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Show Monument Records Deed of Cross-Eyed Heroine all stood still until the men came back to see what all the shooting was for, and hanged tha four soldiers. Subsequently the town of Hartwell and Hart county, of which it is tha county seat, were named for the crosseyed cross-eyed heroine. Congress voted a fund for the erection erec-tion of a monument to Nancy Hart A cross-eyed woman has been honored hon-ored by a monument at Hartwell, Ga. Nancy Hart, whose memory is thus preserved, and her husband built a cabin In the hills, and were rearing a family when the Revolutionary war broke out. While the men were away five redcoats red-coats surprised Nancy and a little girl In the cabin and ordered the woman wom-an to prepare a meal for them. Nancy, Nan-cy, watching for an opportunity, grabbed one of the muskets and killed one of the soldiers. She then seized another gun and threatened to shoot any f the four that made resistance. Because of her crossed eyes, none of King George's men could tell which ona Nancy was looking at so they |