======  Henry W. Hardy ======

Son of Henrie Hardy and Winnie (maiden name unknown), William Henry Hardy was born in North Carolina on March 30, 1805.((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49396986))

On March 28, 1829, William Henry Hardy (2 days before his 24th birthday) married Sarah Isbel(l), age 23 (Feb. 16, 1806 - Sept. 12, 1864)((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49396971)) in Franklin County, Georgia.((http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=GAmarriages_ga&h=82107&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=cuA293&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=7836))((http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WorldMarr_ga&h=529251&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=cuA293&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&rhSource=7667))

They had the following children (//3 sets of twin daughters//):
  - //Mary Ann Hardy-Brannon//  (Dec. 18, 1829 - )
  - //Martha Ann Hardy// (Dec. 18, 1829 - )
  - Harriet M. Hardy (June 17, 1831 - )
  - Nancy Emile Hardy-Wade (Jan. 21, 1832 - )
  - Winnie Angeline Hardy-Randle (June 11, 1834 - July 23, 1911). Married [[albert_gallatin_randle|Albert Gallatin Randle]] in Franklin, County, GA on Aug. 20, 1854
  - John A. Hardy (April 2, 1836 - Nov. 13, 1862)
  - Henrie F. Hardy (June 11, 1838 - April 9, 1844)
  - //Margaret M. Hardy-Fannell// (April 22, 1841 - )
  - //Elizabeth Jane Hardy-Swann// (April 22, 1841 - Jan. 23, 1921).((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7994083)) Married Thomas Zachery Swann (Jan. 18, 1850 - Feb. 14, 1911).((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7994097))
  - Howell H. Hardy (April 15, 1843 - )
  - //Sarah Hardy-Gibson// (Feb. 5, 1845 - June 1, 1912).((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7931825)) Married Christopher C. "Cris" Gibson (1855 - 1921).((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7931805))
  - //Lucinda Hardy-Adair// (Feb. 5, 1845 - )
  - James G. Hardy (Oct. 12, 1847 - April 21, 1880)


[{{ :henry_w_hardy:1850_us_census-henry_w_hardy.jpg?direct&800 |1850 United States Federal Census. Henry W. Hardy's family begins at line 28; but is barely legible.}}]

<WRAP center round box 70%> **1850 United States Federal Census**

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State: Georgia   \\ 
County: Franklin \\
Free Inhabitants in: District No. 32  \\
Date: Sept. 20, 1850 \\

^Name               ^  Age  ^  Gender  ^  Birthplace      ^  Occupation  ^
|Henry W. Hardy     |  45   |    M     |  North Carolina  |   Farmer  |
|Sarah Hardy        |  44   |    F     |  South Carolina  |           |
|Mary A. Hardy      |  20   |    F     |  South Carolina  |           |
|Nancy E. Hardy     |  18   |    F     |  Georgia         |           |
|Winny A. Hardy     |  16   |    F     |  Georgia         |           |
|John A. Hardy      |  14   |    M     |  Georgia         |           |
|Margaret M. Hardy  |   6   |    F     |  Georgia         |           |
|Elizabeth Hardy    |   6   |    F     |  Georgia         |           |
|Howell H. Hardy    |   5   |    M     |  Georgia         |           |
|Lucinda Hardy      |   4   |    F     |  Georgia         |           |
|Sarah Hardy        |   4   |    F     |  Georgia         |           |
|James Hardy        |   2   |    M     |  Georgia         |           |

Note: It is unlikely that Mary A. Hardy was born in South Carolina William Henry Hardy and Sarah Isbel(l) were married in Franklin County, Georgia. Typos by census takers are common. However, Mary A. Hardy may have been born in South Carolina while Sarah Isbel(l) was staying with family... as this was her first child.

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Source: "United States Census" Year: 1850; Census Place: District 32, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: M432_70; Page: 264B; Image: 59</WRAP>

===== Move to Mississippi =====

[{{ :henry_w_hardy:mississippi-colton-1855.jpg?direct&400|1855 Colton Map of Mississippi}}]
Sometime between 1850 and 1860, Henry W. Hardy moved his family from Franklin County, Georgia to Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Because their daughter, Winna (Winnie) Angeline Hardy, married [[albert_gallatin_randle|Albert Gallatin Randle]] in Franklin, County, GA on Aug. 20, 1854; and Winna (Winnie) Angeline Hardy had her first child in Georgia during July 1855, but her second child was born in MS during March 1859, it's highly likely that the two families traveled together to Mississippi between July 1855 and March 1859.

Pontotoc County is located in the northeastern corner of Mississippi (the green colored county on the map to the right).

Pontotoc County was created on February 9, 1836 from lands ceded to the United States under the Chickasaw Cession (The Chickasaws were moved to an area in what is present-day southeastern Oklahoma, and their lands became open to new settlement). Pontotoc is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickasaw|Chickasaw]] word meaning "land of hanging grapes".((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontotoc_County%2C_Mississippi))

By 1859, Mississippi had become the leading cotton producer in nation.((http://www.mdah.ms.gov/timeline/zone/1859/))


<note>
**How long would it take a heavily loaded horse-drawn wagon to travel the approx. 400 miles from Franklin County, Georgia to Pontotoc County, Mississippi?**

The answer depends upon MANY variables:

__On Roads / trails__
  * Level or rolling terrain: 20
  * Hilly terrain: 15
  * Mountainous terrain: 10

__Off-Road (or unkempt trails, etc.)__
  * Level/rolling grasslands: 15
  * Hilly grasslands: 12
  * Level/rolling forest/thick scrub: 10
  * Very hilly forest/thick scrub: 7

  * Un-blazed Mountain passes: 5
  * Marshland: 5

Notes:\\
Poor weather such as heavy rain or wind should reduce distances by about one quarter, and very poor conditions like heavy snow or gale force winds, etc.. should reduce distances by at least half if not more.\\
Finding a place to ford a small river should knock a couple of miles off the day’s journey, other unique obstacles might have a similar reduction.

