[2] Born Lavinia May Sharp, she married Virginia native Crawford Burnett on December 29, 1810, in Patrick County.
Sometime during the 1820s, they moved to Trigg County, Kentucky and lived in the home of Crawford's brother Cornelius.
Lavinia and Crawford were arrested for the shooting murder of Jonathan Selby, who lived near Fayetteville and allegedly kept large sums of money at his residence.
The motion was brought on behalf of Lavinia's attorney because it was said that Hardin was an accomplice to the murder.
He was found guilty on December 4, 1845,[2] and hanged 22 days later on the same scaffold where his parents met their deaths.