Hi Kay
Three of Covington brothers (cousins ot the Hardys) came to Edgefield before or with John Hardy. WILLIAM COVINGTON Sr. Lived in Amelia County Va.. sold his land in 1772. His
will is dated 1785 probably after he moved to Edgefield. He moved to Edgefield County South Carolina where a daughter lived.
Richard Hardy Jr and Mary Covington had William Hardy 1720, Thomas born 3 Apr 1732 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, VA (your relation), John Hardy b 1740 and Richard Hardy ca 1745-50 who came to Edgefield after his brothers did. The part they lived in Amelia Co became Lunenburg Co VA where the sons married. Thomas married Phoebe Buford/Beuford/Bueford b: Aug 1741, daughter of James.
Children dates from Thomas Hardy family Bible (I don't have a copy, nor do I know where it is) Children of Thomas Hardy and Phoebe-
1. Elizabeth HARDY b: 18 Jul 1762 (m. her 1st cousin Samuel Hardy, son of William -Thomas's brother)
2. David HARDY b: 18 Oct 1764 died young
3. Thomas HARDY b: 31 Jan 1767 (m. Anna Powell Dixon of Person Co NC)
4. James HARDY b: 04 Mar 1769 married Mary Wilson http://thomas-hardy-old-96th.blogspot.com/ [moved to Anderson County, South Carolina some time before 1810. He became a minister, known children- dau Elizabeth, sons Miles J., James Jr., John, and Richard B. Also an older dau and a youngest son with unknown names. He became a minister.]
5. Freeman HARDY b: 20 Mar 1771 [m. Sarah Rutherford of Bertie NC, your relation]
6. Mary HARDY b: 04 Jun 1773 [m. Jesse Gordon]
7. John HARDY b: 07 Aug 1776 [m. Nancy Eppes]
8. Nancy HARDY b: 07 Oct 1778 [m. George Clarke of MD]
9. Susannah HARDY b: 20 Mar 1780 [m. Stephen Crenshaw her 2nd cousin. She always claimed she was born in SC ]
10. Phebe HARDY b: 30 Mar 1782 [in SC m. unknown Reynolds and moved to GA Phoebe came on the saddle of her mother to their new property on Peters Creek, probably from somewhere in SC where they were staying]
SC Archives:
Series Number: S108093
Reel: 0019
Frame: 00438
item: 00
Date: 1814/10/24
Description: HARDY, THOMAS OF NEWBERRY DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (ESTATE PACKET: BOX 29, PKG. 3) (2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: HARDY, THOMAS//HARDY, JAMES/REYNOLDS, PHEBE/HARDY, JOHN W./MORIAH (SLAVE)/MAK (SLAVE)/HARDY, ELIZABETH///HARDY, FREEMAN/GORDON, MARY/CLARK, NANCY/CRENSHAW, SUSANNAH/HARDY, SAMUEL/HARDY, ANNA P./GORDON, GOVEN/RICHARDS, WILLIAM /
Locations: NEWBERRY DISTIRCT//
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)//
Ann Williams died about 1794 and her husband John died by 1799 in Edgefield (after remarrying a second time to Sarah Ingram). Thomas Hardy died later than his brother John (even thought he was older) on 18 October 1814 in Union District. His wife Phoebe's father died in 1797. Below is his testament in SC, found first by Carol Hardy Bryan of Edegfield. Phoebe's father was James Beuford who married Mary Warren d/o Thomas Warren and Mary Elizabeth Hackley from Rappahannock Co., VA. James Bueford was the son of Henry Buford and Mary Osborne of Middlesex and Lancaster VA.
James Bueford's niece and nephew thru his brother Henry Buford were Elizabeth (wife of Robert Crenshaw below) and Leroy Buford who died in Chester Dist. SC. So Freeman Hardy's mother Phoebe Beuford was first cousins to the mother of Susannah's husband Stephen Crenshaw-Elizabeth Buford, making Susannah and her husband Stephen double 2nd cousins?
At that time the Tyger River area it was virgin forest with panthers and parakeets. There was already a cabin for the family, so they built the slave cabins first. At that time the Hardys worked along side the slaves and the slaves wore the same homespun handwoven material as their masters. It was not quite the slave-master scene that it was later. None of the Hardy slaves, as far as I know, were ever mistreated. Not that it is any excuse for slavery. The Hardys were of a refined class of southerner called "Virginia blue bloods." They were morally correct and fair to all their children. They were Baptists.Thomas had 10 children and one son was Freeman Hardy (your relation) born 20 MAR 1771 in Virginia and died 20 MAR 1848 in Lowndes Co, Alabama buried at Old Town Cem. in Dallas Co across the county line. When Freeman married he lived in Edgefield near his uncle John Hardy. Freeman married Sarah Rutherford b: 31 OCT 1775 NC on 9 FEB 1792 in SC (died 1 JUL 1854 in Lowndes Co, Alabama) and they had Freeman Hardy Jr b: 3 JUL 1798 in Edgefield, South Carolina (in the 1850 census Lowndes) and later your relation Robert Rutherford Hardy b 1808 in Edgefield SC.
Children (2 boys and 2 girls born before 1800 census,)
1. unknown boy or girl 1793 Edgefield, SC
A book has been written about Thomas`s family. The cover of it is also on my Robert Hardy site. Mr Kibler has a few things incorrect (like Thomas wife's name). But it is a very detailed account of the life of those who stayed on that plantation and that land. The illustration is of the house built by Thomas near Union in Union/Newberry District, formerly part of Old 96th SC.
Thomas Hardy was the uncle of our ancestor Robert Hardy who lived with his parents John Hardy and Ann Williams in the Edgefield part of Old 96th District of SC. The house right was built 1800-1825 in 2 phases, after having their having lived in a log cabin. A dirt lane of trees went through cotton fields on either side to get to the house from the main road. The book cover illustration is just to set the mood for the time when all this history began in Edgefield SC. It is a house which Robert and his siblings visited your relation, for sure.
Thomas and Phoebe's daughter Susannah Hardy (Robert´s cousin, and Freeman's sister) lived in the house above briefly before she married. She lived most of her life in the cabin on Peter's Creek. It was Carol Hardy Bryan who first discovered the will of Phoebe`s father James Beuford, and uncovered that Phoebe was a Beuford, not a Jeter. I guess I was the only one who believed Carol because the book above has Jeter as her last name, but that is proven wrong. Perhaps Jeter was her middle name, and as they so often do down in Charleston, SC society they called her by her first and second name ALL the time. Instead of addressing her as plain old Phoebe. It would have been the custom to say the first and middles names as one word or name--and then that name stuck in everybody's memory.
1800 Edgefield SC
It is 6 in the morning and I can tell you the story of your family while it is quiet and dark outside. My darling children are your cousins. They are quite wonderful people and I have researched their roots so that my daughter could get in DAR which she is now. You can print this out and give it to relatives if you want. it kind of wanders around, so hope you enjoy it anyway.
Your family roots are in England over 400 years ago. They were some of the very first settlers of Virginia, coming after the Jamestown Colony disappeared. At first the Hardys lived in Isle of Wight and Amelia Co. John Hardy was born ca 1613 and married Olive Council. Their son Richard b ca 1640 in VA married Mary Vincent. Their son Richard Jr. born ca 1699 married Mary Covington. There is a Mary Covington -born December 1684 Somersetshire, Great Kuney, MD. But the Covington name followed the Hardys to SC and to Alabama.
Your family roots are in England over 400 years ago. They were some of the very first settlers of Virginia, coming after the Jamestown Colony disappeared. At first the Hardys lived in Isle of Wight and Amelia Co. John Hardy was born ca 1613 and married Olive Council. Their son Richard b ca 1640 in VA married Mary Vincent. Their son Richard Jr. born ca 1699 married Mary Covington. There is a Mary Covington -born December 1684 Somersetshire, Great Kuney, MD. But the Covington name followed the Hardys to SC and to Alabama.
Three of Covington brothers (cousins ot the Hardys) came to Edgefield before or with John Hardy. WILLIAM COVINGTON Sr. Lived in Amelia County Va.. sold his land in 1772. His
will is dated 1785 probably after he moved to Edgefield. He moved to Edgefield County South Carolina where a daughter lived.
Richard Hardy Jr and Mary Covington had William Hardy 1720, Thomas born 3 Apr 1732 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, VA (your relation), John Hardy b 1740 and Richard Hardy ca 1745-50 who came to Edgefield after his brothers did. The part they lived in Amelia Co became Lunenburg Co VA where the sons married. Thomas married Phoebe Buford/Beuford/Bueford b: Aug 1741, daughter of James.
Children dates from Thomas Hardy family Bible (I don't have a copy, nor do I know where it is) Children of Thomas Hardy and Phoebe-
1. Elizabeth HARDY b: 18 Jul 1762 (m. her 1st cousin Samuel Hardy, son of William -Thomas's brother)
2. David HARDY b: 18 Oct 1764 died young
3. Thomas HARDY b: 31 Jan 1767 (m. Anna Powell Dixon of Person Co NC)
4. James HARDY b: 04 Mar 1769 married Mary Wilson http://thomas-hardy-old-96th.blogspot.com/ [moved to Anderson County, South Carolina some time before 1810. He became a minister, known children- dau Elizabeth, sons Miles J., James Jr., John, and Richard B. Also an older dau and a youngest son with unknown names. He became a minister.]
5. Freeman HARDY b: 20 Mar 1771 [m. Sarah Rutherford of Bertie NC, your relation]
6. Mary HARDY b: 04 Jun 1773 [m. Jesse Gordon]
7. John HARDY b: 07 Aug 1776 [m. Nancy Eppes]
8. Nancy HARDY b: 07 Oct 1778 [m. George Clarke of MD]
9. Susannah HARDY b: 20 Mar 1780 [m. Stephen Crenshaw her 2nd cousin. She always claimed she was born in SC ]
10. Phebe HARDY b: 30 Mar 1782 [in SC m. unknown Reynolds and moved to GA Phoebe came on the saddle of her mother to their new property on Peters Creek, probably from somewhere in SC where they were staying]
SC Archives:
Series Number: S108093
Reel: 0019
Frame: 00438
item: 00
Date: 1814/10/24
Description: HARDY, THOMAS OF NEWBERRY DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (ESTATE PACKET: BOX 29, PKG. 3) (2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: HARDY, THOMAS//HARDY, JAMES/REYNOLDS, PHEBE/HARDY, JOHN W./MORIAH (SLAVE)/MAK (SLAVE)/HARDY, ELIZABETH///HARDY, FREEMAN/GORDON, MARY/CLARK, NANCY/CRENSHAW, SUSANNAH/HARDY, SAMUEL/HARDY, ANNA P./GORDON, GOVEN/RICHARDS, WILLIAM /
Locations: NEWBERRY DISTIRCT//
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)//
Thomas's dau. Phebe Reynolds is mentioned in such a way in the Will that she seems to be in ill health and has no children as of the will date.
Along with a cousin (Benjamin) Stith Hardy and Ann's brother William Williams, as well as their Covington cousins, John, William Jr and Joseph Covington (sons of William Covington), John and Thomas Hardy moved to Old 96th District SC after the Revolution. John to the Edgefield section before 1785. Abbeville was the courthouse for Old 96th District till 1785 so some records may be there. After 1785, each section formed its own court records house. Thomas Hardy found a place on Peters Creek near the Tyger River in the Newberry section of Old 96th. (Stith Hardy was their brother William's son.)
