Bailey Hardeman
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Bailey Hardeman was the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Republic of Texas
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Bailey was a younger son of Thomas Hardeman and his first wife Mary Perkins. Both families were early settlers in Tidewater Virginia. Thomas Hardeman was a Revolutionary War soldier and served for years as a representative from Davidson County both when it was the Territory South of the Ohio, North Carolina and Tennessee. Bailey served as a First Lt in the War of 1812 from Tennessee, he was the first County Clerk for Hardeman County, Tennessee. Hardeman County TN was named for the brother Bailey and Thomas J. Hardeman. Both brothers were part of the first Republic of Texas Government.
On 20 Jan 1820 he married Rebecca Amanda Wilson in Williamson Co, TN. The couple had five children: Sameul Wilson Hardeman (1821); John Hardeman (1823); Emeline (1825); Catherine (1829) and Thomas (1831). Of all the children only Samuel Wilson Hardeman would live to adulthood and have children.
Bailey, like several of his brothers and brother-in-laws, had various financial interests included trade into Mexico. The interest in trade with Mexico may have prompted his move to the Tejas area in 1835.
Bailey and his small family settled in Matagorda County. It was almost natural for him to fall into a leadership roll in the local politics given his experience in Tennessee.
On 28 Nov 1835 General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas elected him one of the commissioners to organize the militia for Matagorda Municipality
Bailey Hardeman was one of the committee of five elected to draft a Declaration of Independence from Mexico on 2 May 1836. He was also one of the fifty-nine signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Upon his arrival at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836, he was appointed to a twenty-one-member committee to draw up a constitution for the Republic of Texas
. The resulting Constitution was approved in mid-March. The delegates elected him secretary of the treasury.
On 27 Mar 1836 he and Lorenzo de Zavala were appointed commissioners to accompany Santa Anna to Vera Cruz to negotiate a peace treaty.
Bailey died of fever at Caney Creek, Matagorda County, Texas on 24 September 1836. His obituary was printed in the Telegraph and Texas Register and also the Nashville Republican.
Hardeman County, Texas
is named in his honor and that of his brother Thomas Jones Hardeman.
Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas was an independent nation in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the state claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S...
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Bailey was a younger son of Thomas Hardeman and his first wife Mary Perkins. Both families were early settlers in Tidewater Virginia. Thomas Hardeman was a Revolutionary War soldier and served for years as a representative from Davidson County both when it was the Territory South of the Ohio, North Carolina and Tennessee. Bailey served as a First Lt in the War of 1812 from Tennessee, he was the first County Clerk for Hardeman County, Tennessee. Hardeman County TN was named for the brother Bailey and Thomas J. Hardeman. Both brothers were part of the first Republic of Texas Government.
On 20 Jan 1820 he married Rebecca Amanda Wilson in Williamson Co, TN. The couple had five children: Sameul Wilson Hardeman (1821); John Hardeman (1823); Emeline (1825); Catherine (1829) and Thomas (1831). Of all the children only Samuel Wilson Hardeman would live to adulthood and have children.
Bailey, like several of his brothers and brother-in-laws, had various financial interests included trade into Mexico. The interest in trade with Mexico may have prompted his move to the Tejas area in 1835.
Bailey and his small family settled in Matagorda County. It was almost natural for him to fall into a leadership roll in the local politics given his experience in Tennessee.
On 28 Nov 1835 General Council of the Provisional Government of Texas elected him one of the commissioners to organize the militia for Matagorda Municipality
Bailey Hardeman was one of the committee of five elected to draft a Declaration of Independence from Mexico on 2 May 1836. He was also one of the fifty-nine signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Upon his arrival at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836, he was appointed to a twenty-one-member committee to draw up a constitution for the Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas
The Republic of Texas was an independent nation in North America, bordering the United States and Mexico, that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the state claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S...
. The resulting Constitution was approved in mid-March. The delegates elected him secretary of the treasury.
On 27 Mar 1836 he and Lorenzo de Zavala were appointed commissioners to accompany Santa Anna to Vera Cruz to negotiate a peace treaty.
Bailey died of fever at Caney Creek, Matagorda County, Texas on 24 September 1836. His obituary was printed in the Telegraph and Texas Register and also the Nashville Republican.
Hardeman County, Texas
Hardeman County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,724 people, 1,943 households, and 1,319 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile . There were 2,358 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile...
is named in his honor and that of his brother Thomas Jones Hardeman.