Hart Cemetery

Hart Cemetery. . , The property on which the cemetery is located has been in the possession of the hart family since 1848, when it was purchased by John J. Hart and his first wife, Ellender (nellie) Brown Hart. According to family documents drafted in 1943 by J.M. Hart, son of John .J and Nellie Hart, the hilltop now containing the cemetery was chosen by Nellie hart as her preferred burial ground. She died in 1860 and was the first person interred at the Hart Cemetery. Subsequently, many of her descendants and relatives were buried there., William J. Hart, the second person buried in the Hart Cemetery, was a Confederate soldier who deserted during the war. He was traveling to Washington D.C. to be granted a pardon for desertion by the United States government when he was hit and killed by a train. Family oral history accounts indicate that the family was opposed to slavery and did not wholeheartedly support the rebellion by the southern states. , Several of the sons of john J hart by his first wife, Nellie, and his second wife Elizabeth Morgan, remained on or adjacent to the original property. In fact, over a century later, many of their descendants are still living in the area, and several just recently moved as a result of the airport expansion. , Name ∙ Date of birth ∙ Date of death ∙ How identified , Irene Hart ∙ 28 May 1893 ∙ 28 June 1895 ∙ Headstone , Matilda J. Hart ∙ 14 October 1860 ∙ 13 October 1882 ∙ Headstone , Infant of Paul and Lillie may Hart ∙ 10 May 1933 ∙ Headstone , Pauline B. Hart ∙ 26 August 1896 ∙ 23 June 1905 ∙ Headstone , Velma A. Hart ∙ 14 December 1888 ∙ 13 March 1889 ∙ Headstone , William Jasper Hart ∙ 1844 ∙ 1864 ∙ Headstone , Walter E. Hart ∙ 15 November 1880 ∙ 13 January 1909 ∙ Headstone/family , H.R. Phillips ∙ 1869 ∙ 1936 ∙ Headstone , Rev Jimmy Phillips ∙ 07 August 1874 ∙ 01 March 1929 ∙ Headstone , Jessice C. Sims ∙ 01 May 1893 ∙ 22 May 1969 ∙ Headstone , Molly Sweat ∙ 13 October 1886 ∙ 17 October 1917 ∙ Headstone , Mrs. T.H. ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Headstone , John J. Hart ∙ 15 July 1816 ∙ 04 December 1898 ∙ Headstone , T.V. Phillips ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Headstone, Ellender Brown Hart ∙ 10 March 1822 ∙ 18 August 1860 ∙ Family , Elizabethh Morgan Hart ∙1825 ∙ 1892 ∙ Family , Thomas Cato ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Family , Buck Phillips ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Family , Two children of Louis Hart ∙ Henery C. Hart ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Family , Several Grandchildren of James Hart ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Family , Nancy Kimberky Hart ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Family , Henery C. Hart ∙ Unknown ∙ After 1930 ∙ Family , Maud Brown ∙ Unknown ∙ Unknown ∙ Family , Bertie Hart Stephens , Etta Ella Anderson Hart , Howard Stephens