James D. Hardin

Birth Date

1808

Death Date

1875

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mercer County, Kentucky, attorney. Virginia native. Married to Susannah H. Withers Hardin in Anderson County, Kentucky, on May 9, 1843. Father of Thomas H. Hardin, Benjamin Hardin, and Mary Hardin. Attorney in Mercer County in 1850. Owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Attorney in Mercer County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860. Vice president at the 5th District Congressional Convention of Kentucky, held at Lebanon, Kentucky, on June 7, 1861.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 273A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 18.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 693.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Harrodsburg, p. 47A.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Anderson County Marriages, Film #000259309, p. 222.
"Fifth District Congressional Convention," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), June 10, 1861, p.3.
"James D. Hardin (1808-1975)," Find A Grave, Memorial #100746938, accessed April 1, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100746938.

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