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Facts and Events
Early Land Acquisition in Virginia
Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:
- P-193: John Hardin Sr. of Province of Pennsylvania, 100 acres on Mackraken's Still run of Patterson's Cr., in Hampshire Co. Surv'd 12 May 1765 for said John Hardin by John Moffett and forfeited by Advertisement and recorded in Book N. Deed to Hardin. Adj. Lots No. 17 & 18. 19 Feb. 1773. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 220].
Records in Virginia
- Northern Neck Land Grant; H-201: Mr. Christopher Beeler of Frederick Co., 67 acres in said Co. Surv. Mr. George Washington. Near Beeler's House, Mr. John Hardin. 10 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 62].
- Northern Neck Land Grant; H-202: Mr. Gerard Alexander of Fairfax Co., 340 acres in said Co. Surv. Mr. George Washington. Adj. his Patent purchased of Mr. John Hardin, Christopher Beeler. 11 Nov. 1752. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 62].
Source
- Ancestry
Related
- Notes for John Hardin, father-in-law of John Walker (348)
Burial
- From:Ancestry
- U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about John Hardin
- Name: John Hardin
- Service Info.: MAJ CONTINENTAL LINE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Birth Date: 1710
- Death Date: 1789
- Cemetery: Fort Hardin Pioneer Cem
- Cemetery Address: Hwy 60 Hardinsburg, KY 40143
History
The following is from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46953348/john-hardin
Maj John Hardin son of Mark Hardin and Mary Hogue
Married to Catherine Marr (1711-1786) on Nov 1730 in Strafford, VA. John and Catherine became parents of the following 14 known children: John, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, William, Mark, Jesse, Abigail, Catherine, Elizabeth, Susannah, Lucy, Nicholas and Eve.
John Hardin moved about 1740 to Frederick County, Virginia ; built the first stone courthouse in Winchester; served as Captain of Militia in the French and Indian War; Sheriff of Frederick County; bought land in Hampshire County, VA, 1762 and moved there.
Captain and Major in the border campaigns of the American Revolution; reported the death of Major Crawford at Fort Pitt in 1782 to the Virginia authorities; one of the first justices of Monongalia County; moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, 1786, and lived alone in a cabin east of Hardin's Station which had been established in 1780 by his son, Captain William Hardin; He was killed by Indians on the Brandenburg Road about a mile from Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
Maj John Hardin's exact grave is unknown: he was buried at Hardin's Fort just outside present day Hardinsburg. A tombstone is now placed at Kentucky Historical Marker #134 on US 60, coordinates N 37° 46.736 W 086° 28.269
References
- Find A Grave.
Maj John Hardin
Birth 1710
Northumberland County, Virginia, USA
Death 13 Oct 1789 (aged 78–79)
Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
William Hardin Pioneer Cemetery
Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
Maj John Hardin son of Mark Hardin and Mary Hogue
Married to Catherine Marr (1711-1786) on Nov 1730 in Strafford, VA. John and Catherine became parents of the following 14 known children: John, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, William, Mark, Jesse, Abigail, Catherine, Elizabeth, Susannah, Lucy, Nicholas and Eve.
John Hardin moved about 1740 to Frederick County, Virginia ; built the first stone courthouse in Winchester; served as Captain of Militia in the French and Indian War; Sheriff of Frederick County; bought land in Hampshire County, VA, 1762 and moved there.
Captain and Major in the border campaigns of the American Revolution; reported the death of Major Crawford at Fort Pitt in 1782 to the Virginia authorities; one of the first justices of Monongalia County; moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, 1786, and lived alone in a cabin east of Hardin's Station which had been established in 1780 by his son, Captain William Hardin; He was killed by Indians on the Brandenburg Road about a mile from Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
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