Hart Chapter
WINCHESTER
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CHAPTER ORGANIZED APRIL 18, 1908
Hart chapter was named in honor of Nathaniel Hart and his brothers, Thomas and David, who were proprietors of the Transylvania Company. They were prominent pioneers at Boonesborough, one of the first fortified settlements in Kentucky. The Transylvania Company was in the business of purchasing land west of the Allegheny Mountains and encouraging settlement by offering sale of tracts of land. On March 17, 1775, the Company purchased 20,000.000 acres of land from the Cherokee Indians. Rumor had it that the Transylvania Company planned to petition the Continental Congress and to ask to be recognized as a member of the United Colonies.
Virginia objected to the influence and the control the land company garnered. Virginia authorized the creation of the county of Kentucky in December, 1776, to maintain control over the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Nathaniel and Susannah Rice Hart's daughter, Miss Susannah Hart, married Isaac Shelby, who later became Kentucky's first Governor.
The organizational members of the Hart Chapter included Mrs. Mary Holloway Van Meter, organizing regent, Mrs. Mayme Tracy Scobee, vice regent; Mrs. Anne Fulton Holloway, secretary; Mrs. Marie Warren Beckner, registrar; Miss Mary Belle Field Miller, treasurer; Miss Georgia Owen Boston; Mrs. Ollie Goodloe Gregory Hall; Mrs. Mary Williams Holloway; Mrs. Fannie Jones Johns; Mrs. Elizabeth Woodcock Smith; Mrs. Lou Ecton Strother; Mrs. Grace Wheeler Booth Womack.
Monthly meetings of the Hart Chapter are held the second Friday of each month, September to June, with two exceptions for evening meetings.
Office Title |
Officer Name |
| Regent | Cindy Elizabeth Darling Codell |
| 1st Vice Regent | Fara Fox Tyree |
| 2nd Vice Regent | Aleene Boswell Eury |
| Chaplain | Joyce Ann Baber Ballard |
| Secretary | Charlotte Jeanee Seigle Phillips |
| Treasurer | Elkin Frances Fox Curtis |
| Registrar | Leslie Ann Rogers Miller |
| Historian | Debra Leigh Darling Peters |
| Librarian | Jane Venable Brown |
CHAPTER PATRIOTS |
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| JOHN BAILEY of Virginia | EDWARD PAINE of Virginia |
| JOHN BRODIE of Virginia | JOSEPH PALMER of Virginia |
| THOMAS BURROUGHS, SR. of Virginia | MATTHEW PATTON of Virginia |
| ZACHARIAH CALLAWAY of Virginia | AARON QUISENBERRY, SR. of Virginia |
| CHARLES CAMPBELL of Pennsylvania | JAMES QUISENBERRY of Virginia |
| ARCHIBALD EDMONSON of Maryland | JOHN SCOTT of Virginia |
| JAMES ELKINS of Virginia | ADAM SEGENDORPH of New York |
| JACOB FISHBACK of Virginia | JOHN SPARKS of North Carolina |
| JOHN GEE of New York | JOHN SUDDUTH of Virginia |
| NATHANIEL HAGGARD of Virginia | ARTHUR THOMAS TAUL of Maryland |
| DANIEL HARRISON of Virginia | GARRETT VAN METER of Virginia |
| ISAAC JOHNSON of Virginia | JOHN VIVIAN of Virginia |
| SIMON JONES of North Carolina | RAWLEIGH WILLIAMS of Virginia |
| THOMAS LEWIS of Virginia | WILLIAM WOODFORD of Virginia |
| JOHN MARTIN of Virginia | THOMAS WRIGHT of Virginia |
| JOHN MORTON of Virginia | |
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