Hardin County is located in southern West Tennessee. The Tennessee River bisects the county from south to north. The county is bordered on the south by Lauderdale county, Alabama, and Tishomingo county, Mississippi; on the east by Wayne County Tennessee, on the north by Decatur and Henderson counties, and on the west by Chester and McNairy counties, Tennessee. Savannah is the county seat. The Civil War Battle of Shiloh occurred in Hardin County, a few miles southwest of Savannah, near an area called Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Shiloh Military Park occupies this site.
The county is named for Colonel Joseph Hardin, who blazed a trail through Southwest Tennessee’s thick woodlands in the early 1800s to map 2,000 acres of rich land on the east side of the Tennessee River.
The county is named for Colonel Joseph Hardin, who blazed a trail through Southwest Tennessee’s thick woodlands in the early 1800s to map 2,000 acres of rich land on the east side of the Tennessee River.
Your Hardin County page coordinators are
Robert D.H. Grimes and Jerry W. Murphy
Your comments, suggestions and contributions are welcome.
All correspondance concerning Hardin County families should be directed to Robert D.H. Grimes.
Bible Records
At Hardin Co. TNGenWeb:
- Cherry Family Bible
- Ananias Darnell Family, Bill Darnell
- Henry Lamb Family Bible, Ronney R. Brewington
- William Edward Lee Family Bible, Rovena (Lee) Hillsman
- William Roane Porter Family Bible Record
- Watson Family Bible Records, Jane Watson Helvering
Found Elsewhere on the Web:
- David Green McCullers Family Bible, Linda J. Cousins Winslager (USGenWeb Archives)
- McLemore Bible Record, Mrs. Ermadine T. Riley
- Hezekiah Pickens Family Bible, Barbara Pickens Foster (USGenWeb Archives)
- Bible Records of James L. Watson Family, Jane Watson Ellis
- Bible Records of John Watson and Wife Martha L., Jane Watson Ellis
- Bible Records of William Russell Watson Family, Jane Watson Ellis
Cemeteries
- Hardin County, Tennessee Cemetery Records
- Cemetery Additions & Corrections
- Garrett, Becky Reid
- Newman, Cathy Cagle
- Shiloh National Cemetery
[special note: Union soldiers wounded at Shiloh who survived just long enough to reach Jackson area hospitals are buried at Corinth National Cemetery, as are soldiers killed in several West Tennessee skirmishes]
- Cemeteries in adjacent counties: Alcorn (MS), Chester (TN), Decatur (TN), Henderson (TN), Lauderdale (AL), McNairy (TN), Tishomingo (MS) (no online cemeteries), Wayne (TN)
Census Records
- 1820 Hardin County Census Index, (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1830 Hardin County Census Index, (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1840 Hardin County Census Index, (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1850 Census for Hardin County, transcribed by Roseanne Cain (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1860 Hardin County Census, abstracted by Thelma Sutton (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1860 Census for Saltillo, abstracted by Ed Adams (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1870 Census for Savannah, abstracted bt Ed Adams (USGenWeb Archives)
- Tilleys in the Census 1840-1880 Hardin County, TN, Part Ward (USGenWeb Archives)
- 1890 Civil War Veterans Census of Hardin County, Tennessee, Reita Jones Burress (off site)
Estates & Wills
At Hardin Co. TNGenWeb:
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Will Book B
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Inventory Book D
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Guardian Settlement Book D
- Will of Daniel B. Beasley, Robert L. Beasley
- Henry Garner, Petition to Sell Land, Donnie Pickard
- Mary Richardson Will, Ron Stricklin
- Will of Emily Richardson Stricklin, Ron Stricklin
Found Elsewhere on the Web:
- Paul Bratton, Petition to Sell Land, Jerry W. Murphy
- Dougal P. Gillis, Estate Settlement, Jerry W. Murphy
- Will of John Watson, Jane Watson Ellis
Families
At Hardin Co. TNGenWeb:
- Akin Notes, Janelle McCann
- Bingham Family
- Descendants of William Henry Cossey, Lamar Crossey
