The
Online Archive of Terry's Texas Rangers
Sharing & preserving the history of the 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment, 1861-1865
The
Online Archive of 
Thomas A. Hart
December 23, 1843 - October 8, 1861
John N. Hart came to Texas and purchased land on July 20, 1852.
Mustered in with Company D in Houston on September 7, 1861. (Age listed as
17)
Died from "congestion of brain" or excessive administration of opium
in Nashville, October 1861. A family story from a letter in the early 1900s
tells that he died after eating rotten cucumbers. He was not yet 18 years
old.
Claiborne lists him as the unit's first fatality.(J. B. Pickett of Co. B actually
died earlier in LA)
Buried on October 8, 1861 in Nashville's Old City Cemetery.
Moved to Confederate Circle, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN in 1869.
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Nashville's Old City Cemetery. Moved to in Confederate Circle, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN in 1869. |
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| 1850 Census - TN, Henderson County, Lexington, page, Dwelling, Family, (image) | |||||||||
| Name | Age. | Sex | Color | Occupation | Real Estate | Nativity | Student? | Illiterate? | |
| John N. Hart | Merchant | $6000 | NC | ||||||
| Salina L. Hart | |||||||||
| James H. Hart | |||||||||
| Lucius Hart | |||||||||
| Adeline Hart | |||||||||
| Melicia Hart | |||||||||
| Thomas A. Hart | |||||||||
| Junius Hart | |||||||||
| Harriet Caroline Hall | |||||||||
| Thomas P. Hall | |||||||||
| Laura V. Hall | |||||||||
| John Hall | |||||||||
| Henry Hall | |||||||||
| Albert Hart | |||||||||
| Arminta Hart | |||||||||
| 1860 Census - TX, Fayett County, Page 362, Dwelling, Family, (image) | ||||||||||
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| (offsite) Dianna Kreuzer's
Ancestors
of Cecil Elmo Hart Gedcom Amanda Cole May's Cole, Hart, Shelton, Shaw, Dunman, Lemons, Barrow Gedcom Terry Rangers Buried in Confederate Circle, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN |
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Claiborne, John M. Muster Roll of Terry's Texas Rangers; With Historical Remarks. Galveston: Self Published, 1882. Jones, Andrew M. Annotated Roster of Terry's Texas Rangers, the 8th Texas Cavalry. Unpublished Research. Scott, Paul R. Eighth Texas Cavalry, CSA. Arlington: The University of Texas at Arlington, July 1977. Unpublished MA Thesis. History of LaGrange County |
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| (offsite) RootsWeb
Message Board (Hart) (offsite) RootsWeb Message Boards (Travis County, TX) |
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