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Thomas Hardin b. abt. 1715
Son of Samuel Harding (will 1732)

Page added November 2017. To complete the list of the three oldest sons of Samuel Hardin (will 1732) I propose Thomas Hardin. The other two are clearly Gabriel and Samuel, Jr. Thomas is mentioned most concretely as a witness to a deed to Samuel Hardin on Tar River in 1746. He must have been born before 1726 to be of age, and if one of the three eldest, as a few researchers think, he was nearly of age when his father's will was made, thus was born around 1715.

A little was found about Thomas Hardin. I list the mentions somewhat chronologically.  I recognize and thank Susan Hardin Austin and Gwen Hardin, and others for research and insights. Contact me if I've failed to recognize your work.

Mentions of Thomas Hardin in the Granville County, NC Records

The Best Evidence

Samuel Hardin 1746
THOMAS HARDIN 1746

1746 Jan 6, Joseph King to SAMUEL HARDIN for 10 pds., 300 acres in Granville County on South side and North side of Tarr River, which was granted to said Joseph King. Witnesses: Wm. Eaves, THOS. HARDIN, Mary Eaves
--"Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina 1746-1765," Deed book B, p. 1, by Zae Hargett Gwynn. Pub. by Joseph W. Watson, Rocky Mount, NC 1974.

Comment: Samuel Hardin appears unique in Granville County, thus another Hardin witnessing a land purchase for him appears to be his relative.

good Evidence

Samuel Hardin 1747
THOMAS HARDIN 1747

One year between 1747 and 1748 the partial Granville County Ross Tax List included Samuel Hardin and Thos Hardin. [The names were not together but 14 names apart.]

-http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/granville/court/rosstax.txt

Between 1746 and 1748 Thomas Hardin is listed between Wm Eaves and Joseph King on a partial William Massey tax list for Granville. The copyist was Eric Hartsfield.


GOOD EVIDENCE

THOMAS Hardin DIED 1749

Mar 5, 1749.
Thomas Hardin
(Harding in other places). Administrator Bond, March 5, 1749 (O.S.); Francis Maberry, Administrator to Gov. Johnston, penalty £50. Sureties: Henry Ivy, Wm. Smith. Ibid. p. 5. Inventory returned to Court March 6, 1749 (Old Style). Ibid. p. 22
*Old G p.46 [the present writer has expanded the abbreviations.]

Interpretation: Thomas Hardin was the intestate deceased person whose inventory was returned March 6, 1749. Thomas Hardin died before March 1749. His administrator, Francis Maberry, was under £50 bond to the Crown and his guarantors were Henry Ivy and Wm. Smith. A comma between "Administrator" and "to" would seal this interpretation, of which I'm not quie certain.

Samuel Hardin with one tithe was listed between Robert Smith and Abner Gray, and William Smith was on the same page in A List of Tithes Taken by Lemuel Lanier for 1749. The copyist was Eric Hartsfield.

1755 Mark, son of thomas Hardin bound out

June 3, 1755. Mark, son of Thos. Harding deceased, bound to Robt Jones Jr. according to law.

P. 190, Orphans in the County, Old G.*

 unrelated

thomas hardin 1760

Indenture made the XXIV day of December, 1760, between William SPEARS and William SINGLETON of Gloucester County, for 50 pounds, conveying 278 acres on both side of the Little Creek. Witnesses were Robert Campbell, John Flood EDMUNDS, and THOMAS HARDIN. Deed Book 6, page 628. Brunswick County USGenWeb archive, abstracted by Carol A. Morrison, Fayetteville, NC.

Note: This item refers to the Tuckaho Creek Thomas Hardin and not our I-M253 Hardins, the writer believes.

 GUARDIAN ROBERT JONES TO Mark Hardin 1761

1761 Aug 13 Robert Jones, Jr. of Northampton County North Carolina to MARKE HARDIN of Granville County North Carolina for 5 pds., 400 acres on S. side of Linches Creek at Eaves corner. Witnesses: none. "Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina 1746-1765" Zoe Hargrett Gwynn, Deed book D p. 300.