William HARDY b.1720 d.1790 m. Mary COVINGTON, daughter of Edmonds Covington of Essex Co., niece of Mary Olive Covington who married Richard Hardy, Jr., father of brothers John, Thomas and Richard Hardy who came to SC from VA.
VA Will Book 3: p.388 lists the will of William Hardy dated 13 Jan 1791. Wife - Mary Elizabeth Winn Hardy; Sons - Samuel, Thomas, Covington, John, Stithl; son-in-law Lydda Bacon; Daughter Mary; Brother Covington Hardy.
I show the children so you can see how they moved in family groups-children of William who died 1790:
1. Samuel Hardy married his 1st cousin Elizabeth d/o Thomas Hardy (William's brother) and moved to Tyger River, Newberry SC. Thomas was Freeman's father.
2. Covington Hardy b.1749 d. 1814 m. Catherine Buford d/o Henry Buford and Francis Corbin. Catherine's sister Elizabeth married Robert Crenshaw and moved to Newberry SC. Robert's son Stephen married Susannah Hardy, Thomas's daughter. Catherine Buford's brother Leroy and sister Mary went to Chester SC. Her cousin Phoebe Buford d/o of uncle James Buford married Catherine's uncle Thomas Hardy who moved to Newberry Dist SC.
Covington Hardy's children: Vincent, Charles, John C., Miles, Amelia, Letitia, Henry& Priscilla
3. Thomas Hardy
4. Stith Hardy went to SC with John Hardy and lived in Edgefield
5. Mary Hardy
6. John Hardy
1. Samuel Hardy married his 1st cousin Elizabeth d/o Thomas Hardy (William's brother) and moved to Tyger River, Newberry SC. Thomas was Freeman's father.
2. Covington Hardy b.1749 d. 1814 m. Catherine Buford d/o Henry Buford and Francis Corbin. Catherine's sister Elizabeth married Robert Crenshaw and moved to Newberry SC. Robert's son Stephen married Susannah Hardy, Thomas's daughter. Catherine Buford's brother Leroy and sister Mary went to Chester SC. Her cousin Phoebe Buford d/o of uncle James Buford married Catherine's uncle Thomas Hardy who moved to Newberry Dist SC.
Covington Hardy's children: Vincent, Charles, John C., Miles, Amelia, Letitia, Henry& Priscilla
3. Thomas Hardy
4. Stith Hardy went to SC with John Hardy and lived in Edgefield
5. Mary Hardy
6. John Hardy
Many colorful personalities have made a mark on Newberry's history. Emily Geiger, a young woman living in what is now eastern Newberry County, rode her way into the history books when she delivered a message from General Nathaniel Greene to General Thomas Sumter during the American Revolution. A Quaker girl named Hannah Gaunt helped defend her father's house against a Tory attack. At the time of the move there were many Quakers who were living in the section what became southeast Union District. The Quakers moved on because of slavery between 1800 and 1810. At that time quite a few plantations came up for sale. These Quakers mostly moved into TN, KY and the midwest like Indiana. Freeman may have found a suitable property first in Edgefield and then an even better one became available in Pendleton perhaps from a Quaker family, as both he and James moved to Pendleton between 1800 and 1810.
Freeman is in Edgefield census 1800 and seems to be adding to current land with an 18 acre purchase on Sieglers (Seaglers) Creek in 1800-
Series: S213192
Volume: 0038
Page: 00135
Item: 002
Date: 11/24/1800
Description: HARDY, FREEMAN, PLAT FOR 18 ACRES ON SEAGLERS BRANCH, EDGEFIELD COUNTY, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY ROBERT LANG.
Names indexed: HARDY, FREEMAN; LANG, ROBERT; QUALL, SAMUEL; SEAGLER, MRS.
Locations: EDGEFIELD COUNTY; NINETY SIX DISTRICT; SEIGLERS BRANCH
Document type: PLAT
Volume: 0038
Page: 00135
Item: 002
Date: 11/24/1800
Description: HARDY, FREEMAN, PLAT FOR 18 ACRES ON SEAGLERS BRANCH, EDGEFIELD COUNTY, NINETY SIX DISTRICT, SURVEYED BY ROBERT LANG.
Names indexed: HARDY, FREEMAN; LANG, ROBERT; QUALL, SAMUEL; SEAGLER, MRS.
Locations: EDGEFIELD COUNTY; NINETY SIX DISTRICT; SEIGLERS BRANCH
Document type: PLAT
and is mentioned in 1802 as Capt. Freeman Hardy, testifying about Major Thomas Carter's will-
Series: S108093
Reel: 0008Frame: 00813Item: 000Date: 1/28/1802Description: CARTER, THOMAS, WILL TYPESCRIPT, EDGEFIELD COUNTY (2 FRAMES) (MSS WILL: BOOK A, PAGE 504; ESTATE PACKET: BOX 35, PKG 1305).Names indexed: CARTER, THOMAS; GENTRY, SARAH; HARDY, FREEMAN; HOWARD, ADRAHLocations: EDGEFIELD COUNTYDocument type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)
Ann Williams died about 1794 and her husband John died by 1799 in Edgefield (after remarrying a second time to Sarah Ingram). Thomas Hardy died later than his brother John (even thought he was older) on 18 October 1814 in Union District. His wife Phoebe's father died in 1797. Below is his testament in SC, found first by Carol Hardy Bryan of Edegfield. Phoebe's father was James Beuford who married Mary Warren d/o Thomas Warren and Mary Elizabeth Hackley from Rappahannock Co., VA. James Bueford was the son of Henry Buford and Mary Osborne of Middlesex and Lancaster VA.
James Bueford's niece and nephew thru his brother Henry Buford were Elizabeth (wife of Robert Crenshaw below) and Leroy Buford who died in Chester Dist. SC. So Freeman Hardy's mother Phoebe Beuford was first cousins to the mother of Susannah's husband Stephen Crenshaw-Elizabeth Buford, making Susannah and her husband Stephen double 2nd cousins?
WILL BK A, pg 65, box 22, pkg 13 - Union Co., SC written 19 Dec 1796 and recorded 10 Jun 1797 - Ben Haile, C.C. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES BEUFORD In the name of God, aman. I James Beuford of Union County & State of South Carolina being of sound mind & perfect memory, yet considering my age & frailty of body must expect are long to make my final exit from this world, I do therefore make, constitute & ordain this my Last Will & Tetament in the manner & form following, viz. Item, it is my will & desire that all my just debts may be paid. Item, I lend to my beloved wife, Mary Beuford, three negroes viz: Charles, Sue & Rose during her widowhood. Item, it is my will & desire that my beloved wife, Mary Beuford with the advise & consent of my Executors, hereafter named, to choose out and appropriate to her exclusive use such & so much of my stock, household furniture, etc. as she & they may judge to be sufficient to afford her a comfortable sustenance during her widowhood bequeath to my granddaughter, Jitney Pride Glenn & to her heirs forever one negro named Ned. Item, I appoint & ordain that all the rest of my estate both real and personal, including those negroes which I formerly lent to some of my children (to wit) my negro man Kennor lent to my son Tavinor Bird Beuford, Sal & her increase lent to my daughter Lillian Philups, Lydda & her increase lent to my daughter Lucy Tucker & also Daniel lent to my daughter Mildred Hutt, with the rest of my estate both real and personal that I have never yet lent out, that the whole to be sold in such a manner that my children shall be the only purchasers ad the product of sale, I do ordain to be equally and impartially divided between these Warren Beuford, Phibi Hardy, Mildren Hutt, Lucy Tucker, Lelian Philups, Tavenor Bird Beuford, Mary Walker or her heirs, Ambrose Beuford or his heirs to hem and their heirs forever. Item, I will & ordain that provided any of my above named children to whom I have formerly lent negroes should fail to give up such negroes to my executors hereafter named to be equally divided with the rest of my estate, then in that case they sall be suffered to keep the said negroes of which they are possessed by loan but shall on their thus refusing to comply with my Will be excluded from having or possessing any part of the rest of my estate either real or personal of which they now stand possessed. Item, it is my will and desire that at decease of my beloved wife, Mary Beuford that all the estate then left to be divided as above. Item, I give & bequeath to my son Henry Beuford twelve pounds cash which I formerly lent him which it is my will & desire that it shall be his whole portion of my estate both real & personal. I do hereby constitute, ordain & appoint my two sons, Warren Beurford & Travinor Bird Bedford & my wife, Mary Beuford, Executors & Executirx of this my Last Will & Testament and I do hereby revoke and uttely disallow & disannul all forms, bequeaths, wills and legacies by me in any wise made heretofore declaing, ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nineteenth day of December, one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety-Six. James Beuford {Seal} Done in presence of: Sam'l Hardy, Patrick Henry Sims, John BufordAs I said, both Thomas and brother John fought in the Revolution. Thomas under Gen Washington. This qualifies you for the DAR. John sold his land in Lunenburg VA and took title to a property April of 1784 near an area called New Richmond on the Savannah River founded by a Virginian in Old 96th District, SC. Cheap land was available because so many patriots had been killed and Tories had fled. It was a burnt earth so to speak. John's land was near the Savannah River at New Hampton north of Cambelltown. http://john-hardy-ann-williams-family.blogspot.com/In November 1786 Thomas purchased land on Peters Creek, a branch of the Tyger River near Union SC, the land located across the river from Union District where their daughter, Elizabeth and her husband were living. Although it is stated otherwise, I do believe they were already in SC at this time, perhaps staying with brother John near the Savannah River. The reason I say this is that Susannah Hardy says in 2 censuses that she was BORN in SC in 1780. This family was a family which believed in education, for both their girls and their boys so I doubt Susannah was uneducated and did not know where she was born. This was not a "backwoods" family who had no idea who they were or where they came from. They knew exactly.
At that time the Tyger River area it was virgin forest with panthers and parakeets. There was already a cabin for the family, so they built the slave cabins first. At that time the Hardys worked along side the slaves and the slaves wore the same homespun handwoven material as their masters. It was not quite the slave-master scene that it was later. None of the Hardy slaves, as far as I know, were ever mistreated. Not that it is any excuse for slavery. The Hardys were of a refined class of southerner called "Virginia blue bloods." They were morally correct and fair to all their children. They were Baptists.Thomas had 10 children and one son was Freeman Hardy (your relation) born 20 MAR 1771 in Virginia and died 20 MAR 1848 in Lowndes Co, Alabama buried at Old Town Cem. in Dallas Co across the county line. When Freeman married he lived in Edgefield near his uncle John Hardy. Freeman married Sarah Rutherford b: 31 OCT 1775 NC on 9 FEB 1792 in SC (died 1 JUL 1854 in Lowndes Co, Alabama) and they had Freeman Hardy Jr b: 3 JUL 1798 in Edgefield, South Carolina (in the 1850 census Lowndes) and later your relation Robert Rutherford Hardy b 1808 in Edgefield SC.
