Display Patriot - P-174890 - John HARDIN Jr

John HARDIN Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-174890

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Major
DAR #: A050246

Birth: 02 Jun 1733 / Prince William / VA
Death: 13 Jun 1803 Springhill / Fayette / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Maj, also Capt, Capt/Commander of Rangers of the Frontier
  2. Border Wars,, Crawford Campaign, Westmoreland Militia, 1778-1783

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Ellis, Franklin, History of Fayette County Pennyslvania, 1881, Chapter 12, pg 93-112
  3. Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Volume XXIII, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 221
  4. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Fifth Series, Volume VII, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 439, 743
  5. Egle, William Henry, Muster Rolls of the Navy and Line, Militia and Rangers, 1775-1783: With List of Pensioners, 1818-1832, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1898, pg 321
  6. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Rev War Military Abstract Card File, Items Between Hard, John and Harding, John: Item 24 - Rev War loan application dated 1 Apr 1784

Spouse: Isabella Strawbridge
Children: John; Nestor; George; Henry; Absalom; Issac;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1988-05-10 IL 220716 Carl Allen Jones (132901) George   
1990-02-23 IL 218565 David Norris Richart (134449) George   
2003-11-03 OR 16853 Millard Leroy Gardner (161380) Nestor   
2005-12-08 PA 24216 Lanny Ray Golden (166140) George   
2007-12-05 AZ 30303 Gary Clark Barras (170635) George   
2008-01-25 MT 30293 Thomas Robert Hardin (170915) George   
2008-02-11 AL 31014 Donald LeRoy Snyder (171093) William   
2009-11-20 AL 37254 Jack Allen Bacskay (175549) George   
2023-09-15 NC 108996 Daniel Carl Wiliams (227835) Miriam   
Burial:
Hardin Family Cemetery (C-0207676)
Location:
Springhill / Fayette / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2411269
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
73730511
Marker Type:
Headstone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Images provided with permission from PBMoubray, Find-a-Grave member # 47139133
  • There is a recent V.A. style upright white marble stone with a nearby bronze stake marker


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The graves are located somewhere near the southwest corner of the intersection of Larman Mill Rd and Morgantown Road



Author: Lanny Ray Golden
John Hardin, Jr., the son of patriot Major John Hardin, Sr. (P-174888), was born on 2 June 1733 in Fauquier, Prince William County, Virginia.
He married Isabella Strawbridge (1733-1814) also at Fauquier, Prince William, Virginia on May 3, 1751. Isabella was the daughter of Christopher Strawbridge. Mother’s name is not known. Together they had 16 children: Jack Hardin 1751 – 1818; Isabel Hardin 1752 – 1757; Cato Hardin 1754 – 1779; Elizabeth Hardin 1757 –, Nestor Hardin 1759 – 1839; Hector Hardin 1762 – 1800; John Hardin 1762 – 1853; William Henry Hardin 1766 – 1825; Absolom Hardin 1767 – 1850; Mariam Hardin 1768 – 1850; Matilda Hardin 1772 –; Mary Ann Hardin 1775; George Hardin 1776 – 1854; Elizabeth Hardin 1778 – 1779; Mehelia Hardin 1778 – and Alice Alcy Hardin 1783 – 1823. He was granted 296 acres on 18 Feb 1773 in Dunmore Co. and an additional 44 acres in Hampshire County on 7 Jan 1778.

During the Revolutionary War he served as Captain under Colonel William Crawford, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia fighting western border wars of the American Revolution from May 16-Jun 16, 1782. In 1784 a Militia Loan , a certificate of public debt #3161, L18.6.0, was issued to John Hardin for his tour of active duty in the Westmoreland Co. Militia as Capt of a Company.

In 1786 at George’s Creek, Springhill Twp, Fayette County, PA, he owned a grist-mill assessed at L100 located near Lewis Hunter's residence. On 4 June 1788 he received a bequeath of 5 shilling from his patriot father Major John Hardin, Sr, in his will. In 1789 his grist-mill was passed onto his son Henry.

He died on 13 May 1803 at 68 years and 11 months, and is buried in the Hardin Family Cemetery in George’s Creek, Georges Township, Fayette County, PA. His will was probated in Bedford County, PA on 3 June 1803 which is the date inscribed on his modern Department Veterans’ Affairs headstone. His will lists all his children. His estate settlement in Fayette Co, PA was completed March 1811.




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