The nine children of Thomas Hardy and Phoebe Buford

        The illustration is of the house built by Thomas Hardy near Union in Union/Newberry District (formerly Old 96th District) SC. Thomas Hardy was the uncle of our ancestor Robert Hardy who lived with his parents John and Ann in the Edgefield part of Old 96th District of SC . The house was built 1800-1825 in 2 phases, after having lived in an original log cabin till 1800. A dirt lane of trees went through cotton fields on either side to get to the house from the main road. The book cover illustration is just to set the mood for the time when all this history began in Old 96th SC.

Richard Hardy Jr and Mary Covington had William Hardy 1720-27, Thomas born 3 Apr 1732 in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County, VA, Richard Hardy,  and John Hardy b 1740. Later the Isle of Wight Co VA where they were living became Mechlenburg and Lunenburg Co VA where the sons married. A Hardy named William supposedly married a Mary COVINGTON, daughter of Edmonds / Edmund Covington of Essex Co., niece of Mary Olive Covington who married Richard Hardy, Jr. The younger Mary was Mary Olive' s brother Edmund's child.  

I show the children of Richard Hardy and Mary Olive Covingtonso you can see how they moved in family groups: 

1. William Hardy b 21 October 1722   Will Book 3: p.388 lists the will of William Hardy dated 13 Jan 1791. Wife - Mary Elizabeth Winn Hardy; Sons - Samuel, Thomas, Covington, John (married Virginia Jeter), Stith; son-in-law Lydda Bacon (no wife is named); Daughter Mary Hardy; Brother Covington Hardy.  Revolutionary War soldier. He entered the Army on February14, 1778, and served in the company of Captain William Grimes, in the 15th Virginia Regiment commanded by Major Gustav Wallace. He was transferred in June to Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper's company, 11th and 15th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Lt. Col. John Cropper and Col. Daniel Morgan. He was again transferred about December of 1778 to Captain David Mason's company, 11th Virginia Regiment in which he served until February, 1779, when the company's Munter roll shows he was discharged. "Will of William Hardy

In the name of God Amen, I William Hardy of Lunenburg County being by the Blessing of God Almighty in my perfect senses do make and ordain this my last will and Testament as follows to wit. In the first place I desire that my just debt that I owe at the time of my making this will may be discharged as soon as may be out of my Estate, likewise I lend to my dearly beloved wife Mary Hardy two Negroes to wit Will and Lucy, during her widowhood likewise I give to my son Samuel Hardy seven thousand pounds Tobacco to be paid next to my aforementioned debts as soon as it can be done with Conveniency, to him and his heirs forever. Likewise I give to my son Thomas Hardy five thousand pounds tobacco to be paid in like manner, to him and his heirs forever. Likewise I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Hardy One Hundred and Twenty pounds to be paid in like manner, also one horse bridle and Saddle one feather bed and furniture and two Cows and Calves to her and her heirs forever, likewise I give and bequeath to my son Covington Hardy one Horse bridle and saddle one feather bed & furniture and two Cows & Calves to him and his heirs forever and at the Expiration of five years one Negro man named Stephen if the same Stephen should die before the Expiration of the aforementioned time that then said Covington Hardy shall have fifty pounds as soon as it can be paid with Conveniency to him and his heirs forever. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Stith Hardy one horse bridle and Saddle one feather bed and furniture and two Cows & Calves to him and his heirs forever and at the Expiration of nine years one Negro named Charles if said Charles should die or anything should happen so that he should not be fit for Service said Stith is to have Sixty pound as soon as it can be paid with Conveniency to him and his heirs forever. Likewise I desire that my Dearly beloved wife should have the use and Occupation of my land & plantation together with all Utensils in doors and out doors as long as she remain my Widow & at the Expiration of her Widowhood all to be divided among the Survivors of my Children and their heirs, likewise I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Hardy Two Hundred Acres land together with plantation whereof he now lives beginning just far enough below his spring branch to run west course to Covington Hardy lines to him and his heirs forever then fall down said branch to lay off my son in law Lyddal Bacon fifty acres to him and his heirs forever, likewise I give and bequeath to my son Covington Hardy Two Hundred Acres to be laid off below said Bacons on same branch to his & his heirs forever. Likewise I give and bequeath to my son Stith Hardy all the Remains of my lands and my part of the Mill not interrupting his Mother to him & his heirs forever; Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint my brother Covington Hardy together with my son John Hardy my whole and sole Executors of this my last will and testament. Given under my hand & seal this 21 day of October one Thousand seven Hundred & Ninety. William Hardy Signed, Sealed & Delivered in Presence of us John Cooke, Mourning Gunn, Elizabeth Winn, Betty Winn, Edmund Winn."

2. Samuel Hardy married his 1st cousin Elizabeth d/o Thomas Hardy (William's brother) and moved to Tyger River, Old 96th District SC. Thomas was Freeman's father.
3. Thomas Hardy 3 April 1732 died 1814 SC married Phoebe Buford
4. Stith Hardy went to Carolina with John Hardy and lived in Edgefield. Is he Benjamin Stith Hardy ?
5. Mary Hardy
6. John Hardy 1740 married Ann Williams

7. Richard Hardy III 1745 moved with Molly Matthews to Edgefield District (Saluda). Was this Richard Hardy married twice? There seems to be a Richard Hardy who married a 1st cousin Mary Covington and their son Benjamin went to Bertie NC. 

8. Covington Hardy b.1749 d. 1814 m. Catherine Buford d/o Henry Buford and Francis Corbin. Catherine's sister Elizabeth married Robert Crenshaw and moved to Old 96th District SC (Newberry). Robert's son Stephen married Susannah Hardy, Thomas's daughter. Catherine's brother Leroy Crenshaw and sister Mary went to Chester SC. Cousin Phoebe d/o of uncle James Buford married Catherine's uncle Thomas Hardy who moved to Newberry.
Covington's children: Vincent, Charles, John C. (is this John Croom?), Miles, Amelia, Letitia, Henry & Priscilla

Many colorful personalities have made a mark on Newberry District's history. Emily Geiger, a young woman living in what is now eastern Newberry County, rode her way into the history books when she delivered a message from General Nathaniel Greene to General Thomas Sumter during the American Revolution. Tales also abound about a Quaker girl named Hannah Gaunt who helped defend her father's house against a Tory attack. At the time of the move there were many Quakers who were living in the section what became southeast Union District. The Quakers moved on because of slavery between 1800 and 1810. At that time quite a few plantations came up for sale. These Quakers mostly moved into TN, KY and the midwest like Indiana. Freeman may have found a suitable property first in Edgefield and then an even better one became available in Pendleton perhaps from a Quaker family, as he suddenly moved to Pendleton between 1800 and 1810

Thomas Hardy b 1732 married Phoebe Buford/Beuford/Bueford daughter of James.

