Colonel Joseph Hardin, Sr. (April 18, 1734 – July 4, 1801) Hardin was an Assemblyman (Provincial Congressman) for the North Carolina Colony. During the War for Independence, as a member of the militia from Tryon County, Hardin fought the Cherokee allies of Britain along the western frontier and was a signatory of the Tryon Resolves. Later in the war, having taken his family over the Appalachian Mountains to the Washington District for safety against the advance of the Red Coats out of South Carolina, Hardin joined the Overmountain Men. He saw action at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill and the decisive Battle of Kings Mountain. Following the peace with Britain, Hardin was a co-founder and second Speaker of the House for the State of Franklin; and an Assemblyman in the Southwest Territory before
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| - Colonel Joseph Hardin, Sr. (April 18, 1734 – July 4, 1801) Hardin was an Assemblyman (Provincial Congressman) for the North Carolina Colony. During the War for Independence, as a member of the militia from Tryon County, Hardin fought the Cherokee allies of Britain along the western frontier and was a signatory of the Tryon Resolves. Later in the war, having taken his family over the Appalachian Mountains to the Washington District for safety against the advance of the Red Coats out of South Carolina, Hardin joined the Overmountain Men. He saw action at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill and the decisive Battle of Kings Mountain. Following the peace with Britain, Hardin was a co-founder and second Speaker of the House for the State of Franklin; and an Assemblyman in the Southwest Territory before
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| - Against Native Americans:
* 15px Cavalry Captain, 1776 North Carolina Light Horse Rangers
* 25px Colonel, 1784-1788 –NC Militia for the ‘Western Counties' ; and Franklin
Against Britain:
* 20px Major, 1775-1776 –NC Minutemen, Tryon County
* 20px Lieutenant Colonel, 1776-1784 –NC Militia
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| - Hardin Valley, Knox County, Tennessee
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| - French-Indian War
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War of Independence
* United States
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| - Wars:
* French-Indian War
* American War of Independence
Important Battles:
* Battle of Ramsour's Mill, June 1780
* Battle of Kings Mountain, October 1780
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* Jane Gibson
* possible liaison with Jean McAfee
Family
* Lost three sons battling Native American allies of Britain
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| - Political:
* Assemblyman and Provincial Congressman, North Carolina Colony
* Co-founder and Speaker of the House, State of Franklin
* Assemblyman, Southwest Territory
Philanthropy:
* Trustee of Greeneville College;
Civic:
* Justice of the Peace; several terms/locales
* Hardin County, TN named posthumously for him.
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- HARDIN, Joseph
- Served Rev. War
- Tombstone Inscription of
- b. in Virginia;
- d. in Hardin Valley
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| - Colonel Joseph Hardin, Sr. (April 18, 1734 – July 4, 1801) Hardin was an Assemblyman (Provincial Congressman) for the North Carolina Colony. During the War for Independence, as a member of the militia from Tryon County, Hardin fought the Cherokee allies of Britain along the western frontier and was a signatory of the Tryon Resolves. Later in the war, having taken his family over the Appalachian Mountains to the Washington District for safety against the advance of the Red Coats out of South Carolina, Hardin joined the Overmountain Men. He saw action at the Battle of Ramsour's Mill and the decisive Battle of Kings Mountain. Following the peace with Britain, Hardin was a co-founder and second Speaker of the House for the State of Franklin; and an Assemblyman in the Southwest Territory before its statehood as Tennessee.
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