----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Daniels" <margie@majorinternet.net> To: <GACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 1:15 AM Subject: [GACRAWFO] Nancy Hart > A brief history of Georgia's Warwoman > When grading crews went out that fateful day in 1912 to work on the Elberton > and Eastern Railroad, they could not know the effect they were about to have > on Georgia History. These men were about to prove that a Georgian by the > name of Nancy "Warwoman" Hart actually existed. Near a piece of property she > once owned they uncovered the grave of six men from the late 1700's, > probably British, and changed the way America viewed a woman whose exploits > had grown to mythical proportions. > > The first story about Nancy Hart appeared in the Milledgeville Southern > Recorder in 1825. > > "One day six Tories paid Nancy a call and demanded a meal. She soon spread > before them smoking venison, hoe-cakes, and fresh honeycomb. Having stacked > their arms, they seated themselves, and started to eat, when Nancy quick as > a flash seized one of the guns, cocked it, and with a blazing oath declared > she would blow out the brains of the first mortal that offered to rise or > taste a mouthful! She sent one of her sons to inform the Whigs of her > prisoners. Whether uncertain because of her cross-eyes which one she was > aiming at, or transfixed by her ferocity, they remained quiet. The Whigs > soon arrived and dealt with the Tories according to the rules of the times." > Over the years many historians began to debunk the stories of Nancy Hart. > Finding the grave so close to Hart property gave the story such creedence > that today it is accepted as historical fact. On the northeast border with > South Carolina, Hart County is the only county in Georgia named for a woman. > > > > > ==== GACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > ".... people will forget what you said ... .... people will forget what > you did ... .... but people will never forget how you made them feel > ..." > >