On South Main Street (State Highway 6) at West 4th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Hardeman County was created in 1858 and named for early Texas legislators Bailey and Thomas Jones Hardeman. It was not organized, however, until 1884 when the population had increased enough to have a formal county government. The community of . . . — — Map (db m96822) HM
On East Kilpatrick Steet at North Newsom Street, on the right when traveling east on East Kilpatrick Steet.
Born in Mississippi, "Bill" McDonald moved with his family to Rusk County, Texas, about 1866. During Reconstruction, McDonald was tried for treason after a conflict with Union authorities but was acquitted. He established W. J. McDonald and Co., one . . . — — Map (db m139048) HM
Born in Tennessee
January 31, 1788
Died in Bastrop County, Texas
January 11, 1854.
His wife
Eliza De Witt Hardeman
Born Sept. 17, 1809
Died Feb. 8, 1863.
Reverse
Member Second Congress
Republic of Texas;
Chief Justice . . . — — Map (db m25650) HM
On State Highway 6 0.4 miles north of Farm to Market Road 3103, on the left when traveling north.
Founded in 1880 by Benjamin E. Lower, John Wesley and wife, first settlers. Lower became the first postmaster, 1880; Mrs. Wesley was second, 1882. Place was named for Pease River and E.M. Pease, Texas Governor (1853-57 and 1867-69). Second group . . . — — Map (db m81440) HM
On Green Street at 1st Street, on the right when traveling north on Green Street.
This native stone jail building was begun in 1890, when Quanah become Hardeman County Seat, and competed in March 1891. The lower floor housed the sheriff's office and living quarters, while the second floor held prisoner's cells. Malon C. Owens . . . — — Map (db m96824) HM
On Highway 91 Spur east of Farm to Market Road 1167, on the right when traveling south.
In 1937 the State of Texas and Hardeman County worked with President Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration in an attempt to provide much-needed employment to indigent citizens and replace unsanitary privies with improved facilities. The . . . — — Map (db m104919) HM
On U.S. 64 1 mile west of Ferguson Road, on the left when traveling west.
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Hardeman County
Established 1823: named in honor of
Thomas Jones Hardeman
Captain in War of 1812; colonel of Tennessee militia in the fighting before New Orleans; quartermaster, Jackson’s Natchez expedition, 1812. . . . — — Map (db m63088) HM
On Farm to Market Road 3295 at Farm to Market Road 1167, on the right when traveling east on Highway 3295.
This cemetery served residents of the original site of the community of Medicine Mound in southeast Hardeman County. The settlement took its name from mounds that rise abruptly from the otherwise flat topography of the county; one mound contained . . . — — Map (db m104921) HM
