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Biography of: Captain Nathanial Gray Smith
Hart
Captain Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart was born in Maryland in 1785, but his family moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1794. He continued his father’s rope business after the latter’s death and became wealthy and politically well connected with Henry Clay, who married his sister. Hart was appointed Deputy Inspector of the Left Wing of the Northwestern Army, and was therefore not technically in command of his company when he was wounded during the Battle of the River Raisin. On January 23, 1813, he was killed by the Indians while being transported to Detroit. Hart County in Kentucky was named after him. |