestors had Haden/ Blakey ties as well. May Belle gives a good description of where precisely, the Haden/Blakely, Federal Grove settlement was located.
"Federal Grove" was initially the name adopted in 1805, by Benjamin and Elinor (Clark) Temple for their plantation/farm, as it was part of Elinor's father's "federal" land grant. Elinor being d/o General Jonathan Clark of Albemarle Co, Virginia, and eldest brother to William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The grant offered General Clark 10,000 acres on a military warrant to be taken west of the Green River in Kentucky. "Federal Grove" was part of the initial seventeen hundred acres General Clark grabbed, when he filed his paperwork in 1785 at the Lincoln County Courthouse (Logan Co created 1792) before he settled in Louisville.
May described Auburn as, " first called "Black Lick Settlement", aka "Federal Grove". She said . . . "in those days, affluent residents always named their homes and 'Federal Grove' was the home of Mr. Ha(y)den, about 1800-1810. Don't know why he called it that. This was at the head of Black Lick where there's a little park now. Hadens and Blakeys were the first settlers at the head of Black Lick. The community was established around Ha(y)den's home. Black Lick (Creek) was probably named for its' apparent color. A lot of sluggish streams get leaves in them that give them a very dark color. This is May's guess. She thinks the Black Lick and Auburn post offices were at different sites and the railroad was responsible for the shift and name change. From the heart of Auburn to the head of Black Lick is about 3/4 mile. After you leave the square at Auburn, going east, you go down and cross the bridge; on the right you spot Black Lick which looks like a ditch; at the head of the ditch or creek, 250 yards beyond, was the site of Ha(y)den's home. His house burned only within the last 50 years" (ca. 1927 - 1977).
As noted in "A Genealogy of Blakely Family & Descendants with George, Whittsit, Haden, Anthony, Stockton, Gibson . . . " by Kress; "in 1941, Whittsitt Hall and Scott Hall still owned and occupied a large portion of the 3,000 acres of Haden plantation on Black Lick Creek, acquired by their great grandfather, Capt. William Haden." Therefore the home likely burned between 1941 & 1977.
The burial of William in 1819, and of his wife Nancy Ann (Johnson) Haden and his son Samuel's wife - Rebeccah, were most likely buried on this property and evidence could still exist in the tree/shrub islands close to the home's foundation.
*** UPDATE ON LOCATION OF HADEN SETTLEMENT HOMESTEAD ***
Discovered in 2017, satellite photos show the foundational remnants of the original Black Lick - Haden Settlement Home in a crop field. The base dimensions of the home appear to be roughly 40 X 80 feet with the longer section perpendicular to the southwest for maximum solar exposure. The home was historically referenced to as "the first brick house in Logan County" (ca. 1805). The image appears to have several other foundational bases that are also of importance, surrounding the main structure's land indentation. The land impression is EXACTLY in the location that May Belle Morton described it would be in her 1977 interview.
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►William Haden Sr. 1ST married ca. 1772 in Albemarle Co., Virginia to
♡ + Jane/Judith Moorman, likely d/o Achilles Moorman & Elizabeth Adams. Family tradition suggests Jane/Judith died after giving birth to their only child:
♥1) Sally 'the elder' : b. ca. 1774/Albemarle Co VA, d. bef Oct 1808/Logan Co KY.
She married about 1798, very likely in Fayette County, Kentucky, to
♡ + Thomas Proctor who remarried to Rebecca Maxwell, Oct 1808.
Known children of Sally and Thomas were:
1) Mary/Polly
2) Aurora DeGosma
3) Sally J.
► William Haden Sr. 2ND married 31 Oct 1775 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, to
♡ + Ann "Nancy" Johnson - d/o Joseph Johnson & Sarah Harris.
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♥2) James H. Sr: b 13 Nov 1776, Albemarle Co VA; d. bef 1822, Logan Co, KY; m.
♡ + Rebecca S[mith] Morton - d/o William Morton & Elizabeth Hite Smith.
Like his brother Samuel, James' middle initial "H" likely signifies "HARRIS", after the maiden name of their maternal grandmother, Sarah HARRIS. His birth date has been passed down in family papers, but the original source lost. If his brother Joseph's birthdate really was 10 Jan 1777 (source: Irene Cook from Sandra Boucher), then James could not be born in Nov 1776 (source: papers of Pat Reid) or vice versa. James married, probably in Fayette Co KY, as both the Mortons and Hadens were living there. Both families moved to Logan Co. Some Morton children stayed in Lexington. The known children of James & Rebecca were:
1) Jefferson: d bef Mar 1857/Logan Co KY, married 21 Oct 1824/Logan Co KY to:
... Elizabeth "Betsey" Morton: b 2 Sep 1794/Louisa Co VA, d 9 Feb 1876/Russellville KY.
2) Nancy F.: d bet Dec 1832 - Oct 1835, married 2 Aug 1824/Logan Co KY to
... Josiah Newman.
3) William Morton: married 28 April 1828/Jefferson Co MS, to
..."Eliza"beth R. Newman.
4) Emily on 2 Sep 1828 in Logan Co KY, married
... Joseph Rogers.
5) Elizabeth H: d 9 Jul 1840/Logan Co KY, m May 1825, to
... Nathaniel H Felts, d Attala Co MS
6) Mary Morton: died about 1841-3, married 14 Jan 1840 in Attala Co MS to
... John M. Devlin
7) Harriet S.R.: married 30 May 1832/Logan Co KY to
... Richard H. Cook.
8) James Jr.: b. ca. 1820/Logan Co KY, m. 7 Dec 1837/Logan Co KY, to
... Maria T. Wilson. Both are in Attala Co MS 1850 census, and nowhere after.
♥3) Joseph: some have birth as 10 Jan 1777, but not possible if James H Sr. was born Nov 1776. Joseph died when visiting his in-laws Oct 1824, in Washington Co MD. He married
♡ + Eleanor "Ellen/Nelly" Thomas: she was living with son George in Muhlenberg Co in 1850 and was buried on his farm. In 1817, Joseph filed a petition to create town of Hadensberg KY. Known children of Joseph & Eleanor were:
1)George William: b 4 Dec 1813/Hagerstown MD, d 10 Nov 1904/Muhlenberg Co KY,
m. Lucy R. Slaughter, on 28 Apr 1851 in Logan Co KY.
2)Raney B.: b 17 March 1816, d 4 May 1855/Pond Creek, Muhlenberg Co Ky
♥4) Emily "Milly"/"Mildred": b. 14 Apr 1781/Fluvanna Co VA; d. 1806-1820; m. 1800 to
♡ + Maj Gen William Whitsitt IV s/o William Whitsitt III & Eleanor "Ellen" Menees.
William IV died 21 March 1842 in Canton, Madison Co MS. Milly's marriage was the first of the Haden children to take place in Logan County. William Whitsitt's father lived in Logan Co KY, having moved from Davidson Co, TN. They had three daughters who were:
1) Eleanor "Ellen" C./E. Whitsitt married William Comfort
2) Nancy "Ann" Haden Whitsitt
3) Sarah "Sally" P. Whitsitt
4) William C. Whitsitt V
♥5) Benjamin: b abt 1783/Fluvanna Co VA, d bef 1810, m 10 Feb 1807/Barren Co KY
♡ + Catherine "Kitty" Stockton, b 17 Oct 1789/Henry Co VA, d/o Rev. Robert Stockton and Catherine Blakey. Their only son - Benjamin Jr, died ca. 1829/Barren Co KY). He is named in his father's estate records. Kitty remarried in 1810 to Laury Bishop whom she filed for divorce from in 1836, before he died in 1838.
♥6) William Jr: married 4 Jun 1805/Logan Co to
♡ + Mary C. "Polly" Barnett - d/o Thomas Barnett of Warren Co KY.
They had a daughter, Nancy, prior to Polly's death.
♡ + Pamela Blakey a 2ND cousin. Married William 10 Dec 1808. Was d/o GEORGE BLAKEY & MARGARET "PEGGY" WHITSITT. William was the administrator of his father's estate in 1824 - it was transferred to his brother-in-law Churchill Blakey and then in 1827 after the death of Churchill Blakey, back to William. In 1838, William separated from his wife by mutual agreement, giving land and slaves to Pamela and their daughter Margaret, to be held in trust for their support. In the 1840/50 censuses, his household still includes Pamela. In 1844, William & Pamela testified for her mother Margaret's widow's pension for her husband George Blakey's Revolutionary War service, and Margaret was at that time living with them. In 1860, they were living apart - Pamela was living with her daughter in Logan Co and William was living in Simpson Co, near his brother Samuel. The only known child of William Haden Jr & Pamela was:
Margaret George Haden: b 8 Oct 1811, d 30 Jun 1867, married
♡ + John N Hopkins 18 Sep 1831/Logan Co KY - s/o Samuel Hopkins & Amy Haden → d/o Joseph Haden & Mary Peatross.
♥7) John Mosely Sr: b abt 1788/Fayette Co KY, d 9 Feb 1817/Bowling Green, Warren, KY,
m 7 Mar 1814/Warren Co, KY to
♡ + Margaret Caldwell Jackson: d 10 Nov 1859/Whitesville, Daviess Co KY
d/o John Jackson & Mary Cook.
The children of John Moseley & Margaret Caldwell Jackson were:
1) John M.: b 12 Feb 1815, d bef Feb 1852/Jasper Co MO.
2) William Franklin:
1m. Mary Martha Ann Gaines on 13 Jun 1837 in Warren Co KY.
2m. Mary Jane Perkins on 16 Dec 1845 in Wilson's Creek, Greene Co MO.
Not to be confused with his Uncle - John Moseley Haden - s/o John Haden Sr.
A short autobiography written by a grandson, Joseph Benjamin Haden, s/o William Franklin, in 1930, says: "My paternal grandfather was John Haden of Kentucky. He was thrown from a horse and killed before he reached the age of thirty." Joseph Haden, John's older brother, was appointed guardian to John's two infant sons (above) in April 1820. After Joseph died, John's brother James was the administrator of the estate and after James died, James's widow and her brother became responsible. The final settlement of John's estate in 1823, show the rental of his farm in 1817 and 1818. Margaret remarried to Samuel David Sublett on 8 Feb 1819, and they continued to live on her dower lands for several years. Samuel Sublett appeared to be living with a married daughter in 1850, then with a son in Daviess Co KY in 1860. Margaret apparently died prior to 1850. The two sons of John Moseley and Margaret Jackson Haden are named as heirs of John M., deceased, in the estate settlement documents of their Haden grandfather.
♥8) Samuel Harris Haden Sr (1790-1865): m 30 Jul 1813/Madison Co KY
♡ +1m Rebeccah Harris, d/o Robert Harris & Nancy Grubbs.
Robert was s/o Christopher Harris Sr. & brother of Christopher Harris Jr. below.
Rebeccah died in Jan 1835 and Samuel remarried by Jan 1836, to
♡ + 2m Frances "Fannie" (Harris) Black, d/o Christopher Harris Jr. & Elizabeth Grubbs and 1ST cousin of Samuel's first wife. Like his brother James, Samuel's middle initial "H" - likely "HARRIS" - maiden name of their maternal grandmother -Sarah HARRIS.
For children of Samuel H. & Rebeccah (Harris) Haden, see his bio from his link above/below.
♥9) Mary "Polly": b. ca. 1795/Logan Co KY, m. 10 Jan 1817, in Logan Co KY to
♡ + John Wilson. A deed in 1821 shows them living in neighboring Butler Co KY, and by 1830, they had gone to Missouri, just outside St. Louis.
♥10)Nancy J.: b. ca. 1798. Nancy m. 21 Oct 1817/Logan Co to
♡ + William Porter s/o John Porter Jr. & Sarah Clark.
They lived in neighboring Butler Co KY.
►William Haden Sr. 3RD married 21 Dec 1807, in Logan Co., Kentucky to
♡ + Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on
It's unclear if and how William's 3rd wife Sarah/Sally was related to his 2nd wife, Ann "Nancy" Johnson. Interestingly as well, Sarah Johnson was also the name of William's maternal grandmother, with the maiden name of Harris.
• • • • • Only Child of William Haden Sr & 3RD wife Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on • • • • •
♥11) Sarah J. 'Sally the younger', to differentiate her from her eldest half-sister, 'Sally the elder'.
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The following is from, "Men Whom I Remember" by George D. Blakey JR. (1809 - 1886) printed 1878, in the Russellville Kentucky Herald.
It was in the year 1816 or 1817 that I witnessed the marriage of his daughter Polly to Mr. John Wilson of [Poutler?] county. The marriage took place in the paternal home in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. A short time later his daughter Nancy was married to Mr. William Porter of [Poutler?]; his two oldest daughters have previously married, one to General William Whitsitt, the other to Major Thomas Proctor.
His son 1) Barnes [James H.] Haden married Miss Rebecca Morton of Lexington; 2) John Haden who married Miss Jackson; 3) William Haden who married Miss Blakey; 4) Samuel Haden who married Miss Harris—were all settled near their father's place, hence it was called the Haden Settlement. His son 5) Benjamin Haden married Miss Stockton of Barren County; 6) Joseph Haden married Miss Breathitt of Maryland and settled at Hadensville, in Todd County, from whom the village took its name.
All of these six sons and four daughters worthily perpetuated the high character which they had inherited from their noble sire, for indeed he was a noble man, not only by birth, but by all the essential qualities of head and heart that constitutes true nobility. He was the grandson of Anthony Haden who married Miss Margaret Douglas of Scotland.
He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, in which he made a brilliant record. He lived to see his six sons and four daughters well married and all save two settled near him. At an advanced age about the year 1818 or 1819 he breathed his last without a groan or struggle, leaving a large estate in land and slaves, and a richer treasure, a good name for his children.
After the death of Old Captain Haden his homestead by inheritance and purchase became the home of Dr. Thomas Blakey who had married one of his granddaughters, Miss Whitsitt. It may be that the ancient home of the once interesting Haden Family may remain in the family a hundred years from now, but is more essential to adhere to the noble qualities of head and heart of the original Haden Family than to the earthly riches of which they were possessed.
The old son James was a substantial farmer, fond of the chase. Mounted upon his gallant steed with his trusty rifle and faithful pack of [something omitted] he seldom failed to capture a buck, for in those days the country abounded in deer and turkeys. He died about the year 1823 or 1824. His widow whom we all love to remember survived him several years. Joseph Haden died a few years after, leaving a widow and two sons.
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Gratitude and credit to Kay Haden for her insightful compilation, Leaves of the Tree, where she has documented in expanded detail upon Dorothy Kabler Haden's work - John Haden of Virginia (1968). Much of this biography incorporates Kay's thorough analysis of facts and tradition, which has been instrumental in helping locate the home location and resting place of William Haden Sr. and various kin. Biography compilation by 4X great grandson, Mark Hayden.
