Penny, My Benjamin Hart arrived in Louisiana (circa 1815, St. Tammany Parish) from Georgia. His oldest son, Garland Stephen Snead Hart (b. 1798) moved to Amite Co. and Pike Co., MS in the 1830s, and Desoto Parish, LA, by 1848. I have tried to connect three separate Hart lines living in LA, in the 1840s. Each family was found in GA, in the 1810s. One family ( Jesse Hart's) was a neighbor of my gg-grandfather (Duncan Blue McMillan) in Rapides Parish, in 1840. In 1847, Duncan married Pamelia Ann Hart (daughter of Garland Hart). Jesse had family in Jasper Co. and Newton Co., TX. I have a letter addressed to Pamela Ann Hart at Big Cow Creek, Jasper Co., TX (Newton Co. was established from Jasper Co. in 1846). I can't prove any connection on these lines, but the similarities are striking. If you could post more information on your line, maybe someone can connect the dots. I have a simple home page at: http://www.familtreemaker.com/users/m/c/m/Walter-W-McMillan-Jr./ See if any of the Hart names, ring a bell. Regards, Walter