Hart County soldiers served in the World War from 1917 to 1919, and those who lost their lives were John W. Adams, James B. Estes, Owen J. Alford, John R. Heaton, George W. Cason, Oscar B. McCurley, Preston B. Carter, Lawrence Nix, Samuel J. Chappellear, Gilbert Thompson, William J. Connelley, Vancey J. Wilson, Charles P. Dodd, Erskin Allen, Anderson Harris, and Henry Gaines. A row of oaks was planted and a bronze tablet erected by the Hartwell Federated Woman's Club in Hartwell, Georgia, in June 1922.