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	SOUTHERN LATITUDES: The Old West of John Wesley Hardin
		John Wesley Hardin was born in Bonham on May 26, 1853 into a well respected family.
		Hardin had an explanation for each of his killings and considered himself a political fugitive "from the injustice and misrule of the people who had subjugated the South".
		Hardin was found guilty of second degree murder and served sixteen years in the state prison in Huntsville, Texas.
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	John Wesley Hardin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wesley Hardin was an Old West outlaw and gunman, born on May 26, 1853 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas.
		Hardin was among the outlaws mentioned in the song Rhymes of the Renegades, by Michael Martin Murphey.
		A cousin was married to killer Jim Miller (outlaw)who killed a law officer in 1906 [[3]] and was a suspect in the death of former sherriff Pat Garrett 1908.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin (1676 words)

	John Wesley Hardin and Brothers.
		John Wesley, named for the founder of Methodism, was born at Bonham in Fannin County on May 26, 1853, the son of Methodist circuit rider James Gibson Hardin.
		John Wesley used the money to flee to Florida, where he was arrested on a railroad car at Pensacola in August of l877.
		John Wesley's third brother, Gip Hardin, was a teacher at Junction in March of 1896 when he shot and killed a friend, deputy sheriff John Turman, during a dinner argument.
	www.texasescapes.com /AllThingsHistorical/Hardin-Brothers-BB706.htm (586 words)

	John Wesley Hardin , Jane Bowen Hardin and her brother, Joshua Robert "Brown" Bowen.
		Hardin and his men were often aided by the locals citizenry, as he was considered by some as a hero for standing up and dealing out his brand of Texas frontier justice to the carpetbaggers and reconstructionists that infested the Lone Star State after the end of the War of Northern Aggression.
		In Comanche County, Hardin was convicted in September of 1877 for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb of Brown County in 1874.
		JWH wasn't too well thought of according to my mom..her grandmother would only rarely speak of JWH but she left many letters etc to my grandfather Elmer Spellmann who in turn left them to my mother and her brother (Ernest) who left them in the archives of Southwest Texas State University San Marcos, Tx.
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	John Wesley Hardin
		Hardin was born on May 25, 1853 in Bonham, Texas.
		Hardin brought a Colt.45 from another prisoner, so was able to shoot his guard and escape.
		Hardin was quickly convicted and sentenced to 25 years hard labor at Huntsville Prison.
	members.aol.com /Gibson0817/Hardin.htm (1099 words)

	John Wesley Hardin
		He was the son of James Hardin, a Methodist preacher, and was named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
		The war had a powerful impact on Hardin and he developed a strong hatred of the freed slaves and killed his first fl man when he was 15 years old.
		Young Hardin, having a reputation for being a very brave man who never took water, was picked out by every bad man who wanted to make a reputation, and that was where the "bad men" made their mistake, for the young westerner still survives many warm and tragic encounters.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWhardin.htm (3684 words)

	John Wesley Hardin
		Hardin's father was a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and named his son after the founder of the Methodist sect.
		Hardin was related by marriage to the Taylors and both Taylors and Suttons relied on the loyalty of kin.
		Hardin's attorney wrote Governor Hogg for a full pardon based on the fact that Hardin had completed his sentence and was "behaving in an orderly manner." (Marohn 180) The pardon was granted on March 16, 1894.
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	John Wesley Hardin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hiding with family, friends, and sometimes complete strangers, Wesley met many people, and many young beautiful women, of whome a lot of hearts were broken, for he was constantly on the run.
		John Wesley got along well with others of his kind because they all understood how the "law" could twist things, and that law didnt always mean justice.
		John Wesley then left the area, a free man, but without purpose in life.
	www.ncsu.edu /stud_orgs/mindseye/players/hardin.htm (749 words)

	John Wesley Hardin
		John was born on May 26, 1853, in Bonham, Texas, the son of a Methodist preacher.
		Hardin was tried and sentenced, he was sent to the Huntsville prison in Texas.
		John was released in 1894; he opened a law office (he studied law while in prison) in Gonzales.
	members.tripod.com /ecv45/wesley.html (428 words)

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		Hardin was the son of a Methodist preacher and was, in fact, named after the founder of the Methodist church.
		Hardin's career as a killer and folk hero began in these piney woods in 1868, when he was 15 years old.
		While Hardin was being torn apart from the inside by personal demons, the peculiar chaos of the frontier became the stage on which he acted out his inner conflicts.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol15/issue2/arts.books.html (1847 words)

