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After Benjamin Tarver's death prior to December 1855, his estate administrators, A.L. Haden and Caroline M. Haden, petitioned for division among the heirs: Mary E. Tarver, Richard Tarver, Benjamin F. Tarver (a minor), and Caroline M. Haden as widow. Final settlement reveals Caroline’s share, her one fifth, was over $24,000 – but she owed the other heirs _ Mary E. Tarver, Richard Tarver & Benjamin J. Tarver who were entitled to One third of the residue or $34, 300 each.


There is an extensive file online at Ancestry.com concerning Caroline M. Haden's claim for damages during the Civil War. She was still living in Selma, Dallas Co, AL. Claim #17602. 5 Dec 1877 she was allowed $5, 650. Her original claim was for $18, 684, reduced to $9,909. Items included 5000 bushels of corn, 15 mules, 10 horses, 1500 lbs. bacon, 75 hams, 2 barrels of lard, 2 barrels of molasses, 3 mattress, 12 blankets. The remarks are as follows:
The claimants first husband left a large estate and claimant occupied the plantation as her dower interest and owned the stock. She subsequently married Haden. They did not live happily together during the war and eventually separated and Haden is now dead. Claimant and several witnesses testify that she was loyal and that she and her husband who was disloyal quarreled over that as well as other things. He induced her son to enlist in the Confederate army and she gave him no peace till her husband got the boy out of the army by furnishing a substitute. Witnesses testify to claimants loyal conversation and reputation. The matter was referred to a Special Agent to investigate who reports that he interviewed some twenty neighbors of Mrs. Haden and not one of them had a doubt of her loyalty to suggest. She don't appear to have been at all complicated with the rebellion and it don't appear that she had any opportunity to manifest her union sympathies in her actions to any extent.
The claim was originally filed for $18, 684, which was subsequently reduced in order to take testimony in the vicinity of claimants residence - first to something over $7000 and afterwards increased to $9909 indicating in the change an indefinite notion of the quantities taken.
The testimony leaves the impression that were were three cribs full of Corn and some 200 or 300 bushels in the lint room of the cotton gin and that the soldiers left about 3/4 of a crib full. One witness who apparently knew most of the matter says that there were 3 cribs full and that the cribs were estimated to hold 1500 bushels a piece and this is in the main corroborated by two other witnesses.
There seems to have been considerable destruction and depredation. We think several items dis-allowed must be placed to account of depredation. One of the witnesses says that the hams were packed off and the bacon given to the negroes. The supplies were taken by Genl. Wilson's command in April 1865.
We allow the sum of $5,650.

Birth	1811
Marriage	Bef 1860	Anselm Lynch Haden
Marriage		Benjamin F. Tarver

Spouse

Anselm Lynch Haden (1804 - 1877)

Spouse	Benjamin F. Tarver ( - )
Child	Living
Child	Benjamin J. Tarver (1842 - )
Child	Richard Tarver (1845 - )