BTRVETC-L Digest Volume 99 : Issue 35
12 Jul 1999
Today's Topics:
Burnett/Hardeman correction
Burnett/Hardeman Correction
HI CUZINS
BURNETT WEB SITE "IS" WORKING!!!!!
Re: Adam Turner Bible Transcriptions
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:04:43 -0700
From: "Rod D. Allen" <rod.d.allen@worldnet.att.net>
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The Peter H. Burnett family bible transcription, which has recently been posted
to the web site, has a probable error in that one of the children listed for
Thomas Hardeman is named Thomas James Hardeman. The error was either made
during the D.A.R. transcription or the error exists in the original copy of the
bible. The correct name is probably Thomas Jones Hardeman as shown in the
following article about Bailey and Thomas Jones Hardeman, brothers of Dorothy
Hardeman (wife of George Burnett).
Note to cousin Kevin--What a small world, I now live in San Francisco after
retiring from the military but I lived in Leavenworth, Ks attended junior high
school at Ft. Leavenworth and high school in Leavenworth (class of 1963) and
college at Pittsburg, Ks (class of 1967). My grandmother, Mildred Turner Allen
granddaughter of Glen Owen Burnet, is buried in the cemetary near the VA
Hospital, Leavenworth, Ks..
Rod
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Bailey & Thomas Hardeman
Written by Viola Hardeman Kraemer from the "Last Frontier" the story of Hardeman
County, Texas by Bill Neal, 1966, published by Quanah Tribune-Chief, printed by
Southwest Offset, Inc.
Hardeman County was named in honor of Bailey Hardeman, 1795-1836, and his
brother, Thomas Jones Hardeman, 1788-1854, for their valuable services to Texas
in her struggle for independence from Mexico. The Hardeman men were pioneer
settlers, builders, and soldiers of strength, courage, daring, and faith.
To my knowledge, there have been no descendants of these men, who have lived in
Hardeman County, but four of their great, great , great, grand nieces, Eula and
Grace Hardeman, Helen Hardeman Hand of Wichita Falls, and Viola Hardeman
Kraemer of Amarillo, have taught school in various towns in the county. Our
father, the late James Maxwell Hardeman, was a friend of Colonel Charles
Goodnight, and conversed quite often with Quanah Parker for whom Quanah was
named.
It was before the Revolutionary War that my forefathers emigrated to the United
States from England, Ireland or Wales. John Hardeman, the only son of our
emigrants was born about 1716. He married Dorothy Edwards from Ireland about
1746. The issue of this marriage was two sons, Thomas and John, and seven
sisters.
Thomas Hardeman, (father of Bailey and Thomas Jones) was the second child of
this marriage and was born in 1750 in Virginia. He left home at the age of 13
with a party of hunter and trappers on a wild expedition to the Holston or
Powells Valley, at that time the "western wilderness". H e returned the
following year to his father's home, and as was customary in that day, he served
his minority even though he was married in 1770 at the age of 20, to Mary
Perkins, daughter of Nicholas Perkins, Sr.
Histories of Tennessee and of Texas would not be complete without mention of
Thomas Jones Hardeman, Hardeman County, Tennessee was named for him in
recognition of his service to Tennessee, as a soldier in the war of 1812. He
was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a Captain when taken prisoner by the
British in New Orleans and he was beaten over the head with a saber for refusing
to give them information as to General Jackson's position when General
Pickenham, the British Commander was ready to attack. He was confined on a ship
and prevented from taking part in the victory of General Jackson and his troops
in 1815. After this incident he was called "Colonel Hardeman".
Colonel Hardeman was married to Mary Polk, daughter Ezekiel Polk in Maury
County, Tenn. about 1814. She was an aunt of James K. Polk who became the
President of the United States in 1845.
When Colonel Ezekiel Polk, his son William Polk and son-in-law, Thomas McNeal
and their families settled in West Tennessee in the early 1820's Colonel
Hardeman and his family came also and they located in Hardeman County,
Tennessee, and engaged in farming.
