Individual Details

Logan Co Guardian Records:
Joseph Offutt was guardian of Otha, L. and Wm J. Haden. The date of the first settlement is noted as 19 Mar 1868 - each received almost $10,700.00. There is a note that Jos. Offutt was dead, the estate settled in Simpson Circuit Court. Joseph was Elizabeth's brother married to Thomas Hayden/Haydon's sister.


Simpson Co KY pre 16 May 1882 Deeds Replaced
Compiled by Dorothy Donnell Steers, Franklin KY 1992
Microfiche: 6103882

Athough the spelling is confused - and Samuel H. Haden of my husband's family was also a resident of Simpson Co, I believe the following refer to Otho or his brothers, based on names of neighbors and associates. These are listed as recorded so dates are not consecutive.

p.10/p.134 2 Dec 1871 W. M. Creekmur [Creekmore] & wife, S. A. to M. M. Dawson. $6764.76, being $45 per acre; 150 acres, 2 roods on Tarapin Creek being same on which said Creekmur now lives. Beg. At post oak near sd Creekmur house, corner to Mrs. Fannie McElwain, O. Hayden, Mrs. Nancy Beard, Benjamin Beard, C. Carter, reserves a grave yard 5x6 poles west of the house& garden. V. E. Bogan, Deputy Clerk

...p.136 18 Aug 1877 Medford M. Dawson & wife, Mary J. to Medford M. Dawson Jr. $1000. One house & lot in Franklin sold to M. M. Sr and $300 in cash & notes. Bryant’s old line, Otho Haden, Gibbs, boundary owners. 100 acres, being $25 per acre.

p.55/p.13 20 Dec 1879 James Steele & wife Martha E. to Thomas S. Jones $1163.48 83 A, & 17 poles known as part of the McElwain tract; adj Haydon, formerly Thomas Lampton, adj Dr. Halcomb, L.M. Horn’s heirs, Newton Horn’s heirs. A.P. Hammond, Clerk

p.74/p.164 Replacing deed destroyed in fire. 28 Jul 1882. James A. Jones & wife M. J. to John R. Milliken. $6000 of which $2000 yet owingand same secured by mortgage on tract of land belonging to grantee lying near the Springfield Rd & $3000 yet due & owing David Childress. 180 acres and 10 poles. Begin at stake in center of Franklin & Russellville Rd which stand S 16 ¾ W 22 links from a stone, corner to A. J. Jones; adj John Morgan, E. Swearingen, S.Hayden, L. Hayden, W. Evans, and W. Page.
[I suspect the "S." Hayden is an error - the "L" surely for Lafayette]

p.117 &118/p.609 1 Oct1869 R. H. Collier & William W. Bush, extrs of LW&T of Joseph F. Offutt dec’d to Otho Haydon $10562.05 with interest from 10 Mar 1868 to this date being $989.11, the purchase money of 311 A, 3 roods & 9 poles sold 10 Mar 1868 publicly to the highest bidder, ½ of said land brought $31.75 per acre and the other ½ brought $36 per acre bought by Haydon as thehighest bidder. 2 lots of ground, both lots lying in Simpson Co now but formerly in Logan Co and being part of the Joseph Offutt farm lying near Middleton; adj Alex B. McElwain, Ed Briant’s heirs, Buck Harris, LaFayette Hayden, Widow Baird on E. Swearingen’s line and Mort Creekmore. B. W. Hail, Clerk
[Joseph F. Offutt was an uncle to Otho & Lafayette - brother of their mother]

p.193/p.12 31 Jan 1880 J. M. Conn & wife, America L.of Logan Co to P. H. Corkran of Sumner Co TN $1050 58 A, 3 roods & 2poles adjoining Thomas Jones, Haden, James Harris & N. R. Harris. I aim to give possession on or bef 1 Oct 1880.

...p.15 13 Aug 1877 Otha Haydon & wife, M. P.to M. M. Dawson Sr $1081.21 $20 per acre. 109 A, 17 perches in Simpson Co but formerly Logan Co near Middleton, being a portion of the land purchased by sd Haydon from R. H. Collier & W. W. Bush, exer of LW&T of Joseph T. Offutt, dec’d. Adj J. & R. Chaney, Buck Harris, Nathan Taylor, E. Swearingen, M. M. Dawson Sr & Ed Bryant’s heirs. Ack. Bef A. T. Jones, Dep Clerk, A. P. Hammond Clerk,by S. N. Forline, Deputy.

Birth	18 Sep 1843	Logan County, Kentucky
Marriage	17 Sep 1868	Logan County, Kentucky - Mary Paralee Swearingen
Death	27 May 1918

Spouse	Mary Paralee Swearingen (1850 - 1920)
Child	Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Haydon (1869 - 1960)
Child	Thomas Vanlandingham Haydon (1875 - 1932)
Child	Otho "Doug" Haydon (1877 - 1943)
Child	Lemuel Vincent Haydon (1871 - 1925)
Child	Polly Wincy Haydon (1880 - 1961)
Child	Susan Adeline "Addie" Haydon (1873 - 1940)

Father	Thomas Hawkins Haydon (1819 - 1898)
Mother	Elizabeth Offutt (1822 - 1850)
Sibling	Marcus Lafayette "Lafe" Haydon (1845 - )
Sibling	William Thomas Haydon (1849 - 1901)