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 of headstone
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
Hardeman County, Texas was named
in honor of the two brohters,
Bailey and Thomas Jones Hardeman.