HARDIN R[ICHARD?] CAUDLE^[1]

1812 - 1887  (74 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	HARDIN R[ICHARD?] CAUDLE
  Born	15 Sep 1812	KENTUCKY   [2]
  	LEO HARDIN CAUDLE'S RECORDS SHOWED HARDIN CAUDLE BORN AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. THE FAMILY RECORD PROVIDED BY LOUIS L. CAUDLE, LEO'S NEPHEW, SHOWS THAT HARDIN WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY.
  Christened	UNITED BRETHEN FAITH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WHITE HOUSE CHURCH IN BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS.
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Jul 1887	BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   [3]
  	HARDIN WAS BURIED IN THE WHITE HOUSE CHURCH CEME- TARY BESIDE HIS 3RD WIFE, MARY SMITH CAUDLE. MARY ELIZABETH BARNES, HIS FIRST WIFE, IS ALSO BURIED IN THE CEMETARY NEXT TO HER SON JOEL CAUDLE. THE CEMETARY IS ALSO CALLED PLEASANT HILL.
  Died	27 Jul 1887	SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   [4]
  	DEATH RECORD SHOWS HE DIED OF CEREBRAL HEMORAGE. DEATH RECORD BOOK 1 DEATH 350 PAGE 101 DEATH RECORD SHOWS HE WAS SICK FOR 7 HOURS BEFORE HE DIED. 74 YEARS 10 MONTHS 12 DAYS
  Age	74 years
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  Person ID	I10	Caudle Descendants
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	JOHN A[RCHIBALD?] CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1786,   d. Abt 15 Sep 1823, CADIZ, TWIGG, KENTUCKY   Age: ~ 37 years
  Mother	JUDITH [HARDIN?],   b. Abt 1790,   d. Bef 1820, STEWART COUNTY, TENNESEE   Age: ~ 29 years
  Married	THEY WERE PROBABLY MARRIED IN NORTH CAROLINA.
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	MARY ELIZA BARNES,   b. 24 Jun 1815, FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY ,   d. 8 Dec 1860, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 45 years
  Married	27 May 1833	FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY   [5]
  	Married	27 May 1833	FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY   [5]
  HARDIN CAUDLE WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES: (1) MARY ELIZA BARNES, (2) RHODA ANN DUDLEY, AND (3) MARY ANN SMITH.
  Children	1. UNKNOWN CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1834, KENTUCKY ,   d. Abt 1834, KENTUCKY   Age: ~ 0 years 2. WILLIAM JAMES CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1835, MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY ,   d. 1886, HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS   Age: ~ 51 years 3. ELIZABETH CAUDLE,   b. 30 Sep 1836, KENTUCKY ,   d. 5 Jul 1874, LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS   Age: 37 years 4. MARY ANN CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1838, KENTUCKY ,   d. Bef 1888  Age: ~ 49 years 5. PHEBE JANE CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1839, KENTUCKY ,   d. Bef 1888  Age: ~ 48 years 6. JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE,   b. 2 Feb 1841, GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY ,   d. 29 Aug 1898, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS [?]   Age: 57 years   7. MOSES CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1843, FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY ,   d. 1 Jun 1864, RESACA, GORDON, GEORGIA   Age: ~ 21 years 8. ZACHARIAH T[HOMAS] CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1846, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. Bef Jun 1888  Age: ~ 42 years 9. HENRY CLAY CAUDLE,   b. 5 Apr 1848, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 5 May 1921, LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS   Age: 73 years   10. JOEL C[HARLES] CAUDLE,   b. 29 Mar 1850, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 16 Aug 1851, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 1 years 11. GEORGE HARDIN CAUDLE,   b. 13 Dec 1850, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 5 Apr 1932, LABETTE COUNTY, KANSAS   Age: 81 years 12. ELISA ELLEN CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1856, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. Yes, date unknown 13. ABRAHAM ("ABE") LINCOLN CAUDLE,   b. 12 Oct 1860, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 1 Jul 1936, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 75 years
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	RHODA ANN DUDLEY 2x ,   b. 8 Jan 1830, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 15 Mar 1868, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 38 years
  Married	2 Jun 1861	SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
  	Married	2 Jun 1861	SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS
  HARDIN CAUDLE'S SECOND WIFE AND HER SECOND HUSBAND RHODA WAS MARRIED TWICE: (1) HUGH M. JACKSON, AND (2) HARDIN CAUDLE.
  Children	1. EMMA CAUDLE,   b. 17 Mar 1862, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 22 Jul 1871, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 9 years 2. NANCY ISABELLE CAUDLE 3x ,   b. 6 Sep 1863, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 4 Dec 1942, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 79 years + 3. CLARA DELPHA CAUDLE 2x ,   b. 26 Jun 1865, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 14 Jul 1888, LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS   Age: 23 years 4. "CLINTON" ("CLINT") HARDIN CAUDLE,   b. 5 Jul 1867, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 25 May 1940, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 72 years
  Family ID	F141	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	MARY ANN SMITH 2x ,   b. 1824, PENNSYLVANIA ,   d. 5 Oct 1885, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 61 years
  Married	6 Nov 1868	LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS   [6]
  	Married	6 Nov 1868	LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS   [6]
  MARRIED MORE THAN ONCE. MARRIAGE RECORD SHOWS MRS MARY ANN SMITH.