William Haden in Albemarle/Fluvanna County, Virginia, until ca. 1784
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By the time William was 18, his father held title to 3750 acres, over 5 square miles within the Rivanna Watershed, plus the Byrd Creek properties he still held. Their Rivanna home was above the west bank at a bend in the river named 'Dogspoint', on Burks' Creek south of what is known today as Lake Monticello. The deed abstract below lists the buyer as William's father and the seller as Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins - father-in-law of William's sister Mary, who married William Hopkins.
★ 9 Aug 1764: Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Albemarle to John Haden of Goochland for £400. Parcel in Albemarle on both sides Rivanna River containing 1150 acres. Down the River according to it's meanders to branch opposite Rock House, crossing river said Hopkins' line, corner of: (1) DR./COL. ARTHUR HOPKINS & SAMUEL HOPKINS, their line to (2) Capt. Joseph Thompson line. 350 acres known as "Dogpoint", purchased by Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Col. William Randolph II, dec'd and 800 acres opposite side of the River granted by Patent to said Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins.
Signed by Arthur Hopkins and ack. by him on 9 Aug 1764.
Deed Abstracts of Albemarle Co VA; DB 3; pp.493-494.
Another purchase by William's father was made in 1767, from the estate of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, whereby Samuel Hopkins was a son/heir of Dr. Arthur Hopkins.
★ 10 Sep 1767. [Dr.] Saml. Hopkins of Mecklenburg Co [VA] to John Haden of Albemarle for £130. 2600 acres in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle. Pointers in Moody's line, crossing Cunningham's Creek, George Hilton's line, William Creasey's line, George Payne's line, crossing Bush's Creek, oak in sd John Haden's line. The whole of which was granted by deed from Arthur Hopkins to said Saml Hopkins except 100 acres sold to Green Richardson and 200 acres to John Moody as by deeds appear. Signed Saml Hopkins and ack. by him September Court 1767.
This 2600 acres was southwest and adjacent to the Dogspoint/Burk's Creek tract purchased 3 years earlier and was also located next to a 350 acre tract on the south branch of Cunningham's Creek that was granted to Thomas Jefferson in 1763, whose father Peter Jefferson, was a close personal friend of Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins, as they served together in the Virginia House of Burgess and both held land tracts in the same vicinity of Albemarle and Goochland Counties, on the James and Rivanna watersheds.
The next deed abstract of the Haden's neighbors on Cunninghams Creek shows that William's father's property there had indeed bordered Thomas Jefferson's 350 acre tract that TJ was granted in 1763. Jefferson was familiar with the Haden Family on Cunningham Creek, since TJ cites father John Haden and brothers Anthony and John Moseley, as well as uncle Zachariah, in his memo books/accounting records (National Archives Founders Online).
★ 1 Aug 1777: John D. Hancock of Fluvanna Co., for love and affection, (1) deeded his son Benjamin Hancock - 182 acres on Cunningham Creek (2) deeded son Lewis Hancock - 87 acres adjoining the lines of Thomas Jefferson, JOHN HADEN and HENRY HAISLIP. This deed is signed John Hancock. Fluvanna DB 1, p. 18-19. Note: the pics on the Hancock memorials are said to be photos of portrait paintings.
★3 Jun 1777: William Haden and brother John Moseley Haden are cited as citizens who signed the petition to separate as a separate county, from Albemarle County.
As noted below, right after citizens voted to form Fluvanna County, and William had been married for a couple of years to his 2ND wife Ann "Nancy", his father John had gifted him deed to 400 acres on Cunningham Creek, when brothers Joseph and John were also gifted lands by their father.
★7 Aug 1777: John Haden of Fluvanna for the natural love I have for my son William Haden of Fluvanna, one tract of 400 acres in Fluvanna on the south side of the North Fork of the James River, both sides of Cunningham Creek, the place whereon my son William Haden now lives. Signed 4 Aug 1777 byJohn Haden. Wit: George Thompson, JOHN HADEN, ROBERT FARLEY. Recorded 7 Aug 1777. William sold this land back to his father, in May 1784; Fluvanna Deed Book 1, p.22.
★ 6 Nov 1777: J[ohn] Napier, gave oath of allegiance, taken by Ensign William Haden, who served during the Revolutionary War with the Fluvanna Virginia Militia, along with his elder brothers; Anthony and John Moseley; and younger brother Joseph.
★ 6 Nov 1777: Fluvanna County, Order Book 1777-1779, Reel 16, p.10-11 Court held for Fluvanna county at the house of Thomas Staples, on Thursday the 6th day of November 1777...Ordered that HENRY MARTIN, JOHN MOSELEY HADEN, W[ILLIA]M HADEN & John Moody or any 3 appraise the Estate of GEORGE THOMPSON JR. dec'd and report the same to Court. (George Thompson Sr. was a neighbor of the Hadens, however no known living George JUNIOR's appear at this time - see previous deed).
★4 Dec 1777: ... At a Court held for Fluvanna County ...
"On the petition of Anthony & William Haden setting forth that they have lands on both sides of Cunningham Creek in this county, whereon is a convenient place to build a Water Grist Mill and praying that they may have leave to do the same without the formality of a Jury, it appearing to this Court, that the building of the sd. mill will not prejudice any person, leave is given the sd. Petitioners to erect a mill on the Land aforsd. agreeable to [the] act of Assembly in that case made & provided."
The mill stayed in the family with brother John M. Haden, as stated in the Bulletin of the Fluvanna County Historical Society, Oct 1970 edition, where "a deed dated 1793 proves that a Mr. Haden had a mill on Cunningham Creek at that time". Since father John Haden Sr. and sons William and Anthony had moved away, the mill would have continued to be operated by William's other brother, John Mosely Haden, who inherited land from his father at Cunningham Creek & the Rivanna, where brothers William and Anthony had built on the north side of Cunningham Creek a grist mill in 1777, where Solitude Mill was built 1856 and still stands today (see attached pictures).
★ 1778: "On the motion of Turner Richardson, the court ordered that GEORGE THOMPSON, HENRY HAISLIP, William Moody and WILLIAM HADEN view the most convenient way for a road from the Broken Back Church; crossing the North River at the said 'TURNER RICHARDSON's Fishing Place' to the road leading to Fork Church."
★ 3 Nov 1778: WILLIAM HADEN of Fluvanna to ANTHONY HADEN of same, for £12 - - - Two tracts of land on Cunningham Creek bounded by said WILLIAM HADEN, TURNER RICHARDSON, ROGER THOMPSON, and said ANTHONY HADEN, supposed, by estimation, to be 20 acres. Also two acres adjoining the said Anthony Haden's and William Haden's Mill, bounded by the north side of Cunningham Cr and the mill pond. Signed: William Haden Witnesses: William Moody, JOHN M. HADEN, RICHARD ALLEN. Recorded 3 Dec 1778
★ 2 Apr 1779: WILLIAM HADEN took oath, as 1ST Lieutenant with the Fluvanna Militia. The Rivanna River was also an important transportation route during the Revolution. There was a military depot and arsenal at Point of Fork (Columbia) about 10 miles downstream from Dogspoint, where the Rivanna runs into the James River. It was captured and destroyed by British troops in 1781, as the war neared its' end. His brothers Anthony & Joseph, also served as Captains during the Revolution and were said to be at Yorktown when the British surrendered.
★ 1 Sep 1779. Benjamin Johnson to Ann Norvell; security John Johnson. Joseph Johnson's letter of consent to son's marriage; James Norvell's letter of consent to daughter's marriage. Benjamin, son of Joseph Johnson married Anna Norvell, dau of James Norvel. John Johnson, Sec. Wit: WILLIAM HADEN [bro-in-law of Benjamin]. Marriage Bonds in Goochland Co Publication: William and Mary College Qtrly Mag, Vol 7, Ser1, p106.
★ 1782: Tax List for Fluvanna Co VA - Head of Family; Whites; Blacks
WILLIAM HADEN; 6 whites; 5 blacks
ANTHONY HADEN (brother): 11 whites; 19 blacks
JOHN MOSELEY HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 4 blacks
JOSEPH HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 8 blacks
BENJAMIN HADEN (brother): 1 white; 0 blacks (he was not 21 years old yet)
JOHN HADEN (father): 1 white; 0 blacks (previously divided slaves between his sons)
★ 21 May 1784: WILLIAM HADEN sold property back to his parents, the same 400 acre property on Cunningham Creek that he had been gifted by his father - John Haden Sr., of Fluvanna Co, Virginia, on 7 August 1777.
After William sold this property back to his parents, most if not a part of it, was eventually owned by William's grand nephew, aka great grandson of John Haden Sr. - Col. William Douglas Haden. His "Pleasant Grove" home built in 1854, exists today as the Fluvanna County Museum & Welcome Center, containing the known graves of 47 Haden family members in a fenced area within view of the house, a large family cemetery for central Virginia. The earliest known burial was in 1862. Some of the Colonel's old tax records shows the agricultural yield produced on his plantation was significant (source: Pleasant Grove Federal Historical Site Application).
Since there is no record of William's brother, John Mosely Haden interred at Pleasant Grove, an earlier Haden Burial Ground would have existed, most likely on the "400 acre Dogspoint" land tract, close to the homes of Margaret Haden & Nancy (Haden) Lane yet to be fully documented. The memorial of John Mosely Haden has a map from 1863 showing the approximate location of these 2 homes at Dogspoint; where William's nieces - "Mrs. Hayden" is Margaret D. Haden and Wm' Lane is Nancy (Haden) Lane's husband. One or both of these homes at Dogspoint was where William's family lived after moving there from Goochland on Byrd Creek, ca. 1764-67, and would be the most likely spot for a cemetery. William's brother Joseph had a documented cemetery on his own homestead property on Byrd Creek.
William Haden on the Staunton River in Bedford Co., Virginia, ca. 1784 - ca. 1788
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About the summer of 1784, William removed his family from Fluvanna Co., about 100 miles south, to Bedford County, Virginia, which was about 20 miles southwest of the Big Otter River in Campbell County, where his parents and some of his brothers and sisters had moved to, about the same time as when William moved.
★ 30 Jan 1785: Francis Smith of Bedford sold to William Haiden of the County of Fluvanna for 400£, all the land whereon Francis Smith was living - 800 acres on North side of Stanton River at Mouth of Blackwater River. Signed by Francis Smith. Wit: Joseph Frith, George Moody, Samuel Layne.
★ 25 Jul 1785: Above was proved by George Moody & Samuel Layne.
★26 Sep 1785: Above was further proved by Joseph Frith.
Bedford Co VA Deed Book 8, p.87
Note: the Stanton/Staunton River at the Blackwater River confluence, where William Haden's Bedford County home was located, in modern day terms is now submerged under the Smith Mountain Lake Reservoir.
★ 22 Feb 1788: William Haden & Ann his wife of Bedford to Stephen Hook of the same for 700£, sell a tract of 753 acres on the North side of Staunton River. Bounded by John Anthony, Barnet Arthur, Josiah Hatcher, the River. Signed: William Haden, Ann Haden. Wit: John Thrasher, William Sutphin, Hendrick Sutphin, George Chowning.
★28 Jul 1788: Proved by witnesses John Thrasher, William Sutphin, George Chowing.
William and Ann Haden left Bedford Co., Virginia, for Fayette Co., Kentucky, before the fall of 1790, since her dower release wasn't effectuated when they were still living in Bedford County. Fayette Co., Kentucky, was part of Virginia, until 1792.
★ 18 Sep 1790: Commonwealth of Virginia to John Parker & Abraham Bowman of the County of Fayette. Regarding Indenture of 22 Feb 1788, bargain & sale by William Haden & Ann his wife. Ann cannot travel to our county court of Bedford to acknowledge and we command you to go personally and receive her acknowledgment apart from her said husband. Signed: James Steptoe, Clerk of Bedford County Court. DB 8, p.340
★ 2 Nov 1790: Went to Ann Haden and she relinquished her right of Dower for 753 acres of land in the County of Bedford, sold to Stephen Hook.
Signed: Jno Parker, Abraham Bowman. DB 8, p.341
★ 22 Nov 1790: Ann Haden's dower relinquishment returned and recorded.
William Haden on the South Elkhorn in Fayette Co., Kentucky, ca. 1788 - 1797
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Families who ventured across the Cumberland Gap most often did so in groups, to better protect them against native attacks and other travel related hardships. It's likely William's family traveled to Kentucky, with other acquaintances and related family lines that were migrating into Kentucky at the same time, such as the families of: Harris, Jouett, Grubbs, Blakey, Dabney and others. William's family's journey from Bedford Co., Virginia, to Fayette Co., Kentucky, would have been a length of 400 to 500 miles, taking several months to complete.
Once in Kentucky, William most likely spent time in and around Fort Boonesborough where the Harris family had moved to, as it was a more inhabited place and was considered a jumping off point for those headed to newer settlements; north & west. Eventually William settled close to the South Fork of the Elkhorn, a few miles west/southwest of Fort Lexington. In the book, "Kentucky: A History of the State; Volume 2; Muhlenberg County Kentucky Biographies" the tradition was stated as, "William Haden and wife immigrated to Kentucky and settled near Lexington in 1778; then moved to Logan County, and settled on Black Lick Creek, where he entered and improved a farm and built the first brick house in Logan County."
The year cited above as 1778 for William's settlement near Lexington, is inaccurate. The garrison wasn't built until April 1779, the year after settlers at Fort Boonesborough had fought battles with British supplied Natives. It wasn't until Dec 1781, a month after the defeat of the British at Yorktown, when Lexington as a town had its' first lots laid out. The Indian threat would still exist in the area for another 10 years, however, attacks diminished greatly after the war concluded. William's own records show he was preoccupied with family and war defense duties in Virginia at that time, in addition to his subsequent home being in Bedford Co., Virginia. The migratory push into Kentucky was a trickle before the war ended, compared to the post war, Kentucky land rush.
Just over the northern border of Boonesborough, Madison County, on the Kentucky River, lies Fayette County, one of the first 3 original Kentucky counties formed in 1780. William Haden has several property deeds recorded in Fayette county (Lexington area), that were unfortunately burned in 1803. Fragments of some deeds remained and have been filmed - LDS, #2111044-2111046.
★ Sep 1789: deeds refer to the properties that bordered that of William Haden and this was a PURCHASE: [COLONEL] THOMAS MARSHALL SENR and [wife] MARY to WILLIAM HADEN of county of Fayette. Sum of 418 pounds, 10 shillings. Parcel containing 409 acres on waters of the South Elkhorn; thence with PROCTORS line. Including two Plantations, COLLINS new lines, being part of Col. William Peachey's Military Survey. Ack Sept Court 1790. No deed of sale remained in the fragments. Volume 4, page 314.
