Just a note to mention I tweaked my new Surnames page (linked at the top of the blog) by adding a few families who represent the spot of German heritage in my blog's title, and changing some links for a few surnames to be a bit more user-friendly. By the way, I'm a complete novice at German research, so that could make for eine kleine blog fodder. (I only know those words because of Mozart, from my flöte playing and musik study. Je ne spreche pas der Deutsch ... or something like that.)
To my Resources page (also linked up top), I added a link to some La. historical newspapers online (under my "most frequently-used" Internet resources at the top of the page) and a few links for African-American online research.
Hope you find these pages useful. Let me know if you have any suggestions. Thanks!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Blog update
Just a note to point out the links to new pages on the top of my main blog page. I added a "Disclosures" page to make the FCC happy (though I don't have much to disclose, really, despite the word count), and--much more fun--a "Surnames" page with a little info on some of the lines I'm researching (some a little more than others), with asterisks next to surnames with at least one slave owner for whom I have info, and links to related blog posts or lineages I've outlined. Enjoy!
Thursday, October 7, 2010
William Hadden will excerpts
I recently came across some notes given to my family by my cousin Zola Scott Hardy, who extracted info from the will of William Hadden, my 4th-great-grandfather, of Jefferson County, Georgia. Here is a transcription, with Zola's notes in parentheses & my notes in brackets.
Extracts from will of William Hadden
Jefferson Co. Ga. 20 Dec. 1813
died 22 Nov 1819
I, William Hadden of the Co. of Jefferson, Ga. ...
Item #1. my dau. [daughter] Sarah Clements tract of land lying on (looks like) Chevises Creek granted to Samuel Gordon [possibly Wm.'s wife Mary Gordon's father Samuel] containing 150 ac. [acres] & reserving 200 ac. ...
[There is a "Chevises Creek" in SC deed books I found through Google books. I wonder if this land is in Edgefield County, SC? There is a "Cheves Creek" in that county on Google maps.]
Item #2. ... to my two sons Gordon Hadden and William Hadden tract of land lying on the Ohoopie in Wash. [Washington] Co. cont. [containing] 287 1/2 ac.
Item #3. ... to my son Thomas Hadden that part of tract of land on which I now live, lying on Reedy Branch & to the west side of the rd. leading to Hutchins's land toward Ogechee River following the old rd. until it strikes Bothwell's line ...
Item #4. Mary Hadden [wife] the remaining part of the tract of land on which I now live ... after her death it to be divided bet. my son Thomas Hadden and my dau. Mary Hadden my son Gordon Hadden my dau. Margaret Hadden & my son William Hadden ...
Item #4. [sic, should be #5?] my negro man Abram & negro woman Esther & whole of my stock of horses, cattle & hogs, together with my household & kitchen furniture & plantation tools shall be retained in the hands of my executors herein named for the use and support of the said family for five years from date hereof [late 1819? He died 22 Nov. 1819] & after the expiration of 5 yrs. to be divided as follows:
Household & kitchen furn. equally divided bet.
my wife Mary Hadden
[my] child: Margaret Hadden
William Hadden
Gordon [Hadden]
Mary [Hadden]
and the negros & stock share and share ...
(Here does not mention daughter Sarah Clements.)
[Of the daughters, Sarah Hadden m. James CLEMENTS; Margaret A. Hadden m. Beniah S. CARSWELL; Mary Hadden m. David COTTER.]
I nominate and appoint my beloved wife Mary Hadden, Exectrix [sic] & Mr. Samuel Clements [possibly related to Sarah Hadden Clements' husband] exector [sic] of this my last will ...
Witness: John Lawsons or Larsons (hard to read)
Isom MClendon (maybe McClendon)
Andrew B. Lawson
Extracted by: Zola Scott Hardy, a 3rd great granddau. of Wm. Hadden through his dau. Mary Hadden who md. David COTTER . [Mary] later md. in Stewart Co. Ga. Samuel Garrett [23 Feb 1840]. Find no later record of Mary Hadden Cotter Garrett. Three of her children came to Ringgold, Bienville, La. area: son William Hadden Cotter b. 1825 who md. Elizabeth Ann Farress [Faress, Farris] 19 June 1856 Bienville [Parish], La., dau. Sarah Jane Cotter md. John Hide [or Hyde?] Scott 18 Feb 1846 Stewart Co., [GA], dau. Mary David Susan Cotter md. David Jackson Crumpton Stewart Co. Ga.
Extracts from will of William Hadden
Jefferson Co. Ga. 20 Dec. 1813
died 22 Nov 1819
I, William Hadden of the Co. of Jefferson, Ga. ...
Item #1. my dau. [daughter] Sarah Clements tract of land lying on (looks like) Chevises Creek granted to Samuel Gordon [possibly Wm.'s wife Mary Gordon's father Samuel] containing 150 ac. [acres] & reserving 200 ac. ...
[There is a "Chevises Creek" in SC deed books I found through Google books. I wonder if this land is in Edgefield County, SC? There is a "Cheves Creek" in that county on Google maps.]
Item #2. ... to my two sons Gordon Hadden and William Hadden tract of land lying on the Ohoopie in Wash. [Washington] Co. cont. [containing] 287 1/2 ac.