  Family ID	F254	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 15 Sep 1812 - KENTUCKY Married - 27 May 1833 - FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY Child - UNKNOWN CAUDLE - Abt 1834 - KENTUCKY Child - ELIZABETH CAUDLE - 30 Sep 1836 - KENTUCKY Child - MARY ANN CAUDLE - Abt 1838 - KENTUCKY Child - PHEBE JANE CAUDLE - Abt 1839 - KENTUCKY Child - JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE - 2 Feb 1841 - GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY Child - MOSES CAUDLE - Abt 1843 - FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY Child - ZACHARIAH T[HOMAS] CAUDLE - Abt 1846 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - HENRY CLAY CAUDLE - 5 Apr 1848 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - JOEL C[HARLES] CAUDLE - 29 Mar 1850 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - GEORGE HARDIN CAUDLE - 13 Dec 1850 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - ELISA ELLEN CAUDLE - Abt 1856 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - ABRAHAM ("ABE") LINCOLN CAUDLE - 12 Oct 1860 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Married - 2 Jun 1861 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - EMMA CAUDLE - 17 Mar 1862 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - NANCY ISABELLE CAUDLE - 6 Sep 1863 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - CLARA DELPHA CAUDLE - 26 Jun 1865 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - "CLINTON" ("CLINT") HARDIN CAUDLE - 5 Jul 1867 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Married - 6 Nov 1868 - LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Buried - Jul 1887 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Died - 27 Jul 1887 - SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  PROBABLY HAD A MIDDLE NAME. TWIGG AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES HANDBOOK ON KENTUCKY'S JACKSON PURCHASE SHOWS HARDIN'S NAME AS H. R. CAUDLE. REFERENCES: CAUDLE (4), PRESTON MILFORD, UNPUBLISHED GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ON JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S DESCENDANTS, SIBLINGS, WIVES, AND ANCESTORS, RURAL ROUTE 2, BOX 840, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 74447-9678, 1967 TO PRESENT. TRIGG COUNTY KENTUCKY ABSTRACT OF ORDER BOOK A AT CADIZ: WILLIAM MCWATERS APPOINTED GUARDIAN OF ELIZABETH, H. R. CAUDLE, AND CHARLES W. CAUDLE, INFANTS AND HEIRS OF JOHN A. CAUDLE AND LATE WIFE JUDITH CAUDLE, WITH JOHN SHAW AND JOHN MCALLISTER SECURITIES. 15 SEPTEMBER 1823, MONDAY. H. R. CAUDLE IS PROBABLY MY HARDIN CAUDLE BECAUSE HE AND HIS BROTHER AND SISTER WERE BORN BETWEEN 1810 AND 1820. HARDIN HIMSELF WAS BORN IN 1812. HOWEVER, I HAVE NEVER FOUND ANYTHING ON ELIZABETH OR CHARLES W. CAUDLE. ALSO, HARDIN NAMED HIS FIRST SON WILLIAM CAUDLE PROBABLY AFTER WILLIAM MCWATERS, HIS GUARDIAN. HARDIN NAMED HIS FIRST DAUGHTER ELIZABETH PROBABLY AFTER HIS SISTER ELIZABETH. IN ADDITION, WILLIAM, HARDIN'S FIRST BOY THAT LIVED, NAMED ONE OF HIS BOYS CHARLES, MAYBE AFTER HIS UNCLE CHARLES. HAZEL B. TUNGETT (DAUGHTER OF GEORGE CAUDLE, HARDIN'S SON) OF DELTA COLORADO WROTE THAT HARDIN'S DADDY DIED WHILE HARDIN HARDIN WAS A SMALL BOY AND THAT HE WAS APPRENTICED OUT UNTIL HE REACHED HIS MAJORITY. HARDIN WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 11 YEARS OLD WHEN JOHN A. CAUDLE DIED. THE FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS AND COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS SHOW THAT HARDIN COULD NOT READ OR WRITE. THIS COULD EXPLAIN WHY HARDIN NEVER USED HIS MIDDLE NAME WHICH IN ALL PROBABILITY WAS RICHARD. THERE WAS ONE RICHARD CAUDLE LIVING IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY. HARDIN CAUDLE DID NOT SHOW UP ON THE 1880 LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS. I LOOKED AT IT THREE TIMES AND COULDN'T FIND HIM: ONCE AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S ORIGINAL COPY AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH BELL AND ENOS GRIGGS. BELL WAS HIS DAUGHTER FROM HIS SECOND MARRIAGE. HARDIN WAS A BIG MAN WITH BLACK HAIR AND BLUE EYES ACCORDING TO LEO HARDIN CAUDLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BYRON R. LEWIS, A NINETY SOME-ODD YEAR RESIDENT OF BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, SAID HE KNEW HARDIN AND THAT HARDIN ALWAYS SAID "HE COULD SPEAK STREE LANGUAGES - NIGER, SPANISH, AND ENGLISH." OUR FAMILY MAY BE KIN TO BYRON THROUGH THE MARRIAGE OF ONE OF HARDIN'S GRANDAUGHTERS TO A LEWIS. ACCORDING TO BYRON NIGER WAS A LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN SPAIN IN THE 17TH/18 CENTURY. LEO HARDIN CAUDLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA SAID THAT HARDIN RAISED THREE FAMILIES. HE LEFT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY WHEN HE MOVED TO ILLINOIS. LEO ALSO SAID THAT MARY ELIZA BARNES, HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE, HAD 13 KIDS. LEO WAS DESCENDED FROM HARDIN'S SECOND WIFE, RHODA ANN DUDLEY. HE SAID HE LEARNED ABOUT HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE'S NAME WHEN HE WAS AT THE TRAIN DEPOT IN LAWRENCEVILLE AND A WOMAN WITH SEVERAL KIDS ASKED HIM HOW HE WAS DOING. SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE WAS RELATED TO MARY ELIZA BARNES, HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE. LEO TOLD ME THAT'S HOW HE LEARNED THAT HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE'S NAME WAS MARY ELIZA BARNES. BEN CAUDLE, A DESCENDANT OF GEORGE HARDIN CAUDLE, MARY ELIZA BARNES CAUDLE'S 11TH CHILD, SAID THAT HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE HAD 13 KIDS. MRS HAZEL B. TUNGET OF DELTA, COLORADA, MARY ELIZA BARNES CAUDLE'S GRANDDAUGHTER, SAID THAT HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE WAS THE MOTHER OF 12 KIDS. SHE WAS PROBABLY COUNTING THE KIDS THAT ACCOMPANIED HARDIN AND ELIZA TO ILLINOIS AND WERE BORN THERE. HARDIN WAS STRICKENED WHILE HITCHING HIS HORSES UP TO THE SURREY. GRANDMA CAUDLE SAID THAT HE WAS HITCHING THE HORSES UP TO GO TO CHURCH WHEN HE DIED. LEO HARDIN CAUDLE SAID THAT HE WAS HITCHING THE HORSES UP TO GO FISHING. AFTER HITCHING UP THE HORSES, HE WENT IN THE HOUSE AND SOAKED HIS FEET IN WATER ACCORDING TO LEO. LEO SAID HE DIED WHILE SOAKING HIS FEET. LAWRENCE COUNTY DEATH RECORDS STATE THAT A BLOOD VEIN BURST IN HIS HEAD (ANURYISM). HE LIVED FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS IN A COMA BEFORE DYING. LEO HARDIN CAUDLE SAID THAT HARDIN STARTED DRINKING HEAVY AFTER HIS THIRD WIFE DIED AND LOST EVERYTHING HE HAD. THIS MAY BE WHY HE WASN'T ON THE 1880 LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD. LEO HARDIN CAUDLE ALSO SAID THAT HARDIN OWNED A LOT OF LAND. HE GAVE LAND TO EACH ONE OF HIS BOYS EXCEPT FOR CLINT, LEO'S FATHER. HE HAD ALREADY LOST IT BECAUSE OF HIS DRINKING WHEN CLINT BECAME OF AGE. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE -------------------- MARRIAGE BOOK C-D, SECTION D, PAGE 339 MARRIAGE LICENSE 56 BE IT KNOWN, THAT ON THIS 31 DAY OF MAY 1861, MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED TO MR. HARDIN CAUDLE AND RHODA ANN JACKSON. I. B. WATTS, CLERK. STATE OF ILLINOIS, | LAWRENCE COUNTY, | SS: I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT THE MARRIAGE OF MR. HARDIN CAUDLE AND RHODA ANN JACKSON WAS CELEBRATED BY ME, THIS 2 DAY OF JUNE 1861 ACCORDING TO THE USUAL CUSTOM AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL, THIS 4 DAY OF JUNE 1861. W. S. BISHOP, M. OF G. (SQUIGGLY LINES IN THE SHAPE OF A CLOUD AFTER NAME AND M. OF G.) HARDIN CAUDLE LIVED IN GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY IN 1840 ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING 1840 FEDERAL CENSUS. 1840 GARRARD COUNTY, KENTUCKY FEDERAL CENSUS PAGE 43 HARDEN CORDELL 1 MALE UNDER 5 [1835 - 1840] 3 FEMALES UNDER 5 [1835 - 1840] 1 MALE 5 AND UNDER 10 [1830 - 1835] 1 MALE 20 AND UNDER 30 [1810 - 1820] 1 FEMALE 20 AND UNDER 30 [1810 - 1820] THIS CENSUS SHOWS THAT MARY ELIZABETH BARNES, HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE, WAS INDEED THE MOTHER OF 13 KIDS. 1850 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS LINE 970 HARDIN CAUDLE 37 (1813) MALE FARMER WORTH $1000 BORN KENTUCKY ELISA CAUDLE 25 (1825) FEMALE KENTUCKY WILLIAM CAUDLE 15 (1835) MALE FARMER KENTUCKY ELIZABETH CAUDLE 13 (1837) FEMALE KENTUCKY MARY CAUDLE 12 (1838) FEMALE KENTUCKY JOHN CAUDLE 9 (1841) MALE KENTUCKY MOSES CAUDLE 6 (1844) MALE KENTUCKY ZACKARY CAUDLE 3 (1847) MALE ILLINOIS HENRY CLAY CAUDLE 2 (1848) MALE ILLINOIS 1860 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS PAGE 120, LINE 834, SUMNER (CENSUS TAKEN 13 AUG) HARDIN CAUDLE 47 (1813) WOOL CORDER WORTH $6000 BORN KENTUCKY ELIZA CAUDLE 46 (1814) KENTUCKY JOHN CAUDLE 19 (1841) KENTUCKY MOSES CAUDLE 17 (1843) KENTUCKY ZACHARIAH CAUDLE 13 (1847) ILLINOIS HENRY CAUDLE 12 (1848) ILLINOIS GEORGE CAUDLE 9 (1851) ILLINOIS ELIZA CAUDLE 4 (1856) ILLINOIS MARY BLACK 22 (1838) KENTUCKY FRANCIS BLACK 3 (1857) ILLINOIS 1870 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS PAGE 2, LINE 8, SUMNER, CHRISTY TOWNSHIP (CENSUS TAKEN 6 JUNE 1870) HARDIN CAUDEL 55 (1815) FARMER WORTH $9000 BORN KENTUCKY MARY CAUDEL 46 (1824) HOUSEKEEPER PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE CAUDEL 19 (1851) LABORER