Phebe BEUFORD b: Aug 1741
Children dates from a family Bible (I don't have a copy, nor do I know where it is)
1. Elizabeth HARDY b: 18 Jul 1762 (m. her 1st cousin Samuel Hardy, son of William -Thomas's brother)
2. David HARDY b: 18 Oct 1764 died young
3. Thomas HARDY b: 31 Jan 1767 (m. Anna Powell Dixon of Person Co NC)
4. James HARDY b: 04 Mar 1769 (moved to Anderson County, South Carolina some time before 1810. He became a minister, known children- dau Elizabeth, sons Miles J., James Jr., John, and Richard B. Also an older dau and a youngest son with unknown names.
5. Freeman HARDY b: 20 Mar 1771 (m. Sarah Rutherford of NC, your relation)
6. Mary HARDY b: 04 Jun 1773 (m. Jesse Gordon)
7. John (W.) HARDY b: 07 Aug 1776 (m. Nancy Eppes)
8. Nancy HARDY b: 07 Oct 1778 (m. George Clarke of MD)
9. Susannah HARDY b: 20 Mar 1780 SC (m. Stephen Crenshaw her 2nd cousin. She always claimed she was born in SC )
10. Phebe HARDY b: 30 Mar 1782 (in SC m. unknown Reynolds and moved to GA Phoebe came on the saddle of her mother to their new property on Peters Creek, probably from somewhere in SC where they were staying)
SC Archives:
Series Number: S108093  Reel: 0019 Frame: 00438
Date: 1814/10/24
Description: HARDY, THOMAS OF NEWBERRY DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (ESTATE PACKET: BOX 29, PKG. 3) (2 FRAMES).
Names Indexed: HARDY, THOMAS//HARDY, JAMES/REYNOLDS, PHEBE/HARDY, JOHN W./MORIAH (SLAVE)/MAK (SLAVE)/HARDY, ELIZABETH///HARDY, FREEMAN/GORDON, MARY/CLARK, NANCY/CRENSHAW, SUSANNAH/HARDY, SAMUEL/HARDY, ANNA P./GORDON, GOVEN/RICHARDS, WILLIAM /
Locations: NEWBERRY DISTIRCT//
Type: WILL (TYPESCRIPT)//

Will of James Beuford, father of Phoebe Beuford who married Thomas Hardy, proving that Phoebe Beuford married him and not Phoebe Jeter, misfiled at James Benford-
S108093: South Carolina Will Transcripts (Microcopy No 9)

BENFORD, JAMES OF UNION COUNTY, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: BOOK A, PAGE 65; ESTATE PACKET: BOX 2, PKG 13) (2 FRAMES).

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Will of John W. Hardy-
S108093: South Carolina Will Transcripts (Microcopy No 9)

HARDY, JOHN W. OF NEWBERRY DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK H, PAGE 187) (1 FRAME).

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Our ancestor Robert Hardy´s cousin Susannah (d/o Thomas Hardy and Phoebe) lived in the house above briefly before she married. It was Carol Hardy Bryan who first discovered the will of Phoebe`s father James Beuford, and uncovered that Phoebe was a Beuford, not a Jeter. I guess I was the only one who believed Carol because the book above has Jeter as her last name, but that is proven wrong. Perhaps Jeter was her middle name, and as they so often do down in Charleston, SC society they called her by her first and middle names -instead of addressing her as plain old Phoebe. It would have been the custom to say the first and middles names as one word or name--and then that name stuck in everybody's memory.

Thomas Hardy and Phoebe Buford bought land on the Tyger River in the Old 96th District of South Carolina in 1786. Their daughter and last child Susannah claimed she was born in SC in 1780 which means they had stayed with family in SC during part of the Revolutionary war. It is said that the youngest child Phoebe rode on horseback with her mother to their new homein Old 96th District near Maybinton SC. However, rather than riding from Virginia as reported in Our Fathers Fields, she rode from somewhere in in SC to their new home, as Susannah her older sister was born in SC.  

Susannah Hardy and husband Stephen Crenshaw b: 3 MAR 1764 (s/0 Robert Crenshaw and Elizabeth Beuford) moved from the Tyger River down into Edgefield District near her her brother Freeman Hardy and his wife Sarah Rutherford who had also left Union District. About 1810 Freeman and his wife went to GA. About 1817 Susannah and husband, as well as Robert Hardy,who was still single, left for Alabama to buy land. On the way they picked up Freeman Hardy who was living in GA still. The Gordons also came- they were from another prominent Lunenburg VA family.

Thomas Hardy had a brother John who bought land near the Savannah River, Old 96th, in 1784, having sold land in Lunenburg VA a few months before. Their brother Richard Hardy and wife Molly Matthews came to Old 96th probably by 1788 and settled in the Saluda section of Old 96th. How long the families were in SC before hand is hard to say. 

In November 1786 Thomas Hardy purchased land on Peters Creek, a branch of the Tyger River near Union SC, the land located across the river from Union District where their daughter, Elizabeth and her husband were living. Although it is stated otherwise, I do believe they were already in SC at this time, perhaps staying with brother John near the Savannah River. The reason I say this is that Susannah Hardy says in 2 censuses that she was BORN in SC in 1780. This family was a family which believed in education, for both their girls and their boys so I doubt Susannah was uneducated and did not know where she was born. This was not a "backwoods" family who had no idea who they were or where they came from. They knew exactly.

At that time the Tyger River area it was virgin forest with panthers and parakeets. There was already a cabin for the family, so they built the slave cabins first. At that time the Hardys worked along side the slaves and the slaves wore the same homespun handwoven material as their masters. 

Thomas Hardy's ninth child

9. Susannah Hardy b 1780 SC

John Hardy's niece Susannah Hardy and her husband/cousin Stephen Crenshaw went to Alabama with John's Hardy son Robert 1819-1820 after Susannah"s a few years after her father died. Although Robert had been before to buy land. He paid taxes on the land in 1818 in Montgomery Co as it called then. Robert Hardy's portion of Montgomery AL got cut off to become partly Lowndes County. Stephen Crenshaw was a surveyor and a Revolutionary soldier, with a large family, stores and stock, etc., and moved from Edgefield District, S.C.. He entered the land known today as Lowndes County (Hayneville), cutting the roads and bridges as they moved. Like Robert, he may have also still owned land in SC.

Robert's cousin in law Stephen Crenshaw was the son of Robert Crenshaw (also "Greenshaw") and Elizabeth Beuford who lived in the Tyger River area where Susannah's father Thomas Hardy settled. In 1830 Lowndes is a Freeman Crenshaw who moved on to Mississippi and I have no idea who he is. On an 1830 census page with Susannah Crenshaw (Mrs. Crenshaw) is her brother Freeman Hardy and Daniel Hardy-- her cousin and brother to Robert Hardy--- as well as William Francis Browning, Robert's brother in law. 

According to OUR FATHERS FIELDS, the Hardys worked side by side with their slaves in those early generations and I imagine some of the slaves helped them build homes in Lowndesboro.

 To the left is the first page about the founding families

of Lowndes and how they lived as settlers in virgin 

forests of the Indians. The Indians were friendly in 

Lowndes. The other pages sent to me by Billy Parker 

are below. Mentioned are the Hardys, the Meadows, and 

especially the Crenshaws because they lost an 8 year 

old right away. His name was Robert. The Stephen Crenshaw 

family of Old 96th District were kin to the sons of John 

Hardy and Ann Williams. The Crenshaws had also originated 

in Lunenburg VA.

When they left for Alabama, Susannah probably visited her 

siblings Mary, Phoebe and Freeman who had settled in 

Georgia. 1850 in Hayneville, Lowndes Co. Susannah lived 

with her daughter Susan Caroline Crenshaw who married a 

John Hardy from Vermont. In 1850 Susan´s father and 

husband were dead and she had 8 slaves to help with the work which probably 

belonged to her mother and partly her husband.


Unfortunately her father Stephen died of exposure 

reportedly in 1821. From the looks of this census 

he died later than 1821 because Susannah has an under 

5 year old-of course it could be an orphaned 

grandchild. Stephen either fell from a horse and was 

too injured to move or he fell into one of the rivers 

during his road making. He was buried in the woods in 

Lowndes County at what is now Hayneville in back of the church 

and where later the grammer school was and finally Dreighten's 

Warehouse. Afterwards a Methodist Church was built near his grave. 

