& section 4 Chant NANCY HART THE CONPSDERATS SPY IN POCAHONYAS COUNTY in Roane Uounty,during the Civil “ar, wes e bend of Guerilles who vere uot regular coldiers and to this bend ie belonged Perry Connelly. Many deaths vere blemed to him end it beceme a matter of prime importence with the union forces to get rid of Uonnelly. To this seme band belonged itancy Hart. She was a girl in her twenties, tlack eyed, of medium height. of moderu educetion, very active and very beeutizul. She vas & Confederate bred in the bone. She was the eyes of this local ermy, Connelly's death caused the little army to disin- tergete end the soldiers found their vey into the regular Confederate ermy, but Ken Hart continued to be of great service to the ermy as 2 spy. She was captured and held es ¢ spy in the Jeli et Summersville. After « me the soldiers eusrding her grer Careless and wiiere stimeted the denger of their charge. She : wee allowed dom sbout the jail yard, and she +s: freely to the uight she approached one of sentinels ana = in conversetion. She ves ell exex ried. \hen she eecured ehe shot him a ‘er escepe. She fled to the x vildernc q = Lot teken agein, wancy sorciea Joshua Dousles, anaS0EI BHOUN IN PocaRow John sravn of Harper's #erry bought Ww. the 1850's. He spent Sunday in Marlin Prayer but did not kneel, He cat in his chair telking God. Wat & deeply religions man who voul@ not paved, Prom--1926 Biue Book By ---Andrew PriceJuanite o-Dilley Clover Lick, W.Va, POCAHONTAS COUNTY June £6, 1940 vhepter 4 section 5 RY G. WILSON VO MANDinvon About the year 18694, the Prices one day reveived b letter from “4leon in England suying ne vas Just out of college, of Sthletic turn, with « thousand pounds capitel, and would like *o obtsin footing in the unitea States, Yhey wrote him to “oné end see for ni: 12. About the first of September he cane with bie boxes, driving through fron Belington in e epring “egon he hed chartered there; a little Azive of 70 miles, He hed lost hie wey ana suffered cxhaustion, The rigkt vey vould have been to come to Millboro, Va. rhere he coula here otter tere in “6 niles ene hig doxes would have come br cov: r 4 “agon trains thet ran e er and 1 is But he foua contort ° cuurtere end en understays People. He even found a cou, cn alre Dg here. The iret evening they made a vet. Wilson tet the other thet he, % the teudezfogt knng ed bass before Vinter cet i * une %: nthe bet to tie estonichment of ¢ e the people of Meriiy: on Enew hor to deel rath Snelishme: Whree Gerdingi rice: sk no prying quest » &ive hime to hi ig. It wa i Lend til to bethe tiny end the vorg: * thet James Henry g, ‘ilson came t the rest o- his life. oe Of O2f9rd, end he pas eved om Bh Augby foother: Sepmereer Bs o8 oe a 2 a 3 Re got sty ands Harlinton where he