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Hardin County was formed in November, 1819. The county was named for Revolutionary War veteran, Joseph Hardin, a former colonial assemblyman for the Province of North Carolina, Speaker of the House for the unrecognized State of Franklin and a territorial legislator of the Southwest Territory.

The county was the site of the 1862 Battle of Shiloh (also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing) during the Civil War. The battleground is several miles south of Savannah, and extends into Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

From March 13 to April 29, 1862, before and after the Battle of Shiloh, William H. Cherry's house served as headquarters for Union Army Generals Ulysses S. Grant, C. F. Smith, Don Carlos Buell, and W. H. L. Wallace. According to Cherry family accounts, General Grant and his staff had just sat down at the breakfast table on April 6, 1862, when they heard distant cannon fire indicating that the battle had begun about 7 miles up the river. They boarded a steamboat at the landing below the house to travel to the site of the battle, leaving their meals uneaten. Generals Smith and Wallace died in the house in the aftermath of the battle.

Adjacent Counties

• Decatur County
• Wayne County
• Henderson County
• Alcorn County, Mississippi
• Tishomingo County, Mississippi
• McNairy County
• Chester County
• Henderson County
• Lauderdale County, Alabama

Cities, Towns & Communities

• Adamsville (part)
• Crump
• Milledgeville (part)
• Olivet
• Saltillo
• Savannah (County Seat)
• Shiloh
• Southside
• Walnut Grove

Links

Wikipedia

TN Gen Web

Genealogy Trails

USGW Archives

Shiloh National Military Park

Roots Web

RAOGK

Forebears.io

Couch Gen Web

1860 Hardin County Census Records - Free African Americans

Palmer Family of Hardin County, TN