ILLINOIS ELLEN CAUDEL 14 (1856) ILLINOIS ABRAHAM CAUDEL 9 (1861) ILLINOIS EMMA CAUDEL 7 (1863) ILLINOIS NANCY CAUDEL 4 (1866) ILLINOIS CLARA CAUDEL 3 (1867) ILLINOIS CLINTON CAUDEL 2 (1868) ILLINOIS JOHN HAWKINS 12 (1858) ILLINOIS ELIZA SMITH 15 (1855) DOMESTIC SERVANT ILLINOIS ELI KING 18 (1852) LABORER ILLINOIS NOTE: HARDIN CAUDEL COULD NOT READ OR WRITE 1880 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS EVEN THOUGH HARDIN AND MARY CAUDLE WERE LIVING IN 1880, I COULD NOT FIND THEM ON THE CENSUS. THEY COULD HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD AS ENOS AND BELLE GRIGGS IN SUMNER (CHRISTY TOWNSHIP). NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT. I WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE CENSUS FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THREE TIMES ON DIFFERENT DATES. I SHOULD HAVE FOUND THEM IF THEY WERE ON THE CENSUS. BOTH DIED IN THE EIGHTIES SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE NINETIES FEDERAL CENSUS EVEN IF THE CENSUS HAD NOT BURNED. LAWRENCE COUNTY, MARRIAGE RECORDS AT LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS COURT HOUSE: --ON 2 JUNE 1861 HARDIN CAUDLE MARRIED MRS. RHODA ANN JACKSON. --ON 6 NOVEMBER 1868 HARDIN CAUDLE MARRIED MRS. MARY ANN SMITH. LAWRENCE COUNTY DEATH RECORD AT LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS COURT HOUSE: --HARDEN CAUDDLE, AMERICAN, BORN KENTUCKY, WHITE MALE, DIED 27 JULY 1887 AT 4 O'CLOCK A.M., AGED 74 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS, AT CHRISTY TOWN OF CEREBRAL HEMORAGE, LIVED 7 HOURS AFTER ILLNESS, BURIED PLEASANT HILL 27 JULY 1887, WIDOWER, UNDERTAKER: T. M. STEVENS, ATTENDING PHYSICIAN: A. Q. BAIRD OF SUMNER, ILLINOIS, OCCUPATION: FARMER. LAWRENCE COUNTY TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION AT WHITE HOUSE CHURCH (PLEASANT HILL) CEMETERY BETWEEN SUMNER AND BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS READS HARDIN CAUDLE DIED 27 JULY 1887 AGED 74 YRS 10 MOS 12 DAYS. HE IS BURIED BESIDE HIS THIRD WIFE, MARY A. CAUDLE. THE TOMBSTONE HAS HIS NAME, DEATH DATE, AND AGE ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND HERS ON THE NORTH SIDE. BIRTH DATE CALCULATION: --BASED ON DEATH RECORD DEATH DATE: 1887 07 27 CALCULATE: 1886 18 58 74 11 27 74 11 27 ---------- ---------- 1812 07 31 --CHECK: 1887 07 27 ========== 1812 07 31 ---------- 74 11 27 ========== --BASED ON TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: 1887 07 27 CALCULATE 1886 19 27 74 10 12 74 10 12 ---------- ---------- 1812 09 15 ========== --CHECK: 1887 07 27 1812 09 15 ---------- 74 10 12 ========== LAWRENCE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS AT LAWRENCVILLE, ILLINOIS COURT HOUSE - CHANCERY SUITE NO. 649, FILE BOX 692, JESSIE P. JONES VERSUS HARDIN CAUDLE: --ENOS GRIGGS, A WITNESS AND HARDIN'S SON-IN-LAW, NAMED HARDIN'S CHILDREN AND HEIRS TO HIS PROPERTY. THE CHILDREN AND HEIRS ENOS GRIGGS NAMED WERE LISTED IN LONGHAND. THE PROSECUTOR LISTED THE SAME CHILDREN AND HEIRS BUT THIS TIME THEY WERE LISTED IN TYPE. HARDIN'S SONS WERE NAMED FIRST: WILLIAM CAUDLE, GEORGE CAUDLE, JOHN CAUDLE, HENRY CAUDLE, CLINTON CAUDLE, AND ABRAHAM CAUDLE. NEXT, HARDIN'S DAUGHTERS WERE NAMED: BELLE GRIGGS (WIFE OF ENOS GRIGGS, WITNESS), CLARA PALMER, MARY BLACK, ELIZABETH SMITH, AND PHOEBE HARLAN. THEN, HARDIN'S DAUGHTERS' DEATHS AND HIS GRANCHILDREN FROM THEM: MARY BLACK DIED INTESSTATE LEAVING FRANK BLACK AND MARTHA HART HER ONLY CHILDREN AND HEIRS AT LAW. ELIZABETH SMITH DIED INTESSTATE LEAVING CHARLES SMITH, OLLIE SMITH, AND ELIZA SMITH LEWIS, HER ONLY CHILDREN AND HEIRS AT LAW. PHOEBE HARLAN DIED INTESSTATE LEAVING J. C. HARLIN, AND FANNIE HARLAN HER ONLY CHILDREN AND HEIRS AT LAW. FINALLY, HARDIN'S SON'S DEATH AND HIS GRANDCHILD FROM HIM: CLEORA CAUDLE, ZACHARIAH'S ONLY DAUGHTER. --THE PROSECUTOR POINTED OUT THAT CLINTON CAUDLE WAS STILL A MINOR (UNDER 21) AND THAT ENOS GRIGGS WAS 35 YEARS OLD RESIDING NEAR SUMNER, ILLINOIS. A NON-RESIDENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE SUMNER PRESS, BETWEEN 21 JUNE AND 19 JULY 1888 SHOWING JESSE P. JONES VERSUS WILLIAM CAUDLE, GEORGE CAUDLE, JOHN CAUDLE, HENRY CAUDLE, CLINTON CAUDLE, ABRAHAM CAUDLE, BELLE GRIGGS, DANIEL GRIGGS, CLARA PALMER, FRANK BLACK, MARTHA HART, CHARLES SMITH, ELIZA LEWIS, J. C. HARLAN, FANNIE HARLAN (RESIDENT WITH AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE AND POST OFFICE ADDRESS AT FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS). THE COURT PUT HARDIN CAUDLE'S CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ON NOTICE THAT JESSE P. JONES HAD FILED SUIT. --ACCORDING TO ENOS GRIGGS, HARDIN'S SON-IN-LAW, AND