Thomas Marshall & wife Mary Marshall is the same referenced on the attached John Filson 1784 Map of Kentucke", as 'COL MARSHALL's OFFICE', just west of Lexington. 'Buck Pond' was named the Colonel's home in Kentucky, established in 1783, and still exists today. He was a hero of the Battle of Brandywine and appointed Surveyor General of bounty lands for Revolutionary soldiers of Fayette County by good friend and Pres George Washington, whom he had gone on surveying expeditions with before the war and whom he camped with at Valley Forge. Thomas was also the father of Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
Two of William's oldest children had married in Fayette County before moving west to Logan County. One of these families was that of William Morton. Some of his family remained in Lexington. Thomas Proctor who married William's eldest daughter, Sarah - "Sally" the elder Haden, lived on land that bordered Col. William Peachey's Military Survey, on or near the South Elkhorn River. Other neighbors included Robert O'Neal who was the father of Thomas Proctor's 1st wife, and Aquilla Gilbert and his son Charles Gilbert who married William's 1st cousin - Jenny Haden → daughter of William's brother Anthony the younger. Most of the deeds that had undamaged dates were from 1790-1795. Some of the Gilbert lands had a common border with William Haden and is referenced as being located on "Thomas['s] Run of South Elkhorn Creek". The following Kentucky Gazette/Lexington advertisement confirms GILBERT's MEADOW as being on THOMAS'S RUN and hence this would also be the close approximation of where William Haden's Fayette County land was located. . . . .
"PUBLIC NOTICE – 14 May 1800 . . . To all whom it may concern, that we, or one of us, will attend the second Thursday in June, at GILBERT'S MEADOW, on THOMAS'S RUN near the SOUTH FORK of ELKHORN with the commissioners appointed by the County Court of Fayette County, in order to take the depositions of such witnesses as shall attend and perpetuate their testimony, to establish the special calls of a military survey made for David Bell, on the head of SHANNON'S RUN, a south branch of south Elkhorn, including part of said creek; and to do such other acts as shall be deemed necessary and agreeable to law – to meet at eleven o'clock in the fore noon."
Fayette County Lost deed fragments, vol 3, p.92. Proved in Court by the witnesses April, 1792. Thomas Marshall Senr and Mary his wife of Woodford Co to Andrew Elder. Tract on waters of THOMAS's RUN in Fayette Co - 143 and ¾ acres. Begin corner to HADONS (sic) and running thence; ASHERTS corner; GILBERTS corner. Wit by JACOB TODHUNTER, Charles Gilbert, HUGH COCHRAN.
In 1795, likely after William's mother died, his parent's Virginia properties were divided up among the other siblings and William was not included in the settlement since he had already received his share and had sold it back to his father in May 1784.
William Haden on Black Lick Creek in Logan Co., Kentucky, ca. 1797
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Several families who lived by William Haden in Fayette County: Thomas Proctor, Charles Gilbert, William Morton - father-in-law of William's son James, moved about the same time as did William Haden to Logan County. William Haden is found on the 1797 Logan County Tax List, showing 1000 acres entered by General Jonathan Clark (older brother of General George Rogers Clark and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) on the Gasper River. William served on a Logan County jury in July 1798, and his son James Sr. is noted in a land transaction in Logan County in May 1797. By 1800, William Haden is being taxed on over 1600 acres on the Gasper, Red, & Barren river watersheds.
William Haden Sr. died intestate in Logan County leaving an estate in land, about 25 slaves and chattels; as well as leaving a widow and eleven children. In Dec 1820, the county court of Logan appointed commissioners to divide among the children, the land and slaves.
When William Haden and/or George Blakey first located this property it was considered highly valuable to it's inhabitants since it contained the spring fed source of the creek. Compiled from land deeds, tax lists, court records and descendants' recollections, the original acreage of the Haden/Blakey Settlement had a western boundary just to the west of Black Lick Creek, extending north to where the creek turns east. The eastern boundary acreage was partly situated next to the acreage of the Shaker Settlement and the acreage of the Clark Settlement; and the southern boundary extended just south of where Black Lick Creek's spring fed source is located (at the end of SPRING STREET) south of Auburn's City Park.
The location of the Haden/Blakey "Federal Grove" Settlement homes was documented by an interview on 6 Nov 1977, with May Belle Morton, a lifelong resident and whose Morton ancestors had Haden/ Blakey ties as well. May Belle gives a good description of where precisely, the Haden/Blakely, Federal Grove settlement was located.
"Federal Grove" was initially the name adopted in 1805, by Benjamin and Elinor (Clark) Temple for their plantation/farm, as it was part of Elinor's father's "federal" land grant. Elinor being d/o General Jonathan Clark of Albemarle Co, Virginia, and eldest brother to William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The grant offered General Clark 10,000 acres on a military warrant to be taken west of the Green River in Kentucky. "Federal Grove" was part of the initial seventeen hundred acres General Clark grabbed, when he filed his paperwork in 1785 at the Lincoln County Courthouse (Logan Co created 1792) before he settled in Louisville.
May described Auburn as, " first called "Black Lick Settlement", aka "Federal Grove". She said . . . "in those days, affluent residents always named their homes and 'Federal Grove' was the home of Mr. Ha(y)den, about 1800-1810. Don't know why he called it that. This was at the head of Black Lick where there's a little park now. Hadens and Blakeys were the first settlers at the head of Black Lick. The community was established around Ha(y)den's home. Black Lick (Creek) was probably named for its' apparent color. A lot of sluggish streams get leaves in them that give them a very dark color. This is May's guess. She thinks the Black Lick and Auburn post offices were at different sites and the railroad was responsible for the shift and name change. From the heart of Auburn to the head of Black Lick is about 3/4 mile. After you leave the square at Auburn, going east, you go down and cross the bridge; on the right you spot Black Lick which looks like a ditch; at the head of the ditch or creek, 250 yards beyond, was the site of Ha(y)den's home. His house burned only within the last 50 years" (ca. 1927 - 1977).
As noted in "A Genealogy of Blakely Family & Descendants with George, Whittsit, Haden, Anthony, Stockton, Gibson . . . " by Kress; "in 1941, Whittsitt Hall and Scott Hall still owned and occupied a large portion of the 3,000 acres of Haden plantation on Black Lick Creek, acquired by their great grandfather, Capt. William Haden." Therefore the home likely burned between 1941 & 1977.
The burial of William in 1819, and of his wife Nancy Ann (Johnson) Haden and his son Samuel's wife - Rebeccah, were most likely buried on this property and evidence could still exist in the tree/shrub islands close to the home's foundation.
*** UPDATE ON LOCATION OF HADEN SETTLEMENT HOMESTEAD ***
Discovered in 2017, satellite photos show the foundational remnants of the original Black Lick - Haden Settlement Home in a crop field. The base dimensions of the home appear to be roughly 40 X 80 feet with the longer section perpendicular to the southwest for maximum solar exposure. The home was historically referenced to as "the first brick house in Logan County" (ca. 1805). The image appears to have several other foundational bases that are also of importance, surrounding the main structure's land indentation. The land impression is EXACTLY in the location that May Belle Morton described it would be in her 1977 interview.
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►William Haden Sr. 1ST married ca. 1772 in Albemarle Co., Virginia to
♡ + Jane/Judith Moorman, likely d/o Achilles Moorman & Elizabeth Adams. Family tradition suggests Jane/Judith died after giving birth to their only child:
♥1) Sally 'the elder' : b. ca. 1774/Albemarle Co VA, d. bef Oct 1808/Logan Co KY.
She married about 1798, very likely in Fayette County, Kentucky, to
♡ + Thomas Proctor who remarried to Rebecca Maxwell, Oct 1808.
Known children of Sally and Thomas were:
1) Mary/Polly
2) Aurora DeGosma
3) Sally J.
► William Haden Sr. 2ND married 31 Oct 1775 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, to
♡ + Ann "Nancy" Johnson - d/o Joseph Johnson & Sarah Harris.
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♥2) James H. Sr: b 13 Nov 1776, Albemarle Co VA; d. bef 1822, Logan Co, KY; m.
♡ + Rebecca S[mith] Morton - d/o William Morton & Elizabeth Hite Smith.
Like his brother Samuel, James' middle initial "H" likely signifies "HARRIS", after the maiden name of their maternal grandmother, Sarah HARRIS. His birth date has been passed down in family papers, but the original source lost. If his brother Joseph's birthdate really was 10 Jan 1777 (source: Irene Cook from Sandra Boucher), then James could not be born in Nov 1776 (source: papers of Pat Reid) or vice versa. James married, probably in Fayette Co KY, as both the Mortons and Hadens were living there. Both families moved to Logan Co. Some Morton children stayed in Lexington. The known children of James & Rebecca were:
1) Jefferson: d bef Mar 1857/Logan Co KY, married 21 Oct 1824/Logan Co KY to:
... Elizabeth "Betsey" Morton: b 2 Sep 1794/Louisa Co VA, d 9 Feb 1876/Russellville KY.
2) Nancy F.: d bet Dec 1832 - Oct 1835, married 2 Aug 1824/Logan Co KY to
... Josiah Newman.
3) William Morton: married 28 April 1828/Jefferson Co MS, to
..."Eliza"beth R. Newman.
4) Emily on 2 Sep 1828 in Logan Co KY, married
... Joseph Rogers.
5) Elizabeth H: d 9 Jul 1840/Logan Co KY, m May 1825, to
... Nathaniel H Felts, d Attala Co MS
6) Mary Morton: died about 1841-3, married 14 Jan 1840 in Attala Co MS to
... John M. Devlin
7) Harriet S.R.: married 30 May 1832/Logan Co KY to
... Richard H. Cook.
8) James Jr.: b. ca. 1820/Logan Co KY, m. 7 Dec 1837/Logan Co KY, to
... Maria T. Wilson. Both are in Attala Co MS 1850 census, and nowhere after.
♥3) Joseph: some have birth as 10 Jan 1777, but not possible if James H Sr. was born Nov 1776. Joseph died when visiting his in-laws Oct 1824, in Washington Co MD. He married
♡ + Eleanor "Ellen/Nelly" Thomas: she was living with son George in Muhlenberg Co in 1850 and was buried on his farm. In 1817, Joseph filed a petition to create town of Hadensberg KY. Known children of Joseph & Eleanor were:
1)George William: b 4 Dec 1813/Hagerstown MD, d 10 Nov 1904/Muhlenberg Co KY,
m. Lucy R. Slaughter, on 28 Apr 1851 in Logan Co KY.
2)Raney B.: b 17 March 1816, d 4 May 1855/Pond Creek, Muhlenberg Co Ky
♥4) Emily "Milly"/"Mildred": b. 14 Apr 1781/Fluvanna Co VA; d. 1806-1820; m. 1800 to
♡ + Maj Gen William Whitsitt IV s/o William Whitsitt III & Eleanor "Ellen" Menees.
William IV died 21 March 1842 in Canton, Madison Co MS. Milly's marriage was the first of the Haden children to take place in Logan County. William Whitsitt's father lived in Logan Co KY, having moved from Davidson Co, TN. They had three daughters who were:
1) Eleanor "Ellen" C./E. Whitsitt married William Comfort
2) Nancy "Ann" Haden Whitsitt
3) Sarah "Sally" P. Whitsitt
4) William C. Whitsitt V
♥5) Benjamin: b abt 1783/Fluvanna Co VA, d bef 1810, m 10 Feb 1807/Barren Co KY
♡ + Catherine "Kitty" Stockton, b 17 Oct 1789/Henry Co VA, d/o Rev. Robert Stockton and Catherine Blakey. Their only son - Benjamin Jr, died ca. 1829/Barren Co KY). He is named in his father's estate records. Kitty remarried in 1810 to Laury Bishop whom she filed for divorce from in 1836, before he died in 1838.
♥6) William Jr: married 4 Jun 1805/Logan Co to
♡ + Mary C. "Polly" Barnett - d/o Thomas Barnett of Warren Co KY.
They had a daughter, Nancy, prior to Polly's death.
♡ + Pamela Blakey a 2ND cousin. Married William 10 Dec 1808. Was d/o GEORGE BLAKEY & MARGARET "PEGGY" WHITSITT. William was the administrator of his father's estate in 1824 - it was transferred to his brother-in-law Churchill Blakey and then in 1827 after the death of Churchill Blakey, back to William. In 1838, William separated from his wife by mutual agreement, giving land and slaves to Pamela and their daughter Margaret, to be held in trust for their support. In the 1840/50 censuses, his household still includes Pamela. In 1844, William & Pamela testified for her mother Margaret's widow's pension for her husband George Blakey's Revolutionary War service, and Margaret was at that time living with them. In 1860, they were living apart - Pamela was living with her daughter in Logan Co and William was living in Simpson Co, near his brother Samuel. The only known child of William Haden Jr & Pamela was:
Margaret George Haden: b 8 Oct 1811, d 30 Jun 1867, married
♡ + John N Hopkins 18 Sep 1831/Logan Co KY - s/o Samuel Hopkins & Amy Haden → d/o Joseph Haden & Mary Peatross.
♥7) John Mosely Sr: b abt 1788/Fayette Co KY, d 9 Feb 1817/Bowling Green, Warren, KY,
m 7 Mar 1814/Warren Co, KY to
♡ + Margaret Caldwell Jackson: d 10 Nov 1859/Whitesville, Daviess Co KY
d/o John Jackson & Mary Cook.
The children of John Moseley & Margaret Caldwell Jackson were:
1) John M.: b 12 Feb 1815, d bef Feb 1852/Jasper Co MO.
2) William Franklin:
1m. Mary Martha Ann Gaines on 13 Jun 1837 in Warren Co KY.
2m. Mary Jane Perkins on 16 Dec 1845 in Wilson's Creek, Greene Co MO.
Not to be confused with his Uncle - John Moseley Haden - s/o John Haden Sr.
A short autobiography written by a grandson, Joseph Benjamin Haden, s/o William Franklin, in 1930, says: "My paternal grandfather was John Haden of Kentucky. He was thrown from a horse and killed before he reached the age of thirty." Joseph Haden, John's older brother, was appointed guardian to John's two infant sons (above) in April 1820. After Joseph died, John's brother James was the administrator of the estate and after James died, James's widow and her brother became responsible. The final settlement of John's estate in 1823, show the rental of his farm in 1817 and 1818. Margaret remarried to Samuel David Sublett on 8 Feb 1819, and they continued to live on her dower lands for several years. Samuel Sublett appeared to be living with a married daughter in 1850, then with a son in Daviess Co KY in 1860. Margaret apparently died prior to 1850. The two sons of John Moseley and Margaret Jackson Haden are named as heirs of John M., deceased, in the estate settlement documents of their Haden grandfather.
