Name/Title
Log cabins built by John Hart - Cumberland Township, Greene County, PennsylvaniaEntry/Object ID
2009.4.262Description
Log cabins built by John Hart, born 1756. Three generations of the Hart family lived in these cabins located on the Francis Craig farm, near Ceylon, Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
Handwritten inscription on back of this photograph reads, "M. H. Gallatin / to / Mrs. Miles L. Hart / Rices Landing." Research indicates that "M. H. Gallatin" is Mamie (Hopton) Gallatin, a granddaughter of Neri Hart [1821-1899]. Mamie gave the photograph to her aunt Lulu (Hewitt) Hart, wife of Miles Leonidas Hart. Miles was a son of Neri Hart [1821-1899].
Identification provided by Susan Ratcliffe, 2015. Susan also owns an original set of the three log cabin photographs (item nos. CGSP_AN006_0001_0000A - CGSP_AN006_0001_0000C), which were given to her in 1974, by Neri G. Hart of Carmichaels, Pennsylvania. He wrote on 24 July 1974, that the photographs were "found in [the] attic of an old aunt of mine, Lizzie Craig, daughter of Asbury Hart." This set of images contain the caption data noted in the description above.
Original, candid.Collection
Cornerstone Genealogical Society CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
Cumberland (Greene County, Pa. : Township)--Houses, Hart family, Log cabinsOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
CGSP_AN006_0001_0000BProvenance
Provenance Detail
Hart - Esther Ruth Hart Series - Cornerstone Genealogical Society CollectionAcquisition Method
DigitalNotes
The Esther Ruth Hart Series most likely passed from Miles Leonidas Hart [1868-1950] and his wife, Lulu Hewitt [1878-1962], to their daughter, Esther Ruth Hart [1913-2008], whose friends donated the photographs to the Cornerstone Genealogical Society (144 E. Greene St., PO Box 547; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370) in 2008.
SOURCE CITATION: Log cabins built by John Hart (born 1756), near Ceylon, Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; circa 1900; item no. CGSP_AN006_0001_0000B, Esther Ruth Hart Series, Cornerstone Genealogical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).