Gregory, I have a copy of an article written in 1979 by Patrick Thomas in the Nashville Banner stating that the great grandfather of John Wesley Hardin (JWH) was Swan Hardin of Maury Co. TN. Swan was enumerated in the 1820 census of Maury as Swan Hardon. Supposedly Swan had four children as follows: Augustine B. Hardin; William Hardin; Benjamin Franklin Hardin and Benjamin Watson Hardin, the grandfather of JWH. In 1825, apparently Augustine, a lawyer, and Benjamin Franklin, then age 22, got in a gunfight on court square in Columbia and killed two men, Isaac N. Porter and William H. Williamson. All four brothers were indicted for the murders so they left the county leaving Swan, who was innocent, holding the bag. He was tried in adjacent Rutherford County in 1826 and found guilty of manslaughter. Supposedly he moved to Hardin County and eventually to Texas. I find only one reference to Swan Hardin in Hardin County. "Hardin County Tennessee Records, 1820-1860" by Tony Hays. On 20 December 1824, Swan and Mary Hardin qualified as executor and executrix of the last will and testament of Martin Hardin. Swan Shows in the 1820 census of Maury Co., but I have not located him in another census. There is a William H. Hardin living in Lawrence Co., TN in 1830. This could be the son of Swan? Some Census material follows: David 1820 Census, Maury Co., TN Swan Hardon 1820 Census, Hardin Co. TN Ninnina Steel 001201-01401 James Hardin 110001-11201 James Goodin 20001-001 Joseph Hardin 0001-001 Gibson Hardin 120102-3211 Elender Thacker 2-0001 1820 Census, Wayne Co., TN Benjamin Hardin 32111-3001-5 1830 Census, Lawrence Co., TN William H. Hardin 10001-00001 1830 Census, Wayne Co., TN William Hardin 00000001-00030001 Amos Hardin 200001-10001-1 Abijah Hardin 0001-0001101 Ahab Hardin 00001-0001 Joshua Hardin 0011001-000001 William B. Hardin 00001-1001 Benjamin Hardin 0111101-0121001 1830 Census, Hardin Co., TN Gibson Hardin 00211001-011211 Mary M. Hardin 122-010001 1840 Census, Hardin Co., TN 1st C. D. Amos Hardin 112001-111001 2nd C. D. Mark Hardin 20001-00001 Benjamin Hardin Jr. 000101-00001 Mary Hardin 00111-0000001 William K. Hardin 000001-0001-1 Gibson G. Hardin 000001-0 4th C. D. Alexander M. Hardin100001-10001 5th C. D. Gibson Hardin 110010001-1001001 John Hardin 00002-1001 10th C. D. John Harden 1100001-10101 1840 Census, Wayne Co., TN Jesse Hardin 0111001-2100001 William Hardin 00000001-00001 Lewis Hardin 110101001-0323011 Robert Hardin 110001-10001 ----- Original Message ----- From: Gregory A Simmons <[email protected]> To: David Cagle <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [TNWAYNE] John Wesley Hardin > What kind of help are you searching for? > Are you looking for certain names in Census info. > If the Hardins went to texas to get land they would have been there by 1836. I have a ancestor a Blassingame W. Harvey who went from Hickman County Tennessee in 1809 to Louisana by 1820 and in 1836 he ended up in texas. He also went for land there. He lived in Augustine Co texas one of the areas the space shuttle debris fell over. It is possible that the familes did move there early. A john Aldridge who went to Augustine co. Texas was in Wayne county in 1820. Shortly after he went to Christian county KY where he married and then went on to Augustine co. Texas a little later than blassingame Harvey. > > > The route to get there seem to be Tennessee to KY on to Miss and Louisiana and then on to Texas. You may want to search Marshall county Miss. > > > I know my Harveys from Wayne County tennesse married into a Clement line that were cousins to the Hardins. The info I have is from a article written about Hardin County Kentucky. > A William Clements who was married and had 11 children. He started in KY but it is not know where and came to Wayne County Tennessee about 1829 when he bought land from a Nathan Biffle. His 6th Child Nancy Clements married a Hickman Lucas Harvey whose father was a Thomas G. Harvey my Ancestor. Thomas G. harvey was born in 1775-1776 in Laurens district SC and came to Maury Co. TN about 1816 and was in Wayne County from 1820 to 1840. > > William Clements 7th child a John Clements married a Mary Lucas Harvey a Sister to Hickman Lucas harvey. Williams 9th child was a James hardin Clements born 1821 married a Easter Mary Hardin sister to Martha Balch Hardin. > > William Clements 11th child a Emmanuel Clements married Martha Balch Hardin ijn 1836 in Marshall County Mississippi. Martha was the daughter of Benjamin Hardin and Martha Barnett. Benjamin Hardin was the son of Col. Joseph Hardin. Martha Barnett was the daughter of William barnett. Both William Barnett and Joseph Hardin were early settlers of Wayne County Tennessee. > > About 1836 they started the move to texas. I guess four of Emmanuel Clemments children were gun fighters as was their cousin John Wesley Hardin. > > Greg Simmons > >