Background
He was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the son of John Hartshorne and Lucy Saltar, and came to Nova Scotia as a loyalist in 1783.
He was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, the son of John Hartshorne and Lucy Saltar, and came to Nova Scotia as a loyalist in 1783.
He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1793 to 1799. He became a hardware dealer in Halifax. Hartshorne built a grist mill and bakery around 1792.
He resigned from Council in 1804 to protest the appointment of John Butler Butler to the Council.
He was also a magistrate and commissioner of revenue. He died at his home in Dartmouth.
Hartshorne served as a member of Nova Scotia"s Council from 1801 to 1804 and from 1807 to 1822.