Children (2 boys and 2 girls born before 1800 census,)
1. unknown boy or girl 1793 Edgefield, SC
2. Mary Hardy b. 16 March 1795 in Edgefield District (formerly in Old 96th) SC married before 1817 to Moses W. Liddell Jr of Pendleton District (formerly in Old 96th Dist). They moved to Gwinnett GA in the Cherokee Land Lottery. Contact- Diana Wallner dp_wallner@yahoo.com See email below.
3. unknown boy or girl
3. unknown boy or girl
4. Freeman HARDY b: 3 JUL 1798 in Edgefield, South Carolina
4. unknown boy 1801 Edgefield, SC
5. unknown boy 1803 Edgefield, SC
6. in doubt -Thomas Hardy b ca 1807 Edgefield, SC married Lykin- Carol Hardy Bryan of Edgefield disputes Thomas as a son of Freeman, with justification- she believes he is of the NC Hardys who came down to Edgefield and moved over to GA1860: Edgefield, South Carolina
Post Office: Cairo
Thos Hardy 57 SC
Mary Hardy 43 SC
Eliz Hardy 19 SC
Francis Hardy 17 SC
7. Robert Rutherford HARDY b: ABT 1808 in Edgefield, South Carolina
8. William W. HARDY b: 30 JUN 1809 in Edgefield, South Carolina -see Alabama census material below
9. Sarah Ann HARDY b: 27 NOV 1813 SC
13. Elizabeth HARDY b: ABT 1815 GA or SC
14. unknown Hardy b ca 1818
4. unknown boy 1801 Edgefield, SC
5. unknown boy 1803 Edgefield, SC
6. in doubt -Thomas Hardy b ca 1807 Edgefield, SC married Lykin- Carol Hardy Bryan of Edgefield disputes Thomas as a son of Freeman, with justification- she believes he is of the NC Hardys who came down to Edgefield and moved over to GA1860: Edgefield, South Carolina
Post Office: Cairo
Thos Hardy 57 SC
Mary Hardy 43 SC
Eliz Hardy 19 SC
Francis Hardy 17 SC
7. Robert Rutherford HARDY b: ABT 1808 in Edgefield, South Carolina
8. William W. HARDY b: 30 JUN 1809 in Edgefield, South Carolina -see Alabama census material below
9. Sarah Ann HARDY b: 27 NOV 1813 SC
13. Elizabeth HARDY b: ABT 1815 GA or SC
14. unknown Hardy b ca 1818
Diana Wallner email says:
... Mary "Polly" Hardy married Moses W Liddell Jr. Other people, especially the family that moved to Texas with her, say that her last name is Hardy. She was married in District 96, SC in 1815 to Moses W Liddell Jr. "The History of Gwinnett County, Georgia" states that Moses moved to Franklin Co, GA in 1814. It says that in 1822 he joined the Presbyterian Church in SC near where he lived on the border of the state. It says that they joined the Fairview Presbyterian Church in 1826 in Gwinnett Co, GA, then moved to Decatur in 1857 just before his death in 1858. It doesn't list when they were married but it has to be after his first wife Sally McGee died in 1815 and before Freeman Hardy Liddell was born in 1817. Freeman married Amanda Stover and moved to Monroe Co, AL in 1841/42. Moses Liddell Sr. list in his will that he owned plantations where Thomas Blair, James Jones and Wm. Mc Clusky lived in Pendleton District and Anderson Co, SC Wills, Estates etc. It also, states 200 acres on Devil's Creek branch of Big Generostee, waters of Savannah River, part of 640 acres originally granted to James Blythe. Wittness are James Morrow Sr. Abel Skelton, Jacob Clearman, James Russell. I don't know if any of this helps but it is what I have at the present.
Here is 100 acres owned by Moses Liddell Sr on the Savannah River in Old 96th, from land granted to James Liddell in 1775
Moses Liddell Jr mentioned in the will of 1798 Thomas Liddell.
Thomas Liddell has no children and bequeathes his land an possessions to the children of both Andrew and Moses Liddell Sr, his brothers. Moses Jr is mentioned as receiving a saddle.
Info on William W. Hardy
(1860 U.S. Census)
ALABAMA , LOWNDES, HAYNEVILLE P O
Series: M653 Roll: 14 Page: 544
William W. Hardy 51 SC farmer
ALABAMA , LOWNDES, HAYNEVILLE P O
Series: M653 Roll: 14 Page: 544
William W. Hardy 51 SC farmer
Elizabeth - female (wife) age 47 b: SC
Susan E. - female (dau) age 24 b: AL
Wm. R. - male (son) age 21 b: AL - Student of Medicine
Hugh W. - male (son) age 17 b: AL
Clarissa - female (dau) age 12 b: AL
Walker, Mariah L - female (relationship ??) age 22 b: AL
(1870 U.S. Census)
ALABAMA , LOWNDES, BENTON P O
Series: M593 Roll: 25 Page: 354
William W. Hardy 60 SC farmer
Susan E. - female (dau) age 24 b: AL
Wm. R. - male (son) age 21 b: AL - Student of Medicine
Hugh W. - male (son) age 17 b: AL
Clarissa - female (dau) age 12 b: AL
Walker, Mariah L - female (relationship ??) age 22 b: AL
(1870 U.S. Census)
ALABAMA , LOWNDES, BENTON P O
Series: M593 Roll: 25 Page: 354
William W. Hardy 60 SC farmer
Elizabeth - wife age 55 b: AL - Keeping House
Susin (Susan) - dau age 35 b: AL - Single - Without Occupation
Clara (Clarissa)- dau age 20 b: AL - Without Occupation
(1880 U.S. Census)
ALABAMA , LOWNDES, COLLIRENE
Series: T9 Roll: 20 Page: 62
William W. Hardy 70 SC farmer
Susin (Susan) - dau age 35 b: AL - Single - Without Occupation
Clara (Clarissa)- dau age 20 b: AL - Without Occupation
(1880 U.S. Census)
ALABAMA , LOWNDES, COLLIRENE
Series: T9 Roll: 20 Page: 62
William W. Hardy 70 SC farmer
Elizabeth 0 wife age 67 b: AC abt 1813 - Keeping House
Susan E. - dau age 45 b: AL abt 1835 - Keeping house
Susan E. - dau age 45 b: AL abt 1835 - Keeping house
A book has been written about Thomas`s family. The cover of it is also on my Robert Hardy site. Mr Kibler has a few things incorrect (like Thomas wife's name). But it is a very detailed account of the life of those who stayed on that plantation and that land. The illustration is of the house built by Thomas near Union in Union/Newberry District, formerly part of Old 96th SC.Thomas Hardy was the uncle of our ancestor Robert Hardy who lived with his parents John Hardy and Ann Williams in the Edgefield part of Old 96th District of SC. The house right was built 1800-1825 in 2 phases, after having their having lived in a log cabin. A dirt lane of trees went through cotton fields on either side to get to the house from the main road. The book cover illustration is just to set the mood for the time when all this history began in Edgefield SC. It is a house which Robert and his siblings visited your relation, for sure.
Thomas and Phoebe's daughter Susannah Hardy (Robert´s cousin, and Freeman's sister) lived in the house above briefly before she married. She lived most of her life in the cabin on Peter's Creek. It was Carol Hardy Bryan who first discovered the will of Phoebe`s father James Beuford, and uncovered that Phoebe was a Beuford, not a Jeter. I guess I was the only one who believed Carol because the book above has Jeter as her last name, but that is proven wrong. Perhaps Jeter was her middle name, and as they so often do down in Charleston, SC society they called her by her first and second name ALL the time. Instead of addressing her as plain old Phoebe. It would have been the custom to say the first and middles names as one word or name--and then that name stuck in everybody's memory.
1800 Edgefield SC
Freeman Hardy,15th person, has 2 boys and 2 girls in house along with a man his own age.
Also, Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy's future husband Stephen Crenshaw b: 3 MAR 1764 (s/o Robert Crenshaw and Elizabeth Beuford) moved down into Edgefield District between 1800 when he was still in Union and 1810 when he is in the census in Edgefield. They have 2 girls and 2 boys. But then Freeman moved out of Edgefield to Pendelton. Between 1810 and 1820 Freeman moved to GA and then Lowndes Co AL by 1819 probably. There is no 1820 AL census.
1810 Pendleton District SC Freeman Hardy
Freeman Hardy and his wife Sarah Rutherford had moved from Edgefield up to Pendleton District. Daughter Mary Hardy is the only girl in the Household at this time. There are 2 young boys and an older on in the 3rd column. After 1810 Freeman and his wife went to GA. About 1817 Susannah Hardy Crenshaw and husband, as well as Robert Hardy, who was still single, left for Alabama to buy land. On the way they picked up Freeman Hardy who was living in GA still. The Gordons also came- they were from another prominent Lunenburg VA family.
Robert Hardy may have lived in a similar house with his parents John and Ann not so far away in the community north of Cambelltown called New Richmond, Edgefield District SC. John´s property was near the Savannah River off Big Stephens Creek and on Sweetwater Creek. I believe they also owned a large tract of Pine Woods which was actually on the Savannah River and would have been river upwards of Augusta GA on the SC side. They may have bought an undamaged house in 1784 with their property. Our ancestor Robert Hardy came to SC as a baby from Lunenburg VA with his parents (along the Philadelphia Road which went all the way to GA and on to Fort Miegs in AL) to the Edgefield District of Old 96th two years before his uncle Thomas got to the Tyger River area in Newberry District SC -- both districts were part of the Old 96th before 1790. I speculate that Thomas came with his brother John Hardy and stayed in John's house for a couple years till he found something suitable which ended up being in Newberry. An eyewitness to the time in the form of Susannah Hardy always claimed she was BORN in SC in 1780. This would mean that Thomas was in the area the last couple years of the Revolutionary War, a dangerous time in SC. His would have stayed with relatives from 1780 to 1786 when he bought the house.
Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy and her husband Stephen Crenshaw went to Alabama with Freeman and Robert Hardy about 1819-1820. Although Robert had been before to by land. He paid taxes on the land in 1818 in Montgomery Co as it called then. Robert Hardy's portion of Montgomery AL got cut off to become partly Lowndes County and others got cut off to become Dallas Co AL.
Freeman's brother in law Stephen Crenshaw was the son of Robert Crenshaw (also "Greenshaw") and Elizabeth Beuford who lived in the Tyger River area where Susannah's father Thomas Hardy settled. Robert's father William was born 15 APR 1787 in Amelia, Nottoway Parish, Virginia. Don Owens says Robert's father William deeds 200 ac. to him Oct. 1757 - Amelia Co., VA Deeds 200 ac. back to William 2-24-1768. Both Robert and his son Robert Jr. are in Union Dist. South Carolina in 1800 and 1810. Probably moved there in 1787. Robert died about 1810 in Union Dist.. Robert Crenshaw, Sr. and is buried at his Farm Cemetery, Union SC. Will dated Nov. 27, 1810. Proved June 3, 1811. His children are listed: Charlotte b. 1762; James; John; Letisha; Jane; Lucreta; Martha; Robert, Jr.; Randolph; Stephen; and Frances. Robert, Sr.'s wife is listed as Mary a second wife (not Mary Shelton). His first was Elizabeth Beuford. Charlotte married James Davis. Frances married Thomas McDaniel.