Later others were buried there and was enclosed by brick wall and 

was kept by his daughter Susan Crenshaw Hardy (widow Hardy) and 

by the grandson "Dr. Henry L. Whipple, of Montgomery. During the 

War Between the States the graves were neglected and later were 

sold and a warehouse marks the place. It is at Hayneville, 

Dreighman's Warehouse. A relative of Susan Crenshaw Hardy was 

a Mrs. Hardy who was 87 years old in 1927. Mrs. Hardy remembers 

seeing part of Stephen Crenshaw´s Revolutionary uniform, knee 

buckles, coat and pants which had been saved by the family. She 

saw these things at Hayneville. He was a private. Mrs. Hardy´s 

mother's name was Baby Ruth Queen Victoria. Mrs. Hardy was living 

in 1927 with her daughter at Stone's Tank, AL." 

http://www.archives.state.al.us/al_sldrs/c_list.html

Susannah's father Thomas Hardy died in 1814 and
Susannah's grandfather James Buford died in 1797 and here is his testament in SC, found
first by Carol Hardy Bryan of Edegfield.

James Beuford married Mary Warren d/o Thomas Warren and Mary Elizabeth Hackley from
Rappahannock Co., VA. James Bueford was the son of Henry Buford and Mary Osborne
of Middlesex and Lancaster VA James' niece and nephew thru his brother Henry Buford were
Elizabeth (wife of Robert Crenshaw below)and Leroy Buford who died in Chester Dist. SC.
So Susannah Hardy's mother Phoebe Beuford (daughter of James) was first cousins to the
mother of Susannah's husband Stephen Crenshaw-Elizabeth Buford, making Susannah and
her husband Stephen 2nd cousins?
WILL BK A, pg 65, box 22, pkg 13 - Union Co., SC written 19 Dec 1796
and recorded 10 Jun 1797 - Ben Haile, C.C.

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF JAMES BEUFORD
In the name of God, aman. I James Beuford of Union County & State of
South Carolina being of sound mind & perfect memory, yet
considering my age & frailty of body must expect are long to make
my final exit from this world, I do therefore make, constitute &
ordain this my Last Will & Tetament in the manner & form
following, viz.
Item, it is my will & desire that all my just debts may be paid.
Item, I lend to my beloved wife, Mary Beuford, three negroes viz:
Charles, Sue & Rose during her widowhood.
Item,
it is my will & desire that my beloved wife, Mary Beuford with the
advise & consent of my Executors, hereafter named, to choose out
and appropriate to her exclusive use such & so much of my stock,
household furniture, etc. as she & they may judge to be sufficient
to afford her a comfortable sustenance during her widowhood bequeath to
my granddaughter, Jitney Pride Glenn & to her heirs forever one
negro named Ned.
Item, I appoint & ordain that all the rest of
my estate both real and personal, including those negroes which I
formerly lent to some of my children (to wit) my negro man Kennor lent
to my son Tavinor Bird Beuford, Sal & her increase lent to my
daughter Lillian Philups, Lydda & her increase lent to my daughter
Lucy Tucker & also Daniel lent to my daughter Mildred Hutt, with
the rest of my estate both real and personal that I have never yet lent
out, that the whole to be sold in such a manner that my children shall
be the only purchasers ad the product of sale, I do ordain to be
equally and impartially divided between these Warren Beuford, Phibi
Hardy, Mildren Hutt, Lucy Tucker, Lelian Philups, Tavenor Bird Beuford,
Mary Walker or her heirs, Ambrose Beuford or his heirs to hem and their
heirs forever.
Item, I will & ordain that provided any of my above named children to
whom I have formerly lent negroes should fail to give up such negroes
to my executors hereafter named to be equally divided with the rest of
my estate, then in that case they sall be suffered to keep the said
negroes of which they are possessed by loan but shall on their thus
refusing to comply with my Will be excluded from having or possessing
any part of the rest of my estate either real or personal of which they
now stand possessed.
Item, it is my will and desire that at decease of my beloved wife,
Mary Beuford that all the estate then left to be divided as above.
Item, I give & bequeath to my son Henry Beuford twelve pounds cash which
I formerly lent him which it is my will & desire that it shall be his whole
portion of my estate both real & personal.
I do hereby constitute, ordain & appoint my two sons, Warren Beurford &
Travinor Bird Bedford & my wife, Mary Beuford, Executors &
Executirx of this my Last Will & Testament and I do hereby revoke
and uttely disallow & disannul all forms, bequeaths, wills and
legacies by me in any wise made heretofore declaing, ratifying &
confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this nineteenth
day of December, one thousand Seven hundred and Ninety-Six.

James Beuford {Seal}
Done in presence of:
Sam'l Hardy, Patrick Henry Sims,
John Buford
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Will of Robert Crenshaw, wife was Elizabeth Beuford also spelled  Elizabeth BUFORD
She was the sister of Leroy Buford and the children of
Robert's wife was Mary Shelton on married 26 MAY 1804 in Pittsylvania VA

Union County Will Book A
Page:  173-177:
Will of Robert Crenshaw, Senr. of Union District . . . .
my wife Mary Crenshaw, during her widowhood, negro Billy, horse, cows and
calves, etc. and the house I now live in, and one third plantation,
village sermon book, Rippons Hymn Book; bed & furniture and other
property that she had possessed when I married her; to my son John
Crenshaw, L 342 Virginia currency which I formerly gave him; to my
daughter Charlotte Davis, L 337 s 15 d 6 which I formerly gave her; to
my son Stephen Crenshaw, with L 336 which I formerly gave him, one
shilling Virginia money; to my daughter Letitia Ragsdale, L 374 s 5 d 9
Virginia Currency which I formerly gave her, one shilling; to my
daughter Jane Stringfellow with L 189 10 Virginia currency, which I
formerly gave her, one shilling; to my daughter Frances Dugan, with L
373 s 2 d 11 Virginia currency which I formerly gave her, one shilling;
to my daughter Martha Evans, L 355 s 3 d 9 which I formerly gave her,
one shilling; to my son, Robert Crenshaw, with L 312 s 7 d 10 Virginia
currency which I formerly gave him, one shilling; to my son Randolph
Crenshaw, all the plantation which I formerly purchased of Thomas
Gordon in Newberry & Union Districts, with what property I formerly
gave him; to my son James Crenshaw, tract whereon I now live, 550
acres, reserving the one third for my wife Mary, which I purchasef from
Carrell, Musgrove, Breman, George, Grat, and Word lying on north side
Tyger River; to my grandson Grief Crenshaw, plantation which I formerly
purchased of William Mayes called Whites tract, 250 acres; remainder
after above legacies divided so as to make all legatees equal: John,
Charlotte, Stephen, Letitia, Jane, Francis, Martha, Robert, Randolph
and James Crenshaw; son in law James Dugan, my son Robert Crenshaw, my
son James Crenshaw, and my wife Mary, 27 Nov. 1810, Robert Crenshaw
(X), Wit: Thomas Fewell, . .am Barker (X), Robert Crenshaw Junr. Proved
by Robert Crenshaw Junr., 3 June 1811.
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There is a Crenshaw bible (Robert Crenshaw, Sr.'s). It says that Robert and Elizabeth
b: December 3, 1738 in VA moved from Lunenburg Co., NC to Union Co., SC
and became farmers.