♥8) Samuel Harris Haden Sr (1790-1865): m 30 Jul 1813/Madison Co KY
♡ +1m Rebeccah Harris, d/o Robert Harris & Nancy Grubbs.
Robert was s/o Christopher Harris Sr. & brother of Christopher Harris Jr. below.
Rebeccah died in Jan 1835 and Samuel remarried by Jan 1836, to
♡ + 2m Frances "Fannie" (Harris) Black, d/o Christopher Harris Jr. & Elizabeth Grubbs and 1ST cousin of Samuel's first wife. Like his brother James, Samuel's middle initial "H" - likely "HARRIS" - maiden name of their maternal grandmother -Sarah HARRIS.
For children of Samuel H. & Rebeccah (Harris) Haden, see his bio from his link above/below.
♥9) Mary "Polly": b. ca. 1795/Logan Co KY, m. 10 Jan 1817, in Logan Co KY to
♡ + John Wilson. A deed in 1821 shows them living in neighboring Butler Co KY, and by 1830, they had gone to Missouri, just outside St. Louis.
♥10)Nancy J.: b. ca. 1798. Nancy m. 21 Oct 1817/Logan Co to
♡ + William Porter s/o John Porter Jr. & Sarah Clark.
They lived in neighboring Butler Co KY.
►William Haden Sr. 3RD married 21 Dec 1807, in Logan Co., Kentucky to
♡ + Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on
It's unclear if and how William's 3rd wife Sarah/Sally was related to his 2nd wife, Ann "Nancy" Johnson. Interestingly as well, Sarah Johnson was also the name of William's maternal grandmother, with the maiden name of Harris.
• • • • • Only Child of William Haden Sr & 3RD wife Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on • • • • •
♥11) Sarah J. 'Sally the younger', to differentiate her from her eldest half-sister, 'Sally the elder'.
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The following is from, "Men Whom I Remember" by George D. Blakey JR. (1809 - 1886) printed 1878, in the Russellville Kentucky Herald.
It was in the year 1816 or 1817 that I witnessed the marriage of his daughter Polly to Mr. John Wilson of [Poutler?] county. The marriage took place in the paternal home in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. A short time later his daughter Nancy was married to Mr. William Porter of [Poutler?]; his two oldest daughters have previously married, one to General William Whitsitt, the other to Major Thomas Proctor.
His son 1) Barnes [James H.] Haden married Miss Rebecca Morton of Lexington; 2) John Haden who married Miss Jackson; 3) William Haden who married Miss Blakey; 4) Samuel Haden who married Miss Harris—were all settled near their father's place, hence it was called the Haden Settlement. His son 5) Benjamin Haden married Miss Stockton of Barren County; 6) Joseph Haden married Miss Breathitt of Maryland and settled at Hadensville, in Todd County, from whom the village took its name.
All of these six sons and four daughters worthily perpetuated the high character which they had inherited from their noble sire, for indeed he was a noble man, not only by birth, but by all the essential qualities of head and heart that constitutes true nobility. He was the grandson of Anthony Haden who married Miss Margaret Douglas of Scotland.
He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, in which he made a brilliant record. He lived to see his six sons and four daughters well married and all save two settled near him. At an advanced age about the year 1818 or 1819 he breathed his last without a groan or struggle, leaving a large estate in land and slaves, and a richer treasure, a good name for his children.
After the death of Old Captain Haden his homestead by inheritance and purchase became the home of Dr. Thomas Blakey who had married one of his granddaughters, Miss Whitsitt. It may be that the ancient home of the once interesting Haden Family may remain in the family a hundred years from now, but is more essential to adhere to the noble qualities of head and heart of the original Haden Family than to the earthly riches of which they were possessed.
The old son James was a substantial farmer, fond of the chase. Mounted upon his gallant steed with his trusty rifle and faithful pack of [something omitted] he seldom failed to capture a buck, for in those days the country abounded in deer and turkeys. He died about the year 1823 or 1824. His widow whom we all love to remember survived him several years. Joseph Haden died a few years after, leaving a widow and two sons.
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Gratitude and credit to Kay Haden for her insightful compilation, Leaves of the Tree, where she has documented in expanded detail upon Dorothy Kabler Haden's work - John Haden of Virginia (1968). Much of this biography incorporates Kay's thorough analysis of facts and tradition, which has been instrumental in helping locate the home location and resting place of William Haden Sr. and various kin. Biography compilation by 4X great grandson, Mark Hayden.
William Haden was born on Byrd Creek, a James River tributary in Goochland County, Virginia, to John Haden (1723-1817) & Jean/Jennie Mosley (1722-ca.1796) who were married 31 Jan 1745. When William was 14 years old, his father moved the family 10 miles west to the Dogspoint tract on the banks of the Rivanna, at Burk's and Cunningham's Creeks. In the Revolution, he served as an ensign and lieutenant in the Fluvanna Militia, with brothers Anthony, John M. and Joseph. William was the first of his family to move west of the Appalachians, as he had established four homesteads in Virginia & Kentucky, where tax and/or census records indicate he had claimed title to a number of slaves. George D. Blakey JR (1809-1886), the youngest child of George D. Blakey SR (1749-1842), recalled in his compilation, "Men Whom I Remember", that "William D. Haden" was known as "Captain" among those who knew him, although his official military record confirms his highest rank as lieutenant. William's middle initial listed as "D" by Blakey, is the only known reference to establish such, which likely stood for Douglas, the maiden surname of William's paternal grandmother. A smaller possibility exists in that the D, may have stood for Dabney.
William Haden in Albemarle/Fluvanna County, Virginia, until ca. 1784
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By the time William was 18, his father held title to 3750 acres, over 5 square miles within the Rivanna Watershed, plus the Byrd Creek properties he still held. Their Rivanna home was above the west bank at a bend in the river named 'Dogspoint', on Burks' Creek south of what is known today as Lake Monticello. The deed abstract below lists the buyer as William's father and the seller as Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins - father-in-law of William's sister Mary, who married William Hopkins.
★ 9 Aug 1764: Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Albemarle to John Haden of Goochland for £400. Parcel in Albemarle on both sides Rivanna River containing 1150 acres. Down the River according to it's meanders to branch opposite Rock House, crossing river said Hopkins' line, corner of: (1) DR./COL. ARTHUR HOPKINS & SAMUEL HOPKINS, their line to (2) Capt. Joseph Thompson line. 350 acres known as "Dogpoint", purchased by Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Col. William Randolph II, dec'd and 800 acres opposite side of the River granted by Patent to said Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins.
Signed by Arthur Hopkins and ack. by him on 9 Aug 1764.
Deed Abstracts of Albemarle Co VA; DB 3; pp.493-494.
Another purchase by William's father was made in 1767, from the estate of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, whereby Samuel Hopkins was a son/heir of Dr. Arthur Hopkins.
★ 10 Sep 1767. [Dr.] Saml. Hopkins of Mecklenburg Co [VA] to John Haden of Albemarle for £130. 2600 acres in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle. Pointers in Moody's line, crossing Cunningham's Creek, George Hilton's line, William Creasey's line, George Payne's line, crossing Bush's Creek, oak in sd John Haden's line. The whole of which was granted by deed from Arthur Hopkins to said Saml Hopkins except 100 acres sold to Green Richardson and 200 acres to John Moody as by deeds appear. Signed Saml Hopkins and ack. by him September Court 1767.
This 2600 acres was southwest and adjacent to the Dogspoint/Burk's Creek tract purchased 3 years earlier and was also located next to a 350 acre tract on the south branch of Cunningham's Creek that was granted to Thomas Jefferson in 1763, whose father Peter Jefferson, was a close personal friend of Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins, as they served together in the Virginia House of Burgess and both held land tracts in the same vicinity of Albemarle and Goochland Counties, on the James and Rivanna watersheds.
The next deed abstract of the Haden's neighbors on Cunninghams Creek shows that William's father's property there had indeed bordered Thomas Jefferson's 350 acre tract that TJ was granted in 1763. Jefferson was familiar with the Haden Family on Cunningham Creek, since TJ cites father John Haden and brothers Anthony and John Moseley, as well as uncle Zachariah, in his memo books/accounting records (National Archives Founders Online).
★ 1 Aug 1777: John D. Hancock of Fluvanna Co., for love and affection, (1) deeded his son Benjamin Hancock - 182 acres on Cunningham Creek (2) deeded son Lewis Hancock - 87 acres adjoining the lines of Thomas Jefferson, JOHN HADEN and HENRY HAISLIP. This deed is signed John Hancock. Fluvanna DB 1, p. 18-19. Note: the pics on the Hancock memorials are said to be photos of portrait paintings.
★3 Jun 1777: William Haden and brother John Moseley Haden are cited as citizens who signed the petition to separate as a separate county, from Albemarle County.
As noted below, right after citizens voted to form Fluvanna County, and William had been married for a couple of years to his 2ND wife Ann "Nancy", his father John had gifted him deed to 400 acres on Cunningham Creek, when brothers Joseph and John were also gifted lands by their father.
★7 Aug 1777: John Haden of Fluvanna for the natural love I have for my son William Haden of Fluvanna, one tract of 400 acres in Fluvanna on the south side of the North Fork of the James River, both sides of Cunningham Creek, the place whereon my son William Haden now lives. Signed 4 Aug 1777 byJohn Haden. Wit: George Thompson, JOHN HADEN, ROBERT FARLEY. Recorded 7 Aug 1777. William sold this land back to his father, in May 1784; Fluvanna Deed Book 1, p.22.
★ 6 Nov 1777: J[ohn] Napier, gave oath of allegiance, taken by Ensign William Haden, who served during the Revolutionary War with the Fluvanna Virginia Militia, along with his elder brothers; Anthony and John Moseley; and younger brother Joseph.
★ 6 Nov 1777: Fluvanna County, Order Book 1777-1779, Reel 16, p.10-11 Court held for Fluvanna county at the house of Thomas Staples, on Thursday the 6th day of November 1777...Ordered that HENRY MARTIN, JOHN MOSELEY HADEN, W[ILLIA]M HADEN & John Moody or any 3 appraise the Estate of GEORGE THOMPSON JR. dec'd and report the same to Court. (George Thompson Sr. was a neighbor of the Hadens, however no known living George JUNIOR's appear at this time - see previous deed).
★4 Dec 1777: ... At a Court held for Fluvanna County ...
"On the petition of Anthony & William Haden setting forth that they have lands on both sides of Cunningham Creek in this county, whereon is a convenient place to build a Water Grist Mill and praying that they may have leave to do the same without the formality of a Jury, it appearing to this Court, that the building of the sd. mill will not prejudice any person, leave is given the sd. Petitioners to erect a mill on the Land aforsd. agreeable to [the] act of Assembly in that case made & provided."
The mill stayed in the family with brother John M. Haden, as stated in the Bulletin of the Fluvanna County Historical Society, Oct 1970 edition, where "a deed dated 1793 proves that a Mr. Haden had a mill on Cunningham Creek at that time". Since father John Haden Sr. and sons William and Anthony had moved away, the mill would have continued to be operated by William's other brother, John Mosely Haden, who inherited land from his father at Cunningham Creek & the Rivanna, where brothers William and Anthony had built on the north side of Cunningham Creek a grist mill in 1777, where Solitude Mill was built 1856 and still stands today (see attached pictures).
★ 1778: "On the motion of Turner Richardson, the court ordered that GEORGE THOMPSON, HENRY HAISLIP, William Moody and WILLIAM HADEN view the most convenient way for a road from the Broken Back Church; crossing the North River at the said 'TURNER RICHARDSON's Fishing Place' to the road leading to Fork Church."
★ 3 Nov 1778: WILLIAM HADEN of Fluvanna to ANTHONY HADEN of same, for £12 - - - Two tracts of land on Cunningham Creek bounded by said WILLIAM HADEN, TURNER RICHARDSON, ROGER THOMPSON, and said ANTHONY HADEN, supposed, by estimation, to be 20 acres. Also two acres adjoining the said Anthony Haden's and William Haden's Mill, bounded by the north side of Cunningham Cr and the mill pond. Signed: William Haden Witnesses: William Moody, JOHN M. HADEN, RICHARD ALLEN. Recorded 3 Dec 1778
★ 2 Apr 1779: WILLIAM HADEN took oath, as 1ST Lieutenant with the Fluvanna Militia. The Rivanna River was also an important transportation route during the Revolution. There was a military depot and arsenal at Point of Fork (Columbia) about 10 miles downstream from Dogspoint, where the Rivanna runs into the James River. It was captured and destroyed by British troops in 1781, as the war neared its' end. His brothers Anthony & Joseph, also served as Captains during the Revolution and were said to be at Yorktown when the British surrendered.
★ 1 Sep 1779. Benjamin Johnson to Ann Norvell; security John Johnson. Joseph Johnson's letter of consent to son's marriage; James Norvell's letter of consent to daughter's marriage. Benjamin, son of Joseph Johnson married Anna Norvell, dau of James Norvel. John Johnson, Sec. Wit: WILLIAM HADEN [bro-in-law of Benjamin]. Marriage Bonds in Goochland Co Publication: William and Mary College Qtrly Mag, Vol 7, Ser1, p106.
★ 1782: Tax List for Fluvanna Co VA - Head of Family; Whites; Blacks
WILLIAM HADEN; 6 whites; 5 blacks
ANTHONY HADEN (brother): 11 whites; 19 blacks
JOHN MOSELEY HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 4 blacks
JOSEPH HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 8 blacks
BENJAMIN HADEN (brother): 1 white; 0 blacks (he was not 21 years old yet)
JOHN HADEN (father): 1 white; 0 blacks (previously divided slaves between his sons)
★ 21 May 1784: WILLIAM HADEN sold property back to his parents, the same 400 acre property on Cunningham Creek that he had been gifted by his father - John Haden Sr., of Fluvanna Co, Virginia, on 7 August 1777.
After William sold this property back to his parents, most if not a part of it, was eventually owned by William's grand nephew, aka great grandson of John Haden Sr. - Col. William Douglas Haden. His "Pleasant Grove" home built in 1854, exists today as the Fluvanna County Museum & Welcome Center, containing the known graves of 47 Haden family members in a fenced area within view of the house, a large family cemetery for central Virginia. The earliest known burial was in 1862. Some of the Colonel's old tax records shows the agricultural yield produced on his plantation was significant (source: Pleasant Grove Federal Historical Site Application).
