John Hais Hardee Sr.

Colonel

John Hais Hardee Sr.
BornNovember 4, 1747
Beaufort County, North Carolina
DiedApril 3, 1809(1809-04-03) (aged 61)
Camden County, Georgia, U.S.
Place of burial
Hull Cemetery, Camden County, Georgia, U.S.

John Hais Hardee Sr. (November 4, 1747 – April 3, 1809)[1][2] was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Initially a private, he was promoted to colonel.[3] In recognition of his services, the State of Georgia granted him 1,360 acres (550 ha) of land in Camden County in 1786, on which he built the Rural Felicity Plantation.[4]

  1. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1910). Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 29. Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 333.
  2. ^ American Ancestry: Embracing lineages from the whole of the United States, 1888-1898. 1890. p. 128.
  3. ^ Daughters of the American Revolution (1921). Proceedings of the Continental Congress. p. 78.
  4. ^ Georgia: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. State Historical Association. 1906. p. 197.