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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Nancy 1765-1840 (search)
Hart, Nancy 1765-1840 Patriot; born in Elbert county, Ga., in 1765. During the Revolutionary War she was an ardent patriot, and upon one occasion captured five British soldiers, who were pillaging her house. She concealed their arms and killed two of them who attempted to escape, and held the remaining three until she received assistance from the neighbors. She died in 1840.