Thomas Jones Hardeman
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
[Front] 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 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 [Back]Member Second Congress Republic of Texas; Chief Justice of Bastrop County Member of the State Legislature Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas, 1850
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Thomas Jones Hardeman came to Texas from Tennessee and helped govern the young republic and state, serving in the Second Congress of the Republic of Texas and later in the state legislature. He also acted as chief justice of Bastrop County and rose to lead the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas in 1850. His grave marker records a life woven into the civic institutions of frontier Texas.
Why it matters
Hardeman represents the citizen-leaders who built the everyday machinery of government and fraternal life as Texas grew from republic to state.
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