This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HKB.2ACI/1843.4 Message Board Post: My husband was a black Hardin, so I have researched the black & white Hardin families in Marshall Co., MS. Joseph G. Hardin & Mary Monroe Hardin came to Marshall Co. in 1832. If you contact The HARDEN, HARDIN, HARDING ASSOCIATION online, Orville Hardin can help you out with the Hardin line.