Thomas Jones Hardeman, like his father before him, was greatly interested in the
welfare of the settlers in the new country. In Book B, the first deed recorded
in the county, states that Bailey Hardeman sold 840 acres of land to Thomas
Jones Hardeman in 1822, for 1000 dollars cash. Witnesses; William Anthony,
Thomas Hardeman, Jr., William Hardeman and Blackstone Hardeman.
In 1829 Colonel Hardenam was then county clerk and one of three commissioners
for the town. He looked after a large farm, and farming in those days meant
that every acre had to be cleared of timber before it could be plowed.
Mary Polk whom Thomas Jones Hardeman married in 1814 was born April 6, 1783, and
died September 24, 1835. There were five children born to this union: Thomas
Monroe, William Polk, Owen, Leonidas and Mary, the only daughter.
After his wife's death Thomas J. decided to try a new frontier. This time his
pioneer spirit lead him to Texas. He did not come alone but brought his sons
Thomas Monroe and William P. and his brother, Bailey. They were followed soon
after by other members of the family, a sister, Julia Ann, and another brother
Dr. Blackstone Hardeman with his daughter Mary and his nephew-son-in-law, John
Marr Hardeman.
Bailey, Thomas Jones and his sons, Thomas Monroe and William P. went to
Matagorda County, Texas, which borders on the Gulf of Mexico. They settled on
Caney Creek.
It was from this county, that Thomas Jones Hardeman was elected to the House of
Representatives of the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas and served from
1837 to 1838. It was during this term that he proposed that the name of Austin,
in honor of "The father of Texas" be given the new Capitol.
On Oct. 26, 1837, he married Eliza DeWitt Davis, a widow, and the daughter of
Green DeWitt, the founder of DeWitt's Colony. They had three children. After
moving to Bastrop County he served as Chief of Justice and also represented the
County in the State Legislature in 1848. Declining any longer to serve in a
public capacity he retired into private life on his plantation near Bastrop
where he quietly and calmly expired on the 11th day of January, 1854. He was
buried in the family cemetery three miles up the Colorado River from Smithville
but his remains were reinterred in the State Cemetery in Austin on June 18,
1937.
As has already been stated, Bailey Hardeman, son of Thomas Hardeman, Esq., and
brother Thomas Jones, was born in Davidson County, Tenn. on Feb. 26, 1795. He
was a soldier in the War of 1812 and served with the West Tennessee Volunteers.
He was promoted to First Lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1813. Rebecca A.F.Wilson of
Williamson, Tennessee became the bride of Bailey Hardeman on June 19, 1820.
In the words of Sam Houston Dixon in "Men Who Made Texas Free" he said, "Bailey
Hardeman's short career in Texas was one of honor and fame. He was a man of
mature age and possessed well defined ideas regarding the rights of the
Colonist. He was a successful advocate at the bar of Bolivar, Tenn.. When it
became evident to him that the Texans were soon to be engaged in a conflict
against further encroaches of Mexican depotism he abandoned a life of ease and
contentment to cast his fortunes with them and to share with them the hardships
and privations incident to war with a nation ruled by tyrants. Immediately
after reaching the State he entered into military services. He soon established
a reputations for leadership, gallantry and bravery. When the convention was
called to meet at Old Washington, March 1, 1836, his neighbors elected him a
delegate to the Convention, although he was absent from Matagorda on Military
duty. On learning of his election to this Convention he secured a temporary
furlough from the Army, that he might be able to attend its sessions. He arrive
in Old Washington on the early morning of March 1, 1836. After having secured
quarters he began to mingle with the delegates, whom he greatly impressed by his
earnestness and devotion to the cause which brought them together. Because of
his mature years, pleasing personality and trained mentality, they recognized in
him a sane and dependable counselor".
