Christopher C. Hardwick

Birth Date

1829-03-31

Death Date

1901-01-28

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, postmaster, assistant marshal, and farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Catharine Hardwick. Father of Gustavus Hardwick. Married to Adelaide "Addie" Henson Hardwick in Crittenden County, Kentucky, on November 22, 1859. Father of John C. Hardwick and Robert L. Hardwick. Farmer in Christian County in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Christian County in 1850. Postmaster of Madisonville in Hopkins County from June 30, 1854, to December 17, 1856. Postmaster of Madisonville from December 30, 1857, to January 19, 1858. Assistant marshal in Hopkins County in 1860. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2, p. 365B.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Christian County, District 2.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Madisonville, p. 840.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, Dixon, p. 199A.
"Christopher Columbus Hardwick (1829-1901)," Find A Grave, Memorial #41504286, accessed October 13, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41504286.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Hopkins County, KY, July 1863, p. 27.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Crittenden County Marriages, Film #000558428, p. 174.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 645.

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