Since there is no record of William's brother, John Mosely Haden interred at Pleasant Grove, an earlier Haden Burial Ground would have existed, most likely on the "400 acre Dogspoint" land tract, close to the homes of Margaret Haden & Nancy (Haden) Lane yet to be fully documented. The memorial of John Mosely Haden has a map from 1863 showing the approximate location of these 2 homes at Dogspoint; where William's nieces - "Mrs. Hayden" is Margaret D. Haden and Wm' Lane is Nancy (Haden) Lane's husband. One or both of these homes at Dogspoint was where William's family lived after moving there from Goochland on Byrd Creek, ca. 1764-67, and would be the most likely spot for a cemetery. William's brother Joseph had a documented cemetery on his own homestead property on Byrd Creek.
William Haden on the Staunton River in Bedford Co., Virginia, ca. 1784 - ca. 1788
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About the summer of 1784, William removed his family from Fluvanna Co., about 100 miles south, to Bedford County, Virginia, which was about 20 miles southwest of the Big Otter River in Campbell County, where his parents and some of his brothers and sisters had moved to, about the same time as when William moved.
★ 30 Jan 1785: Francis Smith of Bedford sold to William Haiden of the County of Fluvanna for 400£, all the land whereon Francis Smith was living - 800 acres on North side of Stanton River at Mouth of Blackwater River. Signed by Francis Smith. Wit: Joseph Frith, George Moody, Samuel Layne.
★ 25 Jul 1785: Above was proved by George Moody & Samuel Layne.
★26 Sep 1785: Above was further proved by Joseph Frith.
Bedford Co VA Deed Book 8, p.87
Note: the Stanton/Staunton River at the Blackwater River confluence, where William Haden's Bedford County home was located, in modern day terms is now submerged under the Smith Mountain Lake Reservoir.
★ 22 Feb 1788: William Haden & Ann his wife of Bedford to Stephen Hook of the same for 700£, sell a tract of 753 acres on the North side of Staunton River. Bounded by John Anthony, Barnet Arthur, Josiah Hatcher, the River. Signed: William Haden, Ann Haden. Wit: John Thrasher, William Sutphin, Hendrick Sutphin, George Chowning.
★28 Jul 1788: Proved by witnesses John Thrasher, William Sutphin, George Chowing.
William and Ann Haden left Bedford Co., Virginia, for Fayette Co., Kentucky, before the fall of 1790, since her dower release wasn't effectuated when they were still living in Bedford County. Fayette Co., Kentucky, was part of Virginia, until 1792.
★ 18 Sep 1790: Commonwealth of Virginia to John Parker & Abraham Bowman of the County of Fayette. Regarding Indenture of 22 Feb 1788, bargain & sale by William Haden & Ann his wife. Ann cannot travel to our county court of Bedford to acknowledge and we command you to go personally and receive her acknowledgment apart from her said husband. Signed: James Steptoe, Clerk of Bedford County Court. DB 8, p.340
★ 2 Nov 1790: Went to Ann Haden and she relinquished her right of Dower for 753 acres of land in the County of Bedford, sold to Stephen Hook.
Signed: Jno Parker, Abraham Bowman. DB 8, p.341
★ 22 Nov 1790: Ann Haden's dower relinquishment returned and recorded.
William Haden on the South Elkhorn in Fayette Co., Kentucky, ca. 1788 - 1797
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Families who ventured across the Cumberland Gap most often did so in groups, to better protect them against native attacks and other travel related hardships. It's likely William's family traveled to Kentucky, with other acquaintances and related family lines that were migrating into Kentucky at the same time, such as the families of: Harris, Jouett, Grubbs, Blakey, Dabney and others. William's family's journey from Bedford Co., Virginia, to Fayette Co., Kentucky, would have been a length of 400 to 500 miles, taking several months to complete.
Once in Kentucky, William most likely spent time in and around Fort Boonesborough where the Harris family had moved to, as it was a more inhabited place and was considered a jumping off point for those headed to newer settlements; north & west. Eventually William settled close to the South Fork of the Elkhorn, a few miles west/southwest of Fort Lexington. In the book, "Kentucky: A History of the State; Volume 2; Muhlenberg County Kentucky Biographies" the tradition was stated as, "William Haden and wife immigrated to Kentucky and settled near Lexington in 1778; then moved to Logan County, and settled on Black Lick Creek, where he entered and improved a farm and built the first brick house in Logan County."
The year cited above as 1778 for William's settlement near Lexington, is inaccurate. The garrison wasn't built until April 1779, the year after settlers at Fort Boonesborough had fought battles with British supplied Natives. It wasn't until Dec 1781, a month after the defeat of the British at Yorktown, when Lexington as a town had its' first lots laid out. The Indian threat would still exist in the area for another 10 years, however, attacks diminished greatly after the war concluded. William's own records show he was preoccupied with family and war defense duties in Virginia at that time, in addition to his subsequent home being in Bedford Co., Virginia. The migratory push into Kentucky was a trickle before the war ended, compared to the post war, Kentucky land rush.
Just over the northern border of Boonesborough, Madison County, on the Kentucky River, lies Fayette County, one of the first 3 original Kentucky counties formed in 1780. William Haden has several property deeds recorded in Fayette county (Lexington area), that were unfortunately burned in 1803. Fragments of some deeds remained and have been filmed - LDS, #2111044-2111046.
★ Sep 1789: deeds refer to the properties that bordered that of William Haden and this was a PURCHASE: [COLONEL] THOMAS MARSHALL SENR and [wife] MARY to WILLIAM HADEN of county of Fayette. Sum of 418 pounds, 10 shillings. Parcel containing 409 acres on waters of the South Elkhorn; thence with PROCTORS line. Including two Plantations, COLLINS new lines, being part of Col. William Peachey's Military Survey. Ack Sept Court 1790. No deed of sale remained in the fragments. Volume 4, page 314.
Thomas Marshall & wife Mary Marshall is the same referenced on the attached John Filson 1784 Map of Kentucke", as 'COL MARSHALL's OFFICE', just west of Lexington. 'Buck Pond' was named the Colonel's home in Kentucky, established in 1783, and still exists today. He was a hero of the Battle of Brandywine and appointed Surveyor General of bounty lands for Revolutionary soldiers of Fayette County by good friend and Pres George Washington, whom he had gone on surveying expeditions with before the war and whom he camped with at Valley Forge. Thomas was also the father of Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
Two of William's oldest children had married in Fayette County before moving west to Logan County. One of these families was that of William Morton. Some of his family remained in Lexington. Thomas Proctor who married William's eldest daughter, Sarah - "Sally" the elder Haden, lived on land that bordered Col. William Peachey's Military Survey, on or near the South Elkhorn River. Other neighbors included Robert O'Neal who was the father of Thomas Proctor's 1st wife, and Aquilla Gilbert and his son Charles Gilbert who married William's 1st cousin - Jenny Haden → daughter of William's brother Anthony the younger. Most of the deeds that had undamaged dates were from 1790-1795. Some of the Gilbert lands had a common border with William Haden and is referenced as being located on "Thomas['s] Run of South Elkhorn Creek". The following Kentucky Gazette/Lexington advertisement confirms GILBERT's MEADOW as being on THOMAS'S RUN and hence this would also be the close approximation of where William Haden's Fayette County land was located. . . . .
"PUBLIC NOTICE – 14 May 1800 . . . To all whom it may concern, that we, or one of us, will attend the second Thursday in June, at GILBERT'S MEADOW, on THOMAS'S RUN near the SOUTH FORK of ELKHORN with the commissioners appointed by the County Court of Fayette County, in order to take the depositions of such witnesses as shall attend and perpetuate their testimony, to establish the special calls of a military survey made for David Bell, on the head of SHANNON'S RUN, a south branch of south Elkhorn, including part of said creek; and to do such other acts as shall be deemed necessary and agreeable to law – to meet at eleven o'clock in the fore noon."
Fayette County Lost deed fragments, vol 3, p.92. Proved in Court by the witnesses April, 1792. Thomas Marshall Senr and Mary his wife of Woodford Co to Andrew Elder. Tract on waters of THOMAS's RUN in Fayette Co - 143 and ¾ acres. Begin corner to HADONS (sic) and running thence; ASHERTS corner; GILBERTS corner. Wit by JACOB TODHUNTER, Charles Gilbert, HUGH COCHRAN.
In 1795, likely after William's mother died, his parent's Virginia properties were divided up among the other siblings and William was not included in the settlement since he had already received his share and had sold it back to his father in May 1784.
William Haden on Black Lick Creek in Logan Co., Kentucky, ca. 1797
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Several families who lived by William Haden in Fayette County: Thomas Proctor, Charles Gilbert, William Morton - father-in-law of William's son James, moved about the same time as did William Haden to Logan County. William Haden is found on the 1797 Logan County Tax List, showing 1000 acres entered by General Jonathan Clark (older brother of General George Rogers Clark and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) on the Gasper River. William served on a Logan County jury in July 1798, and his son James Sr. is noted in a land transaction in Logan County in May 1797. By 1800, William Haden is being taxed on over 1600 acres on the Gasper, Red, & Barren river watersheds.
William Haden Sr. died intestate in Logan County leaving an estate in land, about 25 slaves and chattels; as well as leaving a widow and eleven children. In Dec 1820, the county court of Logan appointed commissioners to divide among the children, the land and slaves.
When William Haden and/or George Blakey first located this property it was considered highly valuable to it's inhabitants since it contained the spring fed source of the creek. Compiled from land deeds, tax lists, court records and descendants' recollections, the original acreage of the Haden/Blakey Settlement had a western boundary just to the west of Black Lick Creek, extending north to where the creek turns east. The eastern boundary acreage was partly situated next to the acreage of the Shaker Settlement and the acreage of the Clark Settlement; and the southern boundary extended just south of where Black Lick Creek's spring fed source is located (at the end of SPRING STREET) south of Auburn's City Park.
The location of the Haden/Blakey "Federal Grove" Settlement homes was documented by an interview on 6 Nov 1977, with May Belle Morton, a lifelong resident and whose Morton ancestors had Haden/ Blakey ties as well. May Belle gives a good description of where precisely, the Haden/Blakely, Federal Grove settlement was located.
"Federal Grove" was initially the name adopted in 1805, by Benjamin and Elinor (Clark) Temple for their plantation/farm, as it was part of Elinor's father's "federal" land grant. Elinor being d/o General Jonathan Clark of Albemarle Co, Virginia, and eldest brother to William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The grant offered General Clark 10,000 acres on a military warrant to be taken west of the Green River in Kentucky. "Federal Grove" was part of the initial seventeen hundred acres General Clark grabbed, when he filed his paperwork in 1785 at the Lincoln County Courthouse (Logan Co created 1792) before he settled in Louisville.
May described Auburn as, " first called "Black Lick Settlement", aka "Federal Grove". She said . . . "in those days, affluent residents always named their homes and 'Federal Grove' was the home of Mr. Ha(y)den, about 1800-1810. Don't know why he called it that. This was at the head of Black Lick where there's a little park now. Hadens and Blakeys were the first settlers at the head of Black Lick. The community was established around Ha(y)den's home. Black Lick (Creek) was probably named for its' apparent color. A lot of sluggish streams get leaves in them that give them a very dark color. This is May's guess. She thinks the Black Lick and Auburn post offices were at different sites and the railroad was responsible for the shift and name change. From the heart of Auburn to the head of Black Lick is about 3/4 mile. After you leave the square at Auburn, going east, you go down and cross the bridge; on the right you spot Black Lick which looks like a ditch; at the head of the ditch or creek, 250 yards beyond, was the site of Ha(y)den's home. His house burned only within the last 50 years" (ca. 1927 - 1977).
As noted in "A Genealogy of Blakely Family & Descendants with George, Whittsit, Haden, Anthony, Stockton, Gibson . . . " by Kress; "in 1941, Whittsitt Hall and Scott Hall still owned and occupied a large portion of the 3,000 acres of Haden plantation on Black Lick Creek, acquired by their great grandfather, Capt. William Haden." Therefore the home likely burned between 1941 & 1977.
The burial of William in 1819, and of his wife Nancy Ann (Johnson) Haden and his son Samuel's wife - Rebeccah, were most likely buried on this property and evidence could still exist in the tree/shrub islands close to the home's foundation.
*** UPDATE ON LOCATION OF HADEN SETTLEMENT HOMESTEAD ***
Discovered in 2017, satellite photos show the foundational remnants of the original Black Lick - Haden Settlement Home in a crop field. The base dimensions of the home appear to be roughly 40 X 80 feet with the longer section perpendicular to the southwest for maximum solar exposure. The home was historically referenced to as "the first brick house in Logan County" (ca. 1805). The image appears to have several other foundational bases that are also of importance, surrounding the main structure's land indentation. The land impression is EXACTLY in the location that May Belle Morton described it would be in her 1977 interview.
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►William Haden Sr. 1ST married ca. 1772 in Albemarle Co., Virginia to
♡ + Jane/Judith Moorman, likely d/o Achilles Moorman & Elizabeth Adams. Family tradition suggests Jane/Judith died after giving birth to their only child:
♥1) Sally 'the elder' : b. ca. 1774/Albemarle Co VA, d. bef Oct 1808/Logan Co KY.
She married about 1798, very likely in Fayette County, Kentucky, to
♡ + Thomas Proctor who remarried to Rebecca Maxwell, Oct 1808.
Known children of Sally and Thomas were:
1) Mary/Polly
2) Aurora DeGosma
3) Sally J.
► William Haden Sr. 2ND married 31 Oct 1775 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, to
♡ + Ann "Nancy" Johnson - d/o Joseph Johnson & Sarah Harris.
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♥2) James H. Sr: b 13 Nov 1776, Albemarle Co VA; d. bef 1822, Logan Co, KY; m.
♡ + Rebecca S[mith] Morton - d/o William Morton & Elizabeth Hite Smith.
Like his brother Samuel, James' middle initial "H" likely signifies "HARRIS", after the maiden name of their maternal grandmother, Sarah HARRIS. His birth date has been passed down in family papers, but the original source lost. If his brother Joseph's birthdate really was 10 Jan 1777 (source: Irene Cook from Sandra Boucher), then James could not be born in Nov 1776 (source: papers of Pat Reid) or vice versa. James married, probably in Fayette Co KY, as both the Mortons and Hadens were living there. Both families moved to Logan Co. Some Morton children stayed in Lexington. The known children of James & Rebecca were:
1) Jefferson: d bef Mar 1857/Logan Co KY, married 21 Oct 1824/Logan Co KY to:
... Elizabeth "Betsey" Morton: b 2 Sep 1794/Louisa Co VA, d 9 Feb 1876/Russellville KY.
2) Nancy F.: d bet Dec 1832 - Oct 1835, married 2 Aug 1824/Logan Co KY to
... Josiah Newman.
3) William Morton: married 28 April 1828/Jefferson Co MS, to
..."Eliza"beth R. Newman.
