Mammy Kate

- Abt 1820

• Name	Mammy Kate
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1820	Elbert County, Georgia
  Person ID	I185	Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2012

  
  

• Headstones

  Kate, Mammy GPS: N34 deg 06. 815’. W82 deg 41. 683'

  
  

• Notes

  Mammy Kate, by legend, and passed down by "word of mouth" rescued Captain Stephen Heard when he was scheduled to be put to death by hanging in Augusta (Fort Cornwallis?) According to legend , newspaper articles, and a will of 1820, Mammy Kate who served Stephen Heard as a slave, traveled to Augusta, and after passing the guards several times to wash his clothes, passed by the Tory Guards with a large clothes basket containing Stephen Heard and walked out of the prison.