Joseph Hardin 4C 34
N 35° 13.501 W 088° 15.022
16S E 386212 N 3898713
Hardin County, Tennessee was named for Revolutionary War Veteran Joseph Hardin.
Waymark Code: WMPXF
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/08/2006
Views: 32
This Historical Marker stands in front of the Courthouse on Main Street in Savannah, Tennessee. The text of the marker reads:
JOSEPH HARDING
1734 – 1801
"Colonel Hardin was born in Virginia but moved to North Carolina in 1772. During the Revolutionary War, he fought at King’s Mountain and elsewhere in the South. He was Speaker of the House of the State of Franklin in 1785 and a member of the Territorial Assembly in 1794. After the war, he received a 3000-acre land grant located within the present boundaries of Hardin County, and family members and friends settled on it in 1816. The county, created in 1819 and was named for him."
Marker Name: Joseph Hardin
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number: 4C-34
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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