Much of the biography of Abraham Hardin was obtained from letters by him to Lyman Draper, author of "Kings Mountain and its Heroes". While Draper, of Wisconsin, was writing the book he visited the Blacksburg,SC and Kings Mountain area, staying at the home of Abraham Hardin. Hardin states much of the information he knew about the battle of Kings Mountain was obtained from his grandmother Jennet Sharp Glenn. Jennet Sharp,a very young girl removed from Virginia in the company of the Hardins, Hambrights, Kuykendalls, McAfees, etc. She stayed at the homes of the Hardins and Hambrights for several years. She was staying at the home of Colonel Fredirick Hambright at the time of her marriage to William Glenn. William Glenn was taken prisioner by the British at the defeat at Briar Creek. It is stated that he died in confinement.
Hardin states he was born on Hickory Creek, Rutherford(now Cleveland) county, June 22, 1789 of poor parentage. There were no schools, so he had to labor on the farm and shop all day, read and study at night without help, except God's blessings of good heatlh and a retentive memory. In 1814 he bought a tract of land in York County, where he served the Anitoch Baptist Church as deacon and Sunday School Superintendant for sixty years. He was civil magistrate for forty two years, and was surveyor for York County for about the same length of time. He served in the state legislature for eight years. He was also a carpenter-made coffins, making one for his wife Rachel and himself.
He died July 11, 1881, and Rachel died January 16, 1880.
Hardin states he was born on Hickory Creek, Rutherford(now Cleveland) county, June 22, 1789 of poor parentage. There were no schools, so he had to labor on the farm and shop all day, read and study at night without help, except God's blessings of good heatlh and a retentive memory. In 1814 he bought a tract of land in York County, where he served the Anitoch Baptist Church as deacon and Sunday School Superintendant for sixty years. He was civil magistrate for forty two years, and was surveyor for York County for about the same length of time. He served in the state legislature for eight years. He was also a carpenter-made coffins, making one for his wife Rachel and himself.
He died July 11, 1881, and Rachel died January 16, 1880.
Much of the biography of Abraham Hardin was obtained from letters by him to Lyman Draper, author of "Kings Mountain and its Heroes". While Draper, of Wisconsin, was writing the book he visited the Blacksburg,SC and Kings Mountain area, staying at the home of Abraham Hardin. Hardin states much of the information he knew about the battle of Kings Mountain was obtained from his grandmother Jennet Sharp Glenn. Jennet Sharp,a very young girl removed from Virginia in the company of the Hardins, Hambrights, Kuykendalls, McAfees, etc. She stayed at the homes of the Hardins and Hambrights for several years. She was staying at the home of Colonel Fredirick Hambright at the time of her marriage to William Glenn. William Glenn was taken prisioner by the British at the defeat at Briar Creek. It is stated that he died in confinement.
Hardin states he was born on Hickory Creek, Rutherford(now Cleveland) county, June 22, 1789 of poor parentage. There were no schools, so he had to labor on the farm and shop all day, read and study at night without help, except God's blessings of good heatlh and a retentive memory. In 1814 he bought a tract of land in York County, where he served the Anitoch Baptist Church as deacon and Sunday School Superintendant for sixty years. He was civil magistrate for forty two years, and was surveyor for York County for about the same length of time. He served in the state legislature for eight years. He was also a carpenter-made coffins, making one for his wife Rachel and himself.
He died July 11, 1881, and Rachel died January 16, 1880.
Hardin states he was born on Hickory Creek, Rutherford(now Cleveland) county, June 22, 1789 of poor parentage. There were no schools, so he had to labor on the farm and shop all day, read and study at night without help, except God's blessings of good heatlh and a retentive memory. In 1814 he bought a tract of land in York County, where he served the Anitoch Baptist Church as deacon and Sunday School Superintendant for sixty years. He was civil magistrate for forty two years, and was surveyor for York County for about the same length of time. He served in the state legislature for eight years. He was also a carpenter-made coffins, making one for his wife Rachel and himself.
He died July 11, 1881, and Rachel died January 16, 1880.
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