HARDIN R[ICHARD?] CAUDLE[1]




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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 Headstones Submit Headstone Photo
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
- LEO HARDIN CAUDLE'S RECORDS SHOWED HARDIN CAUDLE
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Notes - 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
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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
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1812 07 31
--CHECK: 1887 07 27 ==========
1812 07 31
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74 11 27
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--BASED ON TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION: 1887 07 27 CALCULATE 1886 19 27
74 10 12 74 10 12
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1812 09 15
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--CHECK: 1887 07 27
1812 09 15
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74 10 12
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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.
- PROBABLY HAD A MIDDLE NAME. TWIGG AND CHRISTIAN
-
Sources - [S33] LEO HARDIN CAUDLE AND LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOISCO.
- [S30] TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTION AND FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS.
- [S32] LEO HARDIN CAUDLETOMBSTONE IN WHITE HOUSE CHURCH.
- [S31] HATTIE TOWER CAUDLE AND EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. AND.
- [S11686] MARRIAGE RECORDMOSES AND BETSEY A. BARNES WITNES.
- [S11720] MARRIAGE RECORD BOOK F PAGE 292LAWRENCEVILLE, LA.
- [S33] LEO HARDIN CAUDLE AND LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOISCO.
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