James Madison Hayton and Elizabeth Tennessee Harris

James Madison Hayton was born May 1854 Pike Co., KY and died after 1930 Cabell Co., KY. He was the son of Moses Hayton and Sarah Fuller. He married 1874 Elizabeth Tennesse Harris, daughter of Squire Harris and Nancy Jane Bentley. She was born 1858 Beaver Creek, Floyd Co., KY and died 23 Sept 1939.

Their family can be found 1880 Butler District, Wayne Co., WV census; 1900 McComas District, Cabell Co., WV census; 1930 Sandy River, McDowell Co., WV census;

1930 McDowell Co., Census Big Creek, WV
shows them as taking in boarders. This is the first evidence that I have found that corroborates the story my grandmother told me of how her parents met. She told me that James and Elizabeth Hayton took in boarders and that George W Lilly was one of them. He and Nancy Jane ran away together to get married.

James M Hayton 40 KY KY KY
Virgie 39 KY KY KY
James J 10 KY KY KY note initial should be M
Nancy J 8 WV KY KY
Connery, Archie J 29 OH OH OH boarder
"" Dilbert 18 OH OH OH boarder


Notes for James Madison Hayton:

James and family are in 1880 Butler District of Wayne Co.,WV

James Hayton born KY age 26

Elizabeth age 22 born KY

Minnie age 5 WV

Henrietta age 2 WV

John 1 WV


IGI Record
James Madison Hayton
married abt 1883 Lawrence Co.,KY
Elizabeth T. Harris
Film# 458730

This could very well be wrong as their children were being born before this unless I got the census date wrong and it was an 1890 census above.

Their children were:

1. May Hayton married unknown Gibson

2. Minnie Hayton born 1875 WV died after 1930 KY

3. Henrietta Hayton born 1878 WV

4. John Hayton born 1878 WV died after 1900

5. Sallie Hayton born March 1882 WV died after 1900

6. James Madison Hayton Jr. born 3 April 1884 Lawrence Co., KY died 22 March 1937 Lawrence Co., KY m. Rhoda Spenser

7. Joseph Franklin Hayton born 15 July 1887 Lawrence Co., KY died 22 January 1927 Lawrence Co. KY m. Goldie Casteel

8. Nancy Jane Hayton born 25 December 1887? Lawrence Co., KY died 19 March 1957 Lawrence Co., KY m. George Washington Lilly

9. Rebecca Carolyn Hayton born 15 November 1898 Russell Co., VA died 1930 m. Ira Cook

10.Emma Hayton 1902 Lawrence Co., KY m. Hobert Bishop

Sarah Fuller and Moses Hayton

Sarah Fuller was1833 in Russell County, VA and died1921 in Mill Creek, Russell Co., VA. She was the daughter of Hester Ball and Jesse Fuller. She married 15 July 1852 Pike Co., KY to Moses Hayton, son of Thomas Hayton and Elizabeth Allen. He was born 1831 in Va and died 2 October 1875 in Fort Gay, Wayne Co., WV.

Their family can be found in the 1860 Pike Co., KY census; the 1890 Lawrence Co., KY census;


Moses Hayton was killed in when a boiler exploded at the Fuller Sawmill in Wayne County, West Virginia.

Moses served in the 39th KY Mounted Infantry during the Civil War with his brothers Thomas and Joseph.


(from "Marriage Bonds of Pike County Kentucky 1822-1865" by Clyde Runyon, 1984)


"File No. 1211 - License issued July 14, 1852 by John N. Richardson clk for

marriage of Moses Hayton and Sarah, Fuller, daughter of Jesse Fuller, who gave

legal consent. Bond by Moses Hayton and William C. Price; signed by Moses

Hayton (by mark) and by W.C.Price. Letter, dated July 14, 1852, requesting

license for Moses Hayton and Sarah Fuller; signed by Jessee Fuller and attested

by Thos. Price and W.C. Price. Married July 15, 1852 by Harvy G. Reynolds, EBC;

attest Thos. Price and John W. Price."


BIG SANDY HERALD
Date of paper: October 6, 1874
Wayne Co. W.Va.
States: "On Friday, the boilers of the large steam mill of EP FULLER at Round Bottom - midway between this place (Catlettsburg) and Louisa - exploded with great violence, instantly killing Moses Hayden (sic) and Wesley Haden, father and son, and _______Shannon and Harry Harris, the latter about 18 years old and resided near Buena Vista Furnace.

