JOHN HARDEE, A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER AND HONORED VETERAN

In 1776, John Hardee volunteered in the 5th Virginia Regiment. At the age of 14 he was too young to enlist. He crossed the Delaware River with General Washington and took part in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. In 1777, he enlisted in the 1st Virginia State Regiment. Over the next three years, he was at Valley Forge and helped build a fort at West Point. In 1780, he joined the army again in the 3rd Virginia Detachment. Captured at the Battle of Waxhaws, he was imprisoned in Charleston, placed on a prison ship, and escaped. Linking up with American forces a fourth time, he joined the 1st Continental Light Dragoons in 1781, took part in the Siege of Yorktown, and was sent to South Carolina, where he spent the remainder of the war. After six years, nine months in service, he was discharged in 1783 and returned to Virginia.

Later, he moved from Virginia to Kentucky (Bourbon County), Ohio (Preble County), and Indiana (Rush and Montgomery Counties).

On February 13, 1833, he applied for and received a Revolutionary War pension (S16140). In 1835, he was one of only 810 Revolutionary War veterans living in Indiana.

He was married twice. While the name of his first wife is unknown, his second wife was Lucinda Sears. According to his daughter Lucinda H. McMullen, Lucy Sears was the mother of his eleven (ten?) children.

Lucinda Hardee McMullen, of New Market, Indiana, was famous in her own right. In 1903, she joined the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Crawfordsville as a "Real Daughter" and was one of only 24 Real Daughters in the State of Indiana.

In the last part of his life, he was known as John Michael Joseph Hardee. Today the name of John Hardee appears on a fine-looking war memorial located in courthouse square in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

JOHN HARDEE, A REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER AND HONORED VETERAN

In 1776, John Hardee volunteered in the 5th Virginia Regiment. At the age of 14 he was too young to enlist. He crossed the Delaware River with General Washington and took part in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. In 1777, he enlisted in the 1st Virginia State Regiment. Over the next three years, he was at Valley Forge and helped build a fort at West Point. In 1780, he joined the army again in the 3rd Virginia Detachment. Captured at the Battle of Waxhaws, he was imprisoned in Charleston, placed on a prison ship, and escaped. Linking up with American forces a fourth time, he joined the 1st Continental Light Dragoons in 1781, took part in the Siege of Yorktown, and was sent to South Carolina, where he spent the remainder of the war. After six years, nine months in service, he was discharged in 1783 and returned to Virginia.

Later, he moved from Virginia to Kentucky (Bourbon County), Ohio (Preble County), and Indiana (Rush and Montgomery Counties).

On February 13, 1833, he applied for and received a Revolutionary War pension (S16140). In 1835, he was one of only 810 Revolutionary War veterans living in Indiana.

He was married twice. While the name of his first wife is unknown, his second wife was Lucinda Sears. According to his daughter Lucinda H. McMullen, Lucy Sears was the mother of his eleven (ten?) children.

Lucinda Hardee McMullen, of New Market, Indiana, was famous in her own right. In 1903, she joined the Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Crawfordsville as a "Real Daughter" and was one of only 24 Real Daughters in the State of Indiana.

In the last part of his life, he was known as John Michael Joseph Hardee. Today the name of John Hardee appears on a fine-looking war memorial located in courthouse square in Crawfordsville, Indiana.