Individual Details

Found at the University of North Carolina Library website: "Digital Library on Amercan Slavery"
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/
Probably this Elijah Haydon - others of this name were too young.

Filed 31 Mar 1825, Dismissed Nov 1828
Petition 20782504, Bourbon Co Circuit Court in Chancery, Bourbon Co, KY
Sally, a woman of color and unjustly claimed as a slave for life seeks to establish her claim to freedom. When she was very small, her father, a slave, purchased her freedom assisted by William Johnson who used Sally's father's money to purchase her from Mrs. Sally Thompson. Mr. Thompson issued Johnson a bill of sale stipulating that Sally remain a slave until age eighteen. Some years later, Thomas Alexander claimed that Sally belong to him and John surrendered her and the covenant to Alexander. Alexander has sold her to Elijah Haden, who claims her as a slave for life. Haden was transporting her to Missouri, but in Scott Co, a gentleman who knew her claim to freedom saw her. Haden agreed to return her to Bourbon Co but continues to claim her as a slave and says he will off with her to another state. Sally sues in forma pauperis, as she has no property and requests that Alexander turn over the covenant and she be declared free.
Slaves named in the suit are Sally, the petitioner who was at least 18 in 1825, Betsey, George, Hanna, and Mary, an infant in 1817.
Bill of Sale, Sally Thompson to Thomas Alexander, dated 6 Nov 1820, was one of the documents presented in the case.

Birth	Abt 1780	Virginia
Marriage	24 Jan 1803	Barren County, Kentucky - Susan Gorin
Death	Aug 1858	Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri

Spouse	Susan Gorin (1787 - 1833)
Child	Lucy Ann M. Haydon (1805 - 1860)

Father	John Haydon (1728 - 1801)
Mother	Lucy Morton ( - 1811)
Sibling	Abner Haydon ( - 1834)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Betsy" Haydon ( - 1846)
Sibling	Jeremiah Haydon ( - 1815)
Sibling	Jervey [Jarvis ?] Haydon ( - )
Sibling	Lucy Haydon ( - )
Sibling	Mary\Polly Haydon ( - )
Sibling	Sarah Haydon ( - )
Sibling	Thruza Haydon ( - )
Sibling	William Haydon (1765 - 1837)
Sibling	Susannah Haydon (1768 - 1843)
Sibling	Thomas Haydon (1776 - 1838)
Sibling	John Haydon (1777 - 1834)
Sibling	Noah Haydon (1789 - 1861)
Sibling	Lewis Lunsford Haydon (1793 - 1812)