Individual Details

The 1850 Census, Davidson Co, has Mary's father with the following:
Wilson McCrary, age 66, born NC
Spruce W., age 24
top of next page in the same household
Mary A. McCrary, age 21
Robert A., age 6
A few years later Spruce W. McCrary will be noted as the guardian of Robert A. who was a child of his deceased brother Alfred.


LDS #1888288 Loose Paper Estate Files - Davidson Co, NC

Mary Haden 1855 p.1153

Rec'd of James A. Long, Clerk, $166 in full of my portion of monies from the sale of the land of the late Mary Haden sold by order of the Court of Equity
22 July 1856, H. R. Bradshaw [probably Henry - receiving 1/3 of the share of his deceased mother]

Rec'd from James A. Long, Clerk - $498.62 in full my portion of the proceeds of the lands of Mary Haden by order of Court of Equity, 13 May 1856 S. W. McCrary

………$497.62 in full of the portion due my ward, Robert A. McRary of the proceeds of the land of the late Mary Haden. S. W. McCrary, Guardian

Henry Smith & wife & others. In obedience to decree at Fall Term 1855 I proceeded to sell the lands mentioned on 30 Oct 1855. Benjamin F. Haden became the purchaser as the highest bidder $2565, a very high price. 3 Apr 1856. Signed: James A. Long
[Purchased by her husband's brother]

Court of Equity, Fall Term 1853 [This date must surely have been 1855...]
Petition of Henry Smith & wife Susan, Grandeson Roberts & wife Eliza, Spence W. McRary, James Haden, Henry Bradshaw, ??Isaiah Brandenbaker [possibly guardian for the children of John McCrary, or husband of John's daughter Elizabeth? I can't find this person in the census. All other heirs explained by the will of Wilson McCrary, Mary's father]] - Robert McRary by guardian S. M. McRary, Julia Bradshaw an infant under 21 by her guardian John C. Ford.
Mary Haden, in the month of September last died intestate leaving her surviving heirs at law. Tract of land on waters of Potts Creek adj lands of Henderson March, R. S. Beall 157 acres. Petition for division of land.

17 May 1856 Receipt of Granderson Roberts & wife Eliza, by B. A. Kitrell for money rec'd from sale of land.

Bond of Granderson Roberts. Securities Henry Smith & Meshack Pinkston. 12 Nov 1853


Another estate file was that of William H. Haden, 1857 [p.1278] and was a return of S. W. McCrary, Administrator, August Court Term, and contained a receipt of B. A. Kitrell, amounts paid to Grandison Roberts, S. W. McCrary, Jas. W. Haden, B. F. Haden and others. Total of estate $2144.75. There was nothing here to indicate when William H. died and I do not have a complete transcript of Mary's father's will to see if he left her property to the "heirs of her body" in which case her husband would not receive any part of her estate. There was no mention of a spouse in her file. William may have predeceased Mary.

Birth	Abt 1829	North Carolina
Marriage	12 Sep 1854	Davidson County, North Carolina - William H. Haden
Death	Sep 1855	Davidson County, North Carolina

Spouse

William H. Haden (1828 - 1857)

Father	Wilson McCrary (1784 - 1852)
Mother	Elizabeth [McCrary] (1789 - 1838)
Sibling	John McCrary ( - 1851)
Sibling	Susannah McCrary (1809 - )
Sibling	Sarah McCrary (1811 - 1844)
Sibling	Eliza McCrary (1816 - )
Sibling	Alfred B. McCrary ( - 1848)
Sibling	Spruce W. McCrary (1825 - )