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Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart (c. 1784 – January 23, 1813), often Nathaniel G. S. Hart, was a well-connected Lexington, Kentucky lawyer and businessman, who served with the state's volunteer militia during the War of 1812. As Captain of the Lexington Light Infantry from Kentucky, Hart was killed with many of his men in the River Raisin Massacre of January 23, 1813, after being taken prisoner the day before following the Battle of Frenchtown in Michigan Territory. (Some 397 Americans were killed in battle, 547 were taken prisoner, and an estimated 30-100 American prisoners were killed by Native Americans the next day.) Members of the Kentucky militia came from the elite of Lexington and of the state, the men's deaths in battle and in the subsequent massacre captured state and national attention. The phrase "Remember the Raisin!" became an American call to arms for the duration of the War. ==Personal life== Nathaniel Hart was one of seven children, the second son of Colonel Thomas Hart, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and his wife Susanna (Gray) Hart. Originally from North Carolina, the family had moved to Hagerstown, Maryland, where Nathaniel was born. In 1794 they settled in Lexington, Kentucky as part of the postwar migration west. His father was a highly successful businessman, achieving wealth. Hart's four sisters married men who achieved some renown: Ann married the future US Senator James Brown (who subsequently served as Minister to France); Eliza married the surgeon Dr. Richard Pindell (a member of the Society of the Cincinnati); Susanna married the lawyer Samuel Price, and Lucretia married Henry Clay, future US Senator and Secretary of State.〔 Hart attended Princeton College, where his classmates included William Elliott from western Ontario. Eliott's father was a Loyalist who had resettled in Canada after the Revolutionary War.〔''Pierre Berton's War of 1812,'' p. 406〕 The two young men were close enough that Elliot stayed with Hart's parents for a time to recover from a serious illness.〔 After Hart's return to Lexington, he read the law under Henry Clay, passed the bar, and set up a law practice in the city.〔Clift, Page 149〕 Like his father, he became a successful businessman,〔 a ropewalk (hemp rope factory) in the city being among his ventures. Hemp was a commodity crop of central Kentucky.〔 In April 1809, Hart married Anna Edward Gist,〔 the stepdaughter of General Charles Scott, governor of Kentucky, and daughter of Judith Cary Gist Scott and her late husband General Nathaniel Gist. Hart and Anna had two sons, Thomas Hart Jr. and Henry Clay Hart.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nathaniel G. S. Hart」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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