1. John CRENSHAW b: 27 JUL 1760
2. Charlotte CRENSHAW b: 11 APR 1762 Amelia Co., VA died 8 OCT 1832 in Union Co., SC
married 1783-89 James L.Davis in SC
3. Stephen CRENSHAW : 3 MAR 1764 married Susannah Hardy d/o Thomas Hardy and Phoebe Beuford
4. Lettisher CRENSHAW b: 29 JAN 1766 married unknown Ragsdale in SC, dead by 1810
5. Jane CRENSHAW b: 14 APR 1768 married ?Henry Stringfellow b.20 SEP 1777
6. Frances CRENSHAW b: 14 APR 1768 buried Cane Creek Quaker Cemetery, Union Co., SC
married Thomas McDaniel and James DUGAN  b: July 29, 1778
7. Lucretia CRENSHAW b: 13 JUN 1770 died by Feb 1810
8. Martha CRENSHAW b: 5 FEB 1773 married unknown Evans
9. Robert CRENSHAW b: 8 JUL 1775 married Dorothy ABELL b. November 3, 1784 died September 19, 1804
and had one child Ephraim Abel (see excerpt of Robert's will below)Dorothy was probably the youngest
daughter "Dulley" of Ephraim Abell of Orange, VA  Her grandfather would have been the father of Susan
Stringfellow, Robert Stringfellow. Dulley's mother was Elizabeth (Betsy) Stringfellow born 27 JAN 1768
in Fauquier, Va died 9 JUN 1858 in ,Greenville, South Carolina
10. Randolph CRENSHAW b: 22 NOV 1777 married 10 Nov 1802 in ,Fauquier,Virginia Susan STRINGFELLOW
b: 16 May 1784 d/o Robert b: 17 Sep 1736 in , King George VA Robert Rittenhouse Stringfellow owned two Virginia estates: "White Chimney" on the
Fredericksburg-Warrington Road and "Liberty Hill" a show place of Fauquier County.
11. James CRENSHAW b: 12 NOV 1779 married 1805 Betsey Newbil
12. Grief CRENSHAW b: ABT. 1780 died by Feb 1810
After Thomas McDaniel's death, his widow, Frances (Crenshaw) McDaniel
remarried James Duggan. There is a bit about her in the diaries of Rev.
Saye, a local historian of the times:

"Died at her residence in Union District, SC, December 1st 1856 in the
89th year of her age, Mrs. Frances Dugan. She had been from early life
a member of the Presbyterian Church, first at Grassy Spring and subsequently
for more than 40 years at Crane Creek. Her maiden name was Crenshaw. She was
first married to Mr. McDaniel and after his death to James Dugan, Esq.
Her life after her first marriage was spent one mile east of Cook's
Bridge on Tyger River. She was a quiet orderly industrious woman. She
was the step-mother of Matilda. She died almost without disease, having
been unwell a short time, some 10 days, before her death, recovered and
kept going till a few hours before death when she was taken down and
died before medical aid could be provided. Thus she went off the stage
of life as quietly as she had moved unobtrusively while on it."
- Eugene Farr, Sept. 2001.

Robert's father William deeds 200 ac. to him Oct. 1757 - Amelia Co., VA
Deeds 200 ac. back to William 2-24-1768. Both Robert and his son Robert
Jr. are in Union Dist. South Carolina in 1800 and 1810. Probably moved
there in 1787.

Excerpt of Stephen`s brother Robert's will;
Item I desire my Executors that if my son Ephriam Abel Crenshaw should
die or make his exit before he arrives to lawful age that all my estate
real and personal be equally divided among my brothers and sisters viz,
John Crenshaw, Charlotte Davis, Stephen Crenshaw, Jane
Stringfellow,Frances Dugan, Randolph Crenshaw, James Crenshaw and
Martha Evans which I give them

Item I appoint my friends James
Dugan, David Johnson, James Crenshaw and Anderson Crenshaw Executors to
this my last will and testament.

Signed and Sealed by the Testator as his last will and Testament this

eight day of February anno Domini 1810

In presence of us
Benn. Gleen
Sam Otterson
Robert McDaniel Signed Robt. Crenshaw
Recorded 18th day of Feb. 1810
His will is dated before his father's:Robert Crenshaw, Sr. Will dated Nov. 27, 1810. Proved June 3, 1811

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Page from OUR FATHERS FIELDS- more to come click to enlarge

Other material concerning the Hardy family-
Stephen Crenshaw RS

The above report is a little jumbled up POSSIBLY. I have looked for days and can find no 1840 born Hardy white woman in the Lowndes/Coosa vicinity in 1920 or 1930. Of course there is no telling where Stones Tank used to be. They give no county, but they are talking as if they are in Lowndes. However the Lowndes, Dallas and Coosa County Hardys were kin and went back and forth. Susan/Susannah Hardy Crenshaw had quite a few children in the 1830 census and it looks like she had just reached the end of her child bearing years. She had one child under 5 in the house and she would have been 50. Her child Robert had been killed after arriving. Her daughter Louisa was born 1809. Her son Edward married right after the 1830 census.

By 1840 only her youngest daughter and a son were home.The daughter would have been Susan who married John Hardy from Bradford, Vermont. In the mother and daughter team 1840 they had only 8 slaves , although Susannah and her husband had had 26 in Abbeville District SC in 1820. She must have distributed them to her numerous children. Stephen Crenshaw may have died later than 1821 as reported because Susannah has a boy child 5 and under in 1830, born in the 5 years before the census. 

Their daughter Louisa was 8 years old when they left for AL and born ca 1811:
1860: Northern Division, Lowndes, Alabama
Post Office: Hayneville
E H Harbert 60 SC
Louisa Harbert 49 SC (Crenshaw, no children that I know of-this is a second marriage)
Sarah E Harbert 26
Thomas T Harbert 24
Benj P Harbert 17
H A Harbert 15
Susan Cronshaw 80 SC

Possibly a son Joseph.
1860: Southern Division, Lowndes, Alabama
Post Office: Mount Willing
Joseph Crenshaw 48
Lucy Crenshaw 53
J S Crenshaw 24
W R Crenshaw 18
Emaline Crenshaw 16
B J Crenshaw 13
M J Crenshaw 8She has an unknown son who married Emily:

Unknown son who married Emily Pearce-
1860: Southern Division, Lowndes, Alabama
Post Office: Mount Willing
Emly Crenshaw 41
Milo P Crenshaw 28 AL
Walter R Crenshaw 24 AL
also seen in 1850 are Virginia age 13 (1837)and James M. age 6 (1844) and Mary E. age 17 married to James P. Banks age 25 Planter SC

Her youngest daughter Susan C. was born 1820 in SC just before her parents left SC. Susan C. married John Hardy b: 17-JAN-1814 Bradford, Vermont. He died 11 Sep 1843 in Haynesville, Al.
Children
1. Alabama Hardy b 31 MAY 1841 in Al m. 13 May 1857 to Capt Samuel Oliver Meriwether born 24 Dec 1835 in Hayneville, Lowndes, Al
1860: Southern Division, Lowndes, Alabama
S O Merriwether 24
Alabama Merriwether 20
Freeman Merriwether 1 
2. Virginia Hardy
3. Sarah Jane Hardy

Here is a relation to the family by marriage who is also named Queen Victoria. She married the great great great nephew of Stephen Crenshaw- Robert W. Hardy whose family came from Edgefield SC with the Crenshaws in 1820. is it possible that the report above is all jumbled and the woman giving the report about Stephen Crenshaw`s uniform was the unmarried daughter of Queen Victoria Ingram who married Robert W. Hardy? I just really cannot figure out who "Mrs. Hardy" is since Stones Tank no longer exists, at least on google. So here is a digression from Robert Hardy 1782 -before I continue.

1860: Southern Division, Randolph, Alabama
Post Office: Wesobulga
John Ingram 51 NC (1809 NC)
Martha Ingram 50 GA
Rhoda P Ingram 23 GA
Chapman Ingram 22 GA
Sarah Ingram 19 GA
Alfred Ingram 18 AL
Martha Ingram 15 AL
Mary Ingram 12 AL
Jane Ingram 10 Al
Augusta A Ingram 8 AL
William A Ingram 7 AL
Queen (Victoria) Ingram 1 AL
Victoria married Robert W. Hardy, grandson of Robert Hardy and Nancy Peebles Browning. Robert was the step brother of Thomas Benjamin Ingram 1781 VA, mother was Sarah who married John Hardy, probably as a widow with 3 children and property in Edgefield SC probably.

