Individual Details
Col. John J. Hardin
(6 Jan 1810 - 23 Feb 1847)
Service in the Black Hawk War:
The muster roll of Third Regiment, Whiteside's Brigade has the following notes:
"I certify on honor that this Muster Roll exhibits the true state of Captain William B. Smiths Company of Mounted Volunteers of Illinois Militia on this day..... Signed at Beardstown this 26th day of April 1832." Wm. B. Smith, Commanding the Company
"Mustered and countersigned this 26th of April 1832" John J. Hardin, Inspector and Mustering officer.
Footnotes state that the roll is in the handwriting of John J. Hardin. Another roll includes Hardin as a "High Private" in this unit.
The Black Hawk War 1831-1832, Vol I, Illinois Volunteers; compiled and edited by Ellen M. Whitney, Illinois State Historical Library, Vol. XXXV, Springfield, 1970, p.167
Served in Congress from Illinois. Died in the battle of Buena Vista in Mexico 23 Feb 1847.
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congrass
HARDIN, John J., (1810 - 1847)
HARDIN, John J., (son of Martin Davis Hardin), a Representative from Illinois; born in Frankfort, Ky., January 6, 1810; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1831 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; served in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War 1831-1832; was brigadier general in command during the Mormon trouble in Hancock County in 1844 and later attained the rank of major general; appointed prosecuting attorney of Morgan County in 1832; member of the State house of representatives 1836-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; during the Mexican War recruited the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel; was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, February 23, 1847; interment in City Cemetery (East), Jacksonville, Ill.
Events
| Birth | 6 Jan 1810 |  | |||
| Marriage | 1831 | Sarah Ellen Smith | | ||
| Military | 1832 | 3rd Regiment, Whiteside's Brigade, IL Militia, Black Hawk War | |||
| Death | 23 Feb 1847 | Buena Vista, Mexico | | ||
| Military | 1847 | 1st Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Mexican War |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Ellen Smith (1811 - ) |
| Child | Ellen Hardin (1832 - 1915) |
| Child | Gen. Martin D. Hardin (1837 - ) |
| Child | Lemuel Smith Hardin (1840 - 1909) |
| Father | Martin Davis Hardin (1780 - 1823) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Logan (1786 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Lucy Jane Hardin (1815 - ) |
| Sibling | Martinette Hardin ( - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Hardin (1818 - 1863) |
Endnotes
1. Bill P. Hardin, Internet Home Page: Hardin
2. B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 , Memorial Volume in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Coming of the First Colony to Germanna, Virginia, in 1714..... (The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in VA, Inc., 1964).
3. National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books, 152 vols. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 1998-. Original data from: National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. , Miss Ellen Hardin Walworth.9768.
4. B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750 , Memorial Volume in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Coming of the First Colony to Germanna, Virginia, in 1714..... (The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies in VA, Inc., 1964).
5. Bill P. Hardin, Internet Home Page: Hardin