Person:William Hardin (14)

Wayne County, Tennessee, 1830 census:^[2]

Hardin, William B.

Males:

20-29 = 1

Females:

under 5 = 1

15-19 = 1

Polk County, Texas, 1850 census:^[4]

Hardin, Wm. B. 44 yrs Farmer (real estate = $4,000) b. Tennessee

      Ann 40 yrs b. Tennessee

      Jerusha 14 yrs b. Texas

Polk County, Texas, 1860 census:^[5]

Hardin, W. B. 54 yrs Planter (real estate = $20,000; personal estate = $10,850) b. Tennessee

      Ann 50 yrs b. Tennessee

Polk County, Texas, 1870 census:^[6]

Hardin, William 63 yrs Farmer (real estate = $2,500; personal estate = $500) b. Tennessee

      Ann 59 yrs Housekeeping b. Tennessee

Williamson, Alexander 24 yrs Farm hand b. Mississippi

Jones, Barret 20 yrs Farm hand (personal estate = $1,000) b. Texas

Lott, Jesse 28 yrs Farm hand b. Mississippi

Jones, Margaret 15 yrs At home b. Texas

      Matthew 9 yrs b. Texas

Polk County, Texas, 1880 census:^[7]

Hardin, William B. 74 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee/South Carolina)

      Ann 69 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Tennessee (parents, b. North Carolina)

Jones, Claiborne 17 yrs Gr/son Works on farm b. Texas (parents, b. Arkansas)

      Elizabeth 14 yrs Gr/dau At home b. Texas (parents, b. Arkansas)

Bryant, John [BLACK] 15 yrs Servant Servant b. Texas (parents, b. Virginia/Tennessee)

Hardin, Seymour 10 yrs [blank] At home b. Texas (parents, b. Mississippi/[blank])

Served as a sergeant in Capt Martin Lewis's Co., Texas Revolution. Participated in the capture of San Antonio in Dec 1835, where he was wounded in the leg. Appointed lieutenant, Sep 1836.

Request for Pension:

Livingston, Texas March 12th 1885

Honorable W. L. Upton Chairman Finance Committee House of Representatives, 19th Legislature

Dear Sir:

We the undersigned citizens of this place and taxpayers respectfully request of you that you use your influence to have the name of W. B. Hardin of Polk County placed in the Appropriations Bill as a Veteran Pensioner with usual pay. Mr. Hardin has before been a Pensioner under all the general pension laws of Texas. He was in the battle of San Antonio where he was wounded--He is over 80 years of age--his wife nearly same age is living with him. He has no means of support and is absolutely in indigent circumstances . By attending to this matter you will greatly aid one who is really deserving-- a bona fide Veteran of the war of the Revolution--and we will take it as a personal favor to us.

Yours Very Truly,

[signatures to this petition, inn order of appearance. Full names provided by Cannon Pritchard where available]

W. D. Willis - Clerk of the District Court, Polk Co.[Walter Demetrius Willis] A. B. Green - Clerk of the District Court, Polk Co.[Arthur Berry Green] T. T. Crosson - County Judge & Attorney at Law [Thomas T. Crosson] M. A. Dunnam - Ex Sheriff of Polk Co.[Montalvin A.Dunnam] D. S. Chandler - Treasurer [David S.Chandler] J. M. Greer - Merchant [John Marshall Greer] Jas. P. Rogers - Minister [James P. Rogers Methodist Minister] W. F. Gibson, M. D. [William F. Gibson] Y. W. McNeil - Deputy Sheriff [Young W. McNeil] M. D. Ford - Atty. at Law [Martin Dauson Ford] T. L. Epperson - Co. Comm. Pct. No 1 [Thaxton L. Epperson] T. F. Meece - Land Agent [Theophilus F. Meece] L. DeWalt - Merchant [Lucian DeWalt] T. L. Freeman [Thomas Lott Freeman] C. J. Gerlach - Merchant [Charlie Jerome Gerlach] D. C. Victery - Farmer [David C.Victery] J. H. Shotwell - Farmer [Joshua H. Shotwell] W. K. McCardell - Medical Doctor [William K. McCardell] W. B. Shotwell - Farmer [William Bailey Shotwell] F. D. Bishop Sr. - Hotel Keeper [Ferdinand D. Bishop Sr.] W. E. Fitze - Merchant [William E. Fitze] J. P. Kale - Merchant [John P. Kale] E. V. Doyle - Clerk [Edgar V. Doyle] B. M. Fields - Clerk [?] I. N. Snell - Merchant [Isaac Newton Snell] Davis McCardell - Merchant [Druggist] F. B. Henderson - Merchant [Frank B. Henderson] E. D. Peters - Merchant [Elijah David Peters] J. A. McCardell - Atty at Law [?] Tom Moore - Atty at Law [Thomas Moore] Hill & Corey - Attys [James Ewing Hill & Robert E. Corey] T. J. Epperson - Sheriff Polk Co. [Thomas Jefferson Epperson]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Find A Grave.

