By: Thomas A Hays, Pub. 1985, Reprinted 2017, 272 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-562-6. Hardin county was formed in 1819. The entries found in this book cover the appointments of the administratiors and guardians; indentured applications; reports of inquests juries; releasements, removals, and insolbencies from the tax lists; wills; inventory of administrator and guardian settlementsl the requests of free blacks; survey of occupant claims; petitiona of widows' dowers; scknowledgement of bills of sale for slaves; certificates of deeds of conveyance; and pertinent records.