Lynn & Cagle -- Listed in "North and South Carolina Marriage Records," which covers colonial through civil war time frame, I found the following HARTs: Ann HART & James Buzzard, 19 Feb 1856, Edgefield Dist. SCChristopher HART & Elizabeth Graham, 24 Dec 1784, Charleston SCJohn HART & Mary Screven, 17 Jun 1784, St. Thomas Parish SCRitcey HART & Abraham M. Sexies, 13 Nov 1777, Charleston SCShanky HART & Abraham Jacobs, 19 Oct 1785, Charleston SC In another book, "This Happy Land: The Jews of Colonial and Antebellum Charleston," lists many Jewish HARTs in Colonial and Antebellum Charleston, most coming from Germany. I do not find any James HART, but there are 3 Samuel HARTs, all of which, however, appear older than your Samuel HART. Following is a list of HARTs listed as living in Charleston with their place of origin and the date of their first record in SC: >From California: Daniel HART (1860)From England: Godfrey HART (1850); Bella (Levy) HART (1788)From Germany: Alexander Moses HART (d. 1797); Moses HART (1780); Philip HART (1749; Daniel HART (1792); Hymon N. HART (1791); Nathan HART (1802); Samuel HART (1767)From Maryland: Gerstine HART (1860)From The Netherlands: Moses HART (1761)From Poland: Susan HART (1860); Sarah HART (1845)From Prussia: Caspar (1859); Pauline HART (1860) As for my search, I am researching SC Harts trying to find the family of my SIMEON MOSES HART (b. 20 Oct 1818, Charleston, SC/d. 8 Jul 1872, New Orleans, LA; buried in Campti, Natchitoches Parish, LA), who married Emily Lucilla MCDANIEL, of Natchitoches Parish, LA. Simeon is believed to have been born and raised in Charleston until the age of 14 or so, when he ran away from home because of an "unkind" stepmother. Family information has it that he was of German Jewish descent. Based on their tradition of naming children after their fathers or grandfathers of the Sephardic Jews, there is a good chance that Simeon was related to another line of a Moses HART and Simon Moses HART from the early to mid-1700s. I greatly appreciate any suggestions you have on resources for researching S. M. or Simeon or baby HART in the 1818 -1848 time frame. I would dearly love to find his Charleston family of origin. Good luck in all your searches,Dana Stripling Researching: ALBRITTON, BARBEE, BERRY, BRETT, BURLESON, CARR, DEBLIEUX, FREEMAN, HALSELL, HART, HICKS, HOWARD, KINGSBURY, LOONEY, MCDANIEL, MURPHY, NEWMAN, PENICK, SANDEL, SIMMONS, STEPHENSON, STRIPLING, SULLIVAN, VAN HOOSE, WHITE