More Information:
About Beverly Dotson Hardy:
The following from Nancy Metteauer:
"Beverly Hardy came to Arkansas as a child with his parents,
John R. and Charlotte Hardy. He married Melissa E. Baldree, daughter of Hosea Baldree and Charlotte
Madison Baldree, on January 18, 1853 in Columbia County, Arkansas. Beverly Hardy purchased land in
Columbia County in 1856 and 1859. In May 1862, he enlisted as a Private in Company B, 24 Arkansas Infantry
and served until the end of the Civil War. In 1872, B.D. and Melissa Hardy and seven children moved
to Texas with the Baldree family. B.D. and Melissa Hardy first came to Sabine County, but then settled
in San Augustine County. They purchased 100 acres of land in the White Rock Community - what the family
calls “The Old Place” - and built a home in 1887. B.D. Hardy died at this home in San Augustine County.
Melissa Hardy died at the home of their son, Sid Hardy in Shelby County, Texas. Both B.D. and Melissa
Hardy are buried in an iron-fenced area in the old Liberty Hill Cemetery in San Augustine County, Texas.
Sons George W. Hardy and Floyd H. Hardy are also buried in this fenced-in area."
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COLUMBIA
CO., ARK., FEDERAL LAND RECORDS
L Name F Name MI Sec No T
R Acres Date Remarks
HARDY BEVERLY D
24 18S 22W 40 1859/07/01
HARDY BEVERLY D 24
18S 22W 40 1859/07/01
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Found
in 1860 Census - Ark., Columbia Co., page 118.
His age given as 26, birthplace, Tenn.; wife (can't
read name), 20, Ala.; son James, 3, Ark.; dau. Mary, 2, Ark. I have found no further record of James
or Mary, so I assume both must have died at an early age. The transcribed names are:
Beverly Hardy
26 TN
Araclio Hardy 20 AL
James Hardy 3 AR
Mary Hardy 2 AR
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Civil
War Record
Beverly's Civil War Service Record shows that he enlisted with Company B, 24th Arkansas
Infantry Regiment on 12 May, 1862 at Palestine, Arkansas. He is last shown as present with this unit
for the period ending on June 30, 1863, at Palestine, Arkansas. He is also recorded with Hardy's Arkansas
Regiment, which was formed from remnants of the 24th and other units, after part of the 24th Regiment
was captured. He was listed as present on the August, 1863 Muster Roll, at Palestine, Arkansas. The
last record of him, for the Muster Roll of Jan. and Feb., 1864, shows the remark: "Deserted Sept. 15,
1863". Soldiers were often reported as deserted if they were absent for valid reasons, such as being
in the hospital or on leave. On his widow's Confederate Pension Application, filed in 1905, two fellow
soldiers stated in a sworn statement that he did not desert. They state that he served in the unit
until the end of the war.
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Beverly
and his family moved from Columbia County, AR to Sabine County, TX around 1872, settling in the Rosevine
area. Around 1879, they moved to San Augustine Co., TX, and he lived there until his death in 1900.
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Found in book, San Augustine County Cemeteries:
Hardy, B. D. 15 May 1835 - 2 Mar 1900
Liberty Hill Cemetery
Neither birth or death date agrees exactly with previously found dates,
but both are close.
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According
to the 1900 Census information for Beverly's wife Melissa, there were 13 children born to the couple,
10 living at that time. I only have the names of 10 of the 13 accounted for.
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About Melissa Elviny Balderee:
The name of Beverly Hardy's wife is unreadable (first letter A) on the 1860 Census, Ark., Columbia Co.,
page 118. The age is given as 20, birthplace, Ala. Assumed to refer to Melissa.
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Found
in the 1900 Census, Texas, San Augustine Co., Dist. 74, sh. 4, img. 8:
Hardy, Malissy E. Aug
1842 57 AL VA GA
Hardy, Joe J. Dec 1875 24 TX TN AL
Hardy, Sidney A. Feb 1885 15 TX TN AL
Beverly
Hardy had died just prior to this Census. The Census shows that Melissa is a farmer, a widow, and had
13 children born with 10 living. It also indicates that she could not read or write. Her son Jessie
D. Hardy, wife Alma R., and their son Earnest H. were found living next door.
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Found
in 1910 Census, TX, San Augustine Co., Dist. 137, sh. 13, img. 26, living with son Joe. J. and his family.
Joe
J Hardy 34
Genie Hardy 25
Vernice Hardy 7
Floyd Hardy 4
Gladys Hardy 2
Malissie Hardy
65
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About James Hardy:
Name and age from 1860 Census, Ark., Columbia Co. No other record found. I assume he died at an early
age.
About Mary Hardy:
Name and age from 1860 Census, Ark., Columbia Co. No other record found. I assume she died at an early
age.
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