Samuel Burk, _____ Braden, head sawyer Oscar Strother and Ep FULLER, the proprietor, were dangerously wounded. We do not know if the wounded can live. The mill was blown to bits."

BIG SANDY HERALD - October 13, 1874
"Lawrence County (Louisa Letter)
Another account of the mill explosion: Nine persons were in the building at the time of the explosion: Moses Heaton (sic) and son, Granger Shannon, William Harris, Samuel Burke, Harry Brayton, Jeff FULLER, Roscoe Strother and Ep FULLER.

The mill was a frame structure, property of EPPERSON FULLER, and was in Wayne Co., W.Va. on the banks of Big SANDY, near the curve in the river known as Dean Bend. It was a saw and grist mill, and a log was being sawed at the time of the explosion. The explosion occurred about 3 p.m. Oct. 2, 1874.

Moses Heaton was killed outright, both legs blown off at the knees; he was dead when found. His son was hit in the head with one of the iron door frames and the force of the blow tore the top of his skull off, throwing part of his brains some 18 feet from where he stood. He lived about 15 - 20 minutes. The Heatons lived near the mill.

Granger Shannon lived about 8 miles from Louisa and had stopped at the mill on his way down the river. His injuries were about the hips and bowels. He lived perhaps 30 minutes. Shannon was married and was a half-brother of William Shannon of Wayne.

William Harris was from Coalton neighborhood, but was living at the time of his death at Perry Powell's. He was instantly killed. The wounded, it is thought will get well.

Dr. John Wade lives at Lindsey Smith's about a mile or so from the mill. He immediately went to help. Dr. Carnahan, who also lived not far away, rendered his assistance."

This information taken from "Bygone Bylines From Eastern Kentucky Newspapers" - Abstracted, Annotated, Indexed by Evelyn Scyphers Jackson and Cora Meek Newman


Moses Hayton and Sarah Fuller had the following children:

1. James Madison Hayton born May 1854 in Pike Co., KY died after 1930 in Cabell Co., WV m. Elizabeth Tennesse Harris

2. Sarah J. Hayton born 1856 Pike Co., KY

3. John Wesley Hayton born 1858 Pike Co., KY died 2 October 1874 Fort Gay, Wayne Co., WV

4. Mary E. Hayton born 1859 Pike Co., KY

5. William Hayton born 1864 Pike Co., KY

6. Thomas Epperson Hayton born 8 October 1865 Wayne Co., WV died 3 June 1927 Lawrence Co., KY m. Estella Clere

7. Jefferson Hayton born 1866 WV died after 1880

8. Permilia Hayton born 1869 WV and died after 1880

9. Linda Hayton born 1871 Wv and died after 1880

10. Henry Hayton born 1878 WV and died after 1880

Hester Ball and Jesse Fuller

Hester Ball was born 25 Dec 1799 in , Fairfax, Virginia. She was the daughter of George Russell Ball and Elizabeth Tunnell. She married Jesse Fuller about 1818 in Va. He was the son of Thomas Fuller and Rebecca Apperson. He was born about 1798 in Virginia. Their family can be found in the 1850 and 1860 Pike Co., KY census. They died sometime after 1860.

Their children were:

1. Mary Fuller born November 1825 Pike Co., KY died 1900 in Pike Co.,Ky m. George Shaffer

2. Rebecca Fuller born about 1825 Pike Co., KY and died after 1900 Pike Co., KY m. William James McGee

3. Sarah Fuller born 1833 in Russell Co., VA and died 1921 Mill Creek, Russell Co., VA m. Moses Hayton

4. John Fuller born 4 May 1835 Pike Co., KY died after 1880. m. Rebecca Ford

5. Hawkins Fuller born 4 Jun 1841 Pike Co., Kentucky, died 1 Jul 1900 Kentucky m. Elizabeth Weddington

6.Elizabeth Fuller born 3 Sep 1844 in Pike, Kentucky died12 Mar 1925 in KY m. John Robinson.

7. Nancy Fuller born 1846 in KY


The Balls Of Fairfax And Stafford In Virginia
Author: Bonnie S. Ball, James Elihu Ball, Estella Ball Brady
Publication: 1961 by J. Grant Stevenson B.Y.U. Provo, Utah