Mark Hardin (1735 - bef. 1792)

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Descendants

Died before 8 May 1792 before age 57 in Nelson County, Kentucky

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Biography

Mark Hardin is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102093.

Mark Hardin served with Westmoreland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

First cousin to John HARDIN (1753-1792) for which Hardin Co., KY was named.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1735

SDATE 1 JUL 1735^[1]

Military Service

Military Service of Mark Hardin, son of Major John Hardin, who was with his father at Fort Pitt.

Letter of War Department, Adjutant General's Office Washington, D.C. dated July 14, 1936: "In an abstract of hides issued at Fort Pitt by Joseph Shelton, from June 7, 1777 to February 24, 1778, it shows that in October 1777 ten hides were delivered to Mark Hardin". (signed) E. T. Conley, Major General, the Adjutant General.

Fort Pitt shown in "Historic Restoration" pg 106, by Lewis Barrington, 1940 Gold Jubilee Project N.S. D.A.R.

Death

Death:

Date: 1792

SDATE 1 JUL 1792

Place: Nelson County, Kentucky^[2]

User ID

User ID: 7E60361DFEBF6B47AFF407181CB822288081

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 20 JUN 2011

Prior to import, this record was last changed 20 JUN 2011.

Note

Note:

VIRGINIA'S COLONIAL SOLDIERS; Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, 1988, Genealogy Publishing Co., 3rd Printing 1998.

p.93 County Militia Rosters

26 Jun 1757 Culpeper Militia Without Arms: included Mark Hardin

VIRGINIA'S COLONIAL SOLDIERS; Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, 1988, Genealogy Publishing Co., 3rd Printing 1998.

p.144 Dunmore's War 1774. Payrolls at Pittsburgh

Listed with Capt. Zachquil Morgan: John Hardin, Mark Hardin, Benjamin Hardin

Apparently the above service was used to prove he was in the Revolution for DAR - however that service is no longer acceptable since the Revolution had not yet started. (NOTE: The 1776 Project includes the pre-war years from Dec 1773, so we can display the 1776 Sticker for Mark Hardin per the above cited source.)

Mark Hardin received a Virginia Preemption Warrant, No. 1623, dated 24 Apr 1781. The warrant was for 400 acres in Monongalia but described a location on the Little Kanhaway adjacent land claimed by Robert Thornton, to include Mark's settlement [improvement] of 1772. The Little Kenawha today is within the bounds of West Virgina. There is a Warrant to his brother Benjamin in the same location and also mentions a settlement of 1772. John Hardin, possibly their older brother, also patented 359 acres on the Little Kenawha.

Mark was granted a patent on the above Preemption which had been surveyed 15 Nov 1783. He received a total of 909 acres, still described as Monongalia Co, the lower side of Little Kenhawa River, about six miles above the mouth, at the mouth of Grave Crk. Patent Book R, p.463.

The Little Kanawha River runs into the Ohio at Parkersburg, WV. This placed some of the Hardins in a handy place to explore Kentucky.

Mark was deeded land in Hampshire Co VA in 1773 from his father. This was 126 acres, part of 306 acres granted 1766 by Fairfax to Benjamin Rutherford and sold by Rutherford to John Hardin Sr in 1768.

The patent to Rutherford was dated 22 Oct 1766 and was for 306 acres, Lot #18 on Patterson Crk in Hampshire Co VA, on the Creek side of Lot #17 [Mark's father will leave a grandson 100 acres, part of Lot 17 on Patterson Crk]. It was issued to Benjamin Rutherford, Robert Worthington, Jane McCracken and Margaret McCracken.

Ann's father John Hartley lived on Patterson Creek in Hampshire Co. John Hartley named his daughter Ann Hardin in his will of 1783.

Grantor-Grantee Index of Hampshire Co. VA

1789 Aug 17

MARK HARDIN, (wife Ann) to Jacob Brookhart...126 a. on Patterson Creek.

They followed their children to what is now Washington Co KY.

The proof given in DAR papers for his service is somewhat doubtful and probably would not be accepted today, although it is likely he served along with his brother.

Nelson Co KY Will Book A:

p.86: In the name of God amen. I Mark Hardin of Nelson County and District of Kentucky being in languising bead of Sickness but of sound mind and Memry doth make ordain and Constitute this to be my last Will and Testament. first I gave my Soul to God who gave it me and my Body to the Ground to be buryed at the discretion of my Executrix and Executors and the funeral expenses to be paid out of my Estate.

First I give unto my beloved wife Ann one third of my Moveable Estate Otherwise my good and Chattles to will to do with it according to her discretion. Item, I give unto my beloved Sons Henry, John, Mark, Benjamin the tract or parcel of land I now live on to be equally divided amongst them only the part I live on in the dividing of it to be Benjamins and after my Daughters hereafter mentioned received their Leggacys all the remaining part that is not nor wont be mentioned In Leggacys to be Equally divided Amongst my sons and three youngest Daughters Mary, Lydia and Sarah for them to enjoy and prosess. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Catherine Hallet twenty shilling for her freely to enjoy and prosess. Item I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Hannah Stalcup twenty Shelling for her frely to enjoy and process. Item I give and bequeath unto my Beloved duaghter Ann six pounds for her frely to enjoy and prosess. All other Wills or Deed of Gifts prior to the date of this my last Will and Testament I declar them void and of no effect and do hereby Otherwise Anominate and appoint my beloved wife Ann as Executrix and my sons Henry and John Executors to this my last Will and Testament.

Mark (hisXmark) Hardin Seal.

Signed, Sealled and acknowledged in the presents of us this 31 day of March in year 1790

Benja. Hardin, John Hardin. Seman Robertson

At a Court begun and held for Nelson Co on Tuesday the eighth day of May 1792.

This last Will and Testament of Mark Hardin dec'd was produced in Court and Sworn to be Ann Hardin Executrix and Henry Hardin Exer. therein named and was proved by the Oaths of Benjamin & John Hardin and Seman Robertson Subscribing Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded. Test. Ben Grayson CC

p.67: 9 Jun 1792 - Appraisal of the Estate of Mark Hardin, deceased, by Samuel Robertson, William T. Caldwell & Robert Davis. Inventory was ordered to be recorded on 12 Jun 1792.

Event

Event:

Type: Military

Date: 1774

Place: Dunmore's War

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Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 29 Jan 2018), "Record of Mark Harding", Ancestor # A102093.

• WikiTree profile Hardin-286 created through the import of Comstock for Wiki.ged on Jul 27, 2011 by Kay Haden. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kay and others.

• Source: S111 Abbreviation: Ancestry & Descendants of Nassau-Siegen Title: B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 , Memorial Volume in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Coming of the First Colony to Germanna, Virginia, in 1714..... (The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in VA, Inc., 1964) Repository: #R3 Page: p.323
• Repository: R3 Name: Personal Library Address:
• Source: S303 Abbreviation: SOME HARDIN, HARDING, AND RELATED FAMILIES Title: Some Hardin, Harding and Related Families of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana. Compiled by Francis Harding Huron in collaboration with George Mark Harding & Betty Johnson Boyd. Self-published. Feb 1987. LDS Microfilm #1320699, Item 8. Page: p.3-17
• Source: S44 Abbreviation: WFT- Volume 5 Title: Family Tree Maker CD-ROM, WFT- Volume 5 Repository: #R3

1. ↑ Source: #S111 Data: Text: Hardin Family of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky p.323
2. ↑ Source: #S111 Data: Text: Chapter 13: The Hardin Family of Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.