Individual Details

Irene Cook gives place of birth as NC in one place, Macon Co AL in another. He was born in North Carolina.

1850 Census gives his name as Burgess B. and lists his occupation as Teacher. Living in DeSoto Parish, LA. p.187, Hh 378 - with his parents.

I have seen sons of Alexander listed as Joseph B. and as Burgess, both born before 1832 when a Burgess and John are named in the will of George Haden (brother to Alexander). I believe Joseph B. and Burgess to be the same.

Case before the Supreme Court of Alabama, June Term 1862
Haden and Wife v. Tucker. Appeal from Circuit Court of Marengo Co.
Action was brought by Joseph B. Haden and Emma D. his wife, against James W. Tucker to recover damages for the conversion of a slave named Ellen.
The slave was purchased by Mrs. Perkins, mother of Mrs. Haden, in 1839, for her daughter who was then an infant. The purchase money was furnish by Solomon Perkins, paternal grandfather of the child. The vendor's agent made out the bill of sale conveying title to Mrs. Perkins, not the daughter. She accepted it and paid him, and he promised that he would execute another bill of sale. The slave remained in the possession of Mrs. Perkins. In 1840, she married one Woolworth and the slave was seized under execution against Woolworth. Mrs. Woolworth interposed a claim for her daughter. Mrs. Woolworth and her husband soon afterwards moved to Texas, and the slave went into the possession of Solomon Perkins who declared his intention to hold the slave for his granddaughter. Solomon Perkins died in 1845 and in the division of his property in April 1846, the slave was allotted to James W. Tucker, who had married one of his daughters, as a part of his wife's share. The circuit court decided that the Hadens could not recover on these facts and they appealed.
The Supreme Court declared that there was nothing in the record to show the completion of the sale of the slave Ellen to Mrs. Haden. The title was vested in Mrs. Woolworth, then Mrs. Perkins. She accepted title even if she intended a different contract. Only she, or someone claiming in her right, could maintain a suit for breach of that contract. The judgement of the circuit court was affirmed.

Postmasters & Post Offices of Panola Co, TX 1846-1930
Bethany: Jos. B. Haden, 23 May 1854

1860 Census. Panola Co TX. Hh 134
Jos. B. Haden, age 30, Merchant, b. MS [actually marked as "do" for the previous family]
Emma, age 23. Martha, age 2, b. Texas.
They were living in the household of Jas. C. Woolworth, age 58, Carriage maker, b. in NY. His wife was Winnefred, age 46, b. MS. Datus E., age 18. Justus, age 16. Joseph's brother Henderson married Mary Elizabeth Woolworth, said to be a daughter of James Creyton Woolworth & Mary Henderson. Joseph's wife Emily Perkins was said to be the daughter of a Winnefred, surname unknown. Perhaps Winnefred married Woolworth after the death of her Perkins husband.


Texas Confederate Pension records reveal an application from Emma F. Haden, widow of Joe B. Haden who served in the Dixie Rebels 27th LA Regiment, Company G, for one year. Application dated 14 Nov 1899. Approved 10 Feb 1900

Said to be buried at the Old Haden Plantation Cemetery, 7 mi south of Shreveport. However FindAGrave.com has a picture of a marker for both Joseph and wife Emma, as below:

FindAGrave.com:
Joseph B. Haden
Birth: 1830
Alabama, USA
Death: Oct., 1874
Co G 27th LA Inf C.S.A.
"Dixie Rebels"
Proud Confederate Soldier
Burial:
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Carthage
Panola County
Texas, USA

Emma F. Haden
Birth: Jul. 17, 1836
Death: May 2, 1912
wife of Joseph B. Haden
Burial:
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Carthage
Panola County
Texas, USA

Birth	22 Oct 1832
Marriage	3 Oct 1853	Carthage, Panola County, Texas - Emily Frances Delila Perkins
Death	22 Oct 1873	Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Spouse	Emily Frances Delila Perkins (1836 - 1912)
Child	Martha Haden (1858 - )
Child	Burgess Morgan Haden (1859 - 1944)
Child	Anna Haden (1861 - 1939)
Child	J. B. Haden (1865 - 1903)
Child	Sallie A. Haden (1869 - 1947)
Child	Victoria E. Haden (1872 - 1952)

Father	Alexander Haden (1806 - 1853)
Mother	Rebecca Ann Frost (1808 - )
Sibling	John F. Haden (1827 - 1853)
Sibling	Henderson Wilson Haden (1834 - )
Sibling	Franklin F. Haden (1835 - )
Sibling	Granville Haden (1837 - )
Sibling	Rebecca Jane Haden (1838 - )
Sibling	Martha A. Haden (1840 - )
Sibling	William A. Haden (1841 - )
Sibling	F. G. Haden (1844 - )
Sibling	Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Haden (1848 - )
Sibling	Thomas W. Haden (1850 - )
Sibling	Alice Drucilla Haden (1851 - )
Sibling	Dona A. Haden (1852 - )