Children
1. John CRENSHAW b: 27 JUL 1760
2. Charlotte CRENSHAW b: 11 APR 1762 in Amelia Co., VA
3. Stephen CRENSHAW b: 3 MAR 1764
4. Lettisher CRENSHAW b: 29 JAN 1766
5. Jane CRENSHAW b: 14 APR 1768
6. Frances CRENSHAW b: 14 APR 1768
7. Lucretia Crenshaw b: 13 JUN 1770
8. Martha CRENSHAW b: 5 FEB 1773
9. Robert CRENSHAW b: 8 JUL 177510. Randolph CRENSHAW b: 22 NOV 1777 in Lunenburg Co., VA
11. James CRENSHAW b: 12 NOV 1779
12. Grief CRENSHAW b: ABT. 1780
In 1830 Lowndes is a Freeman Crenshaw who moved on to Mississippi and I have no idea who he is. On an 1830 census page with Susannah Crenshaw (Mrs. Crenshaw) is Freeman Hardy her brother and Daniel Hardy-- her cousin and brother to Robert Hardy--- as well as William Francis Browning, Robert's brother in law.Stephen Crenshaw was a surveyor and a Revolutionary soldier, with a large family, stores and stock, etc., and moved fromEdgefield District , S.C. Lowndes County
1830 Lowndes Co AL
R.R. Hardy is with his father Freeman Hardy Sr who did not die till 1848. mrs Crenshaw is on this page. That is Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy.
1840 Lowndes Co AL Freeman Hardy. practically the whole page is related in some way- lots of them as yet unproven-like which daughters of which Hardys married the men on the page. Off the top of my head, Moses Pearce came from Edgefield. His son was Lewis L. Pearce who was overseer for Mary Cartledge Hardy, wife of William Hardy, son of John and Ann. Robert W. Hardy (b: 25 Sep 1810 son of Daniel Hardy-s/o John and Ann-and Mary Roebuck from Edgefield SC). David Peebles was the brother to Nancy Peebles Hardy who married Robert Hardy, son of John and Ann. AT this point Robert has already moved up to Coosa Co. Then Daniel Hardy and wife Mary Roebuck, their son Miles Hardy b: 17 FEB 1818 in Edgefield, Daniel's brother John's son W.W. Hardy b: 30 Jul 1809 in Edgefield County, South Carolina d 31 Jan 1882 Dallas County, AL) m Elizabeth Wilson. Next after WW. is Daniel Hardy's brother William Hardy, husband of Mary Cartledge Hardy. He is the son of John Hardy and Ann and I have no idea why he and Freeman are living near the family of Jesse Hardy because I dont know of any relationship except Jesse's daughter Emily may have married a John Hardy. There are probably allot of Hardy daughters we dont know about and Hardy boys who married hardy girls. William Hardy's (Mary Cartledge) known children were
Notes for other Hardy related kin living in the vicinity so you can check them against this data:
Dallas marriages
About the 1850 census page on which Sarah Rutherford is living.
There are 2 Hardy lines on this page. Two are cousins and one is the widow of Jesse Hardy Jr from the Lemuel Hardy line of Bertie NC
At the top of the page is the last part of the household of Celia Golding who married Jesse Hardy jr. How could Jesse be related to the other Hardys? is he related to Sarah Rutherford? jesse Hardy Jr's daughter Emily married a John Hardy but I dont know who he is. There are so many Johns.
The Whatleys are related forgot how...
Sarah Rutherford Hardy is living with her son Benjamin F. Hardy. His name is I think written in the Bible of Celia Golding Hardy. See Bible below. John Hardy Jr is next door. John Hardy Jr is the son of John Hardy and Ann Williams and is a cousin to Freeman Jr. your relation.
A neighbor is Susan Tucker a widow-she is probably a Rutherford relation, maybe Eliza A Haynes next door is Susan's mother or older sister?
1880: Collerine, Lowndes, Alabama
Age: 67
N. Herbert Tucker 38 Va NC Va (he is 5 in 1850)
Susan D. Tucker 67 Mother Widowed Va Va Va
Mary B Tucker 46 sister AL VA VA
Susan A Tucker 38 sister AL VA VA
After Eliza Haynes comes Martha Ann Key widow. She came with the wagon train from Edgefield after 1824. Her husband is Dr. Brazillia Key (related to Francis Scott Key) b. 12 APR 1797 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Brazillia Graves KEY was married to Eliza Ann Hardy granddaughter of John Hardy and Ann Williams before marrying Martha Ann Mundy. They probably had immigrated further from AL for awhile and when Brazillia died 15 FEB 1841 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi, Martha came back to her land in AL with the children.
Martha Ann Mundy
Father: James MUNDY b: ABT 1780
Mother: Lucy BARROT or Parrot
Marriage 1 Brazillia Graves KEY b: 12 APR 1797 in Edgefield District, South Carolina (father Henry Key of Edgefield SC)
Step children
1. James Key b: 26 May 1819 in Edgefield, SC (date doyle002@centurytel.net Doyle Baker)
2. Eliza Key b: 30 May 1822 in Edgefield, SC who m. Charles N./A. Bussey buried Double Branches Baptist Church, Lincoln County, Georgia. Children
1. Tandy W. KEY b: 19 JAN 1824 Edgefield, SC Residence: with his mother in Dallas ALand also 1850 - Lowndes, Lowndes, Alabama Planter living alone, no date on page, house 137
2. Sarah Jane KEY b: 26 OCT 1825
3. William H. KEY b: 28 OCT 1827
4. Lucy E. KEY b: 1 SEP 1829
5. Reuben KEY b: 12 NOV 1830
6. John KEY b: 5 MAR 1832 b Montgomery Co AL (now Dallas Co)
7. Richard KEY b: 10 JAN 1833 Montgomery Co AL (now Dallas Co)
8. Henry KEY b: 19 JAN 1834 in Lowndes County, Alabama9. Thomas Jefferson KEY b: 19 SEP 1837 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi10. Mary Ann Permillia * KEY b: 29 JUL 1839 in Fayette, Ms
11. Leroy L. KEY b: 19 MAR 1841 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Georgis Tax lists -early
Lowndes Rootsweb
Marriage Records 1818 – 1845, Dallas, Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames G - L
Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames M - R
Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames S - Z
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Marriage Book A, Lowndes County Alabama
March 14, 1866 - August 16, 1879
Groom Surnames A - Z
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Missing Marriage Records
1840-1842, 1862?
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John C. Hardy and Jemima Wilson documentation:
John Hardy's marriage to Jemimah Wilson is recorded on page 27 of the Marriage Bonds in the Register of Deeds Office In Windsor, NC. He is identified there as "John Croom Hardy" and the marriage was recorded on April 9, 1793. Bond was set by Stephen Buck and witnessed by Kenneth Clark.
In 1810 Jemima Hardy (I believe her husband is on a plantation across the Savannah River inside GA) is living next to widow Susan Lanier, d/o John Curry died 29 Nov 1818 buried Curry Roper Cemetery , Edgefield, SC and Keziah Lewis. They are a couple doors away. So is their son Lewis. Lewis Curry is on one side of Daniel Hardy s/0 John Hardy, and John Curry is on the other side. Also on the page are 2 brothers of Lukas Devore who married Susannah Curry Lanier's daughter Caroline Catherine.
Susannah Curry
Birth: 18 Oct 1774 in <,,Virginia>
Death: 14 Aug 1840 in ,Edgefield,South Carolina
Burial: ,Edgefield,South Carolina
Marriage Darling LANIER b: ABT 1774 in ,,Virginia
Married: ABT 1792 in ,Edgefield,South Carolina
Children
1880: Precinct 2, Ellis , Texas AL AL AL AL
Also, Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy's future husband Stephen Crenshaw b: 3 MAR 1764 (s/o Robert Crenshaw and Elizabeth Beuford) moved down into Edgefield District between 1800 when he was still in Union and 1810 when he is in the census in Edgefield. They have 2 girls and 2 boys. But then Freeman moved out of Edgefield to Pendelton. Between 1810 and 1820 Freeman moved to GA and then Lowndes Co AL by 1819 probably. There is no 1820 AL census.
1810 Pendleton District SC Freeman Hardy
Freeman Hardy and his wife Sarah Rutherford had moved from Edgefield up to Pendleton District. Daughter Mary Hardy is the only girl in the Household at this time. There are 2 young boys and an older on in the 3rd column. After 1810 Freeman and his wife went to GA. About 1817 Susannah Hardy Crenshaw and husband, as well as Robert Hardy, who was still single, left for Alabama to buy land. On the way they picked up Freeman Hardy who was living in GA still. The Gordons also came- they were from another prominent Lunenburg VA family.
Robert Hardy may have lived in a similar house with his parents John and Ann not so far away in the community north of Cambelltown called New Richmond, Edgefield District SC. John´s property was near the Savannah River off Big Stephens Creek and on Sweetwater Creek. I believe they also owned a large tract of Pine Woods which was actually on the Savannah River and would have been river upwards of Augusta GA on the SC side. They may have bought an undamaged house in 1784 with their property. Our ancestor Robert Hardy came to SC as a baby from Lunenburg VA with his parents (along the Philadelphia Road which went all the way to GA and on to Fort Miegs in AL) to the Edgefield District of Old 96th two years before his uncle Thomas got to the Tyger River area in Newberry District SC -- both districts were part of the Old 96th before 1790. I speculate that Thomas came with his brother John Hardy and stayed in John's house for a couple years till he found something suitable which ended up being in Newberry. An eyewitness to the time in the form of Susannah Hardy always claimed she was BORN in SC in 1780. This would mean that Thomas was in the area the last couple years of the Revolutionary War, a dangerous time in SC. His would have stayed with relatives from 1780 to 1786 when he bought the house.
Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy and her husband Stephen Crenshaw went to Alabama with Freeman and Robert Hardy about 1819-1820. Although Robert had been before to by land. He paid taxes on the land in 1818 in Montgomery Co as it called then. Robert Hardy's portion of Montgomery AL got cut off to become partly Lowndes County and others got cut off to become Dallas Co AL.
Freeman's brother in law Stephen Crenshaw was the son of Robert Crenshaw (also "Greenshaw") and Elizabeth Beuford who lived in the Tyger River area where Susannah's father Thomas Hardy settled. Robert's father William was born 15 APR 1787 in Amelia, Nottoway Parish, Virginia. Don Owens says Robert's father William deeds 200 ac. to him Oct. 1757 - Amelia Co., VA Deeds 200 ac. back to William 2-24-1768. Both Robert and his son Robert Jr. are in Union Dist. South Carolina in 1800 and 1810. Probably moved there in 1787. Robert died about 1810 in Union Dist.. Robert Crenshaw, Sr. and is buried at his Farm Cemetery, Union SC. Will dated Nov. 27, 1810. Proved June 3, 1811. His children are listed: Charlotte b. 1762; James; John; Letisha; Jane; Lucreta; Martha; Robert, Jr.; Randolph; Stephen; and Frances. Robert, Sr.'s wife is listed as Mary a second wife (not Mary Shelton). His first was Elizabeth Beuford. Charlotte married James Davis. Frances married Thomas McDaniel.
