Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
NameHART, Isaac 
Birth29 Oct 1748, Berkley Co, Va
Birthca 1754, North Carolina
FatherHART, Thomas “Colonel” (1723-1804)
MotherNancy Stout
Family Story notes for Isaac HART
"Although, let it be noted here that at least some HARTs and RIGDONs did occupy the same area. According to Nathan Chessher, during the massacre at Fort Mimms, Baldwin County, Alabama (August 30, 1813) both families were involved. (Akers 136; Griffith 99) (Internet:Fort Mimms)
Martin RIGDON was one of the survivors who along with Samuel Smith, Joseph Perry, Mourrice and Jesse Steadman escaped through the picketing. Leaping the fence in front of the bastion, over the heads of the squatting Indians, they reached the swamp, there they remained three days. Finding an old canoe below the boat yard, they escaped to Mount Vernon.
(Major Kennedy, sent from Stockton, Alabama, to bury the dead found only 247 bodies which he could identify as being those of the settlers. Many of the dead were of mixed American Native and Caucasian blood of the Tensaw area and could easily have been mistaken for full blooded American natives. Also, the bodies were exposed to the heat and elements for over two weeks. Those hiding in the buidlings were burned by fire. In some cases, entire families were killed, leaving no survivors to identify the dead.) Of those idetified, HART is listed.
Speculation is that these HARTs were Isaac (Isiah) HART and his wife (unknown) Ervin, the parents of Reuben Hart Sr. Today stands a monument to the known slain at Ft. Mimms. Upon the surface is chiseled the surname: HART. "
"Dr. McCreary, in his article about Reuben, believes that his father was named Isaac, and that he had three brothers. Alex Hart, founder of Opp, Alabama, agreed with this in a notarized letter not seen by me but read by others, and provided the names of the brothers, Stephen, Alexander, and Benjamin. Neither report has ever been proven. We are continuing to search for clues that will prove his parentage and siblings, but records to confirm them may have been lost for all time. General Sherman did his work well.
Source: Roger Hart. "Hart of My Heart"
Excerpts pertaining to Issac-Isiah Hart & family are from:
LindaMatz71 originally submitted this to Mayer Schmalzl/Matz Southern <http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewStory. on 19 Dec 2008
Martin RIGDON was one of the survivors who along with Samuel Smith, Joseph Perry, Mourrice and Jesse Steadman escaped through the picketing. Leaping the fence in front of the bastion, over the heads of the squatting Indians, they reached the swamp, there they remained three days. Finding an old canoe below the boat yard, they escaped to Mount Vernon.
(Major Kennedy, sent from Stockton, Alabama, to bury the dead found only 247 bodies which he could identify as being those of the settlers. Many of the dead were of mixed American Native and Caucasian blood of the Tensaw area and could easily have been mistaken for full blooded American natives. Also, the bodies were exposed to the heat and elements for over two weeks. Those hiding in the buidlings were burned by fire. In some cases, entire families were killed, leaving no survivors to identify the dead.) Of those idetified, HART is listed.
Speculation is that these HARTs were Isaac (Isiah) HART and his wife (unknown) Ervin, the parents of Reuben Hart Sr. Today stands a monument to the known slain at Ft. Mimms. Upon the surface is chiseled the surname: HART. "
"Dr. McCreary, in his article about Reuben, believes that his father was named Isaac, and that he had three brothers. Alex Hart, founder of Opp, Alabama, agreed with this in a notarized letter not seen by me but read by others, and provided the names of the brothers, Stephen, Alexander, and Benjamin. Neither report has ever been proven. We are continuing to search for clues that will prove his parentage and siblings, but records to confirm them may have been lost for all time. General Sherman did his work well.
Source: Roger Hart. "Hart of My Heart"
Excerpts pertaining to Issac-Isiah Hart & family are from:
LindaMatz71 originally submitted this to Mayer Schmalzl/Matz Southern <http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewStory. on 19 Dec 2008