1870 Travellers Rest, Coosa
John Ingram abt 1810 South Carolina White Male 
Roda Ingram abt 1840 Alabama White Female 
Martha Ingram abt 1842 Alabama White Female
Mary Ingram abt 1850 Alabama White Female 
Augusta A Ingram abt 1852 Alabama White Female
Victoria Ingram abt 1854 Alabama White Female married Robert W. Hardy grandson of Robert Hardy and Nancy
Adwin Ingram abt 1855 Alabama White Male

1880: Travelers Rest, Coosa, Alabama
John Ingraham 65 head Farmer Widower NC NC NC
Rhoda Ingraham 42 dau GA NC GA
Martha Ingraham 30 dau GA NC GA
William A. Ingraham 26 son AL NC GA

Children

1. Elizabeth Ingram b: Bet 1833/1834 in DeKalb Co., GA
2. Rhoda P. Ingram b: Abt 1836 in DeKalb Co.,Dist. 572,GA
3. Chapman Ingram b: APR 1837 in GA
4. Sarah Ingram b: Abt 1840 in GA
5. J. Alfred (Could Be John Alford?) Ingram b: Abt 1842 in AL
6. Martha Ingram b: Abt 1844 in AL
7. Mary Ingram b: Abt 1846 in AL
8. Jane Laura Ingram b: Abt 1850 in Randolph Co.,AL
9. Augusta Ann Ingram b: SEP 1852 in Randolph Co.,AL
10. William Alvin Ingram b: Abt MAY 1854 in Randolph Co., AL
11. Queen Victoria Ingram b: JAN 1859 in Randolph Co., AL

1880: Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama
Robert W. Hardy 26 AL SC AL grandson of Robert Hardy and Nancy Browning
Queen V. Hardy 25
Mary F. Hardy 5 
John R. Hardy 3
Martha L. Hardy 1 Maggie

1900: Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama
Robert W. Hardy 46 AL SC AL
Queen V. Hardy 45 AL NC GA she had 11 children and 10 are alive
Mary F. Hardy 25 never married
Boazman A. Hardy 19
Ida V. 17
Maggie B- 13
Rody E. 11
William 9
Valley M. 8
Ransom A. 5

1910: Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama 
Queen Harley (Hardy) 54 AL NC GA widowed
Mary F Harley 35
Maggie B Harley 23
Rodie E Harley 21
William L Harley 19
Volley M Harley 18
Arnold R Harley 14
Soloman Crawford 17

1920: Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama Russelville-Hessy Road (is there a Stone's Tank here?)
living with 3 unmarried daughters
Queen Hardy 65 FL NC GA (where did she suddenly get Florida?)
Fannie Hardy 44 dau
Elvie Hardy 30 dau (Rhoda)
Volly Hardy 27 dau
Ransome Hardy 24 son
Ben Tate 17 labor

Thomas Hardy's fourth child

4. James W. Hardy born 4 March 1769 moved to Anderson District before 1814 and became a minister. He married Mary Wilson born ca 177o, died July 1850. His known children were Miles J. Hardy b 27 November 1803, James Hardy Jr, John Hardy, Richard B. Hardy  and Elizabeth "Eliza" Hardy b 28 October 1810, died 3 May 1889, buried Roberts Pres. Ch. Cem. in Anderson SC. 

Miles J. Hardy married 14 January 1830 to Elizabeth Caldwell Speer b 16 January 1809 and he moved to Abbeville District where her family was living. 

Children of Miles J. Hardy

Frances E Hardy 1833 stayed single her whole life

Catharine A Hardy b: 6 NOV 1836 married Rufus Sadler Eugene W F Hardy 1838 married Mary E.  

John J Hardy 1840 married Mary Frances "Fanny"

The Speer family had ties to Wilkes Co GA and the Arnett and Stephens families- see http://moses-stephens.blogspot.com/  

Miles Hardy died during a period of Typhoid after 6 June 1843.  Elisabeth appears as Elis. C. Kay in 1850, having married Benjamin Kay. Her 4 Hardy children are living in the house and she has had one new baby boy Benjamin Caldwell Kay. 

1850 Savannah River Regiment, Abbeville, South 

house

Benjamin D Kay 30 

Eliza C Kay 40 

Frances E Hardy 16 (stayed single her whole life)

Catharine A Hardy 13 (b: 6 NOV 1836 married Rufus Sadler)

Eugene William Frances Hardy 12 (married Mary E.)

John J Hardy 10 (married Mary Frances "Fanny")

Benjamin C Kay 1

house 269 this is the son of John Hardy and Virginia Jeter.

Gallant Hardy 46 (Gallant Hardy's parents are Virginia Jeter and John Hardy- are Gallant and Miles cousins somehow?)

Lucinda Hardy 48 

Samuel Hardy 19 

Jane Hardy 17 

Robert Hardy 15 

Susannah Hardy 13 

John Hardy 11 

Julia Hardy 11 

William Hardy 9 

Eliza Hardy 5

__________________

About Gallant Hardy, son of John and Virginia Jeter Hardy-

By 1860 Gallant has moved to Southern Division, Talladega, Alabama, However any hopes and dreams the couple had had together was dashed to pieces by the Civil War when in 1862 three of their boys died, followed by Lucinda Walker (probably dying of a broken heart) in November of 1862.

Gaelant Hardy 57 SC 

Lucinda (Walker) Hardy 60 SC 

Robert Hardy 23 SC 

Susannah Hardy 22 SC 

Julia Hardy 21 SC 

Gallant Hardy 14 SC

house 615

Wilson Hardy 17 SC

Viney GA

Gallant moved and married Elisabeth Coker.

1870: Township 20 Range 8, Clay, Alabama Post Office: Ashland 

Gallant Hardy 76 (67) Elis. A Hardy (Coker) 36 Paulinus T. Hardy 3 Charles C. Hardy 1

1880: Clark, Pike, Arkansas

Gallant Hardy 76 Farmer South Carolina ukn unk  

Elisebeth A. Hardy 46 AL GA GA 

Paulinus Hardy 13 AL SC AL 

Charles Hardy 11 AL SC AL 

Fannie Hardy 9 AL SC AL 

Cornelius Hardy 3 ARK SC AL 

James Hardy 1 Ark SC AL

This could be a brother=

1850 : District 52, Lincoln, Georgia 

Thomas Hardy 42 

Matilda M Hardy 40 

Martha M Hardy 17 

Willson R Hardy 13 

Jane Hardy 10 

Mary C Hardy 8 

Henry C Hardy 6 

Thomas M Hardy 2

____________________

Eugene William F. Hardy, son of Miles hardy

1860: District 17, Cass, Georgia

Post Office: Statesboro house 408 

W Hardy 25 SC 

M Hardy 22 SC 

L Hardy 8 m GA

T. Hardy 1 f GA

Home in 1870: Polk, Georgia

Post Office: Van Wert 

William F Hardy 34 miller SC 

Mary Hardy 31 SC 

Lorenzo L Hardy 13 GA - he is in 1880:Chulio, Floyd, Georgia

Joella Hardy 8 GA 

1880: Bordeaux, Abbeville, South Carolina 

William F. Hardy 45 SC SC SC Works In Saw & Grist Mill 

Mary Hardy 40 

Lula Hardy 16 

Eugene Hardy 7 

Henry Hardy 5

Mary L Hardy 6 GA (Mary Lula)

1900: Corner Township, Anderson, South Carolina

house 143

Wm F Hardy 65 April 1835 SC Marriage Year: 1856 

Mary E Hardy 61 Sept 1838 

John H Hardy 22 June 1877 (John Henry Hardy)

next door-

Eugene Hardy 25 Sept 1874 GA GA GA?

