I found Anthony Hardman's will in Shelby Co., KY. My Mother was a Hardman. Thanks, Dianne Black -----Original Message----- From: Merle C Rummel Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:44 PM To: Bob Harter ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [BRE] Frontier Brethren in Kentucky Book > Question: Was there also a Brethren community in Shelby County, KY? Adam > Harter married Esther Hardman, daughter of Elder Anthony Hardman. I am not > sure when they married, but he moved with the family from Frederick > County, > MD, to Washington County, PA. From there they moved with three of Esther's > brothers to Shelby County (now Spencer County), KY, before ending up in > Preble County, Ohio. > Adam Harter - Esther Hardman I have the year of 1788 for their marriage, no exact date. I have 7 children for them, with births and marriages, but not much more data. I have that, while they came to Preble Co OH (children all married there), they died in Elkhart Co IN (no exact dates -Adam about 1832 - migration about 1830). Yes, there were two church areas in the Shelby//Spencer County area. The Hardmans lived more north of Shelbyville KY, on Floyd Creek. This still seems to be the Beech Creek Church, near Mount Eden (Little Beech creek, Big Beech creek - just south of the hill up to Mt Eden).. Most of those families (Leatherman, Hardman, Hostetler, Ribble, came down from Washington Co PA (probably mostly from Washington Co MD). There was a main migration to the Dayton OH area from there. Christian Hostetler said that he moved to Dayton because they didn't speak enough German. Many of these also moved on across the Ohio River to the southern Indiana churches. The Briar Ridge Christian Church, northwest of Mt Eden, seems to be a successor of the Beech Creek Church. The other church area was the Elk Creek Church area, nearer the Falls (Louisville KY) - that area has become quite suburban, and I didn't find out much there. The Brethren seem to have lived more north of Shelbyville, on even into Oldham County Merle C Rummel ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:[email protected] ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

> I found Anthony Hardman's will in Shelby Co., KY. My Mother was a Hardman. > Thanks, Dianne Black Anthony Hardman immigrated from switzerland in 1731 and in 1748 married a Margaret He became a Dunker Minister, and was on the 1763 Annual Meeting, Standing Committee (then -chosen among Elders at the meeting). This was the time of the Catherine Hummer "problem". I have him in Frederick Co MD in 1768, then in 1770 in Middletown Valley (sold the land in 1779. He was in Washington Co PA in 1781. Then he is listed in the 1789 Jefferson Co VA tax list (which then included Shelby Co KY) he is in the 1792 Shelby Co tax list In 1795 he is listed in Shelby Co with sons David and Solomon, with Adam Harter and Jacob Ruble - on Snake Run of Guist creek and Beech Creek (mostly west of Mt Eden, maybe a little south) - he had a whiskey still. He died in 1803. I have no information on sons Daniel and Anthony. Abraham stayed in Shelby Co KY. Youngest daughter, Agnes, married Abraham Hostetler and moved to Orange Co IN, the Lost River Church (she died there, about the time it became the Liberty Church of Christ - her son was Joseph Hostetler, the "Boy Preacher", who confronted Annual Meeting about single and trine immersion baptism) Merle C Rummel