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Nancy Hart

NANCY HART -- 1-1/2 mi. --> On Wahatche (War Woman) Creek, in Revolutionary times, lived Nancy Morgan Hart her husband, Benjamin, and their children. Six feet tall, masculine ion strength and...

NANCY HART
-- 1-1/2 mi. -->

On Wahatche (War Woman) Creek, in Revolutionary times, lived Nancy Morgan Hart her husband, Benjamin, and their children. Six feet tall, masculine ion strength and courage, Nancy Hart was a staunch patriot, a deadly shot, a skilled doctor, and a good neighbor. A spy for the colonists, she is credited with capturing several Tories. Later, with her son, John, and his family, she joined a wagon train to Henderson County, Kentucky, where she is buried. Hart County, the Nancy Hart Highway, and schools in Elbert and Hart Counties are named for her. A replica of her log home, with chimney stones from the original, is in the Nancy Hart Park, 1-1/2 miles from here.

GHM 052-9A Georgia Historical Commission 1957

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.

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