Hardy Cemetery

JOSEPH LANE (c. 1771 – c. 1850) WAS THE FIRST BURIAL IN THIS RURAL CEMETERY. HIS SON, GREEN LANE, RESERVED A GRAVE YARD MEASURING 20 BY 20 FEET IN AN 1853 DEED TO KENNETH A.P. HARDY. THE SECOND GRAVE IS FOR JAMES PERSINGER HARDY (1795-1855), WHO SERVED IN CAPT. PRICE’S UNIT OF KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS IN THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN MAY 1836 AND AS A NEWTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM 1852 UNTIL HIS DEATH. IN AN 1888 DEED, G.J.P. HARDY EXPANDED THE CEMETERY TO TWO ACRES. FEATURES INCLUDE A WROUGHT IRON FENCE, SIX GRAVESTONES WITH NAMES, AND 22 GRAVES WITH IRON ORE STONES MARKING UNKNOWN NAMES. THE LAST BURIAL, FOR T.C. HARDY, DATES FROM 1927. TODAY, THE CEMETERY HONORS EARLY SETTLERS WHO CARVED THEIR LIVES OUT OF THE SURROUNDING FOREST.

Hardy Cemetery is a historical marker in Wiergate, Newton County, dedicated in 2013. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Newton County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.0351, -93.8492 near Wiergate. The nearest cataloged historic site is Weeks Chapel Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bay Springs, Pleasant Hill, and Farrsville Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017614. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.