Benjamin W. Hardin

The stone is brief, so the family record fills in. Benjamin Hardin married Adelia Coleman in Liberty County on January 8, 1828, and they had four children, two of whom lived beyond childhood. He received a league of land in 1831 and served as sheriff of the Liberty District before the county elected him sheriff in 1839; he held that office until 1845. A rancher and farmer, he was a founding member of the Liberty Masonic Lodge in 1849 and died at his homestead the following January.

What the plaque says

Benjamin W. Hardin Benjamin Watson Hardin - member of Ninth Congress-Republic of Texas; sheriff of Liberty County. Born in Georgia on March 25, 1796. Died on January 2, 1850.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center — 0.7 mi
  A state archives and museum north of Liberty with an exhibit on Southeast Texas history and a campus of historic buildings, including an 1848 house and an 1898 church.
• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site — 31 mi
  The 1,200 acres of coastal prairie and marsh where the Texas Revolution ended in eighteen minutes, and the 567-foot shaft of fossil-studded limestone that has stood over them since 1939.
• Big Thicket National Preserve — 33 mi
  Start at the Kountze visitor center, where rangers sort the preserve's scattered units for you, and learn why Congress made this 1974 string of pearls the country's first national preserve.

More markers nearby

• Augustine B. Hardin — steps away
• William Hardin — steps away
• Price Daniel — 0.3 mi
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi