Hardy ABNEY

M, b. circa 1818, d. 1845
Relationship
2nd cousin 4 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Hardy ABNEY, son of Azariah ABNEY and Mary Ann POPE, was born circa 1818 in South Carolina.1

Hardy married Martha ROAN circa 1837.2

Hardy ABNEY was named an heir in the will of Azariah ABNEY dated 1843 in Edgefield, South Carolina. "I wish or desire that sixty (60) or that amounty of property at my death be given to my son Hardy to make him equal with my three children, to wit, Joel, William and Susannah who have received property of mine to the amount of two hundred and seventy two dollars..."3

Hardy ABNEY died in 1845 in Marengo County, Alabama. He was buried in Butler City Cemetery.

His obituary appeared 11 March 1845 in the The Sumter County Whig, published in Livingston, Alabama. Died, at the residence of Mr. James Hart, of Marengo County, a few days since, Hardy Abney, Esq., of this county, aged about 35 years. He had been to Mobile on business and was taken sick while there. He was a consistant member of the Baptist Church.4

Hardy left a will dated 28 June 1845 in Sumter County, Alabama. It is recorded in Sumter County, Alabama Will Book 1, page 384 and Orphan Court Records Book 6, page 138.
Last Edited=20 Dec 2016

Children of Hardy ABNEY and Martha ROAN

Citations

  1. [S175] ADAH Surnames Files;.
  2. [S175] ADAH Surnames Files;, Abney surname.
  3. [S982] South Carolina Wills and Probate Records, Edgefield, SC Wills Vol. D-E, 1836-1866.
  4. [S978] Larry E. Caver, Abstracts from Alabama Newspapers, Vol. 1, pg. 119.

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