Individual Details

James Carter/Crenshaw Haden

(19 Jun 1782 - Bef 1840)



His name is given as James Crenshaw Haden and his mother's name as Susan in DAR Lineage #65801. In the Haden book, he is James Carter Haden.
Anthony Haden's will names sons Richard and James.
Is it possible this James moved to Logan Co KY about the time his father moved to Christian County? James Hayden found in the Tax Rolls of Logan Co - 1826, 1828, 1829, 1830. Perhaps simply declaring his tax in Logan Co - daughter born in 1829 said to be born in Christian Co.

5 Dec 1809. James C. Haden was witness for the marriage bond in Campbell Co VA of Tyre Smithson and Seley Merrill.
Marriages of Campbell Co VA, 1782-1810, Ancestry.com

Campbell Co Petition to the Legislature, dated 8 Dec 1810. James C. Haden asks for an act authorizing him to bring five slaves (Jude, Pharoah, Diley, Cornelius & Robert) owned by his father, Anthony Haden, in North Carolina, into Virginia. [Posted on Virginia Genealogy Trails online.] Note: I believe the slaves were in North Carolina - there's no indication his father Anthony himself lived there, although two of his uncles certainly did.

Sons James and Richard are named in his father Anthony's Will in 1827. James and brother Nathan were executors of Anthony Haden's Will.

A law suit in Todd Co, 1828, was for the recovery of a slave belonging to the children of James' half-brother Nathan - a slave given them by their grandfather Anthony Haden. The suit was brought by James C. Haden, their next friend, against Thomas Arbuckle, on behalf of G. S., Nancy H., James L., Sibellas W., Sally Ann and Mary Jane Haden, infants, to recover the slave Betsy and her four children.
Anthony Hayden (sic), paternal grandfather of the children was once owner of the slave. Nathan O. Haden, son of Anthony, father of the children, sold the slaves and delivered them to one Hopkins. Anthony Hayden insisted he had only lent the slaves and instituted an action against Hopkins to recover them. What that action was depending, on 18 Aug 1828, he conveyed them by deed of gift to the five named plaintiffs, which was not to take effect until after the decision of that suit which contained the following clause:
(abstracted) marriage contemplated between Nathan O. Haden and Ann Porter, daughter of my old friend ...any children of said marriage to be equal sharers in my bounty ... slaves to remain with Ann Porter if the marriage is consummated and remain and serve unless my son Nathan O. should die leaving her a widow and she remarry ...in that instance, the children would have right to immediate possession of said slaves.
Possession of the slaves was yielded without contest. In Dec of 1827, Anthony Haden made his last will and confirmed the deed of August 1828. The marriage took place. The sixth child named in the suit (Mary Jane) was born after the death of her grandfather which occurred in 1828.
In Nov 1827, the slaves in controversy were sold by the sheriff as the property of Nathan O. Haden and purchased by the plaintiff in error. He attempted to show that they had been in continued possession of N. O. Haden from 1819 and were subject to the executions under which he purchased. Proof was introduced to show that N. O. Hadens possession had not been uninterrupted and he held them under his father.
The court agreed that the actual ownership of the slaves was invested in any children born of the marriage of N. O. Haden and Ann Porter as in both the deed and the will.

There is a James C. Haden living in Christian Co for the 1830 census, p.2, in Hopkinsville. There were several children in the household: a male 10-15 and one 15-20 [are these sons Richard & James?], James age 40-50; a female under 5 [Virginia Frances], one 5-10, one 10-15, one 20-30 and one 30-40 [Rebecca].

From History of Christian County Kentucky, by Charles M. Meacham, 1930.
"A Double Hanging - Cassy and Squire" - this article describes the murder of Mrs. Miller who was shoved into a well by Cassy a negro girl belonging to Wm Grey who then implicated Squire, a young negro man belonging to Mrs. Rhoda Clark. Squire and Cassy both maintained that John Miller had instigated the deed. Trials were separate. Cassy was very ill, but declared guilty and ordered put to death. Squire was arraigned and charged with being an accessory. J. C. Haden was on the jury and brought the verdict, "We, the jury find the defendant guilty as charged. J. C. Haden, one of the jury". The two slaves were hanged together 2 Oct 1833, the 3rd & 4th hangings in the county. John Miller was also tried and convicted but escaped from jail and was never recaptured.

Probably died in Kentucky according to Irene Cook, but she had year of death as 1840. I have not found him in 1840.

There is in Fluvanna Co VA in 1840, a James I cannot identify who is at that time age 20-30, or born between 1810 and 1820. He had a spouse of the same age and two daughters under age 5. I cannot place James anywhere else in the Haden family - the others are younger or older by several years. I don't know if this is James Carter's son, or some unrelated Haden.

Events

Birth19 Jun 1782Fluvanna County, Virginia
Marriage5 Dec 1809Campbell County, Virginia - Nancy Johns
DeathBef 1840
MarriageRebecca SWEET HATFIELD

Families

SpouseNancy Johns ( - )
ChildRichard Haden ( - )
ChildEdmund Haden ( - )
ChildSusannah Haden ( - )
ChildElizabeth Haden ( - )
ChildJames Haden ( - )
SpouseRebecca SWEET HATFIELD (1793 - 1874)
ChildVirginia Frances Haden (1829 - 1913)
FatherAnthony Haden (1746 - 1828)
MotherMary Ann Crenshaw ( - 1786)
SiblingRichard P. Haden (1783 - 1864)

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