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The 1st meeting of the Breckinridge County Court was held 20 Jan 1800, at the home of William Hardin to appoint the first officers & decide on a site for the county seat. The 2nd meeting was 17 Mar 1800. William Hardin, Jr, gave bond for the office of sheriff. Elijah Hardin was commissioner of the tax. Justices of the quarter session court were William Comstock, Edward Pate, and James Jennings; they met for the first time on 21 Apr 1800.
Hardin's Town had already been laid out so it was chosen the seat of justice for the new county. On 19 Jan 1801, it was named Hardinsburgh. Lots were given by William Hardin for the purpose of erecting the courthouse. INVENTORY OF THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF KENTUCKY; No. 14; Breckinridge County; by KY Historical Records Survey Project, WPA.

William Hardin Graham
....there is a map with numerous land sales or transfers from
William Hardin in Breckinridge Co, KY which I believe to have been
copied from Filson Club records in Louisville. One includes 530 acres
from Wm Hardin to Elijah Hardin in 1804. It includes Lodiburg and
Argabright Hollow. The property is immediately east of 632 acres from
Wm Hardin to Henry Hardin in 1801.

Breckinridge DB B
p.131
29 Nov 1804 William Hardin Senior to Elijah Hardin for 60#'s. Tract in the dry valley, part of a 5000 acre tract patented to William May, 533 acres. Being old line of the 5000 acres, Hashfield's line. Signed & acknowledged by William Hardin the same day.

[Elijah Hardin] While still "a minor shot and wounded Isaac BUSH, son of Christopher BUSH, resulting in a judgment of $1,500 in damages against General HARDIN (April term, 1804, Hardin Circuit Court), and who was afterwards himself shot and killed at Hardinsburg by Friend McMAHON in 1805." --"General William Hardin" in Who Was Who in Hardin County (Hardin County Historical Society)

Birth	Abt 1776
Death	1805	Kentucky

Father	Capt. WILLIAM HARDIN (1745 - 1821)
Mother	WINIFRED ANN HOLTZCLAW (1752 - 1801)
Sibling	John E. Hardin (1774 - 1850)
Sibling	WINNY ANN HARDIN (1775 - 1818)
Sibling	Henry Hardin (1778 - 1855)
Sibling	Melinda Ann Hardin (1780 - 1829)
Sibling	William Hardin Jr. (1781 - 1850)
Sibling	Amelia Hardin ( - )
Sibling	Jehu HARDIN ( - )
Sibling	Celia Hardin (1794 - 1854)
Sibling	Mary "Polly" HARDIN (1770 - 1839)
Sibling	Daniel HARDIN (1770 - 1828)