Banister
Hardy
Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua Hardy
and Jemimah (Dodson) Hardy
Brother of
Tabitha (Hardy) Williams and Lewis Hardy
Husband of
Eva Alsey (Yates) Hardy
— married
9 May 1808 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Husband of
Evey (Pigg) Hardy
— married
20 Jan 1834 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Hardy) Mustain, Byrd Hardy, Elisha Hardy, John W. Hardy, Lydia (Hardy) Watson, Joseph S. Hardy, Louisa Ann Hardy, Obediah C. Hardy CSA and Presley G. Hardy
Died
at about age 76
in Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Jan 2016
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Biography
Bannister Hardy was born in Virginia, likely Pittsylvania about 1785. He would marry Alsey Yates on May 9, 1808.
Wife Alsey passed away likely 1832, as Bannister married Eva Pigg on January 20, 1834.
Bannister Hardy would be shown as head of house in Pittsylvania County censuses of 1820-1840.
By the time of the 1850 census, most or all of the children from Bannister's first marriage had gone off on their own. The eldest child shown, Louisa, is questionable as to who the mother is. The full list of children noted from 1850 and 1860 censuses:
- Louisa 1834
- Nancy 1837
- Obediah 1838
- Joshua 1841
- Tabitha 1842
- Henry 1845
- Presley 1846
- William 1849
- Virginia 1855
At least 3 of Bannister Hardy's sons would fight in the Civil War. Two sons of Bannister and Eva Hardy would enlist in the CSA, Obediah in 1861, and Presley in 1862. Both would serve in the 38th Virginia Infantry, Company H. From Bannister's previous marriage to Alsey Yates, son Joseph S. Hardy enlisted in 1861, and was also in the 38th Infantry, Company H.
The FamilySearch profile for Bannister Hardy shows his parents as Thomas Hardy and Jemima Dodson, but no source shown. The profile also shows Bannister's death in 1865, but again, no source.
Sources
- "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y5-4HC : accessed 15 January 2016), Stephen Yates in entry for Banister Hardy and Alsey Yates, 09 May 1808; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 45; FHL microfilm 33,326.
- FamilySearch profile for BANNISTER HARDY
- FamilySearch database, 1850 census Pittsylvania, Virginia, BANNISTER HARDY
- 1860 census Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, BANISTER HARDY
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Banister by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Banister by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Michelle (Bairfield) Brooks
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1c8a1a, FTDNA kit #B867741
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~0.78%
Laurie Pitman :
23andMe
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Hardy-4553
Exhibit B: "Banister Hardy" "Husband of Eva Alsey Yates married 9 May 1808 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia." Hardy-3405
These two people had the same name, and married the same lady, on the same date. It is logical to assume, therefore, that they might be the same individual.