   Find a Grave

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Wayne, Tennessee, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 307.
3. ↑ Texas Tax List Index.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Polk, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 186A, dwelling/family 141/141.
5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Harper, Mary M. 1860 census, Polk County, Texas. (Titusville, Florida: M.H. Harper, c1984)
   p. 32, dwelling/family 323/337.
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Polk, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   p. 442A, dwelling/family 325/325.
7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Polk, Texas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   ED 68, p. 8D, dwelling/family 128/133.
8.   Handbook of Texas Online
   "Hardin, William Barnett".

   HARDIN, WILLIAM BARNETT (1806-1885). William Barnett Hardin, a participant in the siege of Bexar and unofficial advisor to the Alabama-Coushatta Indians, was born in Tennessee on April 20, 1806, the son of Benjamin and Martha (Barnett) Hardin. His grandfather was Col. Joseph Hardin, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and a member of the general assemblies of North Carolina and Tennessee. In 1826 Hardin left Tennessee and headed for Texas. From the San Augustine area he traveled sections of the Alabama Trace and the Coushatta Trace to the wilderness a few miles west of the site on which the town of Moscow, Texas, was established at a later date. Here he developed a farm on land that was subsequently patented by members of his family. Before 1835 he made annual trips back to Arkansas and Tennessee to visit relatives. On August 20, 1829, he was married to Ann Holshousen, daughter of John and Annece Holshousen. In November 1835 Hardin volunteered for service in an East Texas army unit for duty in the Texas war for independence from Mexico. He began his military service as a sergeant in Capt. Martin B. Lewis's company, recruited from the territory of present Jasper, Tyler, and Polk counties. This company assembled near the Neches River and on November 16, 1835, began the long horseback trip to join the revolutionary army assembled outside Bexar. Sergeant Hardin entered San Antonio on December 6, 1835, and participated in the bitter house-to-house fighting that occurred during the next few days. On December 9 he received a leg wound that left him slightly crippled for the remainder of his life. He continued his army service for several months after the capture of San Antonio, and by September 1836 he was promoted to first lieutenant. After Texas gained its independence, Hardin returned to his East Texas home and resumed his activities as a farmer and surveyor. In 1846 Polk County was organized, and Hardin served in several official positions. He was deputy surveyor and an election judge. He served as an unofficial advisor to Alabama-Coushatta Indian chiefs Long King, Colita, Antone, Tempe, Long Tom, and Bill Blount. He helped to prepare and circulate a petition to the Texas legislature asking that a reservation be established for the Alabama Indians in Polk County. His signature appears first on this petition, which is dated October 29, 1853. In 1855 Hardin moved his family to a new home on Long Tom Creek in Polk County, about four miles northwest of Livingston. Nearby Barnett Creek was named for him. He helped to organize a Methodist church in Livingston, and his name is included on the original board of trustees. He died on July 28, 1885, and was buried in the Holshousen Cemetery on the Coushatta Trace west of Moscow.