This Township is well skirted with good timber, and the soil is thoroughly beded with gray limestone, and well watered with live running streams, making it well calculated for either farming or raising stock. Benjamin Barney and Jessel Evett were the first white settlers in Hardin, in the year 1827, and made improvements on Sec. 2, Mr. Barney remained on his premises until 1849 when he went to California, and remained there two years, and died on his return home in 1851. Mr. Evett remained on his farm until his death, which was about 1858. Solomon Main, Aaron Thornton, Ebenezer Bagbee and N. D. Bagbee were among the first to settle and make improvements in Hardin, Nathaniel Thornton and Miss Lucinda Bagbee were the first married, the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lewis Allen of the Baptist denomination. Eli Mainard was the first Justice of the Peace, and Geo. Gibson was the first Supervisor. The first sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Hunter, of the Methodist faith, at the house of E. Bagbee, in 1828. We have not been able to get the information as to who was the first person born, or the first death in this Township.
HARDIN TWP. SUBSCRIBERS
|
NAME |
Residence |
Business | Nativity | When came to Co. |
| Allen, M. | Independence | Merchant | Erie Co., PA | 1858 |
| Anson, Robert F. | Sec. 30 | Farmer | Pike Co., MO | 1844 |
| Bagby, Owen | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1833 |
| Barney, Benjamin | Sec. 26 | Machinist | Pike Co., IL | 1825 |
| Barney, Francis M. | Time | Harness Maker | Pike Co., IL | 1837 |
| Bemiss, A. W. | Time | Claim Agent | MA | 1835 |
| Benn, Henry | Sec. 7 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1833 |
| Burbridge, Thos. B. | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Booth Co., KY | 1840 |
| Clark, Joseph M | Sec. 29 | Farmer | Augusta, GA | 1851 |
| Colvin, Isaac | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Highland Co., OH | 1848 |
| Colvin, J. G. | Time | Farmer | Highland Co., OH | 1845 |
| Conboy, J. H. | Time | Boots & Shoes | Ireland | 1836 |
| Culver, B. C. | Sec. 20 | Farmer | Vermont | 1858 |
| Culvery, J. C. | Independence | Merchant | Erie Co., PA | 1858 |
| Dinsmore, J. S. | Sec. 23 | Farmer | Fleming Co., KY | 1818 |
| Dinsmore, John C. | Sec. 26 | Farmer | Fleming Co., KY | 1825 |
| Dyer, I. J. | Time | Lawyer | Rutledge, TN | 1855 |
| Foreman, J. O. | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Warren Co., IN | 1849 |
| Frye, Frank | Time | Miller | Pike Co. | 1843 |
| Griffin, R. H. | Time | Teacher | Brown Co., OH | 1852 |
| Harris, H. J. | Time | County Surveyor | Highland Co., OH | 1861 |
| Haskins, Otis A | Sec. 3 | Farmer | Bristol, MA | 1845 |
| Henny, G. A. | Sec. 2 | Farmer | Warren Co., KY | 1831 |
| Hicks, Samuel | Sec. 15 | Farmer | Highland Co., OH | 1858 |
| Hicks, W | Sec. 15 | Physician | Highland Co., OH | 1856 |
| Horton, J. C. | Time | Merchant | Bedford, PA | 1859 |
| Johnson, C. V. | Sec. 21 | Farmer | St. Lawrence, NY | 1837 |
| Johnson, Harrison | Sec. 8 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1844 |
| Kenedy, A. | Sec. 13 | Farmer | St. Clair Co., IL | 1851 |
| Kent, Henry | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Schuyler Co., IL | 1861 |
| Kent, Senr., Henry | Sec. 9 | Farmer | Fayette, KY | 1833 |
| Lacy, David | Sec. 12 | Farmer | NC | 1842 |
| Leeper, F. A. | Sec. 10 | Farmer | Harrison Co., OH | 1855 |
| Lindsey, B. C. | Sec. 8 | Farmer | Scott, KY | 1856 |
| Maddox, John | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Bourbon Co., KY | 1857 |
| Main, Alvin | Sec. 5 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1844 |
| Main, George | Time | Blacksmith | Beaver Co., PA | 1854 |
| Main, J. H. | Sec. 33 | Blacksmith & Farmer | Beaver Co., PA | 1850 |
| Main, Philip | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1846 |
| McBride, Geo | Sec. 4 | Farmer | Alabama | 1829 |
| McCann, James | .......... | .......... | Kentucky | 1868 |
| McFadden, Moses | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Brown Co., OH | 1851 |
| McFaddin, Wm. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Rockbridge Co., VA | 1856 |
| Miller, J. B. | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Fayette, PA | 1853 |
| Mitchell, Geo | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Brown Co., OH | 1844 |
| Neese, Henry M | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Putnam Co., IN | 1870 |
| O'Neil, John | Sec. 18 | Blacksmith | PA | 1868 |
| Petty, Alvin | Sec. 6 | Farmer | Pike Co., MO | 1828 |
| Price, J. A. | Time | Hotel | Clairborne Co., TN | 1864 |
| Ranson, Franklin | Sec. 32 | Farmer | Pike Co., IL | 1842 |
| Scott, E. | Time | Physician | Somerset Co., PA | 1865 |
| Sitton, S. G. | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Smith Co., TN | 1836 |
| Smith, David | Sec. 21 | Farmer | Highland Co., OH | 1868 |
| Smith, John A. | Time | Miller | Kentucky | 1853 |
| Sonner, Anthony | Sec. 11 | Farmer | Highland Co., OH | 1860 |
| Thompson, Edward | Sec. 12 | Farmer | England | 1850 |
| Walker, James C. | Sec. 25 | Farmer | Clermont Co., OH | 1867 |
| Watson, J. G. | Sec. 18 | Farmer | Pike Co., MO | 1828 |
| Weaver, Harvey | Sec. 32 | Farmer | Franklin Co., OH | 1840 |
| Webster, Nathan W | Sec. 27 | Farmer | Highland Co., OH | 1856 |
| Williams, Milton C | Sec. 16 | Farmer | Brown Co., OH | 1851 |
| Williard, Lydia E. | Sec. 22 | Farmer | Brown Co., OH | 1852 |
| Yaeger, Andrew M.J. | Sec. 14 | Farmer | Germany | 1853 |