Mary Elizabeth Amberson / Dilworth / Foster / Hardeman

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Mary Elizabeth Parchment Amberson Dilworth Foster Hardeman

Mary Elizabeth Parchment was born 1796 in Tennessee and died 1868 in Guadalupe County, Texas.

Mary married James Amberson, JR. Abt. 1815 in Tennessee or Mississippi, son of James Amberson and Martha Powell. He was born Abt. 1790 in Allegheney County, Pennsylvania, and died 1821 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Mary and James had 2 children James III and Eliza.

A short time after they were married James got into some type of trouble and Mary's brother Peter Perchment of Allegheny Co., Pa). Peter posted his land as bail for James Amberson (his brother-in-law) as a result he lost his land in that cause, as Peter stated in his Rev War pension application in 1828.

After James' death She married George Andrew Dilworth, a widower with two children. She had two children with George Dilworth, George and Elizabeth. George was born Abt. 1785 in ? Kentucky, and died Bef. 1831 in Monroe County,Mississippi.

After George's death, Mary married Captain James "Jim" Foster June 28, 1838, Monroe County, Mississippi. James and Mary came to Texas in 1838, where he had a large plantation. He soon died in 1839 while droving horses to Mississippi.

Mary's last marriage was to Blackstone HARDEMAN April 30, 1846, Gonzales County, Texas , son of THomas HARDEMAN and Mary PERKINS. He was born March 24, 1790 in Davidson County, Tennessee, and died September 14, 1867 in Guadalupe County, Texas.

When Blackstone died, he was buried on a one-acre plot on his farm reserved for his burial by deed. This became known as the McKinney Cemetery by succeeding landowners whose descendants are now trying to reestablish the cemetery with a Texas State Histoprical Marker.