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About John Hardy:
NOTE: Although I have searched extensively, I have been unable to determine the parents of either John
Hardy or his wife Charlotte Bridges, both supposedly born in VA. I would appreciate receiving any information
which would help with this research. Thanks. ...............................................................
The
birth dates and locations of John's children from the Census, and other sources, indicate the following: John
and Charlotte were born in VA; They lived in TN in the years 1835 thru 1837, probably near Salem
in Rutherford Co.; They lived in Tippah Co., MS in 1839; They moved to Lafayette (which later
became Columbia) Co., AR, around 1845, and remained.
Charlotte died before the 1850 Census, and
John died in 1859. ...............................................................
From the
Tennnessee Tax List Records, 1783-1895, Ancestry.com: John Hardy - 1836 Rutherford Co. (no acreage
or slave tax, one poll tax) John Hardy - 1837 Rutherford Co., Salem District (no acreage or slave
tax, one poll tax) ...............................................................
From Goodspeed's
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas; Columbia County, Arkansas, 1890; sketch of
William A. Merritt, Page 497:
"Mrs. Merritt (Sarah J. Hardy) is a daughter of John R. and Charlotte
(Bridges) Hardy, native Virginians who came to the state of Arkansas about 1838, being among the earliest
settlers of this county. Mr. Hardy helped survey and lay off nearly all of the public roads and otherwise
assisted in improving and building up the county. There were no flouring mills in the county at that
time, but on nearly every settlers place could be found the old steel implements for making bread.
His wife, who died in 1844, bore him eight children, five now living. Beverly (a resident of Texas),
J.R. (residing in Howard County, Arkansas), Sarah J. (wife of Mr. Merritt), Caroline (wife of J.P.
Thomas of this county) and Martha (wife of J. R. Winkley of Columbia County). After the death of this
wife, Mr. Hardy formed an alliance with Elizabeth (Jones) Holloway and by this wife became the father
of four children. W.E. and J.W. of this county only and being alive. Mr. Hardy passed from this life
in 1859." ...............................................................
COLUMBIA CO., ARK.,
FEDERAL LAND RECORDS
This file was compiled from the Bureau of Land Management land records
and includes Homestead and Cash Entry Patents before 1908 for what is now Columbia Co., AR.
L
Name F Name MI Sec No T R Acres Date Remarks
HARDY
JOHN 19 18S 21W 40.19 1855/03/01 HARDY
JOHN 19 18S 21W 40 1856/05/01 HARDY
JOHN 19 18S 21W 80.73 1856/05/01 HARDY
JOHN 30 18S 21W 40.11 1856/05/01 HARDY
JOHN 30 18S 21W 40 1859/07/01
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Found
in the 1850 Census, Ark., Lafayette Co., Clark Township, page 184a, image 35:
Hardy
John 33 M Farmer VA Hardy Elizabeth 30 F
Ala Hardy Beverly D. 16 M Farmer Tenn Hardy
Molias 13 M Tenn Hardy John R.
11 M Miss Hardy Jessy 9 M
Miss Hardy Sarah J. C. 8 F Miss Hardy
Susan C. 4 F Ark Hardy Martha H.
1 F Ark
Census taken on 30 Nov. 1850. ...............................................................
1854
Tax List, Columbia County: Hardy, John - 1 Poll, 80 A. ...............................................................
Found
in the 1860 Arkansas Mortality Schedule:
Hardy, John Columbia Co., Age 46, Male, Nov., BP Va.,
Pneumonia ...............................................................
Columbia County
Wills and Administrations: John Hardy, 1859 Elizabeth Hardy, 1872 ...............................................................
In
the 1880 Arkansas Census, John R., his son, gave his father's birthplace as Virginia.
John's
birthplace was given as Tennessee on the 1910 Pike Co. Arkansas Census record for his son John R. Hardy,
I think this was in error. ...............................................................
Some
of the info on John Hardy and family obtained from Mormon site, http://www.familysearch.org/ ...............................................................
Descendants of John Hardy
About Charlotte Bridges:
Charlotte's birthplace was given as Mississippi on the 1910 Pike Co. Arkansas Census record for her
son John R. Hardy. The Goodspeed book states that both John and Charlotte were from Virginia. She
could also have been from Tennessee, since their two oldest sons gave that as their birthplace in the
Census.
Spelled "Bridgess" on one record.
About Jess F. Hardy:
I have found only two positive records of Jess Hardy, one being the 1850 Census when he was a child
living with his family, and the one given below:
Found in the 1860 Census, Ark.,, Columbia Co.,
p. 334, img. 122. Hardy, Jesa 16 Laborer; Miss
He is listed as living in a household headed
by John James, next door to his step-mother Elizabeth Hardy, working as a farm laborer. ...................................................................................
A
family source had Jess' birth date as 24 Jan 1841. I believe Jess was probably not born in 1841, as
has been commonly thought, since his sister Sarah was supposedly born in March, 1841, and that date
is pretty well substantiated with several records. Based on the 1860 Census, he was probably born in
1843 or 1844. ....................................................................................
Evidence
indicates that Jess served in the Confederate Army and died during the Civil War.
The following
two Civil War records probably refer to Jess Hardy, but there is no proof:
(1) From Confederate
Service Records:
COMPANY H, 11TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT
HARDY, J.F. Pvt Enl 9 Jan
1862 at Ft Thompson, MO. Captured 8 Apr 1862 at Island 10, MO and sent to MP at Camp Douglas, IL. Died
20 Aug 1862 at Camp Douglas, IL.
Company H of the 11th Arkansas was formed from men from Columbia
County, which makes it likely that this record refers to Jess Hardy.
(2) From the book "Confederate
POWs - Soldiers and Sailors Who Died in Federal Prisons in the North":
"Hardy, J. F. Pvt
11 Ark Inf. Died: 8/20/1862 Buried: Confed. Section, Oak Woods Cem., Chicago, IL"
I believe
these records do refer to Jesse Hardy, or if not, he likely served with some other unit. I have found
no further records which would indicate that he survived the war. .....................................................................................
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