Union County Will Book ARobert Crenshaw and Elizabeth Buford b: 3 DEC 1738 in VA
Page: 173-177:
Will of Robert Crenshaw, Senr. of Union District . . . .
my wife Mary Crenshaw, during her widowhood, negro Billy, horse, cows and calves, etc. and the house I now live in, and one third plantation, village sermon book, Rippons Hymn Book; bed & furniture and other property that she had possessed when I married her; to my son John Crenshaw, L 342 Virginia currency which I formerly gave him; to my daughter Charlotte Davis, L 337 s 15 d 6 which I formerly gave her; to my son Stephen Crenshaw, with L 336 which I formerly gave him, one shilling Virginia money; to my daughter Letitia Ragsdale, L 374 s 5 d 9 Virginia Currency which I formerly gave her, one shilling; to my daughter Jane Stringfellow with L 189 10 Virginia currency, which I formerly gave her, one shilling; to my daughter Frances Dugan, with L 373 s 2 d 11 Virginia currency which I formerly gave her, one shilling; to my daughter Martha Evans, L 355 s 3 d 9 which I formerly gave her, one shilling; to my son, Robert Crenshaw, with L 312 s 7 d 10 Virginia currency which I formerly gave him, one shilling; to my son Randolph Crenshaw, all the plantation which I formerly purchased of Thomas Gordon in Newberry & Union Districts, with what property I formerly gave him; to my son James Crenshaw, tract whereon I now live, 550 acres, reserving the one third for my wife Mary, which I purchasef from Carrell, Musgrove, Breman, George, Grat, and Word lying on north side Tyger River; to my grandson Grief Crenshaw, plantation which I formerly purchased of William Mayes called Whites tract, 250 acres; remainder after above legacies divided so as to make all legatees equal: John, Charlotte, Stephen, Letitia, Jane, Francis, Martha, Robert, Randolph and James Crenshaw; son in law James Dugan, my son Robert Crenshaw, my son James Crenshaw, and my wife Mary, 27 Nov. 1810, Robert Crenshaw (X), Wit: Thomas Fewell, . .am Barker (X), Robert Crenshaw Junr. Proved by Robert Crenshaw Junr., 3 June 1811.
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There is a Crenshaw bible (Robert, Sr.'s). It says that Robert and Elizabeth moved from Luenburg Co., NC to Union Co., SC and became farmers.
Children
1. John CRENSHAW b: 27 JUL 1760
2. Charlotte CRENSHAW b: 11 APR 1762 in Amelia Co., VA
3. Stephen CRENSHAW b: 3 MAR 1764
4. Lettisher CRENSHAW b: 29 JAN 1766
5. Jane CRENSHAW b: 14 APR 1768
6. Frances CRENSHAW b: 14 APR 1768
7. Lucretia Crenshaw b: 13 JUN 1770
8. Martha CRENSHAW b: 5 FEB 1773
9. Robert CRENSHAW b: 8 JUL 177510. Randolph CRENSHAW b: 22 NOV 1777 in Lunenburg Co., VA
11. James CRENSHAW b: 12 NOV 1779
12. Grief CRENSHAW b: ABT. 1780
In 1830 Lowndes is a Freeman Crenshaw who moved on to Mississippi and I have no idea who he is. On an 1830 census page with Susannah Crenshaw (Mrs. Crenshaw) is Freeman Hardy her brother and Daniel Hardy-- her cousin and brother to Robert Hardy--- as well as William Francis Browning, Robert's brother in law.Stephen Crenshaw was a surveyor and a Revolutionary soldier, with a large family, stores and stock, etc., and moved from
1830 Lowndes Co ALR.R. Hardy is with his father Freeman Hardy Sr who did not die till 1848. mrs Crenshaw is on this page. That is Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy.
1840 Lowndes Co AL Freeman Hardy. practically the whole page is related in some way- lots of them as yet unproven-like which daughters of which Hardys married the men on the page. Off the top of my head, Moses Pearce came from Edgefield. His son was Lewis L. Pearce who was overseer for Mary Cartledge Hardy, wife of William Hardy, son of John and Ann. Robert W. Hardy (b: 25 Sep 1810 son of Daniel Hardy-s/o John and Ann-and Mary Roebuck from Edgefield SC). David Peebles was the brother to Nancy Peebles Hardy who married Robert Hardy, son of John and Ann. AT this point Robert has already moved up to Coosa Co. Then Daniel Hardy and wife Mary Roebuck, their son Miles Hardy b: 17 FEB 1818 in Edgefield, Daniel's brother John's son W.W. Hardy b: 30 Jul 1809 in Edgefield County, South Carolina d 31 Jan 1882 Dallas County, AL) m Elizabeth Wilson. Next after WW. is Daniel Hardy's brother William Hardy, husband of Mary Cartledge Hardy. He is the son of John Hardy and Ann and I have no idea why he and Freeman are living near the family of Jesse Hardy because I dont know of any relationship except Jesse's daughter Emily may have married a John Hardy. There are probably allot of Hardy daughters we dont know about and Hardy boys who married hardy girls. William Hardy's (Mary Cartledge) known children were1. Sarah Hardy b: 1807 in Edgefield Co., SC 2. Robert L. Hardy b: 1811 in Edgefield Co., SC 3. John Hardy b: 1813 in Edgefield Co., SC married Eliza 4. Edmund C. Hardy b: ABT 1814 in Edgefield Co., SC 5. Ann Williams Hardy b 26 Jan 1816 Edgefield Co., SC d 21 Nov. 1852 married Boaz 6. Margaret Hardy b 12 May 1819 died 26 May 1833 in Dallas Co 7. Mary Hardy b 12 August 1821 AL d. 21 May 1865 8. poss. Arlitha who m Lewis L. Pearce, son of Moses 8. Martha Hardy b 1824 AL m. Peter Webster 9. Eliza Hardy AL b 1826 10. Caroline C. Jane Hardy b. 11 July 1828 AL died 12 Sept. 1856 married Joseph E.Cartledge (Mary´s nephew b. 5 MAY 1823) 11. Amanda Frances Hardy b 3 Jan. 1833 AL d. 5 May 1863
Map of antebellum Lowndes before the Rebellion where the family can
be seen in the 1830 census with 4 boys and a wife. Stephen Crenshaw
was dead already 10 years by that time. Robert kept his Edgefield
property for 10 years and traveled back and forth from SC to AL.
I imagine that the slaves were such a trusted part of the family that
Robert could leave them alone to work while he was gone. The Hardy
attitude was a little different than was popularly known. The slaves
wore the same homespun clothing that the Hardys did. Everything
was made at home and all food was also shared as well, at least in the first decades of the 1800s.
Notes for other Hardy related kin living in the vicinity so you can check them against this data:
Dallas marriages
About the 1850 census page on which Sarah Rutherford is living.There are 2 Hardy lines on this page. Two are cousins and one is the widow of Jesse Hardy Jr from the Lemuel Hardy line of Bertie NC
At the top of the page is the last part of the household of Celia Golding who married Jesse Hardy jr. How could Jesse be related to the other Hardys? is he related to Sarah Rutherford? jesse Hardy Jr's daughter Emily married a John Hardy but I dont know who he is. There are so many Johns.
The Whatleys are related forgot how...
Sarah Rutherford Hardy is living with her son Benjamin F. Hardy. His name is I think written in the Bible of Celia Golding Hardy. See Bible below. John Hardy Jr is next door. John Hardy Jr is the son of John Hardy and Ann Williams and is a cousin to Freeman Jr. your relation.
A neighbor is Susan Tucker a widow-she is probably a Rutherford relation, maybe Eliza A Haynes next door is Susan's mother or older sister?
1880: Collerine, Lowndes, Alabama
Age: 67
N. Herbert Tucker 38 Va NC Va (he is 5 in 1850)
Susan D. Tucker 67 Mother Widowed Va Va Va
Mary B Tucker 46 sister AL VA VA
Susan A Tucker 38 sister AL VA VA
After Eliza Haynes comes Martha Ann Key widow. She came with the wagon train from Edgefield after 1824. Her husband is Dr. Brazillia Key (related to Francis Scott Key) b. 12 APR 1797 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Brazillia Graves KEY was married to Eliza Ann Hardy granddaughter of John Hardy and Ann Williams before marrying Martha Ann Mundy. They probably had immigrated further from AL for awhile and when Brazillia died 15 FEB 1841 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi, Martha came back to her land in AL with the children.
