ID: I01822
Name: Thomas "R. S." HARDEMAN
Sex: M
Birth: 15 OCT 1730 in English Providence Colony of Virginia (now USA)
Death: 27 AUG 1791 in Statesboro, Effingham (nka Bulloch) County, Georgia USA
Military Service: Revolutionary War Soldier
Burial: 29 AUG 1791 Bulloch County, Georgia
Event:
Note Thomas Hardeman and wife are my maternal 5th great grandparents.
Reference Number: IND1847
Note: THOMAS and ELIZABETH MARGETTS HARDEMAN are my 5th great-grandparents.
The family name was uniformly spelled "Hardyman" in the old Bible record of Thomas Hardyman kept in the Sirmans family. It is also spelled that way on the deed and estate records of Screven and Bulloch counties and on the state land-grant records, and also in the South Carolina Revolutionary War accounts. (2) He served as captain in Col. Powell's Regiment, South Carolina militia, in 1775-77, in the Revolutionary War; and his son, Joseph, served as ensign in the same company under his father (see p.245, Gregg's "History of the old Cheraws"). About the time of the close of the Revolution, the Hardyman family moved to Georgia and settled in Effingham County (later cut into Screven and then Bulloch counties).
Thomas Hardyman/Hardeman was in Darlington Co. SC in an area called Lake Swamp, on the East side Lynches Creek. This is between the present towns of Darlington and Lamar. In the "SC Magazine of Ancestral Research", Spring 1979, p. 78: "Darlington County Memorialized Records" are these entries: #21 John Byrd to Thomas Hardyman, Lease and release. 1781, Nov 4 & 5. 130 Acres Lake Swamp #22 Thomas Hardyman to Thomas Jones, Lease and release, Nov 4 & 5 1781, 300 Acres East side Lynches Creek.
The book "Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772" by Jean Stephenson, published by Shenandoah Pub. House Inc, Strasburg, VA c. 1971 shows that Thomas Hardyman was in the Hayes Swamp area of Darlington Co. in 1773.
In the "History of Old Cherawas" by Alexander Gregg, published by the State Co., Columbia SC c. 1867 p. 245 "The following commissioins were made out, signed and dated as here entered, for officers in Col. Powell's Regiment of Militia, St. David's Parish" Ensign Joseph Hardyman and Capt Thomas Hardyman are on the list, but only Joseph is listed in index of the book. The author states his reference for this as: "House Journal, Nov 40, pp 193,194" and this list and information on Powell's regiment follows a letter from John Rutledge dated Sep. 30th, 1776, so I assume this is the year these commissions were issued.
There is also a Stub Entry to Indents in Book D, p. 153 #117, Book D. Issued the 20th Dec. 1783 to Mr. Thomas Hardyman for Three pounds, ten Shillings and Seven Pence Sterling for Beef supplied the Continental Army in the Year 1781. Account audited. Principal Pounds 3..10..7 Interest Pounds 0..4..11 This document does not give a location but it is another indication that there was a Thomas Hardyman in SC in 1783. SOURCE: Posted by Pauline Eubanks at the Hardeman Yahoo! Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HARDEMAN/
HARDEMAN, THOMAS 1740? - 1791 Effingham (County, Georgia) THOMAS HARDEMAN was a Revolutionary Soldier and a native of Virginia. This much seems to be well authenticated. Descendants living in Wiregrass Georgia however, were denied admission into the D. A. R. in 1948 as it appeared that the THOMAS HARDEMAN who served from North Carolina and was at the Battle of Kings Mountain, moved to Tennessee and died there in the 1830's; descendants living in other states had already been admitted on his service. As no other Revolutionary service of THOMAS HARDEMAN could be adduced, there was nothing left to do but to withdraw the application. However, it is generally known that many records of service in the Revolution have been lost through the years, so that it is entirely probably there were two THOMAS HARDEMAN's in the service. THOMAS HARDEMAN was the father of five sisters who married and lived for awhile in Effingham and Bulloch counties, then moving to Wiregrass Georgia and settling in what was then Irwin County in 1822. This is referred to in the "History of Clinch County, Georgia" (by Huxford) published in 1916 (see pp. 159-160). The name of the wife of THOMAS HARDEMAN is not known. The records of Effingham County show that the estate of THOMAS HARDEMAN was appraised August 27, 1791, but unfortunately, no other record of the estate can be found, many records of that early period being lost. The appraisers were: JOHN WOOLF, JOHN LOWE and JOHN WRIGHT. Not all the children of THOMAS HARDEMAN can be learned at this late date. Descendants, long since dead, said there were seven daughters but the Compiler did not seek to learn who they all were. JOSEPH HARDEMAN of Effingham County (annexed to Bulloch County in 1796) was an adjoining land-owner to JOSIAH SIRMANS in 1798, and was probably a son of THOMAS. The known daughters were the approximate dates of their births are as follows:
1) WINNIE HARDEMAN b: 1754, m. JOHN MOORE 2) LUCRETIA HARDEMAN b: 1766, m. JOHN TOMLINSON, SR. 3) MARY HARDEMAN b: 1768, m. JOHN JONES, called Jack Jones 4) HARTY HARDEMAN b: 1774, m. JOSIAH SIRMANS 5) MARTHA HARDEMAN b: 1776, m. DAVID JOHNSON, SR.
JOHN THOMLINSON, SR. died in Bulloch County but his widow moved to Wiregrass Georgia, as did her four sisters named above, and their husbands. Their descendants today number many thousands in Wiregrass Georgia and Florida. Record is found of two land-grants to him from the State as follows: Grant to 150 acres in Effingham County, March 12, 1786, and grant to 150 acres in Effingham County on April 3, 1786.
SOURCE: "Pioneers Of Wiregrass Georgia" by Folks Huxford, Volume I, Pages 115, 116
Father: Joseph HARDEMAN b: 17 JUN 1703 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia Colony (now USA)
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth CLAYTON b: ABT 1716 in Bradford, County Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Marriage 1
Elizabeth MARGETTS b: 14 AUG 1736 in English Providence Colony of Virginia (now USA)
- Married:
7 APR 1750
in English Providence Colony of Virginia (now USA)
- Event:
Marriage names
in Thomas HARDEMAN and Elizabeth MARGETTS
- Event:
Marriage source
in LDS IGI Individual Record, Batch No. 7250007, Film and Book, Sheet 07, Source Call No. 0543508, Printout Call No. 543896 and 543897
- Event:
Marriage Filed
1750
in Chipping Norton, County Oxford, ENGLAND
Children
Winnie HARDEMAN b: 21 JUL 1754 in Beaufort District, South Carolina Joseph "R. S." HARDEMAN b: 15 FEB 1756 in Cheraw District, South Carolina Elizabeth HARDEMAN b: 18 AUG 1760 in Cheraw District, South Carolina Sarah HARDEMAN b: 11 JUL 1762 in Beaufort District, South Carolina Mary HARDEMAN b: 14 JUN 1764 in Beaufort District, South Carolina Rebecca Lucretia HARDEMAN b: 14 JAN 1766 in Virginia Harty "Artie" HARDEMAN b: 16 MAY 1772 in Effingham (nka Bulloch) County, Georgia Martha Ann HARDEMAN b: 18 JAN 1776 in Effingham (nka Bulloch) County, Georgia | |