Charles S. Hardwick was registered by Col. John S. Forbes at Nacogdoches, about Jan. 15, 1836, as a Texan Volunteer from the United States. He was also enrolled as a Texan Volunteer by the council at San Felipe, Feb. 9, 1836, being one of nine volunteers ordered to join Col. Fannin's Command under Acting Lieutenant Samuel Sprague.
When Fannin mustered his command on Feb. 29, 1836, Sprague and his men had not enrolled in any organized company, and, for that reason, were not carried on Fannin's return. Several of them subsequently joined Burke's and Pettus' Companies, and there is some reason to believe that the others may have joined Duval's, but if so, no certain proof of it appears.
Charles S. Hardwick was a son of Wm. A. Hardwick of Leake county, Mississippi, and upon positive proof that the son died at Goliad, on March 27th, 1836, his headright, bounty and donation lands were granted to his father by special act of the legislature in 1855. [Memorials, No. 186, File Box, No. 41, 1855, No. 160, File Box, No. 41, 1854.]
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