DANIEL GRIGGS, ENOS' FATHER, HARDIN BORROWED $1250 FROM WILLIAM LAWRENCE OF OHIO USING HIS LAND AS COLLATERAL. A COPY OF THE PROMISSORY NOTE THAT HARDIN AND MARY A. CAUDLE PURPORTEDLY SIGNED IN 1882 WAS INCLUDED IN THE FILE. [NOTE: NEITHER ONE OF THEM, HARDIN OR MARY, COULD READ AND WRITE ACCORDING TO FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS.] ENOS AND DANIEL GRIGGS TESTIFIED THAT HARDIN CAUDLE BORROWED MORE MONEY WHEN THE PROMISSORY NOTE MATURED BY SIGNING ADDITIONAL NOTES WITH ENOS AND DANIEL GRIGGS AS SURETIES OR CONSIGNERS. --IN THIS WAY, ACCORDING TO ENOS, HARDIN RELINGUISHED OWNERSHIP OF HIS LAND SINCE HE GAVE THE LAND (156 1/2 ACRES) TO ENOS IN RETURN FOR ENOS PAYING ALL OF HIS DEBTS. HOWEVER, ENOS TESTIFIED THAT HARDIN GAVE HIS SON, ABE L. CAUDLE 60 ACRES OF THE LAND HE HAD ORIGINALLY PUT UP AS COLLATERAL FOR THE $1250. JESSE P. JONES, ENOS AND DANIEL GRIGGS PAID-OFF HARDIN'S LOAN FOR $1250 AND SUED ABE L. CAUDLE FOR A 60 ACRE SHARE ($347.12) SINCE THE 60 ACRES HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN USED AS COLLATERAL FOR THE $1250 LOAN. --ABE CAUDLE REFUSED TO PAY THE $347.12 AND, AS A RESULT THE THREE - JESSE P. JONES, ENOS AND DANIEL GRIGGS - TOOK HIM TO COURT. THE OUTCOME OF THE COURT'S DECISION IS NOT SHOWN IN THE FILE. LAWRENCE COUNTY PROPERTY RECORDS AT LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS: --GRANTEE DEEDS, BOOK E PAGES 553 AND 554: ON 13 DECEMBER 1844 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 65 ACRES FOR $332.50 FROM DANIEL AND NANCY BARNES. ON 10 JANUARY 1848 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 37 ACRES FOR $200 FROM JOHN PERRY AND AMANDA FYFFE. IT WAS NOTORIZED THE SAME DAY. BOOK F PAGE 458 AND 459: ON 17 DECEMBER 1850 HARDIN CADDEL PURCHASED 40 ACRES FOR $325 FROM ALFRED AND ELIZABETH LAWS. BOOK G PAGE 50: ON 9 OCTOBER 1851 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 40 ACRES FOR $150 FROM ALFRED AND ELIZABETH LAWS. BOOK G PAGE 384: ON 15 OCTOBER 1852 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 80 ACRES FOR $250 FROM CYNTHIA DUTTEN. BOOK I PAGE 136: ON 24 OCTOBER 1854 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 40 ACRES FOR $400 FROM WASHINGTON AND REBECCA COMBS. --GRANTEE DEEDS CONTINUED, BOOK K PAGE 473: ON 7 JANUARY 1857 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 40 ACRES FOR $325 FROM DAVID AND MARY A. BURGET. BOOK K PAGE 578: ON 24 AUGUST 1857 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 40 ACRES FOR $250 FROM BENJAMIN F. AND MARY MARTIN. BOOK L PAGE 151: ON 4 JANUARY 1858 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 40 ACRES FOR $225 FROM GEORGE A. AND AMANDA ELLEN ABERNATHY. BOOK L PAGE 490: ON 17 NOVEMBER 1860 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 10 ACRES FOR $425 FROM GEORGE AND MARY E. WISE. BOOK 3 PAGE 358: ON 7 MARCH 1860 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 10 ACRES FOR $150 FROM THOMAS AND MARY HARDIN. BOOK U PAGE 276: ON 1 APRIL 1869 HARDIN CAUDLE PURCHASED 80 ACRES FOR $1200 FROM MARY AND MICHEAL HAYS. BOOK 2 PAGE 548: ON 3 NOV 1870 HARDIN CADLE PURCHASED 5 ACRES FOR $400 FROM THOMAS R. AND MARY J. HAZZARD. --OVERALL, HARDIN PURCHASED 527 ACRES FOR $4,632.50 BETWEEN 13 DECEMBER 1844 AND 3 NOVEMBER 1870. HE PAID ABOUT $8.79 AN ACRE. THE LAND HE PURCHASED IS IN THE PROXIMITY OF RED ROCK CANYON WHICH IS A NATIONAL PARK AREA NOW. --GRANTOR DEEDS, BOOK K PAGE 472: IN 1857 HARDIN AND ELIZA CAUDLE SOLD 40 ACRES TO WILLIAM CAUDLE FOR $4. THE LAND WAS ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED FROM THE U.S. AT PALESTINE, ILLINOIS. THE SALE WAS NOTORIZED ON 17 OCTOBER 1857 AND FILED ON 14 SEPTEMBER 1858. BOOK Y PAGE 107: ON 17 AUGUST 1868 HARDEN CAUDLE SOLD 40 ACRES FOR $500 TO JOHN BOWER. THE LAND WAS SITUATED IN CHRISTY TOWNSHIP. BOOK Y PAGE 567: ON 20 AUGUST 1868 HARDEN CAUDLE SOLD 40 ACRES TO JOHN CAUDLE FOR $1000. THE LAND WAS SITUATED IN CHRISTY TOWNSHIP. BOOK V PAGE 202: ON 15 MARCH 1871 HARDIN AND MARY A. CAUDLE SOLD SOME LAND TO W. J. AND VOLEULINE J. MAYO FOR $500. BOOK 2 PAGE 374: ON 21 JUNE 1875 HARDEN AND MARY ANN CAUDLE SOLD 60 ACRES TO ANDREW MOORE FOR $13OO. THE LAND WAS SITUATED IN CHRISTY TOWNSHIP. IN THIS TRANSACTION MARY ANN SIGNED HER NAME AND IT WAS NOTED BY THIS RESEARCHER THAT IN OTHER TRANSACTIONS SHE MADE A MARK (X). MINUTES OF PLEASANT HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH NEAR SUMNER AND BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY (PROVIDED BY BYRON R. LEWIS, RESIDENT): --BOOK D PAGE 567 AND 568, 7 JULY 1843: DANIEL AND NANCY BARNES [HARDIN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW] SOLD LAND