**Answer:** Assuming that they traveled on a trail under ideal conditions, it would have taken 20 days. Since ideal conditions are rare for such an extended a period, let's assume that it took them about a month to make the journey.
</note>



[{{ :henry_w_hardy:1860_us_census-henry_w_hardy.jpg?direct&800 |1860 U.S. Census. Henry W. Hardy's family begins on line 30.}}]

<WRAP center round box 70%> 
**1860 United States Federal Census**
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State: Mississippi \\
County: Pontotoc \\
Post Office: Ellistown \\
Date: Oct. 8, 1860

^ Name                ^  Age   ^  Gender  ^  Occupation  ^  Birthplace ^ 
| Henry W. Hardy      |   55   |    M     |  Farmer      |  North Carolina  |  
| Sarah Hardy         |   54   |    F     |              |  South Carolina  | 
| John A. Hardy       |   23   |    M     |              |  Georgia         | 
| Margaret M. Hardy   |   18   |    F     |              |  Georgia         | 
| Elizabeth J. Hardy  |   18   |    F     |              |  Georgia         |
| Howell H. Hardy     |   17   |    M     |              |  Georgia         |
| Lucinda Hardy       |   14   |    F     |              |  Georgia         |
| Sarah Hardy         |   14   |    F     |              |  Georgia         |
| James G. Hardy      |   12   |    M     |              |  Georgia         |


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Source: U.S. Census. Census Place: Pontotoc, Mississippi; Roll: M653_590; Page: 817; Family History Library Film: 803590</WRAP>


[{{ :henry_w_hardy:1870_us_census-henry_w_hardy.jpg?direct&800 |1870 United States Federal Census. Henry W. Hardy's family begins on line 12.}}]

<WRAP center round box 70%> **1870 United States Federal Census**

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State: Mississippi \\
County: Lee \\
Post Office: Ellistown  \\
Date: Aug. 1870 \\

^Name            ^  Gender  ^  Age   ^  Birthplace      ^  Occupation     ^
|Henry Hardy     |    M     |  65    |  North Carolina  |  Farmer         |
|Margaret Hardy  |    F     |  26    |  Georgia         |  Keeping House  |
|Sarah Hardy     |    F     |  23    |  Georgia         |                 |
|James Hardy     |    M     |  21    |  Georgia         |  Farm Laborer   |

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Source: "United States Census" Year: 1870; Census Place: District 1, Lee, Mississippi; Roll: M593_736; Page: 372B; Image: 198175; Family History Library Film: 552235</WRAP>

<note>[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_County%2C_Mississippi|Union County]] was established July 7, 1870, during the reconstruction era, and was named so because of the union of parts of Pontotoc and Tippah Counties. In 1874, part of Lee County was also annexed to it, thus making its present land area of 412 square miles.((http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~msunion/))</note>

[{{ :henry_w_hardy:1880_us_census-henry_w_hardy.jpg?direct&800 |1880 United States Federal Census. Henry W. Hardy appears on line 27.}}]

<WRAP center round box 70%> 
**1880 United States Federal Census**
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State: Mississippi \\
County: Union \\
Date: June 16, 1880

^ Name            ^  Age  ^  Gender  ^  Relationship  ^  Marital Status  ^  Occupation  ^  Birthplace      ^  Father's Birthplace  ^  Mother's Birthplace  ^
| Henry W. Hardy  |  74   |    M     |    Head        |   Widower        |  Farmer      |  North Carolina  |  Liverpool, England   |  North Carolina       |

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Source: U.S. Census. Year: 1880; Census Place: Union, Mississippi; Roll: 666; Family History Film: 1254666; Page: 320D; Enumeration District: 204</WRAP>

===== Death =====

Sarah Isbel(l)-Hardy died on Sept. 12, 1864 (at age 58). She was buried in "Camp Creek Cemetery", Corrona (Lee County), Mississippi.((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49396971))

<note>Most of the original 1890 U.S. Federal Census records were destroyed or badly damaged by a fire in the Commerce Department in 1921. Records enumerating only 6,160 individuals—less than one percent of the schedules—survived. Those for the Hardy family were destroyed.</note>

Henry W. Hardy died on May 11, 1892 (at age 87). He was also buried in "Camp Creek Cemetery", Corrona (Lee County), Mississippi.((https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49396986))

[{{:henry_w_hardy:tombstone-sarah_isbell-hardy.jpg?direct&600|Inscribed: Sarah Hardy, Born Feb. 16, 1806, Died Sept. 12, 1864}}][{{:henry_w_hardy:tombstone-henry_w-hardy.jpg?direct&600|Inscribed: W.H. Hardy, Born Mar. 30, 1805, Died May 11, 1892}}]