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  1. Date of Birth - Death C. 1735 - 1830. Born around 1735 on either the Pennsylvania or the North Carolina frontier, Ann Morgan Hart, better known as Nancy, played an important role in the American Revolution as a notorious female rebel and spy. A cousin to American General Daniel Morgan, Hart was a stalwart Patriot, who employed her own heroic ...

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    Nancy Morgan Hart (c. 1735–1830) was a rebel heroine of the American Revolutionary War, noted for her exploits against Loyalists in the northeast Georgia backcountry. She is characterized as a tough, strong and resourceful frontier woman who repeatedly outsmarted Tory soldiers, and killed some outright.

  3. Apr 24, 2024 · Died: 1830, Kentucky. Role In: American Revolution. Nancy Hart (born c. 1735, Pennsylvania or North Carolina [U.S.]—died 1830, Kentucky) was an American Revolutionary heroine around whom gathered numerous stories of patriotic adventure and resourcefulness. Ann Morgan grew up in the colony of North Carolina.

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  4. Aug 12, 2005 · Nancy Hart. Georgia’s most acclaimed female participant during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) was Nancy Hart. A devout patriot, Hart gained notoriety during the revolution for her determined efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and British sympathizers. Her single-handed efforts against Tories and Indians in the Broad River ...

  5. Nancy Morgan Hart was born around the year 1735, the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Morgan. She grew up in the Yadkin River Valley, which was along the western frontier of the North Carolina colony. Living on the colonial frontier, every member of the Morgan household was required to work hard to keep the family fed, clothed, and safe.

  6. A color painting of Nancy Hart and her daughter holding Loyalist soldiers hostage. Credited to The Patriot Post, Vol. III, April 2020. Nancy Morgan Hart grave marker in Henderson County, Kentucky. Credited to Lake Hartwell Guide. Kettle Creek monument. Nancy Hart disguised herself as a simpleminded man and spied on a nearby Tory camp.

  7. The tree upon which they were suspended was shown in 1828 by one who lived in those bloody times, and who also pointed out the spot once occupied by Mrs. Hart’s cabin; accompanying the mention of her name with the emphatic remark – Poor Nancy! she was a honey of a patriot – but the devil of a wife!”

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