Nancy Hart

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Nancy Hart was a legendary American Revolutionary War heroine from Georgia, famed for her fierce resistance against British Loyalists and celebrated in regional folklore.

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Nancy Hart canonical 3

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War figure ⓘ
folk heroine ⓘ
legendary figure ⓘ
allegedEthnicity Scots-Irish American ⓘ
approximateBirthDate circa 1730s ⓘ
approximateDeathDate early 1800s ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
associatedWithGroup women of the American Revolution ⓘ
burialPlace near Henderson, Kentucky (traditional attribution) ⓘ
commemoratedBy Hart County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hartwell, Georgia ⓘ
Nancy Hart Highway in Georgia ⓘ
historical markers in Georgia ⓘ
statue at the Georgia State Capitol ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRole symbol of female patriotism in the American South ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasLegend acting as a spy for Patriot forces ⓘ
capturing and killing Tory soldiers in her cabin ⓘ
disarming multiple British or Tory soldiers while they were in her home ⓘ
dressing as a man to gather intelligence from British camps ⓘ
having one eye crossed or blind ⓘ
historicity partly documented and partly legendary ⓘ
influenced later depictions of frontier women ⓘ
patriotic folklore in Georgia ⓘ
knownAs Aunt Nancy ⓘ
War Woman ⓘ
militarySide Patriots ⓘ
notableFor actions during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
resistance against British Loyalists ⓘ
opposed British soldiers ⓘ
Tory Loyalists ⓘ
linked to: American Loyalists
placeOfActivity Broad River area, Georgia ⓘ
Wilkes County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrayedAs fearless in confronting enemy soldiers ⓘ
skilled with a rifle ⓘ
tall, muscular frontier woman ⓘ
religion likely Protestant Christianity ⓘ
spouse Benjamin Hart ⓘ
stateOfResidence Georgia ⓘ
subjectOf articles in the New Georgia Encyclopedia ⓘ
historical sketches and biographies ⓘ
local oral traditions in the American South ⓘ
regional folklore in Georgia ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Hartwell → namedAfter → Nancy Hart ⓘ
Hartwell Lake → namedAfter → Nancy Hart ⓘ
Hartwell, Georgia → namedAfter → Nancy Hart ⓘ