Martha Ann Mundy
Father: James MUNDY b: ABT 1780
Mother: Lucy BARROT or Parrot
Marriage 1 Brazillia Graves KEY b: 12 APR 1797 in Edgefield District, South Carolina (father Henry Key of Edgefield SC)
Step children
1. James Key b: 26 May 1819 in Edgefield, SC (date doyle002@centurytel.net Doyle Baker)
2. Eliza Key b: 30 May 1822 in Edgefield, SC who m. Charles N./A. Bussey buried Double Branches Baptist Church, Lincoln County, Georgia. Children
1. Tandy W. KEY b: 19 JAN 1824 Edgefield, SC Residence: with his mother in Dallas ALand also 1850 - Lowndes, Lowndes, Alabama Planter living alone, no date on page, house 137
2. Sarah Jane KEY b: 26 OCT 1825
3. William H. KEY b: 28 OCT 1827
4. Lucy E. KEY b: 1 SEP 1829
5. Reuben KEY b: 12 NOV 1830
6. John KEY b: 5 MAR 1832 b Montgomery Co AL (now Dallas Co)
7. Richard KEY b: 10 JAN 1833 Montgomery Co AL (now Dallas Co)
8. Henry KEY b: 19 JAN 1834 in Lowndes County, Alabama9. Thomas Jefferson KEY b: 19 SEP 1837 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi10. Mary Ann Permillia * KEY b: 29 JUL 1839 in Fayette, Ms
11. Leroy L. KEY b: 19 MAR 1841 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi
Georgis Tax lists -early
Lowndes Rootsweb
Marriage Records 1818 – 1845, Dallas, Alabama
Hardy, Edmund C. Lucinda Webster 29 Nov 1844 pg 300 Hardy, Elizabeth Seaborn I. Sorell 12 Jun 1823 pg 74 Hardy, Etty (Henrietta?) Willoby Gibson 25 Sep 1839 pg 165 Hardy, John Jr. Nancy Haggard 11 Jul 1829 pg 54 Hardy, M. G. (Mitchell?) Mary A. Olds 29 Oct 1844 pg 295 Hardy, Robert R. Adalina C. McCant 18 Dec 1838 pg 121 "Susan in my clutter collection I found my 1974 copy of Dallas Co marriage record Bk 1 p121 that clearly stated "you are authorized to celebrate the ...the marriage between Mr Robert R Hardy and Miss Adaline C McCants...." so must have been first marriage for her." Hardy, Ursula T. James F. Ansley 28 Feb 1845 pg 296 Hardy, William W. Lucy E. Mundy 27 Aug 1845 pg 300 Covington, Any Abram Pierce 27 Feb 1823 pg 75 Covington, Nance Willliam Grumbles 4 Dec 1823 pg 61 Rutheford, Dorothea Brooks William Moor (?) 29 Jan 1825 pg 58 Lowndes marriages 1 Hardy, A. J. Hardy, Sarah A. Feb 11, 1838 1 233 Peebles, David MG Hardy, Alonson Walker, Frances W. Dec 24, 1833 1 095 Wasden, William J. JP Hardy, Benjamin F. Fleming, Mary Ann M. Nov 23, 1843 1 385 Peebles, David Jr. MG Hardy, Elbert J. Watts, Elizabeth R. Aug 24, 1843 1 398 Lee, David MG Hardy, James Bender, Elizabeth Jun 12, 1834 1 105 Moore, David MG Hardy, James Monroe McCants, Martha Jane Dec 18, 1845 1 454 Crumpton, John MG Hardy, James W. Wilson, Mariah Louisa Mar 15, 1834 1 097 Hardy, John Crenshaw, Susan C. Jan 21, 1839 1 253 Rice, William MG Hardy, Miles Toney, Ann Caroline Jun 02, 1836 1 169 Peebles, David MG Hardy, Thomas Hays, Elizabeth Oct 25, 1838 1 265 Nicks, Zachariah MG Farris, M. D. Tugger, Jane Jan 28, 1836 1 150 McCall, Hugh JP Farris, Samuel Meadows, Martha Dec 02, 1832 1 054 His, Zacheus MG Favor, John (C.) Hudson, Elizabeth Dec 27, 1843 1 410 Moore, Alfred JP Bostwick, John H. Browning, Permelia Feb 04, 1836 1 153 Peebles, David MG Bozeman, David Wood Browning, Ann English Apr 12, 1832 1 041 Browning, William F. JP Browning, David M. Nutman, Mary Julia Nov 16, 1837 1 224 Peebles, David MG Browning, J. R. Zuber, Mary W. Nov 05, 1835 1 138 Nall, Willis R. MG Browning, Joseph R. Zuber, Mariah Apr 11, 1843 1 365 Rice, William MG Acker, George W. McCants, Sarah E. D. Oct 24, 1839 1 274 Crumpton, John MG Marriages Lowndes 2 Roy, Peter C. Hardy, Ann W. Oct 01, 1840 1 298 Carson, Robert MG Turner, Thomas J. Hardy, Elizabeth Jan 25, 1844 1 382 Peebles, David Jr. MG Webster, Peter W. Hardy, Martha Sep 07, 1843 1 401 Carson, Robert MG Werline, John Rutherford, Margaret, Mrs. Mar 10, 1846 1 461 Cater, Richard B. MG Smith, John Needham Moore, Dorathy Brooks, Mrs. Jan 07, 1836 1 144 Williamson, Peter JCCLC Dorothy Brooks Rutherford, widow of William Moor Taylor, Green B. Covington, Frances M. Jan 14, 1840 1 288 Peebles, David MG Peebles, David Browning, Desdmonia Feb 10, 1833 1 065 Browning, William F. JP William F Browning was Desdmonia Browning's brother Potter, Lockwood J. Browning, Mary W. Sep 19, 1833 1 077 Peebles, David MG Steele, David A. Browning, Julia Ann Oct 04, 1831 1 028 Campbell, G. A. MG Stephens, John Johnson, Katsey Ann Sep 20, 1830 1 005 Wasden, William J. JP Stephens, William Cain, Sarah Nov 08, 1832 1 056 Smith, Robert JP Larkins, William J. Browning, Elizabeth, Mrs. Nov 13, 1839 1 276 Peebles, David MG Elizabeth Atkinson was the widow of William Browning, married before coming Manning, William H. Stephens, Martha Feb 25, 1834 1 093 Browning, William F. JP Patterson, James B. Browning, Martha Jan 14, 1836 1 155 Peebles, David Jr. MG Sankey, John S. Stephens, Patience Dec 27, 1832 1 054 Graves, Peyton Smith MG Marriages Lowndes 3 DeBard, Thomas Davenport, Louisa, Mrs. Oct 04, 1849 2 56 Womack, John MG (Daughter of Stephen Crenshaw and Susannah Hardy, married 1st Sam K. Davenport in Montgomery County May 2, 1827, Montgomery Co. Marriage book C, pg 18) Herbert, Edward H(ampton) Debard, Louisa Feb 05, 1860 3 422 Shaver, F. L. B. MG Bond co-signed by R. H. Lee (Louisa Crenshaw married first Sam K. Davenport on May 2, 1827 in Montgomery County; she married 2nd Thomas DeBard on October 4, 1849) to Lowndes County Banks, James P. Crenshaw, Mary E. Feb 15, 1843 2 41 Simmons, A. M. JP Harris, Joseph Stephens, Martha Feb 08, 1848 2 3 Thompson, E. W. JP Stinger, Jeremiah Covington, Lucinda Feb 27, 1853 2 165 Moncrief, David A. Hardy, Julia A. Mar 31, 1853 2 178 Carson, Robert MG Roe, Benjamin F. Hardy, Sallie W. Sep 29, 1853 2 191 Rice, William MG Permission given by Francis W. Hardy for daughter Sallie W. Hardy, James L. Moncrief, Elizabeth H. Dec 29, 1853 2 200 Murphy, D. P. J. MG Permission given by William Moncrief for daughter Elizabeth H.,in Hickory Grove Hardy, James L. Cobb, Mary L. A. Aug 05, 1852 2 145 Carson, Robert MG Cartledge, Joseph E. Hardy, Caroline J. Nov 27, 1850 2 237 Lundy, Phillip H. MG York, Eli Hardy, Elizabeth Dec 17, 1851 2 123 Carson, Robert MG Sims, William L. Hardy, Matilda L. Nov 18, 1850 2 237 Lundy, Phillip H. MGDallas Co marriages till 1845 click blue to link
Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867 Surnames A - FMarriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames G - L
Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames M - R
Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames S - Z
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Marriage Book A, Lowndes County Alabama
March 14, 1866 - August 16, 1879
Groom Surnames A - Z
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Missing Marriage Records
1840-1842, 1862?
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The first Hardy family in Edgefield was John Hardy, s/o Richard Hardy and Mary Covington. The second Hardy was Richard Hardy-John's brother- his children were born in VA and he appears in the 1800 census but he arrived before 1794 when John Hardy wrote his will. The next Hardy line to arrive in Edgefield was before 1810- John C. Hardy whose wife is Jemima appears in 1810 and her nephew is Thomas Covington
John C. Hardy and Jemima Wilson documentation:
John Hardy's marriage to Jemimah Wilson is recorded on page 27 of the Marriage Bonds in the Register of Deeds Office In Windsor, NC. He is identified there as "John Croom Hardy" and the marriage was recorded on April 9, 1793. Bond was set by Stephen Buck and witnessed by Kenneth Clark.
In 1810 Jemima Hardy (I believe her husband is on a plantation across the Savannah River inside GA) is living next to widow Susan Lanier, d/o John Curry died 29 Nov 1818 buried Curry Roper Cemetery , Edgefield, SC and Keziah Lewis. They are a couple doors away. So is their son Lewis. Lewis Curry is on one side of Daniel Hardy s/0 John Hardy, and John Curry is on the other side. Also on the page are 2 brothers of Lukas Devore who married Susannah Curry Lanier's daughter Caroline Catherine.Susannah Curry
Birth: 18 Oct 1774 in <,,Virginia>
Death: 14 Aug 1840 in ,Edgefield,South Carolina
Burial: ,Edgefield,South Carolina
Marriage Darling LANIER b: ABT 1774 in ,,Virginia
Married: ABT 1792 in ,Edgefield,South Carolina
Children
1. Catherine Curry LANIER b: 1793 in Edgefield, SC m.Lucus (Luke) DEVORE b: 11 Mar 1791 in Edgefield, SC
2. Robert LANIER b: 22 Nov 1794 in ,Edgefield,SC died 23 Apr 1874 in, Edgefield,SC m. Catherine Purdom BYRD b: 1806 in Edgefield, SC
3. Deacon Silas LANIER b: 22 Aug 1797 in ,Edgefield,SC died 2 Dec 1884 . married Jane Day d/o John Davis DAY b: 15 Jun 1773 in Ninety Six, SC jane and Silas's daughter Caroline Catherine m. Benjamin Franklin STROM Col. b: 1818 in Edgefield The Strom's of South Carolina 1765-1983 by Samuel T. Strom, Sr. and Martha J. Strom, p. 110
4. Keziah LANIER b: 28 Sep 1799 in ,Edgefield,SC died May 1859 in, Lowndes,Al m. Freeman Hardy b: 3 Jul 1798 in, Edgefield s/o Freeman Hardy and Sarah Rutherford
5. Elizabeth LANIER b: 12 Apr 1802 in ,Edgefield,SC died after 1880 6. Lewis LANIER b: 29 Jan 1805 in ,Edgefield,SC died after 1860 in ,Morehouse,Louisiana m. Sarah Phoenix/Phenix
7. Martha LANIER b: 7 Aug 1807 in ,Edgefield,SC died 23 Dec 1849 in ,Edgefield,SC m. David Dobey
2. Robert LANIER b: 22 Nov 1794 in ,Edgefield,SC died 23 Apr 1874 in, Edgefield,SC m. Catherine Purdom BYRD b: 1806 in Edgefield, SC
3. Deacon Silas LANIER b: 22 Aug 1797 in ,Edgefield,SC died 2 Dec 1884 . married Jane Day d/o John Davis DAY b: 15 Jun 1773 in Ninety Six, SC jane and Silas's daughter Caroline Catherine m. Benjamin Franklin STROM Col. b: 1818 in Edgefield The Strom's of South Carolina 1765-1983 by Samuel T. Strom, Sr. and Martha J. Strom, p. 110
4. Keziah LANIER b: 28 Sep 1799 in ,Edgefield,SC died May 1859 in, Lowndes,Al m. Freeman Hardy b: 3 Jul 1798 in, Edgefield s/o Freeman Hardy and Sarah Rutherford
5. Elizabeth LANIER b: 12 Apr 1802 in ,Edgefield,SC died after 1880 6. Lewis LANIER b: 29 Jan 1805 in ,Edgefield,SC died after 1860 in ,Morehouse,Louisiana m. Sarah Phoenix/Phenix
7. Martha LANIER b: 7 Aug 1807 in ,Edgefield,SC died 23 Dec 1849 in ,Edgefield,SC m. David Dobey
Susannah'a parents children
1. SUSANNAH CURRY b: 18 OCT 1774
2. Lewis CURRY b: 1781
3. Martha (Patsy) CURRY b: 1784
4. John CURRY b: 1789
5. Carter (Cader) CURRY
6. Catherine (Katy) CURRY b: 1793
1. SUSANNAH CURRY b: 18 OCT 1774
2. Lewis CURRY b: 1781
3. Martha (Patsy) CURRY b: 1784
4. John CURRY b: 1789
5. Carter (Cader) CURRY
6. Catherine (Katy) CURRY b: 1793
There is no 1820 census in GA. Anyway Jesse Hardy and John Hardy are brothers.
1800 census Edgefield District SC
1800 census Edgefield District SC
1. two Richard Hardys-one is John Hardy's son and the other his friend referred to in his will
2. Freeman Hardy-indexed incorrectly as Truman
3. William Ingram-(kin to John Hardy's 2nd wife?)
2. Freeman Hardy-indexed incorrectly as Truman
3. William Ingram-(kin to John Hardy's 2nd wife?)
4.Allen Anderson-friend of John Hardy 1740 (and husband of daughter Mary Hardy)
5.George Anderson-brother or son of Allen Anderson
6. Agnes Cunningham-mother of Joseph Cunningham
7. Joseph Cunningham-husband of Sarah Hardy, John´s daughter
1810 Edgefield
1. Richard hardy (son of John Hardy 1740)
2. two William Hardys (One is born 1785 SC John's son and the other 1781 VA- Richard's son)
3. two John Hardys (one is son of John Hardy and Ann Williams?)
