Legacies:
** Hart County, Georgia named for her.
** Hart County's county seat is named Hartwell
** During the Civil War, a group of women called themselves the Nancy Harts after organizing a military group to defend selves after their men had gone off to war. This was in LaGrange, Georgia.
** Lake Hartwell and Hartwell Dam in Georgia.
** The Milledgeville, Georgia, chapter of the DAR is named after her.
** Nancy Hart Highway in Georgia. As of 1950, reportedly the only highway in the U.S. named after a woman. Georgia State Highway 77.
--Cooter
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