Rebecca Hart Narrative

b. December 25, 1816; Prathers Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina
Father: Peter Hart
Mother: Hannah Poe (Iahannah)

m. November 13, 1838
Husband: William Morgan Hart; children:

d. March 21, 1891; Harrison Township, Mercer County, Missouri

Rebecca Hart was born December 25, 1816 in Prathers Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina and died March 21, 1891 in Harrison Township, Mercer County, Missouri. Rebecca married on November 13, 1838 in Putnam County, Illinois to William Morgan Hart (born May 05, 1804 in Cumberland River and Patterson Creek, Knox County, Kentucky and died October 17, 1876 in Harrison Township, Mercer Country, Missouri). She and William Morgan are buried in Hart Cemetery, Harrison Township, Mercer County, Missouri. Rebecca and Elizabeth (William's first wife) were sisters, and they were first cousins to their husband.

Rebecca was the mother of 8 children.


Updated January 8, 1998
Information from "Descendants of Peter and Dority Hart, 1740-1995, Virginia and North Carolina and Allied Families", by Ruth Gibbs Hart and Karen L. Cooper, 1996.
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