4. Daniel Hardy-(Daniel son of John Hardy and Ann, Jemima hardy and John Hardy son of John Sr are all on the same page)
5. Allen Anderson husband of Mary Hardy dau of John and Ann Hardy
6. Simeon Anderson
7. John Anderson
8. Robert Anderson
9. Henry Anderson
10. Thomas Anderson
11. Eliza Ann Anderson
12. James Anderson
13. Joseph Cunningham-husband of Sarah Hardy
14. Jemima Hardy wife of John Croom Hardy s/o Jesse Hardy Sr of Bertie NC married Jemima Wilson
Jesse Jr was his brother. Jesse Jr married Celia Golding who lived in GA and then Dallas Co AL.
5.George Anderson-brother or son of Allen Anderson
6. Agnes Cunningham-mother of Joseph Cunningham
7. Joseph Cunningham-husband of Sarah Hardy, John´s daughter
1810 Edgefield
1. Richard hardy (son of John Hardy 1740)
2. two William Hardys (One is born 1785 SC John's son and the other 1781 VA- Richard's son)
3. two John Hardys (one is son of John Hardy and Ann Williams?)
4. Daniel Hardy-(Daniel son of John Hardy and Ann, Jemima hardy and John Hardy son of John Sr are all on the same page)
5. Allen Anderson husband of Mary Hardy dau of John and Ann Hardy
6. Simeon Anderson
7. John Anderson
8. Robert Anderson
9. Henry Anderson
10. Thomas Anderson
11. Eliza Ann Anderson
12. James Anderson
13. Joseph Cunningham-husband of Sarah Hardy
14. Jemima Hardy wife of John Croom Hardy s/o Jesse Hardy Sr of Bertie NC married Jemima Wilson
Jesse Jr was his brother. Jesse Jr married Celia Golding who lived in GA and then Dallas Co AL.
Jemima's neice Patsey (Martha) and nephew Thomas Covington were probably living with her in Edgefield in 1810.
Carol Hardy Bryan wrote on genForum:
"Edgefield County, SC Deed Book 30, page 345 Jemima HARDY to beloved nephew Thomas Covington and niece Patsey Covington, Deed of Gift, 1 May 1811, great regard and respect, Negro girl Winny with her increase, Winny to remain in my possession during my natural life should that be before said Thomas Covington and Patsey Covington now respectively aged twenty and eighteen, said girl is to be handed over and the money arising from her hire to be equally divided between said Thomas and Patsey. Witnesses: Henry Briggs, Thomas Ingram. Jemima (x) Hardy.
Proven May 1811 by Henry Briggs before John R. Bartee, J. P.
Recorded 15 May 1811.
"Jemima Hardy appeared in the 1810 census of Edgefield with the following persons in her household:
1 Male under 10, 2 males 16-26 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45
This indicates to me that either her husband was away, or
she was a widow. She does not appear in the Edgefield census again. A
Jemima Hardy was a member of Hardy's Baptist Church which was on the
Carolina side of the Savannah River about ten miles above Augusta, GA.
She was baptised in Nov 1809 and deceased in Mar of 1814. Baptised in
Oct. of 1809 were John Hardy who was dismissed by letter Oct 1818, and
Mary was baptised in Oct of 1809 and dismissed by letter Dec of 1817.
This was the same church that John Hardy (son of Richard and Mary
Covington Hardy) belonged to and his sons Richard and wife Barbary
[Barbara supposedly a Holt]; Covington Hardy and wife Elizabeth Howerton;
Daniel [who married Mary Roebuck]; John [who married Clarissa Roebuck].
At the end of the next decade the Hardy children are making their
preparations to implant themselves in Indian land through Troop Co.
Georgia, and on to Coosa,AL"
Carol Hardy Bryan wrote on genForum:
"Edgefield County, SC Deed Book 30, page 345 Jemima HARDY to beloved nephew Thomas Covington and niece Patsey Covington, Deed of Gift, 1 May 1811, great regard and respect, Negro girl Winny with her increase, Winny to remain in my possession during my natural life should that be before said Thomas Covington and Patsey Covington now respectively aged twenty and eighteen, said girl is to be handed over and the money arising from her hire to be equally divided between said Thomas and Patsey. Witnesses: Henry Briggs, Thomas Ingram. Jemima (x) Hardy.
Proven May 1811 by Henry Briggs before John R. Bartee, J. P.
Recorded 15 May 1811.
"Jemima Hardy appeared in the 1810 census of Edgefield with the following persons in her household:
1 Male under 10, 2 males 16-26 1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45
This indicates to me that either her husband was away, or
she was a widow. She does not appear in the Edgefield census again. A
Jemima Hardy was a member of Hardy's Baptist Church which was on the
Carolina side of the Savannah River about ten miles above Augusta, GA.
She was baptised in Nov 1809 and deceased in Mar of 1814. Baptised in
Oct. of 1809 were John Hardy who was dismissed by letter Oct 1818, and
Mary was baptised in Oct of 1809 and dismissed by letter Dec of 1817.
This was the same church that John Hardy (son of Richard and Mary
Covington Hardy) belonged to and his sons Richard and wife Barbary
[Barbara supposedly a Holt]; Covington Hardy and wife Elizabeth Howerton;
Daniel [who married Mary Roebuck]; John [who married Clarissa Roebuck].
At the end of the next decade the Hardy children are making their
preparations to implant themselves in Indian land through Troop Co.
Georgia, and on to Coosa,AL"
Jesse Hardy Sr section to use as a reference when sorting thru Hardys in Dallas and Montgomery and Lowndes Counties AL
Born 1745 in Bertie County, Nc
Died Bef. 3 Sep 1827 inLincoln County , Georgia
Father: Lemuel HARDY b: Bet. 1695 - 1700 in Salmon Creek,Bertie County , Nc
Mother: Elizabeth PARROTT b: 1702 inBertie County , Nc
Marriage Bef. 1773 1 Elizabeth Rasor
also Reazor Rezor Reasor
Born 1745 in Bertie County, Nc
Died Bef. 3 Sep 1827 in
Father: Lemuel HARDY b: Bet. 1695 - 1700 in Salmon Creek,
Mother: Elizabeth PARROTT b: 1702 in
Marriage Bef. 1773 1 Elizabeth Rasor
also Reazor Rezor Reasor
Children of jesse Hardy Sr- these children I pasted in go to various links- not all the same tree
- John C. Hardy married Jemima Wilson child Eldred 7 Jun 1794 in Bertie Co NC She had 4 children in Edgefield census, so some are not known
- Eizabeth Hardy
- Hardy, Jesse , Junior married Celia Golding
- Miles Hardy
- Susannah Hardy Lived in Jasper Co GA
- Edward Hardy
- Nancy Hardy
- James Hardy
- Hardy, Cornelius P. lived in Jasper Co GA
- Judith Hardy
- Hardy, Josiah
- Sophia Hardy
- Hardy, Aquilla b: 10 Mar 1794 in
- Dicey Hardy b: ABT 1820
- Witmel Hardy b: 22 SEP 1822 in
- Children names written in Bible (probably not all children are Celia's Golding-some are nieces or nephews or grandchildren. Benjamin is I believe Sarah Rutherford's son)
- 1. Quarles HARDY
- 2. Sebron HARDY b: 10 OCT 1804
- 3. Mitchel G. HARDY b: 6 NOV 1806 (his Bible records- http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/dallas/bibles/hardy-mitchel-g.txt )
- 4. George Washington HARDY b: 9 OCT 1808 in
- 5. Thomas Jefferson HARDY b: 16 JAN 1811
- 6. Cornelius HARDY b: 6 APR 1813
- 7. Robert Jesse HARDY b: 11 MAR 1815
- 8. Henrietta HARDY b: 1 FEB 1816
- 9.
- 10. Susan Ann HARDY b: 1821
- 11. John R. HARDY b: 6 JAN 1823 in
- 12. Emily HARDY b: 8 APR 1824 m John Hardy
- 13. Mary Ann HARDY b: 7 MAR 1826
- 14. Elizabeth HARDY b: 16 APR 1828
- 15. Benjamin Franklin HARDY b: 5 FEB 1829
- 16. Catherine HARDY b: 5 JUN 1830
- 17. William John HARDY b: 9 APR 1831
- 18. Reom Ransom HARDY b: 8 JAN 1833
- 19. Aquilla HARDY b: 20 APR 1834
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dallas/bibles/hardy-jesse.tx
This Bible was certified in Montgomery, AL by DAR in September 1955
The last known owners were John F. Hardy of Meridian, MS and
Mrs. J. M. Hardy in Selma, AL
Original Owners
Jesse Hardy and his wife Celia Golding
Jesse Hardy Jr. was born in Bertie Co., NC on Jan. 26, 1776 and died July 25, 1845.
HE is buried in the Old Town Cemetery, Dallas Co., AL
Celia Golding was born in Lincoln Co., GA on Jan 16, 1787 and died Dec. 17, 1845 in Dallas Co AL
BIRTHS:
(This page was torn)
Mitchel G. Hardy was born Nov. 1806
Washington Hardy was born Oct. 9th 1808
Jefferson Hardy was bour Jan. 10th 1811
Cornelius Hardy was born April (torn paper)
Robert Hardy was born (torn paper)
Hampleton Hardy was born April 14th 1816
Henrietta Hardy was born Feb. 4th 1818
Susan Hardy was born June 16th 1821
John Hardy was born Jan. 6, 1823 (blur on paper)
Emily Hardy was born Apr 1824 (blur on paper)
Mary Hardy was born Dec. 1st 1826 (blur on paper)
Elizabeth Hardy was born April 16, 1828
Benjamin Hardy was born February 5, 1829
Catherine Hardy was born June 5th 1823 (blur on paper)
Rampson Hardy was born Jan. 8th 1833
Aquilla Hardy was born April 16th 1834
DEATHS
William Hardy died Oct. 14, 1829
Cornelius Hardy died April 15th 1836
Aquilla Hardy died February 6th 1839
Jesse Hardy died July 25, 1845
Sealy Hardy died December the 17th 1854
another source
www.bjhughes.org/hardy2.html+celia+golding,+jesse+hardy&hl=de
Children of Jesse Hardy & Celia Golding
Sebron b. 10/10/1804
Mitchel G b. 11/6/1806
George Washington b. 10/9/1808 Lincoln Co, GA m. Elizabeth Thomas
Thomas Jefferson b. 1/16/1811
Cornelius b. 4/6/1813
Robert Jesse b. 3/11/1815
Hamilton/Hampleton b. 4/14/1816
Henrietta b. 2/1/1816 m. ??? Gibson
Susan Ann b. 1821 m. ??? Lovett
John R b. 1/6/1823
Emily b. 4/8/1824 m. John Hardy b 1820 GA (could be Covington Hardy's son)
Mary Ann b. 3/7/1826
Elizabeth b. 4/16/1828 m. Thomas J Tanner 6/8/1818-6/30/1901
Benjamin Franklin b. 2/5/1829
Catherine b. 6/5/1830 m. ??? Harris
William John b. 4/9/1831
Reom Ransom b. 1/8/1833 m. Martha Thompson
Aquilla b. 4/20/1834
Quarles
John R b. 1/6/1823 Dallas Co, AL d. 1/24/1883 [Cem] m. 1848 Autauga Co, AL to Almira Gray b. 10/28/1829 d/o John Gray & Nancy Mullen
This Bible was certified in Montgomery, AL by DAR in September 1955
The last known owners were John F. Hardy of Meridian, MS and
Mrs. J. M. Hardy in Selma, AL
Original Owners
Jesse Hardy and his wife Celia Golding
Jesse Hardy Jr. was born in Bertie Co., NC on Jan. 26, 1776 and died July 25, 1845.
