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What Is Nancy Morgan Hart Role In The Revolutionary War

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Nancy Morgan Hart was a woman living during the revolutionary war. She is recognized as a hero. She even has a stream named after her, “ War Womans Creek “. She did many important things in her lifetime, including spying on the british to discover information for the patriots. She had many reasons for helping, and Nancy’s enthusiasm about the war may have played a large role in our independence, her life was action packed, and she effected the war in a small, but powerful way. She joined the fight for independence. She believed that they should be separated and free from Great Britain’s unfair taxes and laws. Her husband was in the war as well. She was very patriotic, she was even named a hero in Georgia. She was completely against Tories, or colonists loyal to the king, and was even on their watch list for troublemakers. (nwhm.org) Mrs.Hart helped in the war by spying on the British, for the benefit of the patriots. She snuck away from her children when they slept, to spy. She would dress as a man and sneak into british camps in search of important information. She would then go back home and report her findings to her husband, so …show more content…

She had at least 8 children, maybe more. She was married and became Nancy Hart. Legend has it, that Nancy, her husband and one of her daughters, killed 6 Tories. They stole their guns, shot one of them, and hung the others from a tree. Years later in the area that is believed to be the Hart home, 6 skeletons were found buried, this was evidence towards the rumor that she had killed the Tories. She was not a pretty woman, she had small pox when she was younger, so her face had many marks. She had red hair and was considered feisty and hot headed. She herself said she did not enjoy looking at herself in the mirror. She was uneducated and ignorant. Local indians referred to her as “ Wahatche” or “ war woman”. She died in 1830.

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