TO THE TRUSTEES 22 APRIL 1843. FOLLOWING THIS RECORDING IS A LIST OF MEMBERS - HARDIN CAUDLE IS ABOUT THE 20TH LISTED. THEN ELIZA CAUDLE DEPARTS THIS LIFE 8 DECEMBER. LATER, WILLIAM AND ESTER CAUDLE [HARDIN'S FIRST SON AND WIFE] REMOVED. SARAH CAUDLE [?] DIED FROM PNEUMONIA 15 JANUARY 1879. ELIZABETH CAUDLE [HARDIN'S DAUGHTER] DIED 1865. THEN HARDIN CAUDLE DIED. HENRY AND ELIZABETH CAUDLE AND GEORGE AND ELIZA CAUDLE [HARDIN'S SONS AND THEIR WIVES] REMOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY FOLLOWED BY JOHN CAUDLE [ANOTHER ONE OF HARDIN'S SONS]. ESTER CAUDLE IS SHOWN AGAIN AS REMOVING TO HAMILTON COUNTY. FOR THE MOST PART, VERY FEW DATES ARE GIVEN. THIS INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED BY BYRON R. LEWIS, GENEALOGIST, OF 532 JEFFERSON ST., BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS AND THE BYRON R. LEWIS LIBRARY AT VINCENNES UNIVERSITY, VINCENNES, INDIANA. LETTER WITH VINCENNES UNIVERSITY, JUNIOR COLLEGE, VINCENNES, INDIANA 47591 LETTERHEAD: PAGE 1: SEPTEMBER 24, 1973, MR. PRESTON CAUDLE, 1602 EDGEVALE DRIVE, HARRISONVILLE, MISSOURI 64701, DEAR MR. CAUDLE: RECENTLY OUR DIRECTOR, MR. THOMAS KRASEAN, HAS BEEN RECEIVING LARGE QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS FROM THE HOME OF MR. BYRON R. LEWIS. MR. LEWIS IS NOT IN GOOD HEALTH AND SEEMS TO BE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR HIM TO LEAVE HIS HOME IN ORDER TO HAVE CARE. UPON GOING THROUGH THESE MATERIALS, I FOUND THE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL MINUTES OF THE PLEASANT HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, FOR WHICH YOU HAD INQUIRED ON YOUR VISIT TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE SUMMER. PERHAPS YOU DID STOP TO SEE MR. LEWIS, AS YOU MENTIONED, BUT ON THE CHANCE THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, I AM ENCLOSING THE NAMES AND INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY. "PLEASANT HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH, LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ORGANIZED JANUARY 15, 1843. HARDIN CAUDLE; ELIZA CAUDLE [HARDIN'S FIRST WIFE] DEPARTED THIS LIFE 12/8; WILLIAM CAUDLE [HARDIN'S FIRST SON], BY CONF., REMOVED (NO DATE OR REASON); ESTER CAUDLE [WILLIAM'S WIFE], BY CONF., REMOVED. NAMES OF MEMBERS OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH REORGANIZED AT PLEASANT HILL MEETING HOUSE, LAWRENCE COUNTY, JANUARY 1871. SARAH CAUDLE [?], DIED 1/15/1879 (OF PNEUMONIA); HARDIN CAUDLE, DIED (NO DATE); ELIZABETH CAUDLE [HARDIN'S DAUGHTER], BY CONF. & BAPT., DIED 1865; MARY A. CAUDLE [HARDIN'S THIRD WIFE] DIED; 5/1871, HENRY CAUDLE [HARDIN'S SON], CONF. & BAPT., MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ELIZABETH CAUDLE [HENRY'S WIFE], CONF. & BAPT., MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS; GEORGE CAUDLE [HARDIN'S SON], CONF. & BAPT., MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ELIZA CAUDLE, HIS [GEORGE'S] WIFE, MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS; JOHN CAUDLE [HARDIN'S SON], MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS; DEC., ESTHER CAUDLE [WILLIAM'S WIFE ?], MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PAGE 2: I REGRET THERE WERE NOT MORE SPECIFIC DATES BUT I HAVE COPIED THEM JUST AS THEY APPEARED. PERHAPS THE ELIZABETH CAUDLE DATE OF DEATH WAS LISTED INCORRECTLY OR ELSE SHE WAS NOT DROPPED FROM THE CHURCH ROLL SOON AFTER HER DEATH. I HOPE THAT THIS INFORMATION MAY BE OF SOME HELP TO YOU IN YOUR GENEALOGY. IF WE CAN BE OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE, LET US KNOW. SINCERELY, SIGNED, DONNA BEESON, SECRETARY TO THOMAS KRASEAN, DIRECTOR LEWIS HISTORICAL LIBRARY, DB/DB. PEARL CAUDLE MOSER, MY AUNT, TOLD ME THAT ONE OF HER GRANDMOTHERS - PROBABLY HARDIN'S MOTHER - HIT AN INDIAN IN THE HEAD WITH A TOMAHAWK DURING AN INDIAN ATTACK ON THEIR FARM. THE WAY AUNT PEARL TOLD THE STORY THE MEN WERE OUT IN THE FIELD WORKING WHEN THE INDIANS ATTACKED. THE WOMEN RAN INTO THE LOG CABIN. HEARING A SCRATCHING SOUND ON THE DOOR AND THINKING THAT IT WAS THE MEN RETURNING FROM THE FIELD, THE WOMEN OPENED THE DOOR. TO THEIR SURPRISE AN INDIAN BUCK RAN IN. HARDIN'S MOTHER GRABBED A HATCHET AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD WITH IT. THE CENSUS RECORDS SHOW HARDIN AS BORN IN KENTUCKY. BUT HE MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN TENNESSEE BEFORE KENTUCKY BOUGHT THE JACKSON PURCHASE FROM TENNESSEE. THE JACKSON PURCHASE INCLUDED CADIZ, KENTUCKY AND WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY AS TWIGG COUNTY, KENTUCKY, WHERE HARDIN'S FATHER LIVED WHEN HE DIED. RESEARCH REQUIRED TAX RECORDS: NEED TO REVIEW TAX RECORDS AT LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS FROM 1843 THROUGH 1887. CHECK THE TAX RECORDS OF ADJOINING COUNTIES CRAWFORD, EDWARDS, RICHLAND, AND WABASH FOR SAME PERIOD. CHECK TAX RECORDS IN SULLIVAN AND KNOX COUNTIES IN INDIANA FOR SAME PERIOD. ALSO, CHECK TAX RECORDS AT LANCASTER IN GARRARD COUNTY, AND RICHMOND IN MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY FOR 1833 THROUGH 1843. ALSO, CHECK TAX RECORDS AT LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY FOR 1833 TO 1840 FOR CAUDLES. COURT RECORDS: CHECK COURT RECORDS FOR CAUDLES AT LEXINGTON IN FAYETTE COUNTY FROM 1833 THROUGH 1843; RICHMOND IN MADISON COUNTY FROM 1833 TO 1840; AND LANCASTER IN GARRARD COUNTY FROM 1833 THROUGH 1843, KENTUCKY. HARDIN MAYBE LISTED IN MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY SINCE THE RAILROAD ATLAS SHOWS WILLIAM CAUDLE BEING BORN THERE IN 1835. COPY ALL OF THE CIRCUIT COURT CASE PAPERS ON JESSE P. JONES VERSUS HARDIN CAUDLE: CHANCERY SUIT 649, FILE BOX 692 AT THE COURT HOUSE IN LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS. CHECK HIGHER COURT CASE AND DOCKETS FOR HARDIN. THESE MIGHT BE CALLED DISTRICT, SUPERIOR, COURTS AND THE STATE SUPREME COURT. ALSO, THEIR OUGHT TO BE A JUDGEMENT RECORDED FOR OR AGAINST ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAUDLE FOR HIS PART IN THE JESSE P. JONES VERSUS HARDIN CAUDLE CASE. CHECK ON GUARDIANSHIPS. HARDIN SHOULD SHOW-UP IN SOME COURT AS BEING RELEASED FROM WILLIAM McWATERS' GUARDIANSHIP. ALSO, HE OR HIS SISTER, ELIZABETH, MAY HAVE BECOME THE GUARDIAN AFTER THEY ATTAINED THEIR MAJORITY. LAND RECORDS: CHECK LAND RECORDS IN BOTH GARRARD AND MADISON COUNTIES KENTUCKY FOR PURCHASES OF LAND BY HARDIN. CHECK LAND RECORDS IN THE ADJOINING COUNTIES; ESPECIALLY, RICHLAND, EDWARDS, WABASH, AND CRAWFORD IN ILLINOIS. ALSO, CHECK KNOX AND SULLIVAN IN INDIANNA. CHECK FOR LAND GRANTS IN THE LAND GRANT OFFICES, STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY COUNTY SEATS. LIBRARIES: CHECK LIBRARY AT LANCASTER, LEXINGTON, AND RICHMOND IN GARRARD, FAYETTE AND MADISON COUNTIES FOR CEMETERY RECORDS FOR HARDIN'S CHILDREN AND COUNTY HISTORIES FOR CAUDLES. CHECK NEWSPAPERS THERE FOR ARTICLES AND OBITUARIES ON CAUDLES. CHECK NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND OBITUARIES FOR CAUDLES AT LAWRENCEVILLE, AND SUMNER IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. CHECK FOR NEWSPAPERS AT THE STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY AND IF AVAILABLE REVIEW THE ONES FOR LAWRENCEVILLE AND SUMNER, ILLINOIS. CHECK SURROUNDING COUNTIES NEWSPAPERS FOR ARTICLES AND OBITUARIES ON CAUDLES; ESPECIALLY, OLNEY IN RICHLAND COUNTY, MT. CARMEL IN WABASH COUNTY, ALBION IN EDWARDS COUNTY, ROBINSON IN CRAWFORD COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND SULLIVAN IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, AND VINCENNES IN KNOX COUNTY, INDIANA. CHECK NEWSPAPERS IN LEXINGTON FOR ARTICLES AND OBITURAIES ON CAUDLES. THE MICROFILM FOR NEWSPAPERS MAY NOT BE IN THE LIBRARIES EXCEPT FOR THE STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. THE MICROFILM MAY BE AT THE CURRENT NEWSPAPER OPERATING THERE. CHECK THE STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY FOR BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, CEMETERY, AND COUNTY HISTORIES FOR CAUDLES. DO THE SAME AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY IN CHICAGO, ONE OF THE LARGEST LIBRARIES IN THE WEST. CHECK THE BYRON R. LEWIS LIBRARY AT VINCENNES, INDIANNA. HE LIVED AT BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS AND KNEW HARDIN CAUDLE. I MET HIM ON MY TRIP TO SUMNER IN 1971. HE HELPED ME BY SHOWING ME THE RAILROAD ATLAS AND FINDING THE WHITE HOUSE CHURCH MINUTES FOR ME WHERE HARDIN AND HIS FAMILY ATTENDED CHURCH. HARDIN AND TWO OF HIS WIVES ARE BURIED THERE IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. IT MAYBE FRUITFULL TO LOOK AT SEVERAL OF THE OTHER LARGER LIBRARIES IN ILLINOIS AND VINCENNES, INDIANNA. CENSUS RECORDS: REVIEW 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS FOR WILLIAM MCWATERS, AND JOHN SHAW AND JOHN McALLISTER, SECURITIES FOR APPOINTING WILLIAM McWATER GUARDIAN OF ELIZABETH, H. R. AND CHARLES W. CAUDLE. HARDIN AND HIS BROTHER CHARLES AND SISTER ELIZABETH SHOULD BE ON THE CENSUS IN WILLIAM McWATERS' HOUSEHOLD. THEY WOULD SHOW UP UNDER AGE GROUPS. ALSO, REVIEW ANY STATE CENSUS FOR 1830 IF AVAILABLE. TRY TRIGG COUNTY, KENTUCKY FIRST AND ADJOINING COUNTIES SECOND: SUCH AS CHRISTIAN, CALDWELL, LYON, MARSHALL, AND CALLAWAY COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY SECOND. THEN TRY