HE is buried in the Old Town Cemetery, Dallas Co., AL
Celia Golding was born in Lincoln Co., GA on Jan 16, 1787 and died Dec. 17, 1845 in Dallas Co AL
BIRTHS:
(This page was torn)
Mitchel G. Hardy was born Nov. 1806
Washington Hardy was born Oct. 9th 1808
Jefferson Hardy was bour Jan. 10th 1811
Cornelius Hardy was born April (torn paper)
Robert Hardy was born (torn paper)
Hampleton Hardy was born April 14th 1816
Henrietta Hardy was born Feb. 4th 1818
Susan Hardy was born June 16th 1821
John Hardy was born Jan. 6, 1823 (blur on paper)
Emily Hardy was born Apr 1824 (blur on paper)
Mary Hardy was born Dec. 1st 1826 (blur on paper)
Elizabeth Hardy was born April 16, 1828
Benjamin Hardy was born February 5, 1829
Catherine Hardy was born June 5th 1823 (blur on paper)
Rampson Hardy was born Jan. 8th 1833
Aquilla Hardy was born April 16th 1834
DEATHS
William Hardy died Oct. 14, 1829
Cornelius Hardy died April 15th 1836
Aquilla Hardy died February 6th 1839
Jesse Hardy died July 25, 1845
Sealy Hardy died December the 17th 1854
another source
www.bjhughes.org/hardy2.html+celia+golding,+jesse+hardy&hl=de
Children of Jesse Hardy & Celia Golding
Sebron b. 10/10/1804
Mitchel G b. 11/6/1806
George Washington b. 10/9/1808 Lincoln Co, GA m. Elizabeth Thomas
Thomas Jefferson b. 1/16/1811
Cornelius b. 4/6/1813
Robert Jesse b. 3/11/1815
Hamilton/Hampleton b. 4/14/1816
Henrietta b. 2/1/1816 m. ??? Gibson
Susan Ann b. 1821 m. ??? Lovett
John R b. 1/6/1823
Emily b. 4/8/1824 m. John Hardy b 1820 GA (could be Covington Hardy's son)
Mary Ann b. 3/7/1826
Elizabeth b. 4/16/1828 m. Thomas J Tanner 6/8/1818-6/30/1901
Benjamin Franklin b. 2/5/1829
Catherine b. 6/5/1830 m. ??? Harris
William John b. 4/9/1831
Reom Ransom b. 1/8/1833 m. Martha Thompson
Aquilla b. 4/20/1834
Quarles
John R b. 1/6/1823 Dallas Co, AL d. 1/24/1883 [Cem] m. 1848 Autauga Co, AL to Almira Gray b. 10/28/1829 d/o John Gray & Nancy Mullen
Emily Hardy married John Hardy b GA 1820 and lived in Montgomery Co in 1850 with Mary Frances age 2 and Emma age 1
I do not know whose son John is. He may belong to Covington Hardy because in Covingtons Bible is a John born 1820.
Children
1. Mary Frances Hardy 1848AL
2. Emma Hardy b: 1849 inAlabama
3. Wesley W, Hardy b: 1851 inAlabama
4. H. Taylor Hardy b: 1854 inAlabama
5. Marion Hardy b: 1858 inAlabama
6. Sislyan Ann Hardy b: 21 DEC 1859 inLouisiana
7. J. D: Hardy 1862 LA
8. Victoria Hardy b: 1864 in Louisana
I do not know whose son John is. He may belong to Covington Hardy because in Covingtons Bible is a John born 1820.
Children
1. Mary Frances Hardy 1848
2. Emma Hardy b: 1849 in
3. Wesley W, Hardy b: 1851 in
4. H. Taylor Hardy b: 1854 in
5. Marion Hardy b: 1858 in
6. Sislyan Ann Hardy b: 21 DEC 1859 in
7. J. D: Hardy 1862 LA
8. Victoria Hardy b: 1864 in Louisana
1870 United States Federal Census > Louisiana
House 79
John Hardy 50 GA
E. Hardy 46AL
W.W. 19 AL (Wesley)AL
H.T. 17 AL (Taylor? AL
M. 11 Al (Marion)AL
J.D. 9 AL male LA
Emma Hardy 20AL S.A.
House 79
John Hardy 50 GA
E. Hardy 46
W.W. 19 AL (Wesley)AL
H.T. 17 AL (Taylor? AL
M. 11 Al (Marion)AL
J.D. 9 AL male LA
Emma Hardy 20
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Aquilla Hardy son of Jesse Hardy Sr. and Elizabeth Razor:
Aquilla Hardy signed as to receiving "Sixty-seven dollars and ten cents in full of my legacy of said estate 29th of December 1828" bequeathed to him by his father, Jesse Hardy.
Per "Coweta County Chronicles," pg. 46 {and it references W.U. Anderson's "History of Coweta County, 1827}:
"Aquilla Hardy came in 1825 before the county was organized and rented land from an Indian, in, what is now, the Sixth district." he is thought to be the first white settler of the County. Aquilla purchased land in the Sixth District of Coweta County and had a trading post near Line Creek (now the junction of highway 34 and 54). The town ofKendron
1850 Census - Coweta Co., GA; Family #1191; age 56, b. GA; pg. 367A; line #7; farmer
14 November 1850; 19th Division
1860 Census - Coweta Co., GA; Newnan P.O. ; Family #818-720; pg. 773; line #29
30 July 1860; age 66, farmer. b. GA
1870 Census - Coweta Co., GA; 645 G.M. Newnan P.O. 7 Sept 1870, pg. ---- #1064-1050 Hardy, Aquilla 76 M W farmer GA Samuel 30 M W farm laborer GA Mary 30 F W keeps home GA Benjamin 4 M W GA Mary 1 F W GA
1880 Census - Coweta, Co., Georgia, District #645; pg. 455C Aquilla Hardy Self M Male W 86 GA farmer NC NC Nancy Hardy Wife M Female W 65 GA House Keeper NC GA Elizabeth Bolar Step-Dau S Female W 42 GA At Home NC GA Will Simonton Other S Male W 20 Al Farm Hand AL AL
The following person were living in Coweta County in 1883 and were receiving a pension as a survivor or a widow of the War of 1812. VETERANS
Hardy, Aquilla - living at Kendron - received $8.00 per month
Served in Captain Richard Park's Company Georgia Militia from 26 Aug 1813 to 2 Mar 1814
Per War of 1812 Widow's Pension:
91 yrs old, farmer, born in Lincoln County, Georgia; 5 feet 6 in high; dark hair; brown eyes; dark complexion
Bible: Aquilla married Mrs. Nancy T.Bolar on 6 Feb 1873.
Aquilla Hardy signed as to receiving "Sixty-seven dollars and ten cents in full of my legacy of said estate 29th of December 1828" bequeathed to him by his father, Jesse Hardy.
Per "Coweta County Chronicles," pg. 46 {and it references W.U. Anderson's "History of Coweta County, 1827}:
"Aquilla Hardy came in 1825 before the county was organized and rented land from an Indian, in, what is now, the Sixth district." he is thought to be the first white settler of the County. Aquilla purchased land in the Sixth District of Coweta County and had a trading post near Line Creek (now the junction of highway 34 and 54). The town of
1850 Census - Coweta Co., GA; Family #1191; age 56, b. GA; pg. 367A; line #7; farmer
14 November 1850; 19th Division
1860 Census - Coweta Co., GA; Newnan P.O. ; Family #818-720; pg. 773; line #29
30 July 1860; age 66, farmer. b. GA
1870 Census - Coweta Co., GA; 645 G.M. Newnan P.O. 7 Sept 1870, pg. ---- #1064-1050 Hardy, Aquilla 76 M W farmer GA Samuel 30 M W farm laborer GA Mary 30 F W keeps home GA Benjamin 4 M W GA Mary 1 F W GA
1880 Census - Coweta, Co., Georgia, District #645; pg. 455C Aquilla Hardy Self M Male W 86 GA farmer NC NC Nancy Hardy Wife M Female W 65 GA House Keeper NC GA Elizabeth Bolar Step-Dau S Female W 42 GA At Home NC GA Will Simonton Other S Male W 20 Al Farm Hand AL AL
The following person were living in Coweta County in 1883 and were receiving a pension as a survivor or a widow of the War of 1812. VETERANS
Hardy, Aquilla - living at Kendron - received $8.00 per month
Served in Captain Richard Park's Company Georgia Militia from 26 Aug 1813 to 2 Mar 1814
Per War of 1812 Widow's Pension:
91 yrs old, farmer, born in Lincoln County, Georgia; 5 feet 6 in high; dark hair; brown eyes; dark complexion
Bible: Aquilla married Mrs. Nancy T.Bolar on 6 Feb 1873.
(She was 2nd wife nee Harris b. 5 August 1815/GA - 25 July 1901 Kendron, Coweta County, Georgia)
Will Book "A" -- Fayette Co., Georgia
William Stewart (Steward) left his estate to his wife (unnamed). In the event of her death, all is passed to Aquilla Hardy
Aquilla was included in the list of Fayette Co., GA Justices of the Peace, 1820 - 1869.
Also included in the Coweta County, Georgia Grand Jurors - Sept. 1835, Sept. 1849, Sept. 1853
W.U. Anderson's, "A History of Coweta County from 1825 to 1880," pg.74; "Receivers of Tax Returns in the County of Coweta, from 1827 to 1880;
Aquila Hardy from 1850 to 1851; inclusive; 1852"
Sources:
1. 1830 - 1880 Census - Coweta Co., GA War of 1812 Pension "Coweta County, Georgia Cemeteries" pg. 502
2. Aquilla Hardy Bible -- In collection of Coweta Co. Genealogical Society.3. Lincoln Co., GA marriage records
4. War of 1812 widow's pension
Will Book "A" -- Fayette Co., Georgia
William Stewart (Steward) left his estate to his wife (unnamed). In the event of her death, all is passed to Aquilla Hardy
Aquilla was included in the list of Fayette Co., GA Justices of the Peace, 1820 - 1869.
Also included in the Coweta County, Georgia Grand Jurors - Sept. 1835, Sept. 1849, Sept. 1853
W.U. Anderson's, "A History of Coweta County from 1825 to 1880," pg.74; "Receivers of Tax Returns in the County of Coweta, from 1827 to 1880;
Aquila Hardy from 1850 to 1851; inclusive; 1852"
Sources:
1. 1830 - 1880 Census - Coweta Co., GA War of 1812 Pension "Coweta County, Georgia Cemeteries" pg. 502
2. Aquilla Hardy Bible -- In collection of Coweta Co. Genealogical Society.3. Lincoln Co., GA marriage records
4. War of 1812 widow's pension
