Individual Details

This is the man the wrote the long saga about the exploits of the Hardin family when they first came to Kentucky. It was written just prior to his death. It is a fascinating if not totally accurate account.

Lineage of Jack Jr. listed on front page of "History of the Hardin Family" by H. Oran Hardin.

1850 Census. Washington Co KY Hh 1207
Jack Hardin, age 33 [b. 1817], b. KY. Rutha, age 31
Jacob 11, Julia 9, Martha 6, Mordecai 4, Robert 3, Mary age 1.

Jack may have had a second marriage to a much younger woman.
1860 Census. Daviess Co KY Hh 283
Jack Hardin, age 42. Nannie, age 25 [domestic duty]
Jacob 20, Julia A. 19, M. C. age 16 [female], Robert 11, Mary 8 [she had to be at least 11 since she was born before the 1850 census]

1870 Census. Daviess Co KY, Knotsville,
Hh 117
Jack Harden, age 53. Nancy, age 36. Robert, age 23.
Elizabeth Moffett, age 10
Elisha Harden, age 60
Hh 118
Jacob Harden, age 30. Elizabeth, 26. William E. 2, and Elizabeth E., age 1

1880 Census. Daviess Co KY, Knottsville,
Hh 144
Jack Hardin, age 62, b. KY; father b. VA, mother b. KY
Nancy, age 45, b. KY; father b. VA, mother b. KY
Robbert, age 32, son, b. KY.
Maggie Thompson, age 10, granddaughter [Martha married Napleon Thompson]
Hh 145
Jacob Hardin, age 40. Elizabeth, age 35.
William 12, Elizabeth 10, Jack 9, Nancy 7, Robert 4, Jenny 7 months - born in September.

Birth	1817	Kentucky
Death	1885
Marriage		Ruth Forman

Spouse	Ruth Forman ( - 1852)
Child	Jacob Hardin (1839 - )
Child	Julia A. Hardin (1841 - )
Child	Martha Hardin (1844 - )
Child	Mordecai Hardin (1846 - )
Child	Robert Hardin (1847 - )
Child	Mary L. Hardin (1849 - )

Father	Mordecai Hardin (1792 - 1860)
Mother	Amy Harding ( - )