KENTUCKY STATE 1830 FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX NEXT. ALSO, TRY STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ADJOINING COUNTIES SUCH AS HENRY, MONTGOMERY, DICKSON, HUMPHREYS, DAVIDSON, AND TENNESEE. REVIEW 1850, 60, AND 70 FEDERAL CENSUS' FOR HARDIN'S NEIGHBORS. REVIEW 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS AGAIN AND CHECK FOR HARDIN. HIS NAME MAY HAVE BEEN REVERSED, I.E., HARDIN, CAUDLE. ALSO, CHECK FOR ENOS GRIGGS ON THE 1880 CENSUS RECORD. HE MAY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN HARDIN'S HOUSE. ALSO, HARDIN MAY HAVE BEEN PICKED-UP IN HIS HOUSEHOLD. CHECK HARDIN'S OTHER KIDS LIKE ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAUDLE TO SEE IF HARDIN IS LISTED WITH HIM. ALSO, CHECK HARDIN'S DAUGHTERS. HE MAY HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD. REVIEW 1880 TAX LIST TO SEE IF HARDIN IS LISTED ON IT. CHECK THE MORTALITY SCHEDULES FOR 1850 THROUGH 1880 FOR CAUDLES (HARDIN'S KIDS AND WIVES. CHECK THE AGRICULTURE SCHEDULES FOR HARDIN AND HIS BOYS FOR THE SAME PERIOD. CHECK FOR ILLINOIS STATE CENSUS. IF AVAILABLE, REVIEW THEM. ATLASES: CHECK RAILROAD ATLASES FOR HARDIN. THERE MAYBE MORE THAN ONE. THESE MAYBE AT THE STATE HISTORICAL LIBRARY OR OTHER LIBRARIES IN ILLINOIS OR INDIANA. THE BYRON R. LEWIS LIBRARY IN VINCENNES, INDIANA MAY HAVE ALL OF THEM. CHECK THEM TO SEE IF HARDIN IS LISTED AS LAND OWNER. THEY MAY SHOW DANIEL BARNES AS THE OWNER OF HARDIN'S LAND SINCE HE PURCHASED THE LAND HE FIRST BOUGHT FROM HIM. DANIEL WAS HARDIN'S BROTHER-IN-LAW. SCHOOL CENSUS: CHECK SCHOOL CENSUS IF AVAILABLE. THIS MIGHT LIST HIS CHILDREN AND, OF COURSE, HARDIN'S MIDDLE NAME. I AM MISSING AT LEAST ONE CHILD'S NAME. SO THIS MAY GIVE IT. DRAPER MANUSCRIPTS: THERE ARE ABOUT 50 OF THESE MANUSCRIPTS. THE SERIES RUN FROM A TO ZZ. THE MANUSCRIPTS HAVE A LOT OF RECORDS THAT CANNOT BE FOUND ELSEWHERE THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING ON HARDIN. THEY ARE NOT INDEXED BY NAME BUT BY SUBJECT. THEREFORE, MOST OF THEM WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED. HOWEVER, A GOOD PLACE TO START ARE THE CALENDAR OF THE KENTUCKY PAPERS (37 VOLS), AND THE ILLINOIS MANUSCRIPTS (1 VOL). MOST OF THE OTHER MANUSCRIPTS HAVE REFERENCES TO THESE PLACES OR NAMES SUCH AS THE GEORGE ROGERS CLARK PAPERS (65 VOLS), DANIEL BOONE PAPERS (33 VOLS), ETC. OVER NINETY LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE COMPLETE SETS OF THE MICROFILM AND ONE CAN ORDER THE MICROFILM ON INTERLIBRARY LOANS. THE SHANE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: THERE IS A GENEALOGICAL GUIDE TO THESE KENTUCKY AND OHIO PAPERS. I HAVE IT. ONE SHOULD READ IT THOROUGHLY BEFORE REVIEWING ANY MICROFILM. USE OF THIS COLLECTION REQUIRES ADVANCED RESEARCH SKILLS, AND SHOULD NOT BE UNDERTAKEN UNTIL ONE IS WELL INTO FAMILY RESEARCH. THE PERSON DOING THE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE FAMILIAR WITH THE FAMILY NAMES INVOLVED SINCE THE COLLECTION IS NOT INDEXED. THERE ARE ABOUT 32 MICROFILM REELS OF INFORMATION. BROTHER AND SISTER: LOOK FOR HARDIN'S BROTHER, CHARLES W., AND SISTER, ELIZABETH. LOOK AT MARRIAGE LICENSES IN TRIGG, AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUCH AS CHRISTIAN, CALDWELL, LYON, MARSHALL, AND CALLOWAY. LOOK AT MARRIAGE LICENSES AT FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY WHERE HARDIN WAS MARRIED AND AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUCH AS CLARK, BOURBON, SCOTT, FRANKLIN, WOODFORD, MERCER, LINCOLN, JESSAMINE, MADISON, AND GARRARD. CHECK ANY MARRIAGE LICENSES FOUND FOR THE STATE. LOOK FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES IN STEWART COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES MONTGOMERY, ROBERTSON, SUMNER, DAVIDSON, WILLIAMSON, HUMPHREYS, OR ANY OTHER MARRIAGE LICENSE FOUND FOR THE STATE. LOOK AT MARRIAGE LICENSES FOR NORTH CAROLINA IN CASE HARDIN'S BROTHER AND SISTER WENT THERE TO LIVE AFTER THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER DIED. LOOK AT TAX RECORDS FOR KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND NORTH CAROLINA. LOOK AT THE DRAPER AND SHANE MANUSCRIPTS. OVERALL COMMENT: TAX, COURT, AND LAND RECORDS, AS WELL AS NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON HARDIN CAUDLE'S MIDDLE NAME, HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, WHERE HE CAME FROM BEFORE HE ARRIVED IN ILLINOIS, HIS CHILDREN, HIS EXPERIENCES, ETC. ALL OF THESE REASONS JUSTIFY RUNNING DOWN THE LEADS. THE MORE ONE FINDS OUT ABOUT THEIR MOST RECENT ANCESTORS HELPS ONE TO FIND THE PRECEDING ANCESTORS.

  
  

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