West Greene in Greene County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Hardy Homeplace

Greene County

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2022

1. Hardy Homeplace Marker

Inscription. In 1800, Thomas Reeves purchased 150 acres of land in this area and then passed it to his daughter, Elizabeth Reeves Hales in 1836. Rev. William Stith and Elizabeth Davie Hardy came to the West Greene community in 1879, where they bought a farm and started building the Hardy Homeplace. Elizabeth Hales' son, William H. Hales, Jr., married Elizabeth D. Hardy, daughter of William Stith and Elizabeth Hardy, on January 5, 1881, which joined the Hales and Hardy families' land. William Stith and Elizabeth Hardy built the present “I-House” in 1886 where they farmed and raised eight children. Rev. Hardy was an honored Methodist minister, a county official, and pastor of Sardis Methodist Church, that is within sight of this homeplace. He was the grandson and namesake of William Stith, the third President of the College of William and Mary (1752-1755). Direct descendants of the original builder and owner maintain the farm through the Wilkes Creek Plantation, LLC. The State of Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries designated the Hardy Homeplace as an Alabama Bicentennial Farm on December 7, 2017. The Alabama Historical Commission

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listed the Hardy Homeplace in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 29, 2018.

Erected 2018 by Alabama Historical Commission • Donald Wales Wood • Mary Hardy Wood • Macy Elizabeth Wood.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 32° 55.411′ N, 88° 6.594′ W. Marker is in West Greene, Alabama, in Greene County. It is on County Road 117 0.1 miles east of County Road 20, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Boligee AL 35443, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2022

2. Hardy Homeplace Marker

Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Clinton Baptist Church (approx. 6.7 miles away); Town of Gainesville (approx. 7½ miles away); Woodbury (approx. 7½ miles away); In Memory of James McCrory (approx. 8.7 miles away); Old Bethany Cemetery (approx. 8.7 miles away); Boligee Presbyterian Church (approx. 12.6 miles away); George Downer Field (approx. 13.6 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 900 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 11, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.