At the convention, Bailey Hardeman was appointed on the Committee of five men to
draft the Declaration of Independence and to frame the Constitution for the new
Government about to be organized. The draft of the Declaration of Independence
was read by Mr. Childress and Mr. Hardeman endorsed it in a brief address which
caused great enthusiasm among the delegates. Together with Mr. Childress,
Potter and Rusk, he made his way to the Secretary's desk and fixed his signature
to it.
"On the formation of the ad interim government, Hardeman became Secretary of the
Treasury. On April 1, 1836 he signed the same document twice, once as Secretary
of Treasury; once as Secretary of State in which capacity he was serving in the
absence of Samuel P Carson. With President David G. Burnet, and others Hardeman
signed the Treaty of Velasco with Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna on May 14, 1836.
On May 27, Lorenza De Zalvala and Hardeman were appointed Commissions to
accompany Santa Anna to Vera Cruz to negotiate a treaty, but circumstances
prevented the fulfillment of the commission. Hardeman died at his home on Caney
Creek in Matagorda County on September 25, 1836. On August 29, 1936 his remains
were reinterred in the State Cemetery. The foregoing paragraph was taken from
Handbook of Texas. A-K--Ref. 917.64H.
Visitors to the Capitol in Austin may see a life-size portrait of Bailey
Hardeman in the painting styled "Surrender of Santa Anna" which hangs on the
West wall of the hall opposite the Governor's office.
Hardeman County in North Texas was created in 1858 and named from Thomas Jones
and Bailey Hardeman. They did not live to enjoy this honor, but their numerous
descendants scattered through Tennessee and Texas have appreciated it through
the years.
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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:45:34 -0700
From: jbbork <jbbork@ix.netcom.com>
To: BTRVETC List <BTRVETC-L@genealogy.org>
Subject: Burnett/Hardeman Correction
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I have a copy of a letter from John L. Hardeman to Ferdinand Stith, M.D.
dated June 27th, 1834 from the University of Missouri Western Manuscript
Joint Collection at Columbia State Historical Society of Missouri
Manuscripts.
John L. Hardeman said, ". . . At the age of eighteen, Thomas my
grandfather left his father's house to join a party of hunters destined
for the Holston or Powell Valley. Of this party were Ben Crowley, Sam
Crowley and Bill Faulin, experienced woodsmen and brave men, whose names
deserve to be remembered for the active part they had in the ensuing
struggle for liberty, serving sometimes as guides to the armies, at
others scout or entering the enemies camps as spies gave information of
their strength and situation and finally fell in battle."
Thomas Hardeman's grandson John L. Hardeman may have garbled the story a
little. Of the three men mentioned, only Samuel Crowley "died in the
struggle for the birth of the nation." His brother Ben Crowley and
Bill Faulin died later on. Thomas Hardeman never forgot his friend
who took him on the great hunt.
Samuel Crowley's daughter Effaniah married Jeremiah Burnett in Henry Co,
Va
Thomas Hardeman was born 8 Jan 1750 in Albemarle Co, Va. He appears on
Peter Perkins 1767 Tax rolls of Pittsylvania living in house of his
father John. The Crowleys, Strongs, Perkins, Shields, etc. were his kin
and his neighbors. Two of Tom Hardeman's sisters married two Strongs,
kin to Elizabeth Strong Crowley. The Edwards family was also
involved. Samuel & Benjamin Crowley's father, Jeffrey Crowley married
2/ Mrs. Martha Edwards, the widow of Thomas Edwards Sr.
The Great Hunt was in the year of 1768, the year of the creek, hard
labor and Fort Stanwix Indian treaties, eighteen year old Thomas
Hardeman joined a group of long hunters and trappers in an expedition
deep into the forbidden zone beyond the Proclamation Line. The cluster
of woodsmen crossed the mountains into the valleys of the Holston and
Powell Rivers. These prototypes of the legendary mountain men, called
long hunters because they stayed in the back country for months and even
years at a time, went as far west as the Cumberland Basin and the site
of the present Nashville, shooting buffalo and quite possibly eyeing
this fertile land with a view to future homes. The long hunters
returned from the hunt of 1768, laden with pelts. They could make more
on one hunt than a farmer could in a lifetime.
