From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:08 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Hart.Capt.Nathaniel.G.t.unknown.Fayette-Hart.BIOS Capt. Nathaniel G.t. Hart unknown - January 22 1813 Fayette-Hart County KyArchives Biography Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, J. M. Armstrong & Company Capt. Nathaniel G. T. Hart, Lawyer and Merchant, was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, and brought, while a boy, by his father, Col. Thomas Hart, to Lexington, Kentucky. He studied law, and practiced his profession for several years at Lexington; but finally abandoned the law for mercantile pursuits. In 1812, he commanded the "Lexington Light Infantry," with which he entered the service of the country; served a part of the Winter campaign of that year as a staff officer; commanded his company at the battle of Frenchtown, on the river Raisin, January 22, 1813; was wounded and taken prisoner, and was murdered during the subsequent massacre. In honor of him, Hart County was named. Capt. Hart left a wife, who was Miss Ann Gist. She died shortly after his own tragic death. Their son, Henry Clay Hart, was long a resident of Paris, Kentucky. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/