Mary J. 31 May 1869 SC SC SC

Dewitt 3 July 1896 SC GA SC

1910: Ruckersville, Elbert, Georgia 

John H Hardy 32 GA SC SC 

Bessie Hardy 17 GA SC SC 

William F Hardy 75 father SC SC SC 

Mary E Hardy 72 mother 6 children 4 alive SC SC SC

next door

Silas E. Hardy 35 GA SC SC
Mary J Hardy 41 SC SC SC 2 children 1 alive 

Dewet T Hardy 13 GA GA SC

1910: Bordeaux, Abbeville, South Carolina 

?William F Hardy 33 (1877)

Essie D Hardy 34 

Lula W Hardy 11

______________________

John J. Hardy, son of Miles Hardy

1870: Lowndesville, Abbeville, South Carolina Post Office: Lowndesville house 240 family 255 

Ben D. Kay 50 school teacher 

E.C. Kay 61 

Ben Kay 36 farmer 

house 241 family 256 

Fany Hardy 33 (Frances E.) at home 

Catherin Hardy 21 at home (a cousin or niece)

John Hardy 28 farmer 

Fany Hardy 20 (John's wife) at home

1880: Long Cane, Abbeville, South Carolina

John Hardy 40 farmer SC SC SC 

Mary Hardy 30 (name is probably Mary Frances "Fanny")

Cora Hardy 4 

Bell Hardy 1

______________________

Miles' sister Eliza had married 1 March 1827 to John Foster Sadler b 5 April 1795 Hart Co GA and was living in GA in 1860, in part of what had been the original old Wilkes Co. GA. Two of her nieces and a nephew from her brother Miles were living near to her. Niece Catherine A.L. Hardy had married Rufus Erwin Sadler (buried 1880 Cokesbury Meth. Ch. Cem. Hart Co GA) Eliza's nephew. 

1860: Smith, Hart, Georgia Post Office: Montevideo and Cold Water 

(Eliza Sadler age 50 b, SC house 213)

house 216

Rufus E. Sadler 33 Rufus Erwin Sadler  

C.L. SC 23 SC (Catherine A.L. Hardy, dau. of Miles hardy)

William B. 3 GA

house  217

E W F Hardy 21 SC brother to Catherine A. L. Hardy

house 218

Miss F.E.Hardy 25 SC

1880: Smiths, Hart, Georgia 

Rufus Sadler 52 GA

Catharine Sadler 40 SC

William Sadler 22 

James Sadler 19 

Wilber Sadler 13 

Marie Sadler 8 

Fannie Hardy 44 sister in law at home single SC SC SC

same house black servants- 

Patt Wansley 26 

Charlott Wansley 16 

Adams Wansley 23 

Winnie Hardy 25 

Hodges Hardy 10 

Lois Hardy 8 

Anna Hardy 6

Elihue Hardy 1

aunt Eliza's children were:

Children JAMES HARDY SADLER b: 29 MAY 1829 named after her father DAVID FRANCES SADLER b: 18 MAR 1831 MARY LOUISE SADLER b: 11 MAY 1834 JOHN EUGENE SADLER b: 31 MAY 1839 WILLIAM WESTON SADLER b: 27 MAY 1842 ELSIE MARIE SADLER b: 25 FEB 1845 JULIET ELIZA SADLER b: 25 JAN 1848 ELIZABETH JANE SADLER b: 17 JUL 1851

Wilkes County, known as "The Mother County of Upper Georgia," is the parent county of the entire areas of the present the entire areas of the present Elbert (1790) and Lincoln (1796) Counties as well as parts of Oglethorpe (1793), Warren (1793), Taliaferro (1825-28), Madison (1811), and Hart (1853). A group of Quakers from NC came and started up Wrightborough in WIlkes Co GA what is now McDuffie Co next to Wilkes Co. and across the Little River. They had 1773 records of early settlers in Wilkes Co GA.

Sources:

1. Title: William1.FTW
   Author: Wade Edward Speer
   Publication: Compiled July 2000
   Note: Family Tree Maker Famiily File, descendants of William Speer, Sr. Orginal source as ROOTS4 SPEER.PRO file; imported into TMG as WILLIAM1.TMG; exported as GEDCOM file WILLIAM1.GED; converted to WILLIAM1.FTW. This is the original master Speer genealogy file.
   Note: excellent
   Repository:
   Note: W.E. Speer Collection, Marin, NC
   Media: Other
   Text: Date of Import: Jul 27, 2000
2. Title: Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and
   Publication: Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977
   Note: TITL Abstracts of Old Ninety-Six and Abbeville District Wills and
   Bonds: As on file in the Abbeville, South Carolina CourthouseABBR Young, W. P., 1977, Abstracts
   Note: Condition: excellent
   Repository:
   Note:
   NAME State Library, Raleigh North Carolina.
3. Title: William Arthur Speer, Jr.; Speer Family Chart, 1994, 2101
   Note: TITL William Arthur Speer, Jr.; Speer Family Chart, 1994, 2101
   Dellwood Drive, NW, Atlanta, GA 30309ABBR Speer, W.Art., 1994, Speer Fam
   Note: Condition: excellent
   Repository:
   Note:
   NAME Copy in WE Speer collection, Charlotte, North Carolina.
   Media: Book
4. Title: The Descendents of Robert Kay of South Carolina
   Publication: Published by Authors, 1988
   Note: ABBR Kay, et al, 1988, Robert Kay F
   Note: Annotation: In Carlisle letter 8 Jul 1994; Condition: excellent
   Repository:
   Note:
   NAME W.E. Speer Collection, Charlotte, NC
   Page: no 74
5. Title: Marriage and Death Notices from the Pendleton (SC) Messenger
   Author: B. Holcomb
   Publication: Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1977
   Note: TITL Marriage and Death Notices from the Pendleton (SC) Messenger
   1807-1851ABBR Holcomb, B.H., 1977, Notices 1
   Note: Condition: excellent
   Repository:
   Note:
   NAME State Library, Raleigh, North Carolina.
6. Title: The Descendents of Robert Kay of South Carolina
   Publication: Published by Authors, 1988
   Note: ABBR Kay, et al, 1988, Robert Kay F
   Note: Annotation: In Carlisle letter 8 Jul 1994; Condition: excellent
   Repository:
   Note:
   NAME W.E. Speer Collection, Charlotte, NC

Title: The History of Lowndesville, S.C.
Author: H. A. Carlisle
Publication: Heritage Papers, Danielsville, Georgia 30633, 1987
Note: ABBR Carlisle, H.A., 1987, Lowndesv
Note: Condition: excellent
Repository:
Note:
NAME Abeville Greenwood Regional Library, Greenwood, South Carolina.
Page: page 202

Thomas Hardy's fifth child

5. Freeman Hardy b 20 March 1771 VA

Freeman died 20 MAR 1848 in Lowndes Co, Alabama buried at Old Town Cem. in Dallas Co across the county line. When Freeman married he lived in Edgefield District near his uncle John Hardy. Freeman married Sarah Rutherford b: 31 OCT 1775 NC on 9 FEB 1792 in SC (died 1 JUL 1854 in Lowndes Co, Alabama) and they had Freeman Hardy Jr b: 3 JUL 1798 in Edgefield, South Carolina (in the 1850 census Lowndes) and later Robert Rutherford Hardy b 1808 in Edgefield SC.