	John Wesley Hardin
		John Wesley Hardin was a cruel man who held little respect the law, and even less respect for life.
		John was born on May 26, 1853 in Bonham Texas to a Methodist minister.
		He was recognized by two Pinkerton detectives and when the made their move, Hardin was surprised to find that he had accidentally looped his suspender strap through the trigger guard of his revolver.
	www.angelfire.com /gu/gunfighters/hardin.htm (409 words)

	Biography - John Wesley Hardin
		John Wesley (Wes) Hardin, outlaw, son of James G. and Elizabeth Hardin, was born in Bonham, Texas, on May 26, 1853.
		Hardin was an unusual type of killer, a handsome, gentlemanly man who considered himself a pillar of society, always maintaining that he never killed anyone who did not need killing and that he always shot to save his own life.
		John Wesley Hardin, The Life of John Wesley Hardin As Written by Himself (Seguin, Texas: Smith and Moore, 1896; new ed., Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961).
	www.rootsweb.com /~txnavarr/biographies/h/hardin_john_wesley/index.htm (921 words)

	Ancestors of John Wesley Hardin
		Hardin, 1 male under 5 (John Wesley Hardin), 1 male 5-10 (unknown, died as a youth), 1 male 10-15 (Thomas Brown Lee Hardin), 1 male 20-30 (unknown), 1 male 30-40 (William J. Hardin).
		John Wesley Hardin enlisted in the Civil War in Company E of the 1st Iowa Cavalry Volunteers.
		John was wounded in a battle at Arkadelphia, Clark County, Arkansas; it blinded him in the left eye.
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	IGN: The Stax Report: Script Review of John Wesley Hardin
		John Wesley, a minister's son named after the founder of the Methodist church, witnessed the brutality and injustice of Union occupation firsthand.
		Hardin defended his actions, however, by famously declaring that he "never killed anyone who didn't need killing." As a teenager, Hardin put the first notch on his gun when he killed a fl man (in self-defense he claimed) and he was on the run ever since.
		Hardin was the product of a racist era and society; he made no mystery of the fact that many of his kills were people of color.
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	John Wesley Hardin - The Last Best West -
		Hardin was so feared during his heyday that Texas mothers used to frighten unruly children with the threat, "Be careful - 'case ole Wes Hardin gets ya!"
		Hardin was violently unstable, and wisely most people stayed clear of Texas' most violent son, but no matter how tough you are - there's always some one tougher.
		Hardin was drinking hard at the time, and not happy with haveing the grieving widow all to himself, he had to start running his mouth.
	www.thelastbestwest.com /john_wesley_hardin.htm (354 words)

	TxState Special Collections- John Wesley Hardin Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Wesley Hardin was born on May 26, 1853 in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas, the second of James Gibson and Elizabeth Cartwright Dixon Hardin's eight children.
		November 2, Hardin tells Jane to enjoy her stay in Gonzales where her family lives and advises her to "let bygones alone." He is most likely referring to the animosities between Hardin and the Bowens over the Bowen's part in Hardin's arrest and Brown Bowen's hanging.
		Hardin was a Methodist circuit rider, a lawyer and a teacher.
	www.library.txstate.edu /swwc/archives/writers/hardin.html (9164 words)

	John Wesley Hardin's death gun - Handguns of Note American Handgunner - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hardin's cousin by marriage, James Miller, known as "Killing Jim," had requested legal assistance in a case involving armed altercations with Sheriff G.A. (Bud) Frazier.
		Hardin had responded to requests from Miller to prosecute Frazer in court, having been shot by the latter in April and in December, 1894.
		Court records show John Wesley Hardin was carrying a Colt Lightning Model 1877, serial number 84304 and an Elgin watch, serial number 4069110, when he was shot and killed on August 19, 1895.
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	Governor Coke - Letter on John Wesley Hardin and other desperados - Page 1 - Texas State Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		John Wesley Hardin was one of the most famous and deadly outlaws of Texas.
		Born in Bonham in 1853, Hardin was 15 when he killed his first man, a fl man with whom he had a casual argument.
		Hardin was pardoned in 1894 after officials were impressed by his seemingly sincere efforts at reform (see Texas Treasures for Hardin's restoration of citizenship).
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /governors/west/coke-hardin-1.html (464 words)

