Benjamin Franklin Hardin

Full Name: Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Hardin
Date of birth: January 25, 1803
Date of death: April 20, 1878

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 33 Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (1)     Liberty / Liberty   Liberty

(1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 33
Nov 2, 1857 - Nov 7, 1859
Legislatures: 7th (1)  
Home City/County: Liberty / Liberty
Counties in district: Liberty

(1) Democrat. Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Biographical Sketches

  • HARDIN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1803–1878). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Biographical sketch, family history, and portrait of Frank Hardin, The Hardins of Liberty, pp. 413-416. Frank Hardin, born 1/25/1803 in Franklin County, Georgia; elected in 1857 as representative of Liberty County to the 7th Legislature; died 4/20/1878 in Liberty. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.

Military Service Notes

  • 1st Lieutenant of Infantry, Lieutenant, Captain (Republic of Texas, 1836). Colonel, 2nd Brigade of Texas Militia (1842-1843). Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - Franklin Hardin, Liberty, Liberty County, age 48, born circa 1802 in Georgia, surveyor, in household with Cynthia Hardin. FamilySearch. 1850
  • Col. Franklin Hardin, birth date 1/25/1803 in Franklin County, Georgia; death date 4/20/1878 in Liberty, Texas; burial in Liberty City Cemetery, Liberty, Liberty County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
  • Biographical sketch, Franklin Hardin, pp. 369-370. The Heroes of San Jacinto, 1932.
  • Obituary, Capt. Frank Hardin, The Galveston Daily News, 4/28/1878, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "An old pioneer and veteran of the Texas revolution, a hero of San Jacinto, and of the Anahuac fight between the colonists and the Mexican garrison under Bradburn . . . " Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Historical marker, Franklin Hardin, Liberty, Liberty County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Committee Information top

7th R.S. - 1857
County Boundaries  
Land Office (Chair) 
Private Land Claims  

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