Milton Ashley Hardin

Milton Hardin spent his last decades far from the Trinity, in Hood County and then Cleburne, but he came home for burial: when he died in 1894 his body was shipped by railroad to Liberty. The Handbook of Texas calls him a wealthy cotton planter and cattle rancher by 1839, with 1,280 acres of Liberty County land from his military service, and a founder of the Liberty Masonic Lodge in 1849. The community of Hardin, in Liberty County, stands on his original survey.

What the plaque says

Milton Ashley Hardin (November 4, 1813 - September 18, 1894) Tennessee native Milton Hardin moved to Texas in 1826 with his parents, settling in present day Liberty County. In 1835 he fought at the Battle of Concepcion and the Siege of Bexar and secured a land grant for his service. He later sold the land that became the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation. Milton Hardin married Mary Isbell; they became the parents of three children. He moved to Hood County and later Johnson County, where he died. (1997)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center — 3.8 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 — 27 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.

More markers nearby

• Catholic Cemetery — steps away
• Site of Liberty's Ursuline Convent — 0.4 mi
• Seven Pines — 0.4 mi
• Plaza Iglesia Parroquial (Parish Church Square) — 0.4 mi