Hastons in Court - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
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(From TSLA – Van Buren County, TN MF Roll #14)
Year of 1855 (June – December)
| Page | Name | Description |
| 3 | Isaac T. Haston Abraham Trogdon, decd. | Isaac T. Haston, administrator of Abraham Trogdon’s estate, petitioned to sell Trogdon’s land at the court house on Monday, June 4, 1855. |
| 4 | Heirs of Abraham Trogdon, deceased | Abraham Trogden (Sr.) died sometime in 1854. Loucinda Trogden was his widow. Heirs: Albert L. Trogden, James Trogden, Charles (Charley) Trogden, Nathan Trogden, Milton Trogden, Abraham Trogden, Jr., David Trogden, George W. Trogden and John Brock and Nancy Brock. Most of these were minor children. He lived on “waters of Cane Creek” in 4th district. His land (50 acres) was on and crossed Cane Creek. Note: John and Nancy Brock were Abraham’s grandchildren. Sarah, his oldest child (born of Abraham’s first wife) married Allen Brock. Allen Brock married three times. Apparently, Sarah was deceased at the time of her father’s death. -As per Kim Jackson |
| 5 | Isaac T. Haston Abraham Trogdon, decd. | Isaac T. Haston signed the above description of Abraham Trogdon’s heirs and estate property. |
| 9 | Wm. C. Haston | Appointed to be a judge for the August 1855 election in the 3rd district. |
| 12 | Gillentine & meeting house reference | Terry Gillentine and others to examine the road opened by L.B. Denton’ .. past his house to the “meeting house.” Was this the Big Fork Baptist meeting house? |
| 15 | Jacob Stipe | Jacob Stipe’s mental condition evaluated by a jury appointed in previous court term. The report was that he was of sane mind. |
| 20 | William C. Haston James A. Haston | Overseers on the public roads and were given a credit on their poll taxes. |
| Road from Spencer to mouth of Cane Creek | Road from Spencer to Caney Fork, at mouth of Cane Creek was ordered to be a 1st class road. Note: Presumably this was the road that ran by Big Fork Baptist Church and Cemetery. | |
| 21 | James A. Haston’s place at the 2 mile post on the road from and north of Spencer | Road from Spencer to the 2 mile post at James A. Haston. Formerly a “Widow Parker” lived at or near this location. Then Isaac Haston live at or near here. James A. Haston’s place at the 2 mile post will become a regular marker for road assignments in subsequent court minutes. |
| James A. Haston’s place I.T. Haston James Haston | He lived at the top of the mountain, up above Cummingsville. I.T. Haston and James Haston were on this road crew – 1st class road. | |
| Wm. C. Haston | On the crew for 1st class road from foot of mountain to Cane Creek. John Gillentine was the overseer of this crew. This would have probably gone past Big Fork Church & Cemetery. | |
| 25 | Dillard Haston | On road crew from first branch south of the school house from Passons’ on to the Maple Branch. Note: This would have been William Dillard Haston, son of Wiley B. Haston. |
| 26 | James A. Haston’s place | Reference to 1st class road up the mountain to James A. Haston’s place. |
Year of 1856
| Page |
Name |
Description |
| 30 | Isaac Haston | Appointed to serve circuit court duty in April 1856, for the 3rd district. |
| 33 | Isaac T. Haston | Apparently was paid $60 for use of Jesse & Martha Davis for a certain number of months. It appears that they were paupers. |
| 43 | Lucinda Trogden | The widow of Abraham Trogden petitioned for a dower. She was a daughter of David and Peggy Roddy Haston. |
| Isaac T. Haston | Isaac T. Haston was administrator of Abraham Trogden’s estate. Details of the estate were recorded here, including description of the two tracts of land that Trogden owned on Cane Creek. | |
| 45 | Isaac T. Haston Lucinda Trogden |
Isaac T. Haston petitioned to sell the land in Abraham Trogden’s estate. Children of Abraham and Lucinda are named, as well as some children with the surname of Brock. |
| 69 | Lucinda Trogden | Her dower is laid off. The land boundaries are described and there is a simple rectangular sketch of the plat. |
| 70 | Isaac T. Haston Lucinda Trogden |
Report on the situation of the estate of Abraham Trogden. |
| Note: There are two copies of page 77 (the same page). The first is partially covered with a bond certificate. | ||
| 77 | William C. Haston | Became constable in the 3rd district. A copy of his certificate is photographed on top of the text at the top of this page. His bond details are described at the bottom of the page. |
| 77 | William C. Haston | Same page as above, but on this copy the bond certificate has been flipped out of the way to show the text at the top of the page, which simply states that William C. Haston produced his certificate in court to prove that he had been elected to the office of constable for the 3rd district. |
| 78 | William C. Haston | Took his oath for the office of constable. |
| 82 | Abraham Trogden’s estate | David A. Walker purchased the land from the sale of Abraham Trogden’s estate. |
| 85 | Road to mouth of Cane Creek | The road from Spencer to the county line at the mouth of Cane Creek was reduced to a 2nd class road. |
| 87 | James Haston | On a crew for a 2nd class road up Cane Creek, from forks of road near Carter Drake’s up the creek to Nathan Durham’s shop. |
| 93 | W.C. Haston’s lane W.C. Haston Isaac T. Haston |
2nd class road from Crain’s lane by the way of W.C. Haston’s lane on to the Sparta Road at William Moore’s. Isaac T. Haston and W.C. Haston were road hands. |
| 94 | James A. Haston’s place Willie B. Haston |
James A. Haston lived at the top of the mountain on the 2nd class road. Willie Haston was on that crew. Note: This was probably the Willie B. Haston (son of James A. Haston) who was killed at Perryville, KY in the Civil War. |
| 98 | Wm. C. Haston’s shop | 3rd class road from Wm. C. Haston’s shop up the mountain to the Spencer & Sparta road near the mile post. |
Year of 1857
| Page | Name | Description |
| 106 | James A. Haston’s place | Road from Spencer to roof of mountain at James A. Haston – 2nd class road. Willie Haston was on that crew. This was probably the Willie B. Haston (son of James A. Haston) who was killed in the Civil War battle of Perryville, KY a few years later. |
| 113 | Isaac T. Haston | Reference to him as the administrator of the Abraham Trogden estate settlement. |
| 120 | Isaac T. Haston | Reference to him as the administrator of the Abraham Trogden estate settlement. |
| 146 | W.B. Haston | Appointed juror for January 1858 circuit court, representing 4th district. |
Year of 1858
| Page | Name | Description |
| 155 | W.D. Haston | Appointed overseer of 2md class road from first branch south of the school house near William Passons to the eight mile mark. |
| 157 | Antioch Meeting House | Near Dillon’s Ferry road. |
| 158 | James Haston | State vs. James Haston – fine of $20. |
| 159 | Southwestern Rail Road | Seeking to put a railroad in this county. |
| 193 | Isaac T. Haston | Appointed to represent the 3rd district in the May 1858 circuit court. |
| William C. Haston | Appointed, as constable, to “wait on” the May 1858 circuit court. | |
| 207 | William C. Haston | In court and produced a certificate for his election as constable. John Stewart & W.B. Cummings were his bondsmen. He was elected on March 6, 1858 in the 3rd District. |
| 208 | William C. Haston | 2nd bond for William C. Haston as newly elected constable for the 3rd District. |
| 209 | William C. Haston | 3rd bond for William C. Haston as newly elected 3rd District constable. |
| 210 | William C. Haston | Took his oaths for the office of constable. |
| 216 | James A. Haston’s place Willie Haston | 2nd class road from Spencer to James A. Haston’s. Willie Haston appointed to that crew. This was probably the son of James A. Haston who died in the Civil War. |
| 218 | Road from White County line to foot of mountain | 2nd class road from White County line to to the foot of the mountain near Abijah Crane’s. Wm. L. Mitchell had been overseer of that road previously. |
| 232 | Common school commissioner | Common school commissioner (W.B. Parker) appointed to examine applicants for commons schools in Van Buren County. |
| 250 | Isaac Haston | Appointed to represent the 3rd District as a juror for December 1858 circuit court. |
| 251 | James Haston | On a crew for a 3rd class road from Newel Crain’s up Cane Creek to Nathan Durham’s. |
| 255 | Isaac Haston W.C. Haston’s blacksmith shop | Appointed overseer of a road from Abijah Crain’s to the mouth of the lane at W. C. Haston’s blacksmith shop – 2nd class road. |
| Carel Haston’s farm hands | 3rd class road from forks of the road at Gillentine’s house intersecting the Spencer – Sparta Road at the head of the muddy branch. Samuel Shockley was the overseer. All of the hands of Carel Haston’s farm were appointed to the crew. | |
| 256 | Death of John W. Gillentine | John W. Gillentine had died with no will. John Stewart was appointed administrator. William Wallis and F.E. Plumly were security. |
| 260 | James A. Haston’s place Willie B. Haston | 2nd class road from Spencer to the two mile post at James A. Haston’s. Willie B. Haston (probably the son of James A.) was on the crew. |
| James A. Haston | Appointed as overseer of 2nd class road from mouth of Cane Creek to the fork of the road near W.B. Cummings. | |
| 263 | Manerva Gillentine dower petition | Manerva Gillentine (wife of deceased John W. Gillentine) vs. John Stewart, Elias B. Gillentine, & Sarah J. Gillentine (petition for a dower). John W. Gillentine died on September 7, 1858. His 3rd District land (180 acres) is described here. No mention is made of the Big Fork Church or Cemetery. |
| 271 | Manerva Gillentine dower petition | More on John W. Gillentine’s land. More descriptions of the land. |
| 276 | James A. Haston | He and Edmond Seals heard a deposition from Thomas J. Shockley regarding the value of the land and machinery in the John W. Gillentine estate. |
Year of 1859
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