HARDING/HARDIN/HARDEN GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


I learned about my Harding ancestry through my study of the Ballingers. The reference to the Harding family is found in the book Three Centuries of Ballingers in America by Emma Barrett Reeves. Thomas Harding of England and Burlington County, New Jersey appears to have been a Quaker.

In August 2001 I heard from Joe W. Giles [email protected] regarding information he has been given on the background of Mary Giles, one of my ancestors through the Harris family. In correspondence with other researchers Joe has been told that Mary Giles who married William Harris, Gent., later married a HARDING. If so, she was the only daughter of William Giles b. ca. 1650-d. 1690s in Henrico Co. and his wife Bethaniah Knowles, dau. of Capt. John Knowles and wife Mary Broadnax. This Mary Giles had brothers William, John (grandfather of Governor William Branch Giles), and Nicholas. I would love to know the first name of the HARDING that Mary Giles married as her second husband. This would not be a blood connection to me, but it would be another HARDING family connection.

There is also a family association for the Harding/Harden/Hardin family that publishes a quarterly newsletter. Quite a number of the HARDIN family have intermarried with my Harris, Swain, Sewell, and Sartain families in Tennessee and Texas. I've found no connection with those Hardins and this Harding line, but it is interesting. The name Harding/Harden/Hardin appears to be French Huguenot in origin. There is a Mark Hardin who is a proven Huguenot immigrant that is recognized by the Huguenot Society.

I also wonder if there would be any connection to U.S. President Warren Gamaliel Harding. (Interestingly, I do have a double cousin through the Harris & Sartain families who was born about the time that Warren G. Harding was in office. That cousin's name is Warren G. HARDIN. Close, but not quite.) My favorite Hardin cousin is Marie (Hardin) Ratliff of Fort Worth, Texas. She is kin to me through the Harris family only. She just happened to be born with Hardin for a last name.

Here is my HARDING lineage as far as can be proven:

  1. Thomas HARDING, b. England, d. 1708 Burlington Co., NJ; md. 26 Feb. 1661/2 London, England to Eleanor BAGWELL, b. England, d. aft. 1708 NJ
  2. Mary HARDING, b. ca. 1663, d. aft. 1733 NJ; md. 9 Apr. 1684 Nailsworth, Gloucester, England to Henry BALLINGER, b. ca. 1662 Benningham, Gloucester, England, d. 1733 Evesham, NJ
  3. Joseph BALLENGER, b. ca. 1691 Burlington, NJ, d. 1744 Goochland Co., VA; md. ca. 1720 NJ to Charity WADE, b. ca. 1694 NJ, d. aft. 1744 Goochland Co., VA
  4. Elizabeth BALLENGER, b. ca. 1729 MD, d. Dec. 1823 Franklin Co., GA; md. ca. 1755 Amherst Co., VA to Nathan BOND, Sr., b. ca. 1734 Goochland Co., VA, d. April 1815 Elbert Co., GA
  5. Richard Cox BOND, Sr., b. ca. 1760 Amherst Co., VA, d. 31 Jan. 1837 Franklin Co., GA; md. 15 May 1783 Amherst Co., VA to Susannah MAYS, b. ca. 1763 Amherst Co., VA, d. 6 Nov. 1843 Cobb Co., GA
  6. Nelly BOND, b. 27 Mar. 1798, d. ca. 1847 Lafayette Co., MS; md. 20 Dec. 1821 Franklin Co., GA to John SARTAIN, Sr., b. ca. 1800 Madison Co., GA, d. Aug. 1869 Yalobusha Co., MS
  7. Russell SARTAIN (brother of Elizabeth Ann Sartain below), b. 24 Aug. 1828 Madison Co., GA, d. 24 April 1909 Jack Co., TX; md. 3rd ca. 1869 Danielsville, GA to Martha Auntny BEARD, b. 23 Oct. 1833 Madison Co., GA, d. 23 Mar. 1913 Jack Co., TX;

    Elizabeth Ann SARTAIN (sister of Russell Sartain above), b. 30 July 1837 Madison Co., GA, d. 29 Oct. 1921 Katie, OK; md. 16 May 1851 Lafayette Co., MS to Henry Washington GARVIN, b. 28 June 1833 Madison Co., GA, d. 21 Feb. 1909 GARVIN Co., OK
  8. Maizie Elmira Catherine SARTAIN (daughter of Russell SARTAIN and Martha BEARD above), b. 7 Dec. 1871 Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., MS, d. 15 March 1954 Morton, Bailey Co., TX (Buried at Morton Cemetery); md. 12 Dec. 1888 Jack Co., TX to McCager Martin GARVIN (son of Elizabeth Ann SARTAIN and Henry Washington GARVIN above), b. 19 Oct. 1856 Newton Co., MS, d. 17 Dec. 1920 Frederick, Tillman Co., OK (Buried at Hackberry Cemetery) (first cousins on the Sartain side)
  9. Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 November 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO (Both buried at Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, CO) *These are my grandparents.


HARDING E-MAIL LIST


If you have queries concerning the HARDING surname, you may post these at the Harding Family Genealogy List which I manager.

Harding Genealogy List is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Harding surname and variant spellings.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the Harding e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in HARDING for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in HARDING you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letters of the month.



ROOTSWEB HARDING MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the HARDING surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Harding Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any HARDING name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.

ROOTSWEB HARDIN MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the HARDIN surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Hardin Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any HARDIN name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.

ROOTSWEB HARDEN MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the HARDEN surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Harden Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any HARDEN name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the HARDING family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/harding


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the HARDIN family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/hardin


An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the HARDEN family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/harden

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the HARDING/HARDIN/HARDEN lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



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Last updated June 1, 2003.


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