4) Emily on 2 Sep 1828 in Logan Co KY, married
... Joseph Rogers.
5) Elizabeth H: d 9 Jul 1840/Logan Co KY, m May 1825, to
... Nathaniel H Felts, d Attala Co MS
6) Mary Morton: died about 1841-3, married 14 Jan 1840 in Attala Co MS to
... John M. Devlin
7) Harriet S.R.: married 30 May 1832/Logan Co KY to
... Richard H. Cook.
8) James Jr.: b. ca. 1820/Logan Co KY, m. 7 Dec 1837/Logan Co KY, to
... Maria T. Wilson. Both are in Attala Co MS 1850 census, and nowhere after.
♥3) Joseph: some have birth as 10 Jan 1777, but not possible if James H Sr. was born Nov 1776. Joseph died when visiting his in-laws Oct 1824, in Washington Co MD. He married
♡ + Eleanor "Ellen/Nelly" Thomas: she was living with son George in Muhlenberg Co in 1850 and was buried on his farm. In 1817, Joseph filed a petition to create town of Hadensberg KY. Known children of Joseph & Eleanor were:
1)George William: b 4 Dec 1813/Hagerstown MD, d 10 Nov 1904/Muhlenberg Co KY,
m. Lucy R. Slaughter, on 28 Apr 1851 in Logan Co KY.
2)Raney B.: b 17 March 1816, d 4 May 1855/Pond Creek, Muhlenberg Co Ky
♥4) Emily "Milly"/"Mildred": b. 14 Apr 1781/Fluvanna Co VA; d. 1806-1820; m. 1800 to
♡ + Maj Gen William Whitsitt IV s/o William Whitsitt III & Eleanor "Ellen" Menees.
William IV died 21 March 1842 in Canton, Madison Co MS. Milly's marriage was the first of the Haden children to take place in Logan County. William Whitsitt's father lived in Logan Co KY, having moved from Davidson Co, TN. They had three daughters who were:
1) Eleanor "Ellen" C./E. Whitsitt married William Comfort
2) Nancy "Ann" Haden Whitsitt
3) Sarah "Sally" P. Whitsitt
4) William C. Whitsitt V
♥5) Benjamin: b abt 1783/Fluvanna Co VA, d bef 1810, m 10 Feb 1807/Barren Co KY
♡ + Catherine "Kitty" Stockton, b 17 Oct 1789/Henry Co VA, d/o Rev. Robert Stockton and Catherine Blakey. Their only son - Benjamin Jr, died ca. 1829/Barren Co KY). He is named in his father's estate records. Kitty remarried in 1810 to Laury Bishop whom she filed for divorce from in 1836, before he died in 1838.
♥6) William Jr: married 4 Jun 1805/Logan Co to
♡ + Mary C. "Polly" Barnett - d/o Thomas Barnett of Warren Co KY.
They had a daughter, Nancy, prior to Polly's death.
♡ + Pamela Blakey a 2ND cousin. Married William 10 Dec 1808. Was d/o GEORGE BLAKEY & MARGARET "PEGGY" WHITSITT. William was the administrator of his father's estate in 1824 - it was transferred to his brother-in-law Churchill Blakey and then in 1827 after the death of Churchill Blakey, back to William. In 1838, William separated from his wife by mutual agreement, giving land and slaves to Pamela and their daughter Margaret, to be held in trust for their support. In the 1840/50 censuses, his household still includes Pamela. In 1844, William & Pamela testified for her mother Margaret's widow's pension for her husband George Blakey's Revolutionary War service, and Margaret was at that time living with them. In 1860, they were living apart - Pamela was living with her daughter in Logan Co and William was living in Simpson Co, near his brother Samuel. The only known child of William Haden Jr & Pamela was:
Margaret George Haden: b 8 Oct 1811, d 30 Jun 1867, married
♡ + John N Hopkins 18 Sep 1831/Logan Co KY - s/o Samuel Hopkins & Amy Haden → d/o Joseph Haden & Mary Peatross.
♥7) John Mosely Sr: b abt 1788/Fayette Co KY, d 9 Feb 1817/Bowling Green, Warren, KY,
m 7 Mar 1814/Warren Co, KY to
♡ + Margaret Caldwell Jackson: d 10 Nov 1859/Whitesville, Daviess Co KY
d/o John Jackson & Mary Cook.
The children of John Moseley & Margaret Caldwell Jackson were:
1) John M.: b 12 Feb 1815, d bef Feb 1852/Jasper Co MO.
2) William Franklin:
1m. Mary Martha Ann Gaines on 13 Jun 1837 in Warren Co KY.
2m. Mary Jane Perkins on 16 Dec 1845 in Wilson's Creek, Greene Co MO.
Not to be confused with his Uncle - John Moseley Haden - s/o John Haden Sr.
A short autobiography written by a grandson, Joseph Benjamin Haden, s/o William Franklin, in 1930, says: "My paternal grandfather was John Haden of Kentucky. He was thrown from a horse and killed before he reached the age of thirty." Joseph Haden, John's older brother, was appointed guardian to John's two infant sons (above) in April 1820. After Joseph died, John's brother James was the administrator of the estate and after James died, James's widow and her brother became responsible. The final settlement of John's estate in 1823, show the rental of his farm in 1817 and 1818. Margaret remarried to Samuel David Sublett on 8 Feb 1819, and they continued to live on her dower lands for several years. Samuel Sublett appeared to be living with a married daughter in 1850, then with a son in Daviess Co KY in 1860. Margaret apparently died prior to 1850. The two sons of John Moseley and Margaret Jackson Haden are named as heirs of John M., deceased, in the estate settlement documents of their Haden grandfather.
♥8) Samuel Harris Haden Sr (1790-1865): m 30 Jul 1813/Madison Co KY
♡ +1m Rebeccah Harris, d/o Robert Harris & Nancy Grubbs.
Robert was s/o Christopher Harris Sr. & brother of Christopher Harris Jr. below.
Rebeccah died in Jan 1835 and Samuel remarried by Jan 1836, to
♡ + 2m Frances "Fannie" (Harris) Black, d/o Christopher Harris Jr. & Elizabeth Grubbs and 1ST cousin of Samuel's first wife. Like his brother James, Samuel's middle initial "H" - likely "HARRIS" - maiden name of their maternal grandmother -Sarah HARRIS.
For children of Samuel H. & Rebeccah (Harris) Haden, see his bio from his link above/below.
♥9) Mary "Polly": b. ca. 1795/Logan Co KY, m. 10 Jan 1817, in Logan Co KY to
♡ + John Wilson. A deed in 1821 shows them living in neighboring Butler Co KY, and by 1830, they had gone to Missouri, just outside St. Louis.
♥10)Nancy J.: b. ca. 1798. Nancy m. 21 Oct 1817/Logan Co to
♡ + William Porter s/o John Porter Jr. & Sarah Clark.
They lived in neighboring Butler Co KY.
►William Haden Sr. 3RD married 21 Dec 1807, in Logan Co., Kentucky to
♡ + Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on
It's unclear if and how William's 3rd wife Sarah/Sally was related to his 2nd wife, Ann "Nancy" Johnson. Interestingly as well, Sarah Johnson was also the name of William's maternal grandmother, with the maiden name of Harris.
• • • • • Only Child of William Haden Sr & 3RD wife Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on • • • • •
♥11) Sarah J. 'Sally the younger', to differentiate her from her eldest half-sister, 'Sally the elder'.
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The following is from, "Men Whom I Remember" by George D. Blakey JR. (1809 - 1886) printed 1878, in the Russellville Kentucky Herald.
It was in the year 1816 or 1817 that I witnessed the marriage of his daughter Polly to Mr. John Wilson of [Poutler?] county. The marriage took place in the paternal home in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. A short time later his daughter Nancy was married to Mr. William Porter of [Poutler?]; his two oldest daughters have previously married, one to General William Whitsitt, the other to Major Thomas Proctor.
His son 1) Barnes [James H.] Haden married Miss Rebecca Morton of Lexington; 2) John Haden who married Miss Jackson; 3) William Haden who married Miss Blakey; 4) Samuel Haden who married Miss Harris—were all settled near their father's place, hence it was called the Haden Settlement. His son 5) Benjamin Haden married Miss Stockton of Barren County; 6) Joseph Haden married Miss Breathitt of Maryland and settled at Hadensville, in Todd County, from whom the village took its name.
All of these six sons and four daughters worthily perpetuated the high character which they had inherited from their noble sire, for indeed he was a noble man, not only by birth, but by all the essential qualities of head and heart that constitutes true nobility. He was the grandson of Anthony Haden who married Miss Margaret Douglas of Scotland.
He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, in which he made a brilliant record. He lived to see his six sons and four daughters well married and all save two settled near him. At an advanced age about the year 1818 or 1819 he breathed his last without a groan or struggle, leaving a large estate in land and slaves, and a richer treasure, a good name for his children.
After the death of Old Captain Haden his homestead by inheritance and purchase became the home of Dr. Thomas Blakey who had married one of his granddaughters, Miss Whitsitt. It may be that the ancient home of the once interesting Haden Family may remain in the family a hundred years from now, but is more essential to adhere to the noble qualities of head and heart of the original Haden Family than to the earthly riches of which they were possessed.
The old son James was a substantial farmer, fond of the chase. Mounted upon his gallant steed with his trusty rifle and faithful pack of [something omitted] he seldom failed to capture a buck, for in those days the country abounded in deer and turkeys. He died about the year 1823 or 1824. His widow whom we all love to remember survived him several years. Joseph Haden died a few years after, leaving a widow and two sons.
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Gratitude and credit to Kay Haden for her insightful compilation, Leaves of the Tree, where she has documented in expanded detail upon Dorothy Kabler Haden's work - John Haden of Virginia (1968). Much of this biography incorporates Kay's thorough analysis of facts and tradition, which has been instrumental in helping locate the home location and resting place of William Haden Sr. and various kin. Biography compilation by 4X great grandson, Mark Hayden.
William Haden in Albemarle/Fluvanna County, Virginia, until ca. 1784
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By the time William was 18, his father held title to 3750 acres, over 5 square miles within the Rivanna Watershed, plus the Byrd Creek properties he still held. Their Rivanna home was above the west bank at a bend in the river named 'Dogspoint', on Burks' Creek south of what is known today as Lake Monticello. The deed abstract below lists the buyer as William's father and the seller as Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins - father-in-law of William's sister Mary, who married William Hopkins.
★ 9 Aug 1764: Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Albemarle to John Haden of Goochland for £400. Parcel in Albemarle on both sides Rivanna River containing 1150 acres. Down the River according to it's meanders to branch opposite Rock House, crossing river said Hopkins' line, corner of: (1) DR./COL. ARTHUR HOPKINS & SAMUEL HOPKINS, their line to (2) Capt. Joseph Thompson line. 350 acres known as "Dogpoint", purchased by Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins of Col. William Randolph II, dec'd and 800 acres opposite side of the River granted by Patent to said Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins.
Signed by Arthur Hopkins and ack. by him on 9 Aug 1764.
Deed Abstracts of Albemarle Co VA; DB 3; pp.493-494.
Another purchase by William's father was made in 1767, from the estate of Dr. Arthur Hopkins, whereby Samuel Hopkins was a son/heir of Dr. Arthur Hopkins.
★ 10 Sep 1767. [Dr.] Saml. Hopkins of Mecklenburg Co [VA] to John Haden of Albemarle for £130. 2600 acres in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle. Pointers in Moody's line, crossing Cunningham's Creek, George Hilton's line, William Creasey's line, George Payne's line, crossing Bush's Creek, oak in sd John Haden's line. The whole of which was granted by deed from Arthur Hopkins to said Saml Hopkins except 100 acres sold to Green Richardson and 200 acres to John Moody as by deeds appear. Signed Saml Hopkins and ack. by him September Court 1767.
This 2600 acres was southwest and adjacent to the Dogspoint/Burk's Creek tract purchased 3 years earlier and was also located next to a 350 acre tract on the south branch of Cunningham's Creek that was granted to Thomas Jefferson in 1763, whose father Peter Jefferson, was a close personal friend of Dr./Col. Arthur Hopkins, as they served together in the Virginia House of Burgess and both held land tracts in the same vicinity of Albemarle and Goochland Counties, on the James and Rivanna watersheds.
The next deed abstract of the Haden's neighbors on Cunninghams Creek shows that William's father's property there had indeed bordered Thomas Jefferson's 350 acre tract that TJ was granted in 1763. Jefferson was familiar with the Haden Family on Cunningham Creek, since TJ cites father John Haden and brothers Anthony and John Moseley, as well as uncle Zachariah, in his memo books/accounting records (National Archives Founders Online).
★ 1 Aug 1777: John D. Hancock of Fluvanna Co., for love and affection, (1) deeded his son Benjamin Hancock - 182 acres on Cunningham Creek (2) deeded son Lewis Hancock - 87 acres adjoining the lines of Thomas Jefferson, JOHN HADEN and HENRY HAISLIP. This deed is signed John Hancock. Fluvanna DB 1, p. 18-19. Note: the pics on the Hancock memorials are said to be photos of portrait paintings.
★3 Jun 1777: William Haden and brother John Moseley Haden are cited as citizens who signed the petition to separate as a separate county, from Albemarle County.
As noted below, right after citizens voted to form Fluvanna County, and William had been married for a couple of years to his 2ND wife Ann "Nancy", his father John had gifted him deed to 400 acres on Cunningham Creek, when brothers Joseph and John were also gifted lands by their father.
★7 Aug 1777: John Haden of Fluvanna for the natural love I have for my son William Haden of Fluvanna, one tract of 400 acres in Fluvanna on the south side of the North Fork of the James River, both sides of Cunningham Creek, the place whereon my son William Haden now lives. Signed 4 Aug 1777 byJohn Haden. Wit: George Thompson, JOHN HADEN, ROBERT FARLEY. Recorded 7 Aug 1777. William sold this land back to his father, in May 1784; Fluvanna Deed Book 1, p.22.
★ 6 Nov 1777: J[ohn] Napier, gave oath of allegiance, taken by Ensign William Haden, who served during the Revolutionary War with the Fluvanna Virginia Militia, along with his elder brothers; Anthony and John Moseley; and younger brother Joseph.
★ 6 Nov 1777: Fluvanna County, Order Book 1777-1779, Reel 16, p.10-11 Court held for Fluvanna county at the house of Thomas Staples, on Thursday the 6th day of November 1777...Ordered that HENRY MARTIN, JOHN MOSELEY HADEN, W[ILLIA]M HADEN & John Moody or any 3 appraise the Estate of GEORGE THOMPSON JR. dec'd and report the same to Court. (George Thompson Sr. was a neighbor of the Hadens, however no known living George JUNIOR's appear at this time - see previous deed).
