-----Original Message----- From: Alice Smith <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 11, 1998 11:22 PM Subject: Hart/Gist >Greetings, Tanya Marshall! > >Concerning Nathaniel G. Hart. . . >The following is from: > > "Genealogical Narrative > of the > Hart Family > - - - - - > 1882" > >compiled by Mrs. Sarah S. Young: S. C. Toof & Co., Steam Printers, >Lithographers, (etc.), Memphis, 1882 > > "Colonel Thomas[3] Hart, eldest son of Thomas[2] Hart of Hanover, >Virginia, and Susanna Rice, was a member of the Provincial Congress of North >Carolina in 1774 and, some years later, an officer in the Revolutionary >Army. He was likewise one of the proprietors of the Transylvania Company, >to whom the Legislature of North Carolina donated 200,000 acres of land in >what is now known as Henderson county, Kentucky, as a compensation for their >services in opening the wilderness and preparing the way for civilization in >that State. Colonel Hart married Susanna Gray of North Carolina, and >continued to reside at Hartford, his county seat, until 1780, when he >removed to Hagarstown, Maryland, and from thence to Lexington, Kentucky in >1794, where he remained until his death, which occurred 23 June 1808, Mrs. >Hart surviving him until 1832. She d. 26 August of that year in Lexington, >Kentucky, ae. 86y. > "Children: Thomas[4] Hart; Nathaniel G.[4] Hart, John[4] Hart, Eliza[4] >Hart, Susanna[4] Hart, Nancy[4] Hart, Lucretia[4] Hart. > > "Nathaniel G.[4] Hart, second son of Col. Thomas[3] Hart and Susanna >Gray, a lawyer by profession; but in the War of 1812 he gave up a lucrative >business, entered the army, and commanded a company--the "Lexington Light >Infantry." He served through the winter campaign of 1812/1813, a portion of >the time as a staff officer. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Raisin >(River), and barbarously murdered by the Indians. He married Miss Ann Gist, >Kentucky. > "Child: Henry Clay[5] Hart, the only son of Capt. N. G. Hart and Ann >(Gist) was a midshipman in the navy and commanded a gun in the attack made >by the frigate 'Potomac' on the fort at Qualla Battoo, in the island of >Sumatra, with great credit. He married Miss Bettie Brent, Paris, Kentucky. > "Children: Nathaniel[6] Hart, unmarried; Hugh B.[6] Hart; Harry[6] >Hart,unmarried; Lizzie[6] Hart, unmarried. > "Hugh B.[6] Hart m. Nannie Fry of Louisville, KY. Had one child, a >daughter: Bettie[7] Hart." > >The book above-mentioned gives very few dates. However, since it was >copyrighted in 1882, it obviously goes no further than that. > >(Lucretia[4] Hart, youngest daughter of Thomas[3] and Susanna (Gray) Hart m. >Henry Clay, so Nathaniel G.[4] was, indeed, a brother of the wife of Henry >Clay.) > >There is a website with numerous pages on Nathaniel G. Hart: if anyone >interested uses a search engine and types in HART, there should be a list of >Hart sites, and a bod can riffle through all of them to find the one on >Nathaniel. I can't put my finger on the proper www. just now--too many >piles of paper cluttering up the place! > >Hope this helps somebody, including you, Tanya! > >Best, Alice > > > >