- Descendants of John Howard, Alli Chase
- Descendants of William Barnell Love,
- Garrison Genealogy and Martin Notes, Janelle McCann
- Haynes Family Info from the "Savannah Courier" Microfilm, Roseanne Cain
- Benjamin Huddleston Lineage, Anna I. Popejoy
- Descendants of William Johnson, Alli Chase
- McCann Genealogy, Janelle McCann
- Phillips Genealogy, Janelle McCann
- Descendants of Henry Harris(on) Smith, Alli Chase
- A Whitlow Family History, David Cagle
- Woods/Roberts Families, Mary Nelson
Found Elsewhere on the Web:
- Hardin County, Tennessee COOK Family Information, Pat
- Dowdy Family Genealogy, Stephen A. Bridges
- Family Trees, Jane Watson Ellis (has Allen, Fesmire, Hughes, McDowell, Story, Swift, Watson, Whitlow and other genealogies
- Jacob Frank of Rowan, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina, Jerry W. Murphy
- Hitchcock Family, Bill Couch
- Hosey Family of Hardin County, Tennessee, Gene Hosey
- Kelly/Warren/Neill/Crotts of Hardin County, TN, David Warren Kelley
- The Kemp Family Chronicles, Jeff Kemp
- Robyn's Family History, Robyn Smith (Harbour, Holt and Springer of Hardin County)
- Tilleys in the Census 1840-1880 Hardin County, TN, Part Ward (USGenWeb Archives)
- Henry Tilley of Wayne and Hardin Counties, Tennessee, Jerry W. Murphy
Land Records
At Hardin Co. TNGenWeb:
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book D
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book G
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book H
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book I
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book J
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book B
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book (1820-1835)
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book (1820-1840)
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book Vol. 3 (1839-1843)
- selected records from Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book (1842-1853)
People
- Forgotten Soldiers (Daniel Adams), Tony Hays
- Hardin County, Tennessee Biographies, Gene Hosey (U.S. Biographies Project)
History
- An Account of the Aboriginal Ruins at Savannah, J. Parrish Steele (1871)
- Early History of Hardin County, Tennessee, P. M. Harbert (1947) (transcribed by Gene Hosey)
- Hardin County, from J. B. Killebrew's Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee (1874) (transcribed by Gene Hosey)
- Hardin County, from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee (1886) (transcribed by Gene Hosey)
- A History of Hardin County, Tennessee, B. G. Brazelton (1885) (transcribed by Gene Hosey)
Miscellaneous Files
- Hooker's Bend, Tennessee, Jane Watson Ellis
- Miscellaneous Newspaper Abstracts, Ed Adams
- Savannah Courier Abstracts, transcribed by Edward R. Harrell
Mailing List
- If you are interested in genealogy of Hardin County families you may want to join the Genealogy Mailing Lists for Hardin County, TN.
Genealogy Help
If you have genealogy questions, please try the following pages:
- Hardin County Query Page at Rootsweb/Ancestry.com
- Hardin County, TN Genealogy Forum at Genealogy.com
- Read Archived Queries (February 1, 2000-September 1, 2001)
Additional Resources and Help
- Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Hardin County, Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee newspaper (has Hardin County obituaries)
- Hardin County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1012, Savannah, TN 38372
- Hardin County Library, 1013 Main Street, Savannah, TN 38372
- Local Records on Microfilm: Hardin County, Tennessee State Library and Archives
- The Jackson Sun (some obituaries since June 2000)
- Memphis Shelby County Library
- Shackelford Funeral Directors
- Researching in Tennessee Courthouses, Edgar D. Byler, III
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- For those researching African Americans from Hardin County, please contact Robyn Smith.
Genweb Pages for Adjacent Counties
- Alabama: Lauderdale
- Misisisippi: Alcorn, Tishomingo
- Tennessee: Chester, Decatur, Henderson, McNairy, Wayne
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