John Hais Hardee Sr.
Colonel John Hais Hardee Sr. | |
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| Born | November 4, 1747 Beaufort County, North Carolina |
| Died | April 3, 1809 (aged 61) Camden County, Georgia, U.S. |
| Place of burial | Hull Cemetery, Camden County, Georgia, U.S. |
John Hais Hardee Sr. (November 4, 1747 – April 3, 1809)[1][2] was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Initially a private, he was promoted to colonel.[3] In recognition of his services, the State of Georgia granted him 1,360 acres (550 ha) of land in Camden County in 1786, on which he built the Rural Felicity Plantation.[4]
Early life and career
[edit]Hardee was born in 1747 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, to John H. Hardee and Susannah Tyson. His father, the son of Anthony Hardee and Evelyn Dulverton,[5] was one of the founders of Pitt County, and was also colonel in the American Revolutionary War.[6] He married Caroline T. Aldrich, firstly, in 1770, then Elizabeth Burney.[7] One of his children was John Hais Hardee Jr., who became a major in the United States Army during the War of 1812.[8]
Death
[edit]Hardee died in 1809 in Camden County, Georgia,[9] aged 61.[2] He was interred in the family burial ground at the Rural Felicity Plantation.
References
[edit]- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1910). Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 29. Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 333.
- ^ a b American Ancestry: Embracing lineages from the whole of the United States, 1888-1898. 1890. p. 128.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1921). Proceedings of the Continental Congress. p. 78.
- ^ Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. State Historical Association. 1906. p. 197.
- ^ Bond0007. "Col John H Hardee Sr & Susanna Tyson". Retrieved June 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ King, Henry Thomas (1911). Sketches of Pitt County: A Brief History of the County, 1704-1910; Illustrations and Maps. Edwards. p. 225.
- ^ Thomasson, Curtis (May 4, 2019). "Hardy/Hardee family settled in Monroe County circa 1817". The Andalusia Star-News. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ "MS 249". library.uncw.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1923). Lineage Book, Volume 66. Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 248.