Family: John C. Hardwick / Elizabeth Jane Boyd (F10384)

• Father | Male John C. Hardwick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1815	Tennessee
  Died	Bef 1878	Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  Buried
  Married	25 Dec 1844  [1, 2]	Marshall County, Mississippi  [1, 2]
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  Mother | Female Elizabeth Jane Boyd

  
  

  Born	3 Feb 1828	Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi
  Died
  Buried
  Father	James M. Boyd | F10385 Group Sheet
  Mother	Nancy Mahota Love | F10385 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male James Hardwick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1847	Mississippi
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Joseph C. Hardwick

  
  

  Born	31 Mar 1850	Mississippi
  Died	1 Jan 1884
  Buried
  Spouse	Sally Beth Huff | F4785
  Married	7 Jan 1876	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

  
  

  Child 3 | Male John David "Dave" Hardwick

  
  

  Born	Between 1850 and 1852	Mississippi
  Died	23 Oct 1889	Paris, Lamar County, Texas
  Buried		Hardwick Plot, East Of Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma
  Spouse	Sarah Frances Dunephin | F10383
  Married	8 Feb 1872	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  Spouse	Lucretia "Crecy/Cresy" Harney | F6968
  Married	30 Nov 1876	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

  
  

  Child 4 | Male George Hardwick

  
  

  Born	Abt 1854
  Died	16 Oct 1889
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Nancy Hardwick

  
  

  Born	8 Oct 1858
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	John T. Huff | F10387
  Married	27 Apr 1876

  
  

• Notes

  Married: J.L. Christian, now deceased, posted the following query to a rootsweb message board: Looking for leads to John C. HARDWICK parents, siblings, etc. in Tennessee. Was able to traced him back only to the Sept. 9, 1850 census in Tippah County, Miss. No trace before that time. John was Born abt. 1815 in Tennessee. He died before 1878?, Chickasaw Nation, Pickens County, Indian Territory. John married Elizabeth Jane BOYD 25 December 1844 in Mississippi. Elizabeth Jane BOYD a daughter of Nancy Mahota LOVE. Nancy LOVE was a daughter of Thomas LOVE and Homahota (Chickasaw Indian). Elizabeth was born 03 February 1828 in Holly Springs, Mississippi. John and Elizabeth children were; 1. James HARDWICK, born abt. 1847. 2. Joseph C. HARDWICK, born 31 March 1850. 3. John David HARDWICK, born 1852. 4. George HARDWICK, born abt. 1854. 5. Nancy L. HARDWICK, born 08 October 1858. Notes: When John and Elizabeth left Mississippi (date unknown), they moved to a place called Poteau Hill near Fort Smith, Arkansas. It appears they lived near Elizabeth's parents for a while. On 16th of December 1854, they purchased a farm in Pickens county, I.T. from Robert H. LOVE, Bob LOVE had purchased the farm from his half brother's ( Ben LOVE) widow Charlotte CHOATE. It was known as the Cow Pen place in the lower Cross Timbers. (Source: Chickasaw Nation Records, Book 59, page 70). The farm was located on the west side of Horse Creek near its mouth and alone the north bank of Red River in Pickens County, C.N. and upon sections 16-15-21, Range 4, Township 7 east and south of Arbuckle. (Source: Chickasaw Nation Records, Book 48, page 87) John C. HARDWICK served as sheriff of Pickens County in 1870 and as County Treasurer from 1872 to 1874. In 1870 John was commissioned to build the Pickens County Court House. He received $1,000. John and Elizabeth are probably buried near Powell, in Marshall county, but no markers remain. (Source: Chickasaw Loves and Allied Families, by Marie King GARLAND.) Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" cited only three known children born to John C. Hardwick and Elizabeth Jane Boyd, James, John David and Joe C. Hardwick. He noted that they were believed to be buried near Powell, Marshall County, Oklahoma, but with no stones remaining.

  
  

• Sources

  [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Johnston, Lissa (mail@lissajohnston.com) "Jones/Johnston An cestors" Updated 2008-07-28; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry. com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lissaj (Reliability: 3). [S682] Lemons, Nova A., Compiler and Editor "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" Timbercreek Ltd., Rt. 1 Box 242, Miami, OK 74354, 1997, Article about the "The Hardwick Family," submitted by Jon E astman Hardwick, 1101 Bus. IH 20 West, Baird, TX 79504, pp . 294-297 (Reliability: 3).