William T & Tryphenia Ball Hardy Bible
William T. Hardy Bible transcript
Submitted with notes by Jack D. Elliott, Jr.
The following text is a copy of a typescript that was originally made in 1974.
Judging by internal evidence this was apparently the family Bible of William T.
(1820-1899) and Tryphenia Ball Hardy (1829-1891). In that the Bible has the
same publication date (1850) as that of the couple’s marriage, it is presumed
that the Bible was purchased at the time of their marriage with the first entry
recording the marriage.
William T. Hardy’s father, Sutton, was born ca. 1772 in the part of Dobbs County
NC that later became Greene County NC. At a later date Sutton moved to Duplin
County NC where his oldest child Joshua Taylor Hardy was born in 1807. However
by the time that William T. was born in 1820, the Hardys had moved to Bertie
County, NC. Sutton and family settled in what is now Clay County, Mississippi
in 1837. However during the 1850s William settled near Bellfountaine in what is
now Webster County, Mississippi. (Webster County is adjacent to the western
boundary of Clay County.) William and his wife Tryphenia are buried in the North
Union cemetery at Bellfountaine.
The transcript is as follows:
THE HOLY BIBLE
Published by Jesper Harding, No. 57 South Third St.
Philadelphia
1850
(This Bible has been handed down in the Hardy family and is presently, 1974, in
the possession of Robert Carl Hardy, Sr. Bellfountain, Mississippi.)
Page I in the Bible:
W.T. Hardy, a son of Sutton and Martha Hardy, and Tryphenia Ball, a daughter of
Burwell and Susan Ball, married Jan. 29, 1850
J.W. Hardy, son of W.T. and Tryphenia Hardy and Florence Norwood, daughter of
L.S. AND M.A. Norwood, Married Oct. 25, 1871.
J.M. Murrah and J.T. Hardy married August 8, 1875.
S.M. McCain and Francis Hardy married Dec. 18, 1879.
J?H. Burk and Ella Hardy married Dec. 23, 1886
A.R. McKee and M.S. Hardy married Feb. 19, 1874.
J.S. Hardy and C.A. Vance married July 30, 1891.
R.C. Hardy, Jr. and Beatrice Pounds married Dec. 1936.
R.C. Hardy, Sr. and Gurtrude McCain married Dec. 10, 1914.
E.M. Faison and Gertrude Hardy married Dec. 1912.
G.T. Hardy and Clara Poe married Aug.
W.V. Hardy and Bessie Horton married Dec. 16.
W.D. House and Ida Hardy married Feb. 20, 1910.
Bryant Sugg and Bessie Lee Hardy married July, 1930.
Page 2:
W.T. Hardy, a son of Sutton and Martha Hardy born March 29, 1820.
Tryphenia Ball Hardy, daughter of Burwell and Susan Ball, b. 6-5-1829.
M.S. Hardy, daughter of W.T. and Tryphenia Hardy born, March 1, 1851.
Joseph W. Hardy, born Sept. 7, 1852.
Florence Norwood, born Dec. 7, 1852.
Tryphenia Tennett Hardy, born Feb. 12, 1855.
Parthenia Hardy, born Feb. 21, 1857.
Francis Hardy, born July 10, 1858.
L.B. Hardy born April 14, 1863.
Ella Hardy, born June 23, 1865.
Robert Hardy born Dec. 6, 1867.
John S. Hardy, born Jan. 14, 1870.
J.H. Burk born March 12, 1866.
Lester Hardy born June 16, 1891.
C.A. Hardy born Nov. 12, 1859.
Iva Burk born Nov. 17, 1887.
Page 3 in the Bible:
Lemuel B. Hardy died Oct. 22, 1836.
Benjamin S. Hardy Died April 12, 1849.
Sutton Hardy died April 15, 1853.
Martha Hardy died Oct. 1, 1856.
Parthonia [sic] Hardy died August 17, 1857.
Polly T. Hardy died August 1857.
Unity Wooten died 1866.
J.T. Hardy died Aug. 1, 1871. [This is probably Joshua Taylor Hardy, brother of
William T. Hardy, although I have a slightly different date of death for him—
July 19, 1871]
Burwell Ball died June 25, 1877.
Susan Ball died 1879.
S.F. Hardy, wife of J.W. Hardy died Dec. 6, 1881.
R.D. Hardy died 1886.
Polly Hardy, wife of R.D. Hardy died Jan. 1891.
Page 4 of the Bible:
Parthonia Hardy, dau. of W.T. AND Tryphenia Hardy, died Aug. 17, 1857.
Lemuel B. Hardy died July 4, 1863.
J.T. Murrah died Dec. 1, 1887.
Tryphenia Hardy, wife of W.T. Hardy, died Jan. 31, 1891.
M.S. McKee wife of R.A. McKee died April 21, 1892.
W.T. Hardy died May 17, 1899, age 79 years, 2 mo. 18 days.
G.T. Hardy son of J.W. and Florence Hardy, died Oct. 30, 1931.
E.E. Hardy died Nov. 5, 1931.
W.V. Hardy died Feb. 3, 1937.
Mary Elizabeth Hardy, wife of J.W. Hardy, died Feb. 14, 1907.
J.W. Hardy died Nov. 9, 1909.
Ella Hardy Burk died June 17, 1934.
J.H. Burk died Sept. 28, 1934.
Mary Ann Norwood died 1905.
J.S. Hardy, died Feb. 21, 1948.
He died as he lived, a Christian. He was 78 years old.
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