Individual Details

Martin married (2) or (3) Elizabeth Truman, believed to be a widow. The children said to be children of the first wife Letitia Stull.

There are these marriages:
Martin Hardin to Mary Meriwether: 13 Sep 1798, Jefferson Co KY (she was the widow of Jas. Meriwether)
Martin Hardin to Elizabeth Truman: 22 Jun 1810, Hardin Co KY

There is a Preemption Warrant, No. 1624 that was assigned from John Finch, witnessed by Benjamin Hardin, to Jephthah and Martin Hardin, each receiving 500 acres. It was dated 18 Oct 1781 at the same time Martin's older first cousin, Benjamin, was obtaining land for his daughters. The land was in Monongalia Co said to be adjacent his settlement of 1772 [Finch's settlement]. Jephthah is thought to possibly be a son of Benjamin's by an early, short marriage.

There was a grant on 23 Jul 1788 in Monogalia Co to a Martin Hardin for settlement of a preemption, no number given. Martin was the assignee of John Harden [which John is difficult to determine] It was surveyed 6 Sep 1787 and was for 341 acres. The tract lay on the dividing ridge between Raccoon & Sandy Creeks, both sides of the road that leads to the Tyger [Tygart] Valley River, to include a settlement of 1771. This appears to be closer to land of Martin's father - perhaps the preemption was assigned.

Martin is believed to have been with Indian Bill Hardin to lay out and establish Hardinsbury KY in 1781. He tried to rescue Molly Hardin from the Indians after her capture in 1780, and in 1781 when his cousin Jack Hardin was arrested & court-martialled by Gen. George Rogers Clark, Martin helped him escape - the two hid out and wintered over in the Kentucky wilderness, and discovered the Pleasant Run area in what is now Washington Co. When Col. John led the group back to Pleasant Run in 1782, Martin chose land next to his brother. They returned to PA. He brought his family to KY probably in 1784 or 1785. Martin was a scout for Gen. "Mad Anthony" Wayne's expedition into Ohio and Indiana in 1794, which finally crushed the Indians.

KY Grant to Martin Hardin for Warrant #2584, for 400 £, dated 14 Feb 1780 and surveyed 13 Aug 1781. 1000 acres in Jefferson Co on the Lick Fork of Pleasant Run, northwest corner John Hardin's Preemption, his line and his southwest corner. The grant was dated 1 Jun 1782. Patent Book G, p.41. Kentucky Book 1, p.54.
This land is now located in Washington Co KY.

Martin's will was dated 16 Jul 1838 and proved 21 Aug 1848. No wife mentioned. It named his deceased son John; daughter-in-law Sarah, John's widow and the children of John, Robert and Letitia. Son Martin. Daughters Lydia Yeagar wife of Josiah Yager, Sarah Torrance, wife of Albert Torrance. Executors: Martin Hardin, Josiah Yager, Albert Torrance. Codicil dated 27 Nov 1843 that dau Sally had died and her share to go to grandson William Tarrance. Another daughter, Letitia, had married Andrew Fite but had died prior to Jul of 1838, leaving no children.

Birth	1 Feb 1757	Prince William County, Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1778	Pennsylvania - Letitia Stull
Marriage	Abt 1810	Hardin County, Kentucky - Elizabeth Truman
Death	Bef Aug 1848	Washington County, Kentucky

Spouse	Letitia Stull ( - 1798)
Child	John Hardin ( - 1838)
Child	Martin Hardin (1781 - 1877)
Child	Sally Hardin ( - 1843)
Child	Lydia Hardin (1789 - )
Child	Letitia Hardin ( - 1838)

Spouse

Elizabeth Truman ( - )

Father	Martin "Ruffled Shirt" Hardin (1716 - 1779)
Mother	Lydia Waters (1720 - 1760)
Sibling	Mary Hardin (1741 - )
Sibling	Sarah Ellen Hardin (1743 - 1826)
Sibling	Hannah Hardin (1745 - 1784)
Sibling	Lydia Hardin (1748 - )
Sibling	Mark "Horse Racer" Hardin (1750 - 1835)
Sibling	Col. John Hardin (1753 - 1792)
Sibling	Catherine Hardin (1755 - )
Sibling	Rosanna Hardin (1760 - 1789)