Hardwick Oil Company
1864-12-16
Incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1864, to explore petroleum deposits in the Kentucky counties of Powell, Clark, and Estill with operations based in Irvine, Kentucky. Founder(s): Joseph Pancoast, Nelson Yocum, Stephen Benton, Marmaduke Moore, George S. Crawford, J. Edgar Thompson, Lewis L. Houpt, Henry C Yarrow, Phillip Wilson, and W. Williamson.
Bibliography
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pa.), June 23, 1865, p. 5.
KYR-0001-007-0332.
Citation
Hardwick Oil Company. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208561 (November 12, 2026).
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