Nancy Hart
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Nancy Hart was a legendary American Revolutionary War heroine from Georgia, famed for her fierce resistance against British Loyalists and celebrated in regional folklore.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nancy Hart canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9695311 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nancy Hart Context triple: [Lake Hartwell, namedAfter, Nancy Hart]
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A.
Clarissa Ross
Clarissa Ross was a wife of Brigham Young, the second president and a prominent early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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B.
Mary Savage
Mary Savage is the mother of the late British comedian, television presenter, and drag performer Paul O’Grady.
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C.
Mercy Bradford
Mercy Bradford was a daughter of William Bradford, the longtime governor of Plymouth Colony and a prominent leader among the early Pilgrims in New England.
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D.
Francis Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford was a prolific late 19th-century American novelist best known for his historical romances and influential works of supernatural fiction.
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E.
Virginia Nash Tatem
Virginia Nash Tatem was the wife of American B-movie Western film star Bob Steele.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nancy Hart Target entity description: Nancy Hart was a legendary American Revolutionary War heroine from Georgia, famed for her fierce resistance against British Loyalists and celebrated in regional folklore.
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A.
Clarissa Ross
Clarissa Ross was a wife of Brigham Young, the second president and a prominent early leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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B.
Mary Savage
Mary Savage is the mother of the late British comedian, television presenter, and drag performer Paul O’Grady.
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C.
Mercy Bradford
Mercy Bradford was a daughter of William Bradford, the longtime governor of Plymouth Colony and a prominent leader among the early Pilgrims in New England.
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D.
Francis Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford was a prolific late 19th-century American novelist best known for his historical romances and influential works of supernatural fiction.
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E.
Virginia Nash Tatem
Virginia Nash Tatem was the wife of American B-movie Western film star Bob Steele.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American Revolutionary War figure
ⓘ
folk heroine ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ |
| allegedEthnicity | Scots-Irish American ⓘ |
| approximateBirthDate | circa 1730s ⓘ |
| approximateDeathDate | early 1800s ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| associatedWithGroup |
women of the American Revolution
ⓘ
linked to:
Daughters of Liberty
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| burialPlace | near Henderson, Kentucky (traditional attribution) ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Hart County, Georgia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hartwell, Georgia ⓘ Nancy Hart Highway in Georgia ⓘ historical markers in Georgia ⓘ statue at the Georgia State Capitol ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRole | symbol of female patriotism in the American South ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
acting as a spy for Patriot forces
ⓘ
capturing and killing Tory soldiers in her cabin ⓘ disarming multiple British or Tory soldiers while they were in her home ⓘ dressing as a man to gather intelligence from British camps ⓘ having one eye crossed or blind ⓘ |
| historicity | partly documented and partly legendary ⓘ |
| influenced |
later depictions of frontier women
ⓘ
patriotic folklore in Georgia ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Aunt Nancy
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War Woman ⓘ |
| militarySide | Patriots ⓘ |
| notableFor |
actions during the American Revolutionary War
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resistance against British Loyalists ⓘ |
| opposed |
British soldiers
ⓘ
Tory Loyalists ⓘ
linked to:
American Loyalists
|
| placeOfActivity |
Broad River area, Georgia
ⓘ
Wilkes County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
fearless in confronting enemy soldiers
ⓘ
skilled with a rifle ⓘ tall, muscular frontier woman ⓘ |
| religion | likely Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
| spouse | Benjamin Hart ⓘ |
| stateOfResidence | Georgia ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
articles in the New Georgia Encyclopedia
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historical sketches and biographies ⓘ local oral traditions in the American South ⓘ regional folklore in Georgia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Nancy Hart Description of subject: Nancy Hart was a legendary American Revolutionary War heroine from Georgia, famed for her fierce resistance against British Loyalists and celebrated in regional folklore.
Referenced by (3)
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