Item #3. ... to my son Thomas Hadden that part of tract of land on which I now live, lying on Reedy Branch & to the west side of the rd. leading to Hutchins's land toward Ogechee River following the old rd. until it strikes Bothwell's line ...
Item #4. Mary Hadden [wife] the remaining part of the tract of land on which I now live ... after her death it to be divided bet. my son Thomas Hadden and my dau. Mary Hadden my son Gordon Hadden my dau. Margaret Hadden & my son William Hadden ...
Item #4. [sic, should be #5?] my negro man Abram & negro woman Esther & whole of my stock of horses, cattle & hogs, together with my household & kitchen furniture & plantation tools shall be retained in the hands of my executors herein named for the use and support of the said family for five years from date hereof [late 1819? He died 22 Nov. 1819] & after the expiration of 5 yrs. to be divided as follows:
Household & kitchen furn. equally divided bet.
my wife Mary Hadden
[my] child: Margaret Hadden
William Hadden
Gordon [Hadden]
Mary [Hadden]
and the negros & stock share and share ...
(Here does not mention daughter Sarah Clements.)
[Of the daughters, Sarah Hadden m. James CLEMENTS; Margaret A. Hadden m. Beniah S. CARSWELL; Mary Hadden m. David COTTER.]
I nominate and appoint my beloved wife Mary Hadden, Exectrix [sic] & Mr. Samuel Clements [possibly related to Sarah Hadden Clements' husband] exector [sic] of this my last will ...
Witness: John Lawsons or Larsons (hard to read)
Isom MClendon (maybe McClendon)
Andrew B. Lawson
Extracted by: Zola Scott Hardy, a 3rd great granddau. of Wm. Hadden through his dau. Mary Hadden who md. David COTTER . [Mary] later md. in Stewart Co. Ga. Samuel Garrett [23 Feb 1840]. Find no later record of Mary Hadden Cotter Garrett. Three of her children came to Ringgold, Bienville, La. area: son William Hadden Cotter b. 1825 who md. Elizabeth Ann Farress [Faress, Farris] 19 June 1856 Bienville [Parish], La., dau. Sarah Jane Cotter md. John Hide [or Hyde?] Scott 18 Feb 1846 Stewart Co., [GA], dau. Mary David Susan Cotter md. David Jackson Crumpton Stewart Co. Ga.
Friday, October 1, 2010
"Friend of Friends" Friday: Hadden will, Jefferson Co., GA
"A friend of friends" was a password used on the Underground Railroad. My "Friend of Friends" posts on slavery-related records were originally inspired by Sandra Taliaferro's essay here. For more of my posts, click here or see others' posts at A Friend of Friends and on Fridays at Geneabloggers.
I recently came across some notes given to my family by my late cousin Zola Scott Hardy, who extracted info from the will of William Hadden, my 4th-great-grandfather, of Jefferson County, Georgia. For today I'll transcribe the portion pertaining to those enslaved and will transcribe more later. Click to enlarge the image; partial transcription is below, with my notes in brackets.
"... Item #4. [sic, should be #5?] my negro man Abram & negro woman Esther & whole of my stock of horses, cattle & hogs, together with my household & kitchen furniture & plantation tools shall be retained in the hands of my executors herein named for the use and support of the said family for five years from date hereof [late 1819? He died 22 Nov. 1819] & after the expiration of 5 yrs. to be divided as follows:
Household & kitchen furn. equally divided bet.
my wife Mary Hadden [née GORDON, daughter of Samuel GORDON & Sarah (HOGG?)]
" child: Margaret Hadden [Margaret A., m. Beniah S. CARSWELL]
William Hadden
Gordon
Mary [m. David COTTER]
[Note: Item #1 mentions daughter Sarah Hadden, who m. James CLEMENTS.]
and the negros & stock share and share ..."
Feel free to contact me at hallroots **at** sbcglobal **dot** net if you are working this line; I don't have a lot of info but am happy to share what I have.
Copyright 2010 by Liz Hall Morgan, all rights reserved.
I recently came across some notes given to my family by my late cousin Zola Scott Hardy, who extracted info from the will of William Hadden, my 4th-great-grandfather, of Jefferson County, Georgia. For today I'll transcribe the portion pertaining to those enslaved and will transcribe more later. Click to enlarge the image; partial transcription is below, with my notes in brackets.
"... Item #4. [sic, should be #5?] my negro man Abram & negro woman Esther & whole of my stock of horses, cattle & hogs, together with my household & kitchen furniture & plantation tools shall be retained in the hands of my executors herein named for the use and support of the said family for five years from date hereof [late 1819? He died 22 Nov. 1819] & after the expiration of 5 yrs. to be divided as follows:
Household & kitchen furn. equally divided bet.
my wife Mary Hadden [née GORDON, daughter of Samuel GORDON & Sarah (HOGG?)]
" child: Margaret Hadden [Margaret A., m. Beniah S. CARSWELL]
William Hadden
Gordon
Mary [m. David COTTER]
[Note: Item #1 mentions daughter Sarah Hadden, who m. James CLEMENTS.]
and the negros & stock share and share ..."
Feel free to contact me at hallroots **at** sbcglobal **dot** net if you are working this line; I don't have a lot of info but am happy to share what I have.
Copyright 2010 by Liz Hall Morgan, all rights reserved.
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