SON OF THOMAS HARDIN

Mark hardin 1763

David Green of Granville County to John Gun. Sale Feb 7, 1763. Cosideration £15. 8s. 3d. proclaimation money. Conveys stock and goods. Witness:Jno. Burt, Mark Hardin.
Old G p. 96, referencing Records 1762-1765, p. 35.*

Comment: If Mark is at least age 21 here, then he was at least 13 when bound out.


 Mark Hardin 1768

DB-2, page 231. 8 November 1768. WILLIAM KIMBROUGH, of Bute Co., to THOMAS PERSON, of Granville Co. 50 Pds. Procl. money for 400 A. in Bute Co. on branches of Lynches & Kings Creeks, land MARK HARDEN bought from ROBERT JONES,JR., adj. line formerly EAVES. Wit: ISAAC ACREE, SAMUEL HUCKABAY. Ack: by WILLIAM KIMBROUGH, Bute May Court 1769, BEN McCULLOCH, C.C. Reg: 18 September 1769, by WILLIAM JOHNSON, P.R.

This item tells us that Robert Jones, Jr., Mark Hardin's guardian, sold land to Mark on Lynch's and King's Creeks, land which later passed to William Kimbrough. When he was mentioned here Mark was about 26.

 Thomas Harden 1801

181 - Nov. Court 1801 - THOMAS HARDEN, deceased, estate in acct. with JOHN B. PULLIAM,
by JOHN B. PULLIAM.
ABSTRACTS OF THE WILLS AND ESTATE RECORDS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 1746-1806 by Zae Hargett Gwynn, p. 250  (Thanks to Gwen Hardin for the reference).

After mistakenly declairing this Thomas Hardin to be a second person, I now believe he is the man who died before 1749, and the only Thomas Hardin in Granville County.

This item tells us that lawyer Pulliam kept the case of Thomas Hardin active for 50 years.

 sources

*Old G="History and Genealogies of Old Granville County, North Carolina 1746-1800,"
by Thomas McAdory Owen, pub. by Southern Historical Press.


Analyzing the Thomas Hardin records:
In the first entry,  Thomas Hardin is a witness to a deed, a purchase of 300 acres on the Tar River by Samuel Hardin.
Samuel Hardin appears unique in Granville County, thus another Hardin associated with him appears to be his relative. Samuel Hardin being about 31 years of age, he would not have a son of majority age to be a witness.

The name Mark is avoided in my family while it seems obligatory in the French Huguenot Hardins (gold code at hhhdna.com). Here appears to be an exception. Thomas Hardin, appearing to be brother of Samuel, was born about 1715, died 1749 at age 34 when son Mark Hardin was 7 years old. This son was born about 1742 when his father was 27, was bound out at 13, and witnessed  a conveyance at age 21. The life of Mark I have not researched.

A Mark Hardin who settled in Randolph County, NC roughly 1775 had descendants who tested as Gold  (color code at HHHDNA.COM, R1b1b2) using familytreedna.com kit no. 376821. If that Mark Hardin is of the Thomas Hardin who is the subject of this page, then that Thomas Hardin is R1b1b2 and not of my family -- the subclade I-M253.The Randolph County Mark was born bet. 1740 and 1750 and died 1797 in Randolph County. He is believed to have married Hannah who lived from abt. 1755 to aft. 1810. He named a son Mark. That Mark remained in Randolph County.

In Granville Co. NC along with Sterling Hardin there is a Thomas & Rebecca Hardin. Thomas died 1749 and Rebecca in 1755 bound their son Mark to Robert Jones Jr." -- Susan Hardin Austin.

CAUTION
This page includes speculation for discussion among reseasrchers of this family. It is not finished genealogy tied up in a ribbon for harvesting. Corrections and better explanations are requested. Contact Travis Hardin at ke3y at comcast dot net.