Historical Marker
William Barnett Hardin
Moscow, Polk County · Texas
Erected 1967
William Barnett Hardin served as a sergeant in Capt. Martin B. Lewis's company, recruited from the area of present-day Jasper, Tyler and Polk counties, which left the Neches River area on November 16, 1835. The company entered San Antonio on December 6, and after house-to-house fighting Hardin was wounded in the leg on December 9, leaving him slightly crippled. He was a first lieutenant by September 1836. The Siege of Bexar Descendants site calls him an unofficial advisor to the Alabama-Coushatta and says he was buried on the Coushatta Trace.
What the plaque says
William Barnett Hardin Republic of Texas Soldier (April 20, 1806 - July 28, 1885). Born in Tennessee. Came to Texas in 1826; established plantation near Moscow as first permanent white settler in the area. Was first lieutenant in Texas War for Independence. Wounded in Battle of San Antonio, Dec. 1835. For service, received a 640-acre Republic of Texas land grant signed by President Sam Houston. Moved to new plantation near Livingston in 1855. Farmed and helped survey first county roads. (1967)
Where it stands
30.91160, -94.89336 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Near Boyhood Home of John Wesley Hardin — steps away
- Moscow — 3.9 mi
- Texas Statesman William Pettus Hobby — 4.0 mi
- Town of Corrigan — 7.2 mi