[p 13 - Letter from Hon. E. B. Hall, SANTA BARBARA, CAL., Dec. 26, 1878.]
... I am a grandson of said Jordan Hall; but two of his sons still live, and can give you more of the family ancestry perhaps than any one else to whom you can now app1y. They are William N. Hall and James Hall, both of whom live at Brown's Mill, Harrison county: so write them; they may give you dates and other items that I have been unable to give you. ...
[p 14 - Letter from James Hall.]
Browns Mill, W.Va., Dec. 31, 1878
Sir: In answer to yours, I will give you all the information I can, and I must be brief. I use this paper because on the other side is some information you can have. ...
... I have done the best I could, and you can use it as you think best.
Yours, JAMES HALL.
Second Letter.
Browntown, Harrison Co., W. VA., Aug., 20, 1884.
DEAR Sir: This is to let you know all I know of the old Delaware set of Halls. ...
... Father used to say that two families, one of Halls and one of Spencers, came from Ireland and settled at Snow Hill, Maryland, from whom the Halls descended. According to that we are Irish and not Dutch as you have it. I give you the marriages and deaths on another page of father's family.
And now if you can make it out it is the best I can do. I am all of the family now living.
This from JAMES HALL.
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[Family 8.] JAMES HALL, pedigree as before: was born May 15, 1802, and was raised about two miles from Palatine. He married Elizabeth Yates, August 16, 1827. In 1879, he was living at Brown's Mills, Harrison county, but has since moved, and now lives at Grangeville, Marion county. He has written me often in reply to inquiries, and has furnished me all the dates for part three, except the record of his brother Rynear's family. He has a very retentive memory, and has furnished me most of the dates from memory. The two letters from him, printed in the preface, are full of our family history. His wife died March 11, 1881. He is now 84 years old, and is still in good health for one of his age. ...
