GEORGE B. HART was appointed to the Camden Fire Department to replace Cornelius M. Brown as an extra man with Engine Company 1, who resigned April 18, 1871. He had previously worked as a brickmaker, and was making his home at 409 Walnut Street when appointed to the Fire Department.

George B. Hart was born in Delaware to David and Mary Hart. His father was a brickmaker, and both George and younger brother Charles H. Hart would eventually learn that trade. The family had moved to Camden's South Ward by the spring of 1850, and remained there for many years thereafter.

When the 1870 census was taken in July of 1870, George B. Hart, his brother Charles and his wife Anna, and two month-old son Harry M. were living with the Hart brother's widowed mother Mary A. Hart. Also at home were sisters Elizabeth, Ida, and Maggie Hart.

George B. Hart served along side his brother Charles H. Hart with Engine Company 1 until his removal from service on June 7, 1872.