★4 Dec 1777: ... At a Court held for Fluvanna County ...
"On the petition of Anthony & William Haden setting forth that they have lands on both sides of Cunningham Creek in this county, whereon is a convenient place to build a Water Grist Mill and praying that they may have leave to do the same without the formality of a Jury, it appearing to this Court, that the building of the sd. mill will not prejudice any person, leave is given the sd. Petitioners to erect a mill on the Land aforsd. agreeable to [the] act of Assembly in that case made & provided."
The mill stayed in the family with brother John M. Haden, as stated in the Bulletin of the Fluvanna County Historical Society, Oct 1970 edition, where "a deed dated 1793 proves that a Mr. Haden had a mill on Cunningham Creek at that time". Since father John Haden Sr. and sons William and Anthony had moved away, the mill would have continued to be operated by William's other brother, John Mosely Haden, who inherited land from his father at Cunningham Creek & the Rivanna, where brothers William and Anthony had built on the north side of Cunningham Creek a grist mill in 1777, where Solitude Mill was built 1856 and still stands today (see attached pictures).
★ 1778: "On the motion of Turner Richardson, the court ordered that GEORGE THOMPSON, HENRY HAISLIP, William Moody and WILLIAM HADEN view the most convenient way for a road from the Broken Back Church; crossing the North River at the said 'TURNER RICHARDSON's Fishing Place' to the road leading to Fork Church."
★ 3 Nov 1778: WILLIAM HADEN of Fluvanna to ANTHONY HADEN of same, for £12 - - - Two tracts of land on Cunningham Creek bounded by said WILLIAM HADEN, TURNER RICHARDSON, ROGER THOMPSON, and said ANTHONY HADEN, supposed, by estimation, to be 20 acres. Also two acres adjoining the said Anthony Haden's and William Haden's Mill, bounded by the north side of Cunningham Cr and the mill pond. Signed: William Haden Witnesses: William Moody, JOHN M. HADEN, RICHARD ALLEN. Recorded 3 Dec 1778
★ 2 Apr 1779: WILLIAM HADEN took oath, as 1ST Lieutenant with the Fluvanna Militia. The Rivanna River was also an important transportation route during the Revolution. There was a military depot and arsenal at Point of Fork (Columbia) about 10 miles downstream from Dogspoint, where the Rivanna runs into the James River. It was captured and destroyed by British troops in 1781, as the war neared its' end. His brothers Anthony & Joseph, also served as Captains during the Revolution and were said to be at Yorktown when the British surrendered.
★ 1 Sep 1779. Benjamin Johnson to Ann Norvell; security John Johnson. Joseph Johnson's letter of consent to son's marriage; James Norvell's letter of consent to daughter's marriage. Benjamin, son of Joseph Johnson married Anna Norvell, dau of James Norvel. John Johnson, Sec. Wit: WILLIAM HADEN [bro-in-law of Benjamin]. Marriage Bonds in Goochland Co Publication: William and Mary College Qtrly Mag, Vol 7, Ser1, p106.
★ 1782: Tax List for Fluvanna Co VA - Head of Family; Whites; Blacks
WILLIAM HADEN; 6 whites; 5 blacks
ANTHONY HADEN (brother): 11 whites; 19 blacks
JOHN MOSELEY HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 4 blacks
JOSEPH HADEN (brother): 8 whites; 8 blacks
BENJAMIN HADEN (brother): 1 white; 0 blacks (he was not 21 years old yet)
JOHN HADEN (father): 1 white; 0 blacks (previously divided slaves between his sons)
★ 21 May 1784: WILLIAM HADEN sold property back to his parents, the same 400 acre property on Cunningham Creek that he had been gifted by his father - John Haden Sr., of Fluvanna Co, Virginia, on 7 August 1777.
After William sold this property back to his parents, most if not a part of it, was eventually owned by William's grand nephew, aka great grandson of John Haden Sr. - Col. William Douglas Haden. His "Pleasant Grove" home built in 1854, exists today as the Fluvanna County Museum & Welcome Center, containing the known graves of 47 Haden family members in a fenced area within view of the house, a large family cemetery for central Virginia. The earliest known burial was in 1862. Some of the Colonel's old tax records shows the agricultural yield produced on his plantation was significant (source: Pleasant Grove Federal Historical Site Application).
Since there is no record of William's brother, John Mosely Haden interred at Pleasant Grove, an earlier Haden Burial Ground would have existed, most likely on the "400 acre Dogspoint" land tract, close to the homes of Margaret Haden & Nancy (Haden) Lane yet to be fully documented. The memorial of John Mosely Haden has a map from 1863 showing the approximate location of these 2 homes at Dogspoint; where William's nieces - "Mrs. Hayden" is Margaret D. Haden and Wm' Lane is Nancy (Haden) Lane's husband. One or both of these homes at Dogspoint was where William's family lived after moving there from Goochland on Byrd Creek, ca. 1764-67, and would be the most likely spot for a cemetery. William's brother Joseph had a documented cemetery on his own homestead property on Byrd Creek.
William Haden on the Staunton River in Bedford Co., Virginia, ca. 1784 - ca. 1788
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About the summer of 1784, William removed his family from Fluvanna Co., about 100 miles south, to Bedford County, Virginia, which was about 20 miles southwest of the Big Otter River in Campbell County, where his parents and some of his brothers and sisters had moved to, about the same time as when William moved.
★ 30 Jan 1785: Francis Smith of Bedford sold to William Haiden of the County of Fluvanna for 400£, all the land whereon Francis Smith was living - 800 acres on North side of Stanton River at Mouth of Blackwater River. Signed by Francis Smith. Wit: Joseph Frith, George Moody, Samuel Layne.
★ 25 Jul 1785: Above was proved by George Moody & Samuel Layne.
★26 Sep 1785: Above was further proved by Joseph Frith.
Bedford Co VA Deed Book 8, p.87
Note: the Stanton/Staunton River at the Blackwater River confluence, where William Haden's Bedford County home was located, in modern day terms is now submerged under the Smith Mountain Lake Reservoir.
★ 22 Feb 1788: William Haden & Ann his wife of Bedford to Stephen Hook of the same for 700£, sell a tract of 753 acres on the North side of Staunton River. Bounded by John Anthony, Barnet Arthur, Josiah Hatcher, the River. Signed: William Haden, Ann Haden. Wit: John Thrasher, William Sutphin, Hendrick Sutphin, George Chowning.
★28 Jul 1788: Proved by witnesses John Thrasher, William Sutphin, George Chowing.
William and Ann Haden left Bedford Co., Virginia, for Fayette Co., Kentucky, before the fall of 1790, since her dower release wasn't effectuated when they were still living in Bedford County. Fayette Co., Kentucky, was part of Virginia, until 1792.
★ 18 Sep 1790: Commonwealth of Virginia to John Parker & Abraham Bowman of the County of Fayette. Regarding Indenture of 22 Feb 1788, bargain & sale by William Haden & Ann his wife. Ann cannot travel to our county court of Bedford to acknowledge and we command you to go personally and receive her acknowledgment apart from her said husband. Signed: James Steptoe, Clerk of Bedford County Court. DB 8, p.340
★ 2 Nov 1790: Went to Ann Haden and she relinquished her right of Dower for 753 acres of land in the County of Bedford, sold to Stephen Hook.
Signed: Jno Parker, Abraham Bowman. DB 8, p.341
★ 22 Nov 1790: Ann Haden's dower relinquishment returned and recorded.
William Haden on the South Elkhorn in Fayette Co., Kentucky, ca. 1788 - 1797
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Families who ventured across the Cumberland Gap most often did so in groups, to better protect them against native attacks and other travel related hardships. It's likely William's family traveled to Kentucky, with other acquaintances and related family lines that were migrating into Kentucky at the same time, such as the families of: Harris, Jouett, Grubbs, Blakey, Dabney and others. William's family's journey from Bedford Co., Virginia, to Fayette Co., Kentucky, would have been a length of 400 to 500 miles, taking several months to complete.
Once in Kentucky, William most likely spent time in and around Fort Boonesborough where the Harris family had moved to, as it was a more inhabited place and was considered a jumping off point for those headed to newer settlements; north & west. Eventually William settled close to the South Fork of the Elkhorn, a few miles west/southwest of Fort Lexington. In the book, "Kentucky: A History of the State; Volume 2; Muhlenberg County Kentucky Biographies" the tradition was stated as, "William Haden and wife immigrated to Kentucky and settled near Lexington in 1778; then moved to Logan County, and settled on Black Lick Creek, where he entered and improved a farm and built the first brick house in Logan County."
The year cited above as 1778 for William's settlement near Lexington, is inaccurate. The garrison wasn't built until April 1779, the year after settlers at Fort Boonesborough had fought battles with British supplied Natives. It wasn't until Dec 1781, a month after the defeat of the British at Yorktown, when Lexington as a town had its' first lots laid out. The Indian threat would still exist in the area for another 10 years, however, attacks diminished greatly after the war concluded. William's own records show he was preoccupied with family and war defense duties in Virginia at that time, in addition to his subsequent home being in Bedford Co., Virginia. The migratory push into Kentucky was a trickle before the war ended, compared to the post war, Kentucky land rush.
Just over the northern border of Boonesborough, Madison County, on the Kentucky River, lies Fayette County, one of the first 3 original Kentucky counties formed in 1780. William Haden has several property deeds recorded in Fayette county (Lexington area), that were unfortunately burned in 1803. Fragments of some deeds remained and have been filmed - LDS, #2111044-2111046.
★ Sep 1789: deeds refer to the properties that bordered that of William Haden and this was a PURCHASE: [COLONEL] THOMAS MARSHALL SENR and [wife] MARY to WILLIAM HADEN of county of Fayette. Sum of 418 pounds, 10 shillings. Parcel containing 409 acres on waters of the South Elkhorn; thence with PROCTORS line. Including two Plantations, COLLINS new lines, being part of Col. William Peachey's Military Survey. Ack Sept Court 1790. No deed of sale remained in the fragments. Volume 4, page 314.
Thomas Marshall & wife Mary Marshall is the same referenced on the attached John Filson 1784 Map of Kentucke", as 'COL MARSHALL's OFFICE', just west of Lexington. 'Buck Pond' was named the Colonel's home in Kentucky, established in 1783, and still exists today. He was a hero of the Battle of Brandywine and appointed Surveyor General of bounty lands for Revolutionary soldiers of Fayette County by good friend and Pres George Washington, whom he had gone on surveying expeditions with before the war and whom he camped with at Valley Forge. Thomas was also the father of Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801 to 1835.
Two of William's oldest children had married in Fayette County before moving west to Logan County. One of these families was that of William Morton. Some of his family remained in Lexington. Thomas Proctor who married William's eldest daughter, Sarah - "Sally" the elder Haden, lived on land that bordered Col. William Peachey's Military Survey, on or near the South Elkhorn River. Other neighbors included Robert O'Neal who was the father of Thomas Proctor's 1st wife, and Aquilla Gilbert and his son Charles Gilbert who married William's 1st cousin - Jenny Haden → daughter of William's brother Anthony the younger. Most of the deeds that had undamaged dates were from 1790-1795. Some of the Gilbert lands had a common border with William Haden and is referenced as being located on "Thomas['s] Run of South Elkhorn Creek". The following Kentucky Gazette/Lexington advertisement confirms GILBERT's MEADOW as being on THOMAS'S RUN and hence this would also be the close approximation of where William Haden's Fayette County land was located. . . . .
"PUBLIC NOTICE – 14 May 1800 . . . To all whom it may concern, that we, or one of us, will attend the second Thursday in June, at GILBERT'S MEADOW, on THOMAS'S RUN near the SOUTH FORK of ELKHORN with the commissioners appointed by the County Court of Fayette County, in order to take the depositions of such witnesses as shall attend and perpetuate their testimony, to establish the special calls of a military survey made for David Bell, on the head of SHANNON'S RUN, a south branch of south Elkhorn, including part of said creek; and to do such other acts as shall be deemed necessary and agreeable to law – to meet at eleven o'clock in the fore noon."
Fayette County Lost deed fragments, vol 3, p.92. Proved in Court by the witnesses April, 1792. Thomas Marshall Senr and Mary his wife of Woodford Co to Andrew Elder. Tract on waters of THOMAS's RUN in Fayette Co - 143 and ¾ acres. Begin corner to HADONS (sic) and running thence; ASHERTS corner; GILBERTS corner. Wit by JACOB TODHUNTER, Charles Gilbert, HUGH COCHRAN.
In 1795, likely after William's mother died, his parent's Virginia properties were divided up among the other siblings and William was not included in the settlement since he had already received his share and had sold it back to his father in May 1784.
William Haden on Black Lick Creek in Logan Co., Kentucky, ca. 1797
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Several families who lived by William Haden in Fayette County: Thomas Proctor, Charles Gilbert, William Morton - father-in-law of William's son James, moved about the same time as did William Haden to Logan County. William Haden is found on the 1797 Logan County Tax List, showing 1000 acres entered by General Jonathan Clark (older brother of General George Rogers Clark and William Clark of the Lewis & Clark Expedition) on the Gasper River. William served on a Logan County jury in July 1798, and his son James Sr. is noted in a land transaction in Logan County in May 1797. By 1800, William Haden is being taxed on over 1600 acres on the Gasper, Red, & Barren river watersheds.
William Haden Sr. died intestate in Logan County leaving an estate in land, about 25 slaves and chattels; as well as leaving a widow and eleven children. In Dec 1820, the county court of Logan appointed commissioners to divide among the children, the land and slaves.
When William Haden and/or George Blakey first located this property it was considered highly valuable to it's inhabitants since it contained the spring fed source of the creek. Compiled from land deeds, tax lists, court records and descendants' recollections, the original acreage of the Haden/Blakey Settlement had a western boundary just to the west of Black Lick Creek, extending north to where the creek turns east. The eastern boundary acreage was partly situated next to the acreage of the Shaker Settlement and the acreage of the Clark Settlement; and the southern boundary extended just south of where Black Lick Creek's spring fed source is located (at the end of SPRING STREET) south of Auburn's City Park.
The location of the Haden/Blakey "Federal Grove" Settlement homes was documented by an interview on 6 Nov 1977, with May Belle Morton, a lifelong resident and whose Morton ancestors had Haden/ Blakey ties as well. May Belle gives a good description of where precisely, the Haden/Blakely, Federal Grove settlement was located.
