Nancy Hart

Nancy Hart was born in 1846, in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Nancy never learned to read or write.

Nancy married Joshua Douglas, former Ranger, he enlisted in the CSA.  Josh Douglas, was dying of his wounds, and Nancy nursed him back to  health.  After the war he returned to the area, found Nancy and married her.  After the war Nancy and Josh settled in Greenbrier County.  They spent the rest of their lives there.  Nancy and Josh had two sons, George and Kennos. Nancy gained the trust of one of her guards.  She was able to get his weapon from him and she shot him dead.  Nancy then dived headlong out the open window into a clump of tall jimson weeds.  She took Lt. Col. Starr's horse, and rode bare back.  She was clinging low to the horse's neck, Indian fashion.  About a week later at 4:00 o'clock in the morning, July 25, 1862, Nancy returned to Summersville with 200 of Jackson's Cavalry led by Major R. Augustus or Col. George Patton's 22nd Virginia Infantry.  Nancy was still riding Lt. Col. Starr's horse.  They raided the town, setting fire to three houses, including the commissary store house, destroyed two wagons, and took eight mules and twelve horses, as well as several prisoners, including Lt. Co. Starr. She died in 1830 in Henderson County, Kentucky, where she was buried. I especially like writing about Nancy because, she shows that women are brave and they will stand up for their country and they wont take any bulls**t! bibliography: http://www.nkclifton.com/nancy.html  http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2876