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During the Revolution, Hardin provided provisions: a gun, bacon, beef, cattle and three bushels of meal for the militia during the Revolutionary War. He was referred to as "Capt" Hardin - perhaps a complimentary or militia title. He could have served in one of the French & Indian Wars.

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On Nov. 5, 1788, he was appointed one of the commissioners to examine navigability of Slate River in Buckingham (p. 657 vol. 12 The Statutes at Large by William W. Henning).

Hardin Perkins paid taxes in Buckingham Co 1790-1795

The Buckingham County records have been destroyed, but the will of HARDIN PERKINS was recorded with the papers of a suit, Gibson vs. Key, in the Chancery File, April 1856 term, Fluvanna Co., Va. The will reads:
THE WILL OF HARDIN PERKINS:
In the name of God Amen I HARDIN PERKINS of the County of Buckingham being of sound mind and memory do make this my last Will and Testament. I hereby desire all the land & Negroes that I have heretofore given or lent to any or either of my Children to such child or children to them & their heirs forever. All that Tract of land whereon I now live (except that before given to my son Price Perkins) I hereby bequeath to my wife for her natural life & after her death to my son Price Perkins to him and his heirs forever. I likewise give & bequeath to my wife two negroes Jesse & Peggy to her & her heirs forever. I give & bequeath to my daughter Polley Price Moore the four following Negroes, to wit, Billey, Eve, Fanny, and John. I likewise give and bequeath to my said Daughter Polley Price Moore my Bay riding Horse, one bed & furniture, a chest of drawers and one Table to her and her heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my son Price Perkins, the following Negroes, Abram, Isaac, & Peter. I likewise give and bequeath to my said son Price Perkins, one bed & furniture six chairs & ten hear of Cattle to him and his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Salley Price Lewis a Negroe Girl Frank to her and her Heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Salley Price Key a Negroe Boy Major to her and her heirs forever.
All the rest of my Estate I give and bequeath to my wife during her natural life and after her death all the said property with the increase of Negroes (except my Negroe man Abraham) to be equally divided among all my Children. My Negroe man Abraham after the death of my wife, I give to my son Daniel Perkins to him & his heirs forever.
I give and bequeath to my son Hardin Perkins three hundred and fifty pounds to be paid at the rate of fifty pounds p. annum out of the property given to my wife for her life if the full sum of three hundred & fifty pounds should not be paid to my s'd son Hardin Perkins before the death of my wife I direct the payment to be made out of the Estate so given to my wife before a division of said Estate among all my Children. It is my desire that my Estate should not be appraised. I do hereby publish and declare this to be my last will and testament & constitute & appoint my beloved wife Sarah Perkins my Executrix my son Hardin Perkins & set my hand this 9th day of September one thousand seven Hundred & ninety four.
Signed & acknowledged in presence of
Wilson Cary Nicholas
William Desharer
Thomas C. Fletcher
Signed: Hardin Perkins
At a Court held for Buckingham County the 12th day of January 1795. This will proved by the oaths of Wilson Cary Nicholas and Thomas C. Fletcher two of the witnesses thereto sworn by Hardin Perkins, Price Perkins and Tandy Key the Executors herein mentioned and ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executors who entered into and acknowledged bond with security according to Law certificate was granted them for obtaining a Probate hereof in due form.
A Copy Teste Rolfe Eldridge CBC

After her husband's death, Sarah Price Perkins moved to Fluvanna County to live with her daughter, Mrs. Tandy Key. It was there that she died, January 25, 1821. Her obituary appeared in the Feb 2, 1821 (p. 3, No. 54, Vol. II). issue of the Central Gazette of Charlottesville, Virginia, as follows:

DIED--In Fluvanna, on the 25th July MRS. SARAH PERKINS, aged 87 years, grandmother to Mrs. Brown whose death was announced in the last week's Central Gazette.--To eulogize the dead is common--but the above aged lady was too well known to make this necessary--her benevolent and charitable disposition was duly appreciated by her numerous acquaintances. By her death society has been robbed of one of its most valuable members. She has left a numerous and respectable offspring to bemoan her loss.

Her will, recorded in Fluvanna County, p. 331 Will Book 2 (old style) reads:
I Sarah Perkins now of Fluvanna County late of Buckingham do make this my last Will and Testament in manner following viz - I give Nancy B. Key now Nancy Jerman a negro girl named Sally now in her possession to her and her heirs forever--my will and desire is that all my other estate both real and personal shall be equally divided between Sally P. Lewis, Milly Key, Polly P. Moore & Sarah P. Perkins daughter of Elisha Perkins to them & their heirs forever & do hereby appoint Zacheriah Lewis & Walter Key my Executors of this my last Will and Testament revoking any Will or Wills heretofore made by me--In Testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix my seal this thirty-first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Witness
Josa. Key
John Bledsoe
Signed: Sarah Perkins
At a court of monthly session held for Fluvanna County on Monday the 26th day of February 1821. This will was the day presented in Court and proved by the Oaths of Joshua Key and John Bledsoe Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded--and on the motion of Walter Key an Executor therein named who made oath thereto as the law directs and entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of Two thousand dollars Joshua Key his Security conditioned as the law directs certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form. And time is allowed the other Executor therein named to qualify thereto.
Teste. John Timberlake CRC



Other Hardins that cannot be either father or son:

Found a Hardin Perkins in Bedford County VA Personal Property Tax Rolls: 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1788. William Perkins found in 1791 only.

From "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution" by Francis B. Heitman, c1914, p.435: Perkins, Hardin (Va). Ensign 6th Virginia, 21 Mar 1776; 2nd Liut. 27 Oct 1776; 1st Lieut. 15 Apr 1777; resigned 26 Apr 1778. (Died 1838.) [this does not fit the date of death, but is the only Hardin Perkins in my database]

Birth	1730
Marriage	Bef 1756	Sarah Price
Death	Bef 1795	Buckingham County, Virginia

Spouse	Sarah Price (1734 - 1821)
Child	Price Perkins (1765 - 1843)

Father	Constantine Perkins (1682 - 1770)
Mother	Ann Pollard ( - )
Sibling	Stephen Perkins (1717 - 1772)
Sibling	Nicholas Perkins (1718 - 1762)
Sibling	Constantine Perkins (1720 - 1769)
Sibling	William Perkins (1722 - 1800)
Sibling	Elizabeth Perkins (1724 - )
Sibling	Ann Perkins (1727 - 1797)
Sibling	Mary Perkins (1733 - )
Sibling	Joseph Perkins (1735 - )