"Federal Grove" was initially the name adopted in 1805, by Benjamin and Elinor (Clark) Temple for their plantation/farm, as it was part of Elinor's father's "federal" land grant. Elinor being d/o General Jonathan Clark of Albemarle Co, Virginia, and eldest brother to William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The grant offered General Clark 10,000 acres on a military warrant to be taken west of the Green River in Kentucky. "Federal Grove" was part of the initial seventeen hundred acres General Clark grabbed, when he filed his paperwork in 1785 at the Lincoln County Courthouse (Logan Co created 1792) before he settled in Louisville.
May described Auburn as, " first called "Black Lick Settlement", aka "Federal Grove". She said . . . "in those days, affluent residents always named their homes and 'Federal Grove' was the home of Mr. Ha(y)den, about 1800-1810. Don't know why he called it that. This was at the head of Black Lick where there's a little park now. Hadens and Blakeys were the first settlers at the head of Black Lick. The community was established around Ha(y)den's home. Black Lick (Creek) was probably named for its' apparent color. A lot of sluggish streams get leaves in them that give them a very dark color. This is May's guess. She thinks the Black Lick and Auburn post offices were at different sites and the railroad was responsible for the shift and name change. From the heart of Auburn to the head of Black Lick is about 3/4 mile. After you leave the square at Auburn, going east, you go down and cross the bridge; on the right you spot Black Lick which looks like a ditch; at the head of the ditch or creek, 250 yards beyond, was the site of Ha(y)den's home. His house burned only within the last 50 years" (ca. 1927 - 1977).
As noted in "A Genealogy of Blakely Family & Descendants with George, Whittsit, Haden, Anthony, Stockton, Gibson . . . " by Kress; "in 1941, Whittsitt Hall and Scott Hall still owned and occupied a large portion of the 3,000 acres of Haden plantation on Black Lick Creek, acquired by their great grandfather, Capt. William Haden." Therefore the home likely burned between 1941 & 1977.
The burial of William in 1819, and of his wife Nancy Ann (Johnson) Haden and his son Samuel's wife - Rebeccah, were most likely buried on this property and evidence could still exist in the tree/shrub islands close to the home's foundation.
*** UPDATE ON LOCATION OF HADEN SETTLEMENT HOMESTEAD ***
Discovered in 2017, satellite photos show the foundational remnants of the original Black Lick - Haden Settlement Home in a crop field. The base dimensions of the home appear to be roughly 40 X 80 feet with the longer section perpendicular to the southwest for maximum solar exposure. The home was historically referenced to as "the first brick house in Logan County" (ca. 1805). The image appears to have several other foundational bases that are also of importance, surrounding the main structure's land indentation. The land impression is EXACTLY in the location that May Belle Morton described it would be in her 1977 interview.
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►William Haden Sr. 1ST married ca. 1772 in Albemarle Co., Virginia to
♡ + Jane/Judith Moorman, likely d/o Achilles Moorman & Elizabeth Adams. Family tradition suggests Jane/Judith died after giving birth to their only child:
♥1) Sally 'the elder' : b. ca. 1774/Albemarle Co VA, d. bef Oct 1808/Logan Co KY.
She married about 1798, very likely in Fayette County, Kentucky, to
♡ + Thomas Proctor who remarried to Rebecca Maxwell, Oct 1808.
Known children of Sally and Thomas were:
1) Mary/Polly
2) Aurora DeGosma
3) Sally J.
► William Haden Sr. 2ND married 31 Oct 1775 in Albemarle Co., Virginia, to
♡ + Ann "Nancy" Johnson - d/o Joseph Johnson & Sarah Harris.
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♥2) James H. Sr: b 13 Nov 1776, Albemarle Co VA; d. bef 1822, Logan Co, KY; m.
♡ + Rebecca S[mith] Morton - d/o William Morton & Elizabeth Hite Smith.
Like his brother Samuel, James' middle initial "H" likely signifies "HARRIS", after the maiden name of their maternal grandmother, Sarah HARRIS. His birth date has been passed down in family papers, but the original source lost. If his brother Joseph's birthdate really was 10 Jan 1777 (source: Irene Cook from Sandra Boucher), then James could not be born in Nov 1776 (source: papers of Pat Reid) or vice versa. James married, probably in Fayette Co KY, as both the Mortons and Hadens were living there. Both families moved to Logan Co. Some Morton children stayed in Lexington. The known children of James & Rebecca were:
1) Jefferson: d bef Mar 1857/Logan Co KY, married 21 Oct 1824/Logan Co KY to:
... Elizabeth "Betsey" Morton: b 2 Sep 1794/Louisa Co VA, d 9 Feb 1876/Russellville KY.
2) Nancy F.: d bet Dec 1832 - Oct 1835, married 2 Aug 1824/Logan Co KY to
... Josiah Newman.
3) William Morton: married 28 April 1828/Jefferson Co MS, to
..."Eliza"beth R. Newman.
4) Emily on 2 Sep 1828 in Logan Co KY, married
... Joseph Rogers.
5) Elizabeth H: d 9 Jul 1840/Logan Co KY, m May 1825, to
... Nathaniel H Felts, d Attala Co MS
6) Mary Morton: died about 1841-3, married 14 Jan 1840 in Attala Co MS to
... John M. Devlin
7) Harriet S.R.: married 30 May 1832/Logan Co KY to
... Richard H. Cook.
8) James Jr.: b. ca. 1820/Logan Co KY, m. 7 Dec 1837/Logan Co KY, to
... Maria T. Wilson. Both are in Attala Co MS 1850 census, and nowhere after.
♥3) Joseph: some have birth as 10 Jan 1777, but not possible if James H Sr. was born Nov 1776. Joseph died when visiting his in-laws Oct 1824, in Washington Co MD. He married
♡ + Eleanor "Ellen/Nelly" Thomas: she was living with son George in Muhlenberg Co in 1850 and was buried on his farm. In 1817, Joseph filed a petition to create town of Hadensberg KY. Known children of Joseph & Eleanor were:
1)George William: b 4 Dec 1813/Hagerstown MD, d 10 Nov 1904/Muhlenberg Co KY,
m. Lucy R. Slaughter, on 28 Apr 1851 in Logan Co KY.
2)Raney B.: b 17 March 1816, d 4 May 1855/Pond Creek, Muhlenberg Co Ky
♥4) Emily "Milly"/"Mildred": b. 14 Apr 1781/Fluvanna Co VA; d. 1806-1820; m. 1800 to
♡ + Maj Gen William Whitsitt IV s/o William Whitsitt III & Eleanor "Ellen" Menees.
William IV died 21 March 1842 in Canton, Madison Co MS. Milly's marriage was the first of the Haden children to take place in Logan County. William Whitsitt's father lived in Logan Co KY, having moved from Davidson Co, TN. They had three daughters who were:
1) Eleanor "Ellen" C./E. Whitsitt married William Comfort
2) Nancy "Ann" Haden Whitsitt
3) Sarah "Sally" P. Whitsitt
4) William C. Whitsitt V
♥5) Benjamin: b abt 1783/Fluvanna Co VA, d bef 1810, m 10 Feb 1807/Barren Co KY
♡ + Catherine "Kitty" Stockton, b 17 Oct 1789/Henry Co VA, d/o Rev. Robert Stockton and Catherine Blakey. Their only son - Benjamin Jr, died ca. 1829/Barren Co KY). He is named in his father's estate records. Kitty remarried in 1810 to Laury Bishop whom she filed for divorce from in 1836, before he died in 1838.
♥6) William Jr: married 4 Jun 1805/Logan Co to
♡ + Mary C. "Polly" Barnett - d/o Thomas Barnett of Warren Co KY.
They had a daughter, Nancy, prior to Polly's death.
♡ + Pamela Blakey a 2ND cousin. Married William 10 Dec 1808. Was d/o GEORGE BLAKEY & MARGARET "PEGGY" WHITSITT. William was the administrator of his father's estate in 1824 - it was transferred to his brother-in-law Churchill Blakey and then in 1827 after the death of Churchill Blakey, back to William. In 1838, William separated from his wife by mutual agreement, giving land and slaves to Pamela and their daughter Margaret, to be held in trust for their support. In the 1840/50 censuses, his household still includes Pamela. In 1844, William & Pamela testified for her mother Margaret's widow's pension for her husband George Blakey's Revolutionary War service, and Margaret was at that time living with them. In 1860, they were living apart - Pamela was living with her daughter in Logan Co and William was living in Simpson Co, near his brother Samuel. The only known child of William Haden Jr & Pamela was:
Margaret George Haden: b 8 Oct 1811, d 30 Jun 1867, married
♡ + John N Hopkins 18 Sep 1831/Logan Co KY - s/o Samuel Hopkins & Amy Haden → d/o Joseph Haden & Mary Peatross.
♥7) John Mosely Sr: b abt 1788/Fayette Co KY, d 9 Feb 1817/Bowling Green, Warren, KY,
m 7 Mar 1814/Warren Co, KY to
♡ + Margaret Caldwell Jackson: d 10 Nov 1859/Whitesville, Daviess Co KY
d/o John Jackson & Mary Cook.
The children of John Moseley & Margaret Caldwell Jackson were:
1) John M.: b 12 Feb 1815, d bef Feb 1852/Jasper Co MO.
2) William Franklin:
1m. Mary Martha Ann Gaines on 13 Jun 1837 in Warren Co KY.
2m. Mary Jane Perkins on 16 Dec 1845 in Wilson's Creek, Greene Co MO.
Not to be confused with his Uncle - John Moseley Haden - s/o John Haden Sr.
A short autobiography written by a grandson, Joseph Benjamin Haden, s/o William Franklin, in 1930, says: "My paternal grandfather was John Haden of Kentucky. He was thrown from a horse and killed before he reached the age of thirty." Joseph Haden, John's older brother, was appointed guardian to John's two infant sons (above) in April 1820. After Joseph died, John's brother James was the administrator of the estate and after James died, James's widow and her brother became responsible. The final settlement of John's estate in 1823, show the rental of his farm in 1817 and 1818. Margaret remarried to Samuel David Sublett on 8 Feb 1819, and they continued to live on her dower lands for several years. Samuel Sublett appeared to be living with a married daughter in 1850, then with a son in Daviess Co KY in 1860. Margaret apparently died prior to 1850. The two sons of John Moseley and Margaret Jackson Haden are named as heirs of John M., deceased, in the estate settlement documents of their Haden grandfather.
♥8) Samuel Harris Haden Sr (1790-1865): m 30 Jul 1813/Madison Co KY
♡ +1m Rebeccah Harris, d/o Robert Harris & Nancy Grubbs.
Robert was s/o Christopher Harris Sr. & brother of Christopher Harris Jr. below.
Rebeccah died in Jan 1835 and Samuel remarried by Jan 1836, to
♡ + 2m Frances "Fannie" (Harris) Black, d/o Christopher Harris Jr. & Elizabeth Grubbs and 1ST cousin of Samuel's first wife. Like his brother James, Samuel's middle initial "H" - likely "HARRIS" - maiden name of their maternal grandmother -Sarah HARRIS.
For children of Samuel H. & Rebeccah (Harris) Haden, see his bio from his link above/below.
♥9) Mary "Polly": b. ca. 1795/Logan Co KY, m. 10 Jan 1817, in Logan Co KY to
♡ + John Wilson. A deed in 1821 shows them living in neighboring Butler Co KY, and by 1830, they had gone to Missouri, just outside St. Louis.
♥10)Nancy J.: b. ca. 1798. Nancy m. 21 Oct 1817/Logan Co to
♡ + William Porter s/o John Porter Jr. & Sarah Clark.
They lived in neighboring Butler Co KY.
►William Haden Sr. 3RD married 21 Dec 1807, in Logan Co., Kentucky to
♡ + Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on
It's unclear if and how William's 3rd wife Sarah/Sally was related to his 2nd wife, Ann "Nancy" Johnson. Interestingly as well, Sarah Johnson was also the name of William's maternal grandmother, with the maiden name of Harris.
• • • • • Only Child of William Haden Sr & 3RD wife Sarah "Sally" Johns(t)on • • • • •
♥11) Sarah J. 'Sally the younger', to differentiate her from her eldest half-sister, 'Sally the elder'.
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The following is from, "Men Whom I Remember" by George D. Blakey JR. (1809 - 1886) printed 1878, in the Russellville Kentucky Herald.
It was in the year 1816 or 1817 that I witnessed the marriage of his daughter Polly to Mr. John Wilson of [Poutler?] county. The marriage took place in the paternal home in the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends. A short time later his daughter Nancy was married to Mr. William Porter of [Poutler?]; his two oldest daughters have previously married, one to General William Whitsitt, the other to Major Thomas Proctor.
His son 1) Barnes [James H.] Haden married Miss Rebecca Morton of Lexington; 2) John Haden who married Miss Jackson; 3) William Haden who married Miss Blakey; 4) Samuel Haden who married Miss Harris—were all settled near their father's place, hence it was called the Haden Settlement. His son 5) Benjamin Haden married Miss Stockton of Barren County; 6) Joseph Haden married Miss Breathitt of Maryland and settled at Hadensville, in Todd County, from whom the village took its name.
All of these six sons and four daughters worthily perpetuated the high character which they had inherited from their noble sire, for indeed he was a noble man, not only by birth, but by all the essential qualities of head and heart that constitutes true nobility. He was the grandson of Anthony Haden who married Miss Margaret Douglas of Scotland.
He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War, in which he made a brilliant record. He lived to see his six sons and four daughters well married and all save two settled near him. At an advanced age about the year 1818 or 1819 he breathed his last without a groan or struggle, leaving a large estate in land and slaves, and a richer treasure, a good name for his children.
After the death of Old Captain Haden his homestead by inheritance and purchase became the home of Dr. Thomas Blakey who had married one of his granddaughters, Miss Whitsitt. It may be that the ancient home of the once interesting Haden Family may remain in the family a hundred years from now, but is more essential to adhere to the noble qualities of head and heart of the original Haden Family than to the earthly riches of which they were possessed.
The old son James was a substantial farmer, fond of the chase. Mounted upon his gallant steed with his trusty rifle and faithful pack of [something omitted] he seldom failed to capture a buck, for in those days the country abounded in deer and turkeys. He died about the year 1823 or 1824. His widow whom we all love to remember survived him several years. Joseph Haden died a few years after, leaving a widow and two sons.
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Gratitude and credit to Kay Haden for her insightful compilation, Leaves of the Tree, where she has documented in expanded detail upon Dorothy Kabler Haden's work - John Haden of Virginia (1968). Much of this biography incorporates Kay's thorough analysis of facts and tradition, which has been instrumental in helping locate the home location and resting place of William Haden Sr. and various kin. Biography compilation by 4X great grandson, Mark Hayden.
Gravesite Details
Family tradition places this interment on their homestead. His grave remains unmarked in a crop field, possibly in one of the tree islands near the home's foundation remnants.
