HART FANS PLEASE GIVE THIS ONE A SHOT. JOHN HART IS SUPPOSEDLY THE SON OF MILES HART SR., SON OF THOMAS (THE ELDER), SON OF JOHN HART OF WHITNEY, OXFORDSHIRE, ENG. THE JOHN HART (SON OF MILES?) MYSTERY PG 1 (A THEORY BY L. HART -- PROVE ME WRONG!) 1. JOHN HART b 1759 (FROM PENSION PAPERS), VA 2. JOINED SERVICE IN 1776, BERKLEY CO., VA. 3. JOINED GEN. CLARK IN 1880 4. MARRIED MARGARET MUNDELL ABOUT 1778-1780, PROBABLY IN GREENE CO., PA. MARGARET CAME TO GREENE CO. WITH PARENTS FROM DEL. WHEN ABOUT 14-16 YRS CHILDREN OF JOHN & MARGARET HART: ANNA, JAMES, JOHN, MILES, THOMAS, LEVI AND ELEANOR. 5. APPEARED IN GOSHEN BAPT. CHURCH, GREENE CO., PA RECORDS 13 OCT 1786 (BAPTIZED WITH SEVERAL MUNDELLS) 6. MARGARET (MUNDELL) HART "CUT OFF FROM CHURCH" FOR COMMITTING ADULTERY, MAR 1795. 7. JOHN HART 1790 CENSUS, WASHINGTON CO., PA LISTS 1 MALE 16 & OVER, 3 MALES UNDER 16 & 3 FEMALES. 8. 1800 CENSUS FOR GREENE CO. LISTS NO JOHN HARTS. DOES LIST MARGARET HART, HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, 1 MALE UNDER 10, 1 MALE 10-16, 2 FEMALES 10-16 & 1 FEMALE 25-45. 9. JOHN HART APPEARS IN 1797 HARDIN CO., KY TAX LISTS. 10. JOHN HART MARRIES ELIZABETH FERGUSON, 24 MAY 1799, HARDIN CO., KY. 11. JOHN HART & WIFE ELIZABETH SELL LAND TO DANIEL LINDER IN HARDIN CO., KY, 1801. 12. THE GRAND JURY OF HARDIN CO., KY INDICTS JOHN HART FOR THE MURDER OF USHER FERGUSON, MON 25 APR 1808. 13. THUR 28 APR 1808 JOHN HART PLEADS INNOCENT TO THE MURDER OF USHER FERGUSON, A JURY IS FORMED, COURT IS HELD AND JOHN HART IS FOUND "NOT GUILTY". 14. MON 13 JUN 1808 THE APRIL GRAND JURY INDICTMENT OF DANIEL LINDER FOR "THE TAKING OF JOHN HART'S WIFE" IS RESCINDED. 15. TUE 13 SEP 1808 THE COURT PAYS JOSEPH HART, JOSIAH HART AND DANIEL LINDER (AMONG OTHERS) FOR THE GUARDING OF JOHN HART PRIOR TO THE TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF USHER FERGUSON. ( I BELIEVE THE ABOVE JOSEPH HART WAS JOHN HART'S NEPHEW AND THE ABOVE JOSIAH HART WAS JOHN HART'S BROTHER -- LRH) 16. JOHN HART MARRIES REBECCA (BECKET, UTSLER) JOHNSON, 28 SEP 1811, HARDIN CO., KY. REBECCA'S LAST HUSBAND WAS WILLIAM JOHNSON AND APPEARED IN THE 1810 HARDIN CO. CENSUS. 17. JOHN HART DISAPPEARS FROM HARDIN CO., KY TAX RECORDS ABOUT 1828 AND LATER APPEARS IN COLES CO., IL. PG 2 18. IN 1832/33 JOHN HART APPLIES FOR A REV. WAR PENSION FROM COLES CO., IL AND IS APPROVED FOR $80 PER YEAR. 19. JOHN HART DIES 19 NOV 1833 AND IS SUPPOSEDLY BURIED IN GREENUP, COLES CO. (NOW CUMBERLAND CO.), IL. 2O. FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, A LETTER WRITTEN BY JOHN D. RAWLINGS, 6 DEC 1879, GREENUP, CUMBERLAND CO., IL, ADDRESSED TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, STATES JOHN HART MARRIED ELIZABETH FERGUSON THEN REBECCA JOHNSON. IT ALSO STATES REBECCA'S MAIDEN NAME WAS BECKET, SHE FIRST MARRIED AN UTSLER (LATER DIVORCED) AND THEN MARRIED WILLIAM JOHNSON. IN ADDITION, MR. DAVIS STATES REBECCA IS HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND RECEIVED A PENSION FROM JOHN'S SERVICES UNTIL HER DEATH AROUND 1843. (NO RECORD OF THIS HAS BEEN FOUND -- LRH) FROM THE ABOVE, I BELIEVE AFTER MARGARET HART COMMITTED ADULTERY SHE EITHER LEFT JOHN OR JOHN LEFT HER. JOHN THEN WENT TO HARDIN CO., KY AROUND 1796 OR 1797 POSSIBLY TAKING HIS SON JOHN WITH HIM. IF JOHN IS INDEED THE SON OF MILES HART SR., THEN HIS BROTHERS JOSIAH AND THOMAS WERE ALSO IN THE HARDIN CO., KY AREA ALONG WITH OTHER HART COUSINS. HE THEN MARRIED ELIZABETH FERGUSON IN 1799. THERE IS SOME CONFUSION AS TO THE PARENTS OF ELIZABETH AS DANIEL LINDER JR. ALSO MARRIED AN ELIZABETH FERGUSON IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THE MURDER OF USHER FERGUSON AND DANIEL LINDER'S "TAKING OF JOHN HART'S WIFE" IS INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. USHER FERGUSON WAS MARRIED TO DANIEL LINDER'S DAUGHTER MARGARET. JACOB LINDER MARRIED JANE FERGUSON, USHER FERGUSON'S SISTER AND IT IS VERY PROBABLE JOHN HART'S WIFE ELIZABETH IS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THIS FERGUSON FAMILY. THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WOULD BE OF GREAT HELP: A. FURTHER PROOF MILES HART SR. OR SOME OF HIS FAMILY WAS IN EARLY GREENE CO., PA. B. WHAT HAPPENED TO ELIZABETH, JOHN HART'S WIFE BETWEEN 1808 AND 1811? C. DID JOHN AND ELIZABETH HAVE CHILDREN? IF SO, WHERE DID THEY GO? D. WHO WERE ELIZABETH FERGUSON'S PARENTS? E. WHY IS THERE NO WIFE MENTIONED IN JOHN HART'S PENSION PAPERS? F. IF REBECCA (BECKET, UTSLER, JOHNSON) HART COLLECTED A PENSION FROM JOHN'S SERVICES, WHERE ARE THE DOCUMENTS? OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY MORE QUESTIONS THAN THESE BUT ANSWERS TO THESE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS HELP. ANY INFORMATION CONFIRMING, DISPUTING OR ADDING TO THE ABOVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LARRY HART ATHENS, IL [email protected]