	Miles Swarthout - John Wesley Hardin
		Finally settling down to his law studies, Hardin was let out by the Governor in 1884 with a full pardon after nearly 16 years behind bars.
		John Selman shot John Wesley Hardin in the back of the head at distance with an unlucky shot from a Colt.45, and then two more times in the back for good measure as Wes crumpled to the barroom floor.
		John Wesley Hardin was buried in Concordia Cemetery in El Paso with no kinfolks present.
	www.glendonswarthout.com /screenplays/johnwesleyhardin.htm (567 words)

	john wesley hardin
		Posted by giff hardin on Monday, 21 November 2005, at 6:18 p.m.
		I have heard that tim was related to wes hardin.
		The Tim Hardin Discussion Board is maintained with WebBBS 2.25.
	www.zipcon.net /~highroad/cgi-bin/hardinBBS.pl?read=1097 (238 words)

	John Wesley Hardin and Billings Family Connections
		Hardin and the Clements family were so closely identified that Wes for a time was mistakenly named a Clements by the authorities and press.
		Bowen was hanged in front of four thousand spectators in Gonzales in May of 1878, and Hardin was sent to prison in September, to stay until he was pardoned and released in February, 1894.
		It is likely that the violence of the Taylor-Sutton and Wes Hardin day helped convince many of these families to depart Gonzales County and move to the Texas Hill Country, many settling in the Harper, Texas area of Gillespie County.
	jack0204.tripod.com /gen/Heskew/john_wesley_hardin.html (993 words)

	John Wesley Harding (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wesley Harding is an album of original songs by Bob Dylan, produced by Bob Johnston and released on December 27, 1967.
		John Wesley Harding was exceptionally well received by critics and enjoyed healthy sales, reaching the #2 slot on U.S. charts and topping the British charts.
		John Wesley Harding would prove to be the end of a long, influential run of prolific, groundbreaking work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wesley_Harding_(album) (3161 words)

	John Wesley HARDIN Family History \| Kansas Family History \| www.kansasheritage.org
		It had been said that whenever Hardin rode out of a town, deadmen were always left behind.
		By the time he reached his 20th birthday, John was regarded as one of the deadliest gunfighters in the West, had killed a number of men, had a confrontation with Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, and was wanted by the Texas State police and the Texas Rangers.
		John Wesley Hardon was killed by John Selman, Sr.
	www.kansasheritage.org /families/hardin.html (379 words)

	John Wesley Hardin -distance? - THR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Hardin used a.38 caliber double-action Colt Lightning in the demonstration.
		As I understand the tale, John Wesley Hardin shot those groups live and in front of witnesses.
		They were fired within the city limits and with the blessings of the local law enforcment so fifteen feet is more believable as fifty feet would be an unsafe distance in a populated area even in the 1890s.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?p=2813434 (1743 words)

	John Wesley Hardin
		I'm just speculating but maybe a movie was not made about John Wesley Hardin because he was a bit of a bad guy.
		The frozen tundra of Madison, Wi Re: John Wesley Hardin
		Hardin was a man who led a very rough life and they have lots of his prison correspondence on file they can use to get into his thinking.
	www.cascity.com /forumhall/index.php?topic=7549.0 (493 words)

	John Wesley Hardin and the Billings Connections
		Hardin and the Clements family were so closely identified that Wes for a time was
		Hardin asked Mac who had fired the shot, and Mac informed him that Mr.
		May of 1878, and Hardin was sent to prison in September, to stay until he was pardoned and released in February, 1894.
	www.rootsweb.com /~txgilles/jwh.htm (1075 words)

	Re: Parents/grandparents of John Wesley Hardin
		Hardin County Texas is named for the Swan Hardin tribe.
		I feel that the biographers have given Judge William Hardin credit for some of the things William B. Hardin did.
		William B. Hardin, Uncle to John Wesley, was one of the first 50 settlers at Fort Anahuac.
	genforum.genealogy.com /hardin/messages/3844.html (119 words)

	John Wesley Hardin - a western filmed in 1974 at Pioneertown, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When we first came up with the idea of doing a movie with a repertory cast and crew, a well known Hollywood casting agent said" it'll never see the light of day." He meant that no theaters would show our "little" movie.
		After six months of shooting and still no movie for the distributors to see, we were dropped from all production charts like a hot potato.
		In 1992 a freshly re-edited version of John Wesley Hardin a film Titled "The Young'un - a story of John Wesley Hardin" appeared in the Independent Feature Film Market at the Angelica Theater in New York City.
	www.vstudio.com /johnwesleyhardin.htm (171 words)

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