Married to Catherine Marr (1711-1786) on Nov 1730 in Strafford, VA. John and Catherine became parents of the following 14 known children: John, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, William, Mark, Jesse, Abigail, Catherine, Elizabeth, Susannah, Lucy, Nicholas and Eve.
John Hardin moved about 1740 to Frederick County, Virginia ; built the first stone courthouse in Winchester; served as Captain of Militia in the French and Indian War; Sheriff of Frederick County; bought land in Hampshire County, VA, 1762 and moved there.
Captain and Major in the border campaigns of the American Revolution; reported the death of Major Crawford at Fort Pitt in 1782 to the Virginia authorities; one of the first justices of Monongalia County; moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, 1786, and lived alone in a cabin east of Hardin's Station which had been established in 1780 by his son, Captain William Hardin; He was killed by Indians on the Brandenburg Road about a mile from Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
Maj John Hardin's exact grave is unknown: he was buried at Hardin's Fort just outside present day Hardinsburg. A tombstone is now placed at Kentucky Historical Marker #134 on US 60, coordinates N 37° 46.736 W 086° 28.269
Married to Catherine Marr (1711-1786) on Nov 1730 in Strafford, VA. John and Catherine became parents of the following 14 known children: John, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, William, Mark, Jesse, Abigail, Catherine, Elizabeth, Susannah, Lucy, Nicholas and Eve.
John Hardin moved about 1740 to Frederick County, Virginia ; built the first stone courthouse in Winchester; served as Captain of Militia in the French and Indian War; Sheriff of Frederick County; bought land in Hampshire County, VA, 1762 and moved there.
Captain and Major in the border campaigns of the American Revolution; reported the death of Major Crawford at Fort Pitt in 1782 to the Virginia authorities; one of the first justices of Monongalia County; moved to Nelson County, Kentucky, 1786, and lived alone in a cabin east of Hardin's Station which had been established in 1780 by his son, Captain William Hardin; He was killed by Indians on the Brandenburg Road about a mile from Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
Maj John Hardin's exact grave is unknown: he was buried at Hardin's Fort just outside present day Hardinsburg. A tombstone is now placed at Kentucky Historical Marker #134 on US 60, coordinates N 37° 46.736 W 086° 28.269
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