The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-05

Tor an old Bible In Ebert County, GA., oss onss ts,.D sns DrfnsFss, ,ed ss ,s Sisti s .sn % ing and 1t came te Gecygia In Is7G x:S4n soling came and settled In Wfikss
 .ounty. In 1t Is the record of Penelope.
 ave been the grand daughter of. Lord
 ,snley. second Earl of 6haftesbury; and -Iorothy Manners. daughter of the Earl of Rutland. So far have not been able 70 find the trail of the old book and fear I never will. # N. N.
 ss. sMITH-John Caraway Smith was Lieutenant under Capt. John Purvss in Colonel Thomson's Regiment of Rang CTS. His commission Is dated September lss. ITS. At that time he was q years of age; he was born in North Carolina and was six feet tall, according to the description given in s: z: Magazine, Vol Der of the Georgia Society of the Gin cinnati. e.', Hs
 Heitrnan,s. Register says that John Car
 smsh n was GsDn of End ssSsn soasn prisoner at Charleston. 12th May. 17s0; exchanged November, l7So. and served to close of war. it.' -.. s'
 165. CALHOUN-In 1733 James Calhoun and Catherine his wife, and their four sons, James, William. Patrick and EEe- kiel. came from Donegal. Ireland, to New York and proceeded thence to Western Pennsylvania. where they settled not far from the Potomac River: fear of the Indians soon drove them to what is now Wythe County. Va. where they settled on Crab and Reed Creeks; the defeat of Braddock exposed the western frontier of. Virginia to the Indians and in con- sequence thereof the Calhouns again moved. This time to the up country of District on a tributary of Little River. since known as Calhoun Creek. (S. c. Mag. Vol. IT,, page 1os.)
 & 19,. HART-In the D. A. R. Depart ment of The Atlanta Constitution there is record Of the Hart family. We copy these statements.
 Thomas Hart of London. England. em- igrated to America about 169O, and set died. leaving an only son. Thomas Hart, who was about Il years old when his father arrived in Virginia. Of the elder | Thomas Hart little is known, except | that he was merchant.
 Thomas Hart, the son, married Susan na Rice of Hanover County. the aunt of the Rev. Dan.,l DavidO Rice of the Presbyterian Church. who settled in probably the Rev. David Rice, ancestor of Mrs. Roger A: Pryor of New York. He was c1iled The Apostle of Ken
 Thomas Hart. Jr., died in Hanover County. Va. in or about 1I55. leaving six children. Thomas, John. Benjamin, Da- via via, Nsthanisl tssi. I,s and Ann all of whom County; N. C.. about l76o.
 Col. Thomas Hart. eldest son of Thomas Hart of Hanover County. Va. and Su- ;,iIa,s, snnns Rice was msmaer Sah, of the Pro, i.74. and some years later an officer in the Revolutionary Army. He was like- Uise one of the proprietors of the Tran iature of North Carolina donated 2o6,oot .... ,s Of iand in what Is now known as Henderson Co'rnty. Kv.. as a compen- sation for the services in opening the and the %ay for Hs s married Susanna Gray of North Caro- lima. She was the daughter of John Gray, Jr.. who was the son of John Gray in 17l5 in Bertie County, N. c. Thom IS Hart was merchant in Hilisborough N. C., and had country seat. Hart ford, where he resided until l1So, when from there to Lexington. Ky, in 17s4 where he remained until his death, which occurred June Z3 1908. Mrs. Hart sur viving him until 1892.
 l. Susan Hat married Mir. Price of Kentucky.
 2. Lucretia Hart. naried Henry Clay of Kentucky.
 3. Nancy Hart, married Mir. Brown United States Minister to France. 4. John Hart.
 ,. Nathaniel Hart.
 6. Thomas Hart Jr. The daughter of Thomas Hart, Jr., married Jesse Benton Clerk of the Superior Court of Orange County. N: C., and they were the par ents of Thomas Hart Benton, U. s. Senator.
 NJ. c. D. can easily tell from this family record whether she is descended from Col. Thomas Hart. He was not killed in the Revolution as her tradi' ton reported. Information Is also giver of the other brothers of Col. Thomas 1 Hart, and of the sis-er, Ann. If M c. D. desires this can be printed, also.