William Frederick Hardey b. 1788 Prince George's Co., MD d. 29 Dec 1862 St. Landry Parish, Louisiana: Our Family History

1788 - 1862 (74 years)

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Name	William Frederick Hardey [1]
Birth	1788	Prince George's Co., MD
Gender	Male
Death	29 Dec 1862	St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Origins
Person ID	I4638	1665 GOUGH/GOFF (US-MD-STM/US-VA-LOU) I-Y6902-A
Last Modified	20 Oct 2023

Family Elizabeth Maria Millard, b. 1810, St. Mary's County, Maryland, USA d. 30 May 1890, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (Age 80 years)

Marriage 14 Jul 1847 RCC, St. Mary's Co., MD

Children

1. Elizabeth Hardey

Family ID F2312 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 Oct 2023

Notes

mdstmary@rootsweb.com
JPATCATS@aol.com wrote:

>
>Hello... SMC list... one of the best genealogy lists...
>
>My gggfather, Robert F. Millard, 1st son of Joshua MILLARD and Ann MANNING
>of St. Mary County, immigrated to Nacogodches, Texas in 1835 while it was
>still Mexico and had to take the Mexican oath. He had two brothers, Edward and
>Henry, who were doctors, who immigrated to St. Landry Parish, La. in 1837.
>In 1847, their sister, Elizabeth MILLARD married William F. HARDEY, whose
>first wife, Sarah SPALDING, had died in 1844. The HARDEY'S of Prince George
>County were one of the earlier SMC families to move to St. Landry and become
>successful, wealthy sugar cane planters.
>
>In August, 1855, Wm. F. HARDEY purchased 318 acres in SMC, known as
>"Rosecroft" for $10,000 and placed the property in trust for the usufruct of wife,
>Elizabeth and his daughter by Elizabeth. Elizabeth MILLARD died in 1890,
>following her death the property was inherited by the children of HARDEY'S first
>marriage who sold the property for $5,000. The above is from SMC court
>records researched for me by Linda Reno (thanks).
>
>Researching these two MILLARD doctors and the HARDEY'S in St. Landry
>revealed that about 15 to 20 SMC familes had begun moving to St. Landry Parish in
>the early 1800's, where they grew sugar cane and owned plantations and slaves.
>They were Catholic and so was St. Landry Parish at the time. IMHO, the SMC
>families that came to La. probably left for the same reason that the 100
>families that went to Kentucky - religious freedom and escape from the
>prohibitive inheritance laws that had been passed by the Maryland legislature.
>
>The Jesuits were in St. Landry's Parish just as they were in SMC. Clich the
>following link or copy and paste.
>
>_http://www.st-charles-borromeo.org/_ (http://www.st-charles-borromeo.org/)
>
>
>
>Also, check your local genealogy library for "Southwest Louisiana Records"
>Volumes I to XVIII, 1801-1886, Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Church and civil
>records. G La 929.376 H446s
>
>
>The St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church at Grand Coteau was founded by Dr.
>Charles Overton SMITH, married to Mary SANTEE, the son of Leonard SMITH and
>Elizabeth NEALE. Anyone interested in these SMC to St. Landry Parish
>families just need to take a look through the 1850/1860 U.S. census of St. Landry
>Parish to see what Md/Va surname/families were there.
>
>BTW - St. Landry Parish is 50 miles west of Baton Rouge with the Parish
>courthouse at Opelousas, La. In the early 1800's, they got from the east coast
>to New Orleans by boat. From N.O., steamship up the Mississippi, then up the
>Red River to the town of Washington. Then by wagon/carriage to Grand Coteau,
>La which was the center of their community at that time - Catholic church
>and school.
>
>Have a good day... contact me should you want more information about SMC
>folks in South La...
>
>J Pat
>
>
>J Pat Smith
>8828 Eastover Bv
>Denham Springs, LA 70726
>225-665-1790
>GEAUX Tigers.... LSU, LSU, LSU
>

Sources
[S3441] Browning Geneology, Evansville, Indiana Area Obituary Search.