William Thomas and Juda Frances Lee’s son
William R. Hardee

Not much is known about William R. Hardee. He was born about 1863 in Alabama. He moved with the family about 1869/1870 to Van Zandt County, Texas and is listed in the 1880 census living with his father and siblings in Johnson Co., Texas. He is 15 and is not attending school and cannot read or write.

There is no 1890 census and no other records have been located.