The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
from Pulaski received this morn

inst. from Pulaski received this morn ing.
 began on the Hardaway line be- fore. or about 1874. I have received letters from many mostly female members who hold more tenaciously to the memory of their family name than men. l do not discover that you are connected with Joseph @ except through Daniel CD and Daniel {3); the connection of John s. Hardaway of Chula with Daniel (2) who married a Worsham. is very plain and direct.
 Joseph (2) had family residing at the old family seat in Chesterfield longer than any other branch of the family. I have in my possession pa- pers which belonged to Thomas CD, the progenitor. coming to me direct. My father said nothing was known be- yond Thomas CD, which is sustained by the records of the land office in Richmond. Va.
 8 years old, was riding my horse by the side of my father; polite Vir- ginia negro spoke to my father (this was about 1s3s). "How dye. Mars Hardaway? Servant Sir?" Our horses stopped to drink at branch. He con- tinued his talk while we stopped. "t belong to the Hardaway family in Vir- ginia." How" my father inquired.
 T belong to Stiff Hardaway Sir. and he was stiff (rich) too" My fa- ther explained to me that he meant Stith Hardaway. who was his great uncle. was an unmarried man, and leaving no issue, his property had much increased the property of his tStiths) brothers and sisters. After. wards Mrs. Johnson of Hillsboro, -, a lady of much intelligence. wrote me that she was descended from Joseph (2o and Ann Hall. I have their gen. ealogies. In our family there were more than half dozen marriages with the Stiths.
 I have a full history of the Joseph tz) branch. My father told me all the names of the children of Thomas CD expect Drury @ and Frances @, the dausnter. Drury (O Cor Drurry) and Frances (2) did not leave issue and therefore were not known by my fath- CT. Joseph @ left a son Drury (3) Mem. of Britol Parish at Blandford, in I1so. page 124, Slaughter's History or Bristol Parish. Drury Boiling was vestryman of same parish in TEA, see page l22, Bristol Parish history On the 9th of May. 173s. vestry of Bristol Parish met at the house of Thomas Hardaway's and agreed to build the church at Wills (Blandford), see page l2. Bristol Parish history. The docu- nientary name of the maternal branch IS spelt Drurry, and is connected with the best families of Chesterfield and Henrico.
 By an error of mine I changed Jo- seph t) to Jud, in table of 1774; Mrs. Johnson of Joseph's family corrected this.
 published two printed tables of the Hardaways. The first was ten- tative. The later table of 1774 has had few changes except that to change Jud to Joseph, and to add Frances CD daughter. and Drury @ a son. I in Ter this Drury died in infancy (from his baptism).
 l cannot think there Is much doubt in the genealogy of Thomas's progeni- tors and his immediate descendants. viz:
 John married Miss Frances Markham
 Daniel married Miss Worsham.
 James married Miss Stanfield.
 Thomas married Miss Agnes Peter son.
 William, born June F, 172S, married Miss Manson
 Joseph. born April ?, 1928, married Miss Ann Hall.
 Drury, born April ?, 1733, supposed
 
 CName of Frances alluded to in this letter evidently omitted).
 (See register of Bristol Parish).
 l have many letters from different branches. and I have nothing to alter CT to change in the statements of my father, R. s. Hardaway, who died April 20, 1875, aged IS years, and the youngest child of his family.
 The first four sons of Thomas are not in the register of Bristol Parish, which is extant only from 1720 to 1734, so they were born prior to l720, but the order is not known. William @ was the ex- ecutor of a will in my possession. An older uncle of mine who was a clerk in Petersburg, visited one of the Wor- shams of Memphis as a relation. and many incidents show the connections. pr. William A. Hardaway of St. Louis, who married a daughter of a Colonel Page (Nelson and Page familXl4 II g A., is a well known physician, and my brother. William A, who died about 1879. informed me he found in St. Louis a German family of bakers (bread bakers) named Hardaway who had transformed their German name into Hardaway, being the correspond ing equivalent.
 Jos" ph Hardaway family are in Ten
  Mexico and Nebraska I observe con stantly in the Virginia Historical Mag aaine, Bruce. that the county records of Henrico County, Va, are preserved in the Capitol at Richmond Those of Henrico. as well as those of Chester field, should give much information. You know how Charles City. Henrico, Prince George, Chesterfield and other counties were formed and which have preserved and which have lost their records. I will not, therefore. touch on this matter. Nor will I mention again specifically that the intermarriage of the children of Thomas Hardaway, progenitor, were with families of ex- cellent social standing, such that he must have been recognized as the equal of families who were very careful of their own social position. And accord ing to Lord Burleigh they must have been families of good standing, for their marriages were with neighboring families.
 have reached that age when I must have my sons to continue this work. if they so desire. However. always ready to do what I can.
 Returning thanks tor your courteous attention to matters Cf correspondence, and expressing my high esteem, I am,
 Very sincerely yours.
 R. A. Hardaway.
 This is a copy of letter written to me by Col. Robert A. Hardaway, gallant artillery officer in the war be- tween the States. and since the war Professor of Engineering at the Uni versity of Alabama. The copy has been made correctly except for q few words hinh I