Daughter of Robert "Robb" Hardin.
Married 1st Jessie Moore 4 March 1848, Knox county, Tennessee.
Children: John Wilkie, Edward Wade, Frances Elizabeth, William Lindsey, Mary Jane, Alpha and Jessie Lee.
Married 2nd William Riley Thornton 10 December 1865, Hot Spring County, Arkansas.
Children: Mark Houston, Carrie Etta, Edwin "Smiley", Sidney Clifton and Laura Emma.
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Roina Blake Hardin
Sex: F
Name: Roina Blake (Riney) HARDIN
Birth: 15 APR 1832
Birth: 15 APR 1832 in NC
Death: 28 MAY 1928 in Hot Spring Co., AR
Death: 28 MAY 1928 in Hot Springs, , Arkansas
Burial: Burnett Cem, Hot Spring, Arkansas

Father: Robert Hardin b: 16 NOV 1792 in Wash, Ky
Mother: JOHNSON b: ABT. 1796 in

Marriage 1 Jessie Lee Moore b: 10 MAY 1827 in Randolph Co., NC
Married: 4 MAR 1848 in Knoxville, Knox Co., TN
Children
Frances Elizabeth Moore b: 13 FEB 1853 in , Hot Spring, AR
John Wilkie Moore b: 27 NOV 1848 in ,,TN
Edward Wade Moore b: 30 SEP 1850 in ,,TN
William Lindsey Moore b: 20 SEP 1855 in Hickory Grove, Hot Spring, AR
Mary Jane Moore b: 7 DEC 1857 in ,,AR
Rozeta T. Moore b: 2 JUL 1860
Jesse Lee Moore b: 4 MAR 1863 in ,,AR
Lydia Alpha Moore b: 4 MAR 1863 in ,,AR

Marriage 2 William Riley Thornton b: 22 FEB 1842 in Madison Co, Tn
Married: 10 DEC 1865
Married: 10 DEC 1865 in Malvern, Hot Spring, Arkansas
Children
Sidney Clifton Thornton
Marcus Houston (Mark) THORNTON b: 14 MAY 1867 in Of Deroche, Hot Spring, Arkansas
Carah Etter THORNTON b: 20 JUL 1869 in Of Deroche, Hot Spring, Arkansas
Edwin S (Smiley) THORNTON b: 17 DEC 1871 in Of Deroche, Hot Spring, Arkansas
Sidney Clinton (Sid) THORNTON b: 28 JUN 1874 in Of Deroche, Hot Spring, Arkansas
Louria Emmer THORNTON b: 13 JUN 1877 in Of Deroche, Hot Spring, Arkansas
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Roina and her two husbands, produced a total of 12 children, and countless other descendants. On 28 May, 1928, death came at age 96 to this Hot Spring County, Arkansas pioneer. She is buried between Jessie Moore and W.R. Thornton in Burnett Cemetery. Each of their graves is marked by a white tombstone, carved of Arkansas limestone.

On the monument to the life of Roina B. Thornton, born Apr. 15, 1832 died May 28, 1928, is engraved the following:

"On that bright immortal shore We shall meet to part no more."

Robert Hardin, father of Roina is buried near the same tree which shades the graves of his daughter and her soldier husband, this husband whose body she buried "rightly" in the graveyard given to the community by the Burnett family.