Another connection to the Burnetts was Comanche Chief Quanah Parker who
terrorized Texas ranchers in the 1870s before making a fortune leasing
the grazing rights on tribal lands in the 1880s to his long time friend,
Samuel BURK Burnett of Texas fame. Samuel Burk Burnett was son of Capt.
Jeremiah Burnett and Nancy Turner and Capt. Jeremiah Burnett was son of
Samuel Burnett, the son of Jeremiah Burnett & Effie Crowley. /June
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Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:27:13 -0400
From: "Waddie *Bos'n Mate* Salmon" <waddie@earthlink.net>
To: "List - Burnett" <btrvetc-l@genealogy.org>
Subject: HI CUZINS
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Hi Y'all,
Just wanted to let y'all know that if you have tried to get to "our"
Burnett/e web site and received a message that it was "NOT FOUND" this is
sort of not true. It is still there but the problem is that GeoCities and
Yahoo did a merger or whatever and the "powers that be" decided to make
major changes in everything. (It figures. Always fixing things that ain't
broke.)Anyway, at this time most people, me too can't get to a lot of my web
site pages. I hope that soon it will be fixed. If not I'll be moving it.
I'll keep you posted,
Cuzin Waddie
Waddie "Bos'n Mate" Salmon
BM1 - USN - Retired
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3348/
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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 14:44:08 -0400
From: "Waddie *Bos'n Mate* Salmon" <waddie@earthlink.net>
To: "List - Burnett" <btrvetc-l@genealogy.org>
Subject: BURNETT WEB SITE "IS" WORKING!!!!!
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Hi Cuzins,
Over the past few days my web site AND the Burnett page has been broken
along with several others. I just received an email from GeoCities/Yahoo
and they stated that the commands that were hard carded in the HTML by
GeoCities had to be remove in order for the page to be found. GRRRRRR!
Anyway, to make a long story short, if you are having this problem with
your web site in GeoCities, go to the Editor and remove all the junk at the
top above your <html> command and save it.
WORDS OF ADVISE:
If you have a web site anywhere, ensure that you save each and every page
to a floppy disk!!!! On my Burnett page when I looked, 99% of it was GONE!
The only thing that showed up was the background. I was lucky in that I had
saved it to a floppy.
If you are new to the list, come visit. If you haven't been there in a
while, come on back. New stuff being added soon.
Web site is at, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3348/ then just click
on Burnett. Stay a while, kick your shoes off and look at the rest of my
site too if you will.
Cuzin Waddie
Waddie "Bos'n Mate" Salmon
BM1 - USN - Retired
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/3348/
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 13:11:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Christine Gaunt <cgaunt@umich.edu>
To: BTRVETC-L <btrvetc-l@genealogy.org>
Subject: Re: Adam Turner Bible Transcriptions
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On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, anhughes wrote:
> In response to Becky's statement that she still couldn't find the
> compilation to which I submitted my transcriptions from the Adam Turner
> Bible, I am attaching a copy of my original posting to the compilations. If
> you have trouble reading it, please let me know.
>
> My family' history, both verbal and some recorded, dating back many
> generations, indicate Adam's father, Francis was Irish, and so was Adam.
> The Bible was printed in Edinburgh, Scotland.
>
> Ann Turner Nolen Hughes
>
Hi, Folks,
For those of you who had trouble with Ann's attachment, her original
posting to the compilations is at:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/etc/comp216.txt
Chris
Christine Gaunt, cgaunt@umich.edu or gaunt@genealogy.org
Campbell-L and BTRVETC-L listowner
Co-compiler of Genealogy Resources on the Internet
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_int1.html
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