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Jonathan Strange Hall6 (b. 8 Nov 1797 in Harrison Co., VA (now Barbour Co., WVA), d. 10 Oct 1875, Collins Settlement, Lewis Co., WVA) married on February 25, 1819 Elizabeth Reger6 (b. 31 Oct 1801 in Harrison Co. VA (now Barbour Co., WVA); d. Sep 1887) ...
"Joseph Hall's son, Jonathan, settled on this land [Skin Creek (named after the famous hunt where Jesse Hughes, Alexander West, Colonel William Lowther and Colonel George Jackson5, a relative -- see section on George Jackson5 --, had camped and skinned the over 40 deer taken the previous day.), Lewis County, West Virginia] in 1820. Ten years later he cleared the site of the old camp [the old Indian camp -- a spring and a beautiful location for a house given to him by Jesse Hughes], near which he built a new residence. The fire hearths of the camp, three in number, were unearthed by the plow. They were about two rods apart, and in the form of a triangle. They indicated long use, the ashes and burned stone extending considerably below the surface. Nearby were two dark spots in the soil [possibly where the deer were skinned?], each about sixteen feet in diameter. These proved extremely fertile, the corn growing much more luxuriantly there than on the surrounding soil. The unearthing of the old camp was witnessed by Jonathan Hall's sons, the youngest of whom [He was not youngest!], John Strange Hall, is still living [He died 30 Mar 1912.], and occupies the ancestral homestead. To Mr. Hall I am indebted for most of the particulars contained in this chapter." [19]
"A special to the "Register", Wednesday from Clarksburg states that the body of Elizabeth Hall, the widow of John Hall was found in the woods on the right fork of Ten Mile Creek suspended from a tree to which a rope was attached, the other end being around her neck. She was dead when discovered. A coroner's jury finds that she came to her death at her own hands. The cause of the suicide is unknown."" Weston Democrat, Sept. 17, 1887. [88]
19. Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia 1768 to 1785, by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 1915, reprinted by Jim Comstock, Richwood, West Virginia, 1974, as part of The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, page 181.
88. Hacker's Creek Journal, Vol. XIV, issue 4, 1995-1996, page 182. This may not be the wife of Jonathan Strange Hall as several John Halls lived in the area.
