By: Thomas A Hays, Pub. 1985, Reprinted 2017, 272 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-562-6. Hardin county was formed in 1819. The entries found in this book cover the appointments of the administratiors and guardians; indentured applications; reports of inquests juries; releasements, removals, and insolbencies from the tax lists; wills; inventory of administrator and guardian settlementsl the requests of free blacks; survey of occupant claims; petitiona of widows' dowers; scknowledgement of bills of sale for slaves; certificates of deeds of conveyance; and pertinent records.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV. Concluding Review. E will now close our view of the leading incidents in the history of Hardin yh County. We began with the first settlement at the Altum Spring, in the First District, in the summer of 1861, and will now close with a view which exhibits the county in 1880, with a total population of 14,969, divided among the sixteen Civil Districts as follows: First and Second, 1,344; Third, 1,051; Fourth, 2,659; Fifth and Fourteenth, 970; Sixth, 1,373; Seventh, 670; Eighth, 970; Ninth and Tenth, 1,191; Elev- . enth and Sixteenth, 1,128; Twelfth, 1,483; Thirteenth, 1,645; Fifteenth, 585. Of the total population, 12,775 are white, the remainder colored; and 7,334 are males and 7,459 females. The average population per square mile is 24. The total number of inhabitants in Savannah at this date was 993, and in Saltillo 250. Only two of the first settlers are living at this date to tell the tale--one at the age of 82 and the other at the age of 70. There are 413 persons in the county who are 60 years old and over, and two over 100 years. The scholastic population of the county in 1883 was 6,247. Of this number 5,419 are whites and 828 are colored. During this year (1883) certificates of qualification were issued to 78 white teachers and 19 colored teachers. In 1840 the total white population was 7,910; in 1850 it was 9,040; in 1860 it was 9,600, and in 1880 it was 12,775. The colored population in 1840 was 330; in 1850,1,288; in 1860, 1,650; and in 1880, 2,018. The census report for 1880 shows that in the year 1879 there were 72,446 acres of land cultivated in the county; and of this number, 12,859 acres were in cotton, which yielded 5,345 bales; and 30,909 acres in corn, which yielded 799,739 bushels; and 3,387 acres in oats, ..