Individual Details

George G. Haden was granted a land patent near Robert G. Haden in Macon Co AL dated 12 Aug 1844.

Strangely enough, no such son in noted in the lawsuit for Application for Dower, by Mary L. Haden, widow of Robert G. Haden, in September of 1852. Was he some other kin? Or is he part of a very different family.

Marriage Record: George G. Haden to Jane E. W. Hewitt, 19 Jul 1843, DeSoto Parish Marriage Book A, 5.
By 1850, George had a different wife. It's possible Jane died early in the marriage, and George married Martha or Ann Taylor who was the mother of his daughter Ann. Then in the 1860 census, George's wife was Mary C. who was apparently the mother of baby Henry and three other children. That would make at least three wives for George. He seems to have been rather unlucky with wives, and since the 2nd and 3rd wives were from Alabama, he must have kept up ties in that state.

From BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF NORTHWEST LOUISIANA:
The first record of the police jury is dated 5 Jun 1843 ....Captain of patrols for Ward No. 4 was George Haden
The first district court journal opened 2 May 1844 ....Grand Jury included George G. Haden, Robert Haden.

Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920
George G. Haden to Martha A. K. Taylor, 10 Jun 1848, Montgomery, AL

George G. Haden was living in DeSoto Parish LA in 1850. Mary L. Fisher Haden, widow, is there; also her sons Robert, Alexander and Joseph. The George in LA, age 35, has a female, whose name is partially obscured, A___that [could be Martha as he's said to have married a Martha A. Taylor] A. age 21 and Ann E. age 1 born in LA. Both George and lady born in Alabama which would be correct for George. As far as I know Robert Gillespie Haden and family lived in North Carolina, Alabama [Macon Co], Mississippi and then Louisiana. George Haden in DeSoto is a slave-owner as are the other members of the family and he had in his household one Thos. Marr, age 25, as Overseer - the other Haden households also employed overseers.

1850 Census. De Soto Parish, Louisiana, Hh 610
Geo.G. Haden, age 35, planter, b. AL
Martha A., 21, b. AL
Ann E., age 1, b. LA
Thos. Marr, age 25, overseer, b. NC

13 Jan 1859. Married Mary Cunningham Shelley.

1860, DeSoto Parish, LA, Household 428:
Geo. G. Haden age 41, planter, Value of Real estate $20,000; Personal prop $65,000., b. AL. Mary C. age 34 b. TN. Anna A. age 11 b. LA, Harry H. age 8 months. This would appear to be a 2nd wife for George. He owned 60 slaves.

George may have died before 1870, because Mary C. Haden and Henry H. were living back in Talladega Co, AL with her parents. There were two younger children - Etta Green, age 8, and William age 4. Henry and Etta born in Louisiana, but William born in Alabama.

George seems to have been the first of the Hadens to move from Alabama. The earliest of the federal land patents is dated 30 Jun 1841 and is to George Green Haden of Alabama. 159.76 acres in the NE qtr of S15, Twp 11, R 13. Land office at Natchitoches.



Note the following is the wrong George Haden - spelling was likely most often Hayden and not part of this family. There is a book in the Birmingham City Library, self-published, that contains the following and very wrong connection.

The ancestors of Eleanor Thompson Haydon of Birmingham are given as George and Rachel McLoud Haden. She placed her George in the family of Robert G. and Mary Fisher Haden and called him George Sossaman Haden. I believe this was an error. Mrs. Haydon had hired someone to research for her and perhaps they did not have enough information on the Haden family.

George S. Haden:
1840 Census living in Jefferson Co AL.
1850 - Jefferson Co: Geo. S. with Rachel and 4 children.
1860 Census revealed the family had moved to Blount Co AL. There are some very puzzling things about this particular George Haden and he would appear to be a different George, not the son of Robert Gillespie Haden.

I believe that the George "Sossaman" Haden whose descendants are found in Alabama is from an entirely different family and possibly should never have been linked with the North Carolina Hadens, sons of Anthony of Goochland. Certainly he could not have lived in two places at once.

Birth	1815 or 1819	Alabama
Marriage	19 Jul 1843	Desoto Parish, Louisiana - Jane E. W. Hewitt
Marriage	10 Jun 1848	Montgomery County, Alabama - Martha A. K. Taylor
Marriage	13 Jan 1859	Mary Cunningham Shelley
Death	Ca 1866

Spouse

Jane E. W. Hewitt ( - )

Spouse	Mary Cunningham Shelley (1836 - 1874)
Child	Henry Horace Haden (1859 - 1939)
Child	Etta Greene Haden (1862 - )
Child	James Haden (1864 - 1864)
Child	William Haden (1866 - )

Spouse	Martha A. K. Taylor (1829 - )
Child	Anna Haden (1849 - )

Father	Robert Gillespie Haden (1785 - 1850)
Mother	Mary Leonard Fisher (1794 - 1853)
Sibling	Frederick F. Haden ( - )
Sibling	Alexander McCorkle Haden (1808 - )
Sibling	Sarah Lee Haden (1810 - 1850)
Sibling	Robert Gillespie Haden (1812 - )
Sibling	Joseph F. Haden (1816 - )
Sibling	Rebecca F. Haden (1818 - )
Sibling	Mary Amelia Haden (1824 - 1841)
Sibling	Adelaide Haden (1825 - 1896)
Sibling	Camilla Rozina Haden (1825 - 1901)