Liberty, TX, United States
Seven Pines. Benjamin Franklin Hardin (1803-1878) came to this area with other members of his family in 1826. Settling in the Atascosito District of the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas, Franklin Hardin was named surveyor of the district in 1834. As a member of the Liberty Volunteers, he participat
ed in the Battle of Concepcion and the Siege of Bexar in 1835 and the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. Hardin and his wife Cynthia O'Brien built a home on this site in 1839. the homesite, later known as
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