Children
1. unknown 1793 Edgefield, SC
2. unknown 1795 Edgefield, SC
3. Freeman HARDY b: 3 JUL 1798 in Edgefield, South Carolina
4. unknown 1801 Edgefield, SC
5. unknown 1803 Edgefield, SC
6. disputed because he was so poor- Thomas Hardy b ca 1807 Edgefield, SC married Lykin. Carol Hardy Bryan thinks I am wrong on this and she is probably right LOL.
1860: Edgefield, South Carolina
Post Office: Cairo
?Thos Hardy 57 SC
Mary Hardy 43 SC
Eliz Hardy 19 SC
Francis Hardy 17 SC
7. Robert Rutherford HARDY b: ABT 1808 in Edgefield, South Carolina
8. William W HARDY b: 30 JUN 1809 in Edgefield, South Carolina
9. Sarah Ann HARDY b: 27 NOV 1813 SC
13. Elizabeth HARDY b: ABT 1815 GA or SC
14. unknown Hardy b ca 1818
15. Benjamin F HARDY b: ABT 1820 in Georgia

1800 Edgefield SC Freeman Hardy has 2 boys and 2 girls in house along with a man his own age.

Also Susannah's future husband Stephen Crenshaw b: 3 MAR 1764 (s/o Robert Crenshaw and Elizabeth Beuford) moved down into Edgefield District between 1800 when he was still in Union and 1810 when he is in the census in Edgefield. They have 2 girls and 2 boys. But then Freeman moved out of Edgefield to pendelton. Between 1810 and 1820 he moved to GA and then Lowndes Co AL by 1819 probably. There is no 1820 AL census.

1810 Pendleton District SC Freeman Hardy
Freeman Hardy and his wife Sarah Rutherford had moved from Edgefield up to Pendleton District. After 1810 Freeman and his wife went to GA. About 1817 Susannah and husband, as well as Robert Hardy,who was still single, left for Alabama to buy land. On the way they picked up Freeman Hardy who was living in GA still. The Gordons also came- they were from another prominent Lunenburg VA family.

1830 Lowndes Co AL
R.R. Hardy is with his father Freeman Hardy Sr who did not die till 1848. mrs Crenshaw is on this page. That is Freeman's sister Susannah Hardy.

1840 Lowndes Co AL Freeman Hardy. practically the whole page is related in some way- lots of them as yet unproven-like which daughters of which Hardys married the men on the page. Off the top of my head, Moses Pearce came from Edgefield. His son was Lewis L. Pearce who was overseer for Mary Cartledge Hardy, wife of William Hardy, son of John and Ann. Robert W. Hardy (b: 25 Sep 1810 son of Daniel Hardy-s/o John and Ann-and Mary Roebuck from Edgefield SC). David Peebles was the brother to Nancy Peebles Hardy who married Robert Hardy, son of John and Ann. AT this point Robert has already moved up to Coosa Co. Then Daniel Hardy and wife Mary Roebuck, their son Miles Hardy b: 17 FEB 1818 in Edgefield, Daniel's brother John's son W.W. Hardy b: 30 Jul 1809 in Edgefield County, South Carolina d 31 Jan 1882 Dallas County, AL) m Elizabeth Wilson. Next after WW. is Daniel Hardy's brother William Hardy, husband of Mary Cartledge Hardy. He is the son of John Hardy and Ann and I have no idea why he and Freeman are living near the family of Jesse Hardy because I dont know of any relationship except Jesse's daughter Emily may have married a John Hardy. There are probably allot of Hardy daughters we dont know about and Hardy boys who married hardy girls. William Hardy's (Mary Cartledge) known children were

1. Sarah Hardy  b:  1807 in Edgefield Co., SC
2. Robert L. Hardy  b:  1811 in Edgefield Co., SC
3. John Hardy  b:  1813 in Edgefield Co., SC married Eliza
4. Edmund C. Hardy  b: ABT 1814 in Edgefield Co., SC
5. Ann Williams Hardy b 26 Jan 1816 Edgefield Co., SC d 21 Nov. 1852 married Boaz
6. Margaret Hardy b 12 May 1819 died 26 May 1833 in Dallas Co
7. Mary Hardy b 12 August 1821 AL d. 21 May 1865
8. poss. Arlitha who m Lewis L. Pearce, son of Moses
8. Martha Hardy b 1824 AL m. Peter Webster
9. Eliza Hardy AL b 1826
10. Caroline C. Jane Hardy b. 11 July 1828 AL died 12 Sept. 1856 married Joseph E.Cartledge (Mary´s nephew b. 5 MAY 1823)
11. Amanda Frances Hardy b 3 Jan. 1833 AL d. 5 May 1863 

Map of antebellum Lowndes before the Rebellion where the family can
be seen in the 1830 census with 4 boys and a wife.

About the 1850 census page on which Sarah Rutherford is living.

There are 2 Hardy lines on this page. Two are cousins and one is the widow of Jesse Hardy Jr from the Lemuel Hardy line of Bertie NC

At the top of the page is the last part of the household of Celia Golding who married Jesse Hardy jr. How could Jesse be related to the other Hardys? is he related to Sarah Rutherford? jesse Hardy Jr's daughter Emily married a John Hardy but I dont know who he is. There are so many Johns.

The Whatleys are related forgot how...
Sarah Rutherford Hardy is living with her son Benjamin F. Hardy. His name is I think written in the Bible of Celia Golding Hardy. See Bible below. John Hardy Jr is next door. John Hardy Jr is the son of John Hardy and Ann Williams and is a cousin to Freeman Jr. your relation.

A neighbor is Susan Tucker a widow-she is probably a Rutherford relation, maybe Eliza A Haynes next door is Susan's mother or older sister?
1880: Collerine, Lowndes, Alabama
Age: 67
N. Herbert Tucker 38 Va NC Va (he is 5 in 1850)
Susan D. Tucker 67 Mother Widowed Va Va Va
Mary B Tucker 46 sister AL VA VA
Susan A Tucker 38 sister AL VA VA

After Eliza Haynes comes Martha Ann Key widow. She came with the wagon train from Edgefield after 1824. Her husband is Dr. Brazillia Key (related to Francis Scott Key) b. 12 APR 1797 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Brazillia Graves KEY was married to Eliza Ann Hardy granddaughter of John Hardy and Ann Williams before marrying Martha Ann Mundy. They probably had immigrated further from AL for awhile and when Brazillia died 15 FEB 1841 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi, Martha came back to her land in AL with the children.
Martha Ann Mundy
Father: James MUNDY b: ABT 1780
Mother: Lucy BARROT or Parrot
Marriage 1 Brazillia Graves KEY b: 12 APR 1797 in Edgefield District, South Carolina (father Henry Key of Edgefield SC)
Step children
1. James Key b: 26 May 1819 in Edgefield, SC (date doyle002@centurytel.net Doyle Baker)
2. Eliza Key b: 30 May 1822 in Edgefield, SC who m. Charles N./A. Bussey buried Double Branches Baptist Church, Lincoln County, Georgia. Children
1. Tandy W. KEY b: 19 JAN 1824 Edgefield, SC Residence: with his mother in Dallas ALand also 1850 - Lowndes, Lowndes, Alabama Planter living alone, no date on page, house 137
2. Sarah Jane KEY b: 26 OCT 1825
3. William H. KEY b: 28 OCT 1827
4. Lucy E. KEY b: 1 SEP 1829
5. Reuben KEY b: 12 NOV 1830
6. John KEY b: 5 MAR 1832 b Montgomery Co AL (now Dallas Co)
7. Richard KEY b: 10 JAN 1833 Montgomery Co AL (now Dallas Co)
8. Henry KEY b: 19 JAN 1834 in Lowndes County, Alabama
9. Thomas Jefferson KEY b: 19 SEP 1837 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi
10. Mary Ann Permillia * KEY b: 29 JUL 1839 in Fayette, Ms
11. Leroy L. KEY b: 19 MAR 1841 in Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi

Georgis Tax lists -early
Lowndes Rootsweb

Marriage Records 1818 – 1845, Dallas, Alabama

Hardy, Edmund C.            Lucinda Webster            29 Nov 1844  pg 300
Hardy, Elizabeth            Seaborn I. Sorell          12 Jun 1823  pg  74
Hardy, Etty  (Henrietta?)   Willoby Gibson             25 Sep 1839  pg 165
Hardy, John Jr.             Nancy Haggard              11 Jul 1829  pg  54
Hardy, M. G.  (Mitchell,s/o Jesse)Mary A. Olds               29 Oct 1844  pg 295
Hardy, Robert R.(s/o Freeman) Adalina C. McCant         18 Dec 1838  pg 121
"Susan in my clutter collection I found my 1974 copy of  Dallas Co marriage
record  Bk 1 p121 that  clearly stated "you are authorized to celebrate the
...the marriage between Mr Robert R  Hardy and Miss Adaline C McCants...."
so must have been first marriage for her."
Hardy, Ursula T.            James F. Ansley            28 Feb 1845  pg 296
Hardy, William W.           Lucy E. Mundy              27 Aug 1845  pg 300
Covington, Any              Abram Pierce               27 Feb 1823  pg  75
Covington, Nance            Willliam Grumbles           4 Dec 1823  pg  61
Rutheford, Dorothea Brooks  William Moor (?)           29 Jan 1825  pg  58

Lowndes marriages 1
Hardy, A. J.                Hardy, Sarah A.             Feb 11, 1838    1   233 Peebles, David          MG
Hardy, Alonson              Walker, Frances W.          Dec 24, 1833    1   095 Wasden, William J.      JP
Hardy, Benjamin F.          Fleming, Mary Ann M.        Nov 23, 1843    1   385 Peebles, David Jr.      MG
Hardy, Elbert J.            Watts, Elizabeth R.         Aug 24, 1843    1   398 Lee, David              MG
Hardy, James                Bender, Elizabeth           Jun 12, 1834    1   105 Moore, David            MG
Hardy, James Monroe         McCants, Martha Jane        Dec 18, 1845    1   454 Crumpton, John          MG
Hardy, James W.             Wilson, Mariah Louisa       Mar 15, 1834    1   097
Hardy, John (of New Hampshire)Crenshaw, Susan C.          Jan 21, 1839    1   253 Rice, William           MG
Hardy, Miles                Toney, Ann Caroline         Jun 02, 1836    1   169 Peebles, David          MG
Hardy, Thomas               Hays, Elizabeth             Oct 25, 1838    1   265 Nicks, Zachariah        MG
Farris, M. D.               Tugger, Jane                Jan 28, 1836    1   150 McCall, Hugh            JP
Farris, Samuel              Meadows, Martha             Dec 02, 1832    1   054 His, Zacheus            MG
Favor, John (C.)            Hudson, Elizabeth           Dec 27, 1843    1   410 Moore, Alfred           JP
Bostwick, John H.           Browning, Permelia          Feb 04, 1836    1   153 Peebles, David          MG
Bozeman, David Wood         Browning, Ann English       Apr 12, 1832    1   041 Browning, William F.    JP
Browning, David M.          Nutman, Mary Julia          Nov 16, 1837    1   224 Peebles, David          MG
Browning, J. R.             Zuber, Mary W.              Nov 05, 1835    1   138 Nall, Willis R.         MG
Browning, Joseph R.         Zuber, Mariah               Apr 11, 1843    1   365 Rice, William           MG
Acker, George W.            McCants, Sarah E. D.        Oct 24, 1839    1   274 Crumpton, John          MG

Marriages Lowndes 2
Roy, Peter C.               Hardy, Ann W.               Oct 01, 1840    1   298 Carson, Robert          MG
Turner, Thomas J.           Hardy, Elizabeth            Jan 25, 1844    1   382 Peebles, David Jr.      MG
Webster, Peter W.           Hardy, Martha               Sep 07, 1843    1   401 Carson, Robert          MG
Werline, John               Rutherford, Margaret, Mrs.  Mar 10, 1846    1   461 Cater, Richard B.       MG
Smith, John Needham         Moore, Dorathy Brooks, Mrs. Jan 07, 1836    1   144 Williamson, Peter       JCCLC   Dorothy Brooks
Rutherford,
widow of
William Moor
Taylor, Green B.            Covington, Frances M.       Jan 14, 1840    1   288 Peebles, David          MG
Peebles, David              Browning, Desdmonia         Feb 10, 1833    1   065 Browning, William F.    JP  William F Browning
was Desdmonia
Browning's brother
Potter, Lockwood J.         Browning, Mary W.           Sep 19, 1833    1   077 Peebles, David          MG
Steele, David A.            Browning, Julia Ann         Oct 04, 1831    1   028 Campbell, G. A.         MG
Stephens, John              Johnson, Katsey Ann         Sep 20, 1830    1   005 Wasden, William J.      JP
Stephens, William           Cain, Sarah                 Nov 08, 1832    1   056 Smith, Robert           JP
Larkins, William J.         Browning, Elizabeth, Mrs.   Nov 13, 1839    1   276 Peebles, David          MG  Elizabeth Atkinson
was the widow of
William Browning,
married before coming
Manning, William H.         Stephens, Martha            Feb 25, 1834    1   093 Browning, William F.    JP
Patterson, James B.         Browning, Martha            Jan 14, 1836    1   155 Peebles, David Jr.      MG
Sankey, John S.             Stephens, Patience          Dec 27, 1832    1   054 Graves, Peyton Smith    MG

Marriages Lowndes 3
DeBard, Thomas              Davenport, Louisa, Mrs.     Oct 04, 1849    2    56     Womack, John            MG      (Daughter of Stephen Crenshaw
and Susannah Hardy, married 1st
Sam K. Davenport in Montgomery
County May 2, 1827, Montgomery
Co. Marriage book C, pg 18)
Herbert, Edward H(ampton)   Debard, Louisa          Feb 05, 1860    3   422 Shaver, F. L. B.    MG      Bond co-signed by R. H. Lee
(Louisa Crenshaw married first
Sam K. Davenport on May 2, 1827
in Montgomery County; she married
2nd Thomas DeBard on October 4, 1849)
to Lowndes County
Banks, James P.             Crenshaw, Mary E.           Feb 15, 1843    2    41     Simmons, A. M.          JP
Harris, Joseph              Stephens, Martha            Feb 08, 1848    2     3     Thompson, E. W.         JP
Stinger, Jeremiah           Covington, Lucinda          Feb 27, 1853    2   165
Moncrief, David A.          Hardy, Julia A.             Mar 31, 1853    2   178     Carson, Robert           MG
Roe, Benjamin F.            Hardy, Sallie W.            Sep 29, 1853    2   191     Rice, William           MG      Permission given by
Francis W. Hardy for
daughter Sallie W.
Hardy, James L.             Moncrief, Elizabeth H.      Dec 29, 1853    2   200     Murphy, D. P. J.        MG      Permission given
by William Moncrief
for daughter Elizabeth H.,in Hickory Grove

Hardy, James L.             Cobb, Mary L. A.            Aug 05, 1852    2   145     Carson, Robert          MG
Cartledge, Joseph E.        Hardy, Caroline J.          Nov 27, 1850    2   237     Lundy, Phillip H.       MG
York, Eli                   Hardy, Elizabeth            Dec 17, 1851    2   123     Carson, Robert          MG
Sims, William L.            Hardy, Matilda L.           Nov 18, 1850    2   237     Lundy, Phillip H.       MG

Dallas Co marriages till 1845 click blue to link

Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames A - F

Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames G - L

Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames M - R

Marriage Book 3, Lowndes County Alabama
September 23, 1848 - January 13, 1867
Surnames S - Z

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Marriage Book A, Lowndes County Alabama
March 14, 1866 - August 16, 1879
Groom Surnames A - Z
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Missing Marriage Records
1840-1842, 1862?
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