Person:Claiborne Hall (2)

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Claiborne Hall, of Hall's Hill
b.Abt 1788 Virginia, United States
d.Bef 7 Dec 1874 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  • F.  Hall (add)
  1. Claiborne Hall, of Hall's HillAbt 1788 - Bef 1874
  2. Nathaniel HallAbt 1792 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Claiborne Hall, of Hall's HillAbt 1788 - Bef 1874
  • W.  Elizabeth HerodAbt 1789 - Bet 1860 & 1870
m. Abt 1810
  1. _____ Hall1810 - Aft 1830
  2. Sarah C. Hall1812 - 1888
  3. Emmaline HallAbt 1815 - Bet 1843 & 1848
  4. Mary Ann Hall1816 - 1897
  5. Susan HallAbt 1817 - Aft 1880
  6. Roxey Hall1820 - 1852
  7. Rebecca Hall1822 - 1907
  8. Eliza Hall1824 - 1901
  9. Martha Hall1826 - 1910
  10. Archibald Waller Overton Hall1827 - 1896
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Facts and Events
Name Claiborne Hall, of Hall's Hill
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1788 Virginia, United States
Christening? Carthage, Smith, Tennessee, United States
Marriage Abt 1810 to Elizabeth Herod
Census[5] 1820 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Census[7] 1830 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Census[11] 1840 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Census[12] 1850 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Census[13] 1860 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Census[14] 1870 Smith, Tennessee, United States
Death[17][18] Bef 7 Dec 1874 Smith, Tennessee, United Statesdied intestate ; [date is when letters of admin were filed]
Burial[17] Woodward Cemetery, Smith, Tennessee, United StatesNo headstone
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1811 - Smith County, TN - named in notice of dead letter addressed to Nathan and Claiborne HALL at Carthage post office 1

1812 Mar 25 - Smith County, TN - Claiborne Hall purchases 37 ac on Taylors Branch of Peyton's Creek from John Walters. 2

1815 May 08 - Smith County, TN - Claiborne Hall and others are permitted to return to the county court a list of their taxables for the year 1815. 3

1818 Nov 09 - Smith County, TN - appointed road overseer 4

1820 - Smith County, TN - named on 1820 census 5

1824 Nov 29 - Smith County, TN - appointed road overseer 6

1830 - Smith County, TN - named on 1830 census 7

1836 Aug 15 - Smith County, TN - named in court case contesting Will of William Herod, father in law 19

1837 Oct 20 - Smith County, TN - Claiborne Hall mortgages his farm and select possessions to neighbor John Baker who puts up the money to stop a judgement against Hall for $75.87 by the firm of Green & Sloan. 8

1837 Dec 28 - Smith County, TN - Claiborne Hall is sued by Elijah Toney, James R. Toney and Allen G. Watkins for a debt of $31.76 and a levy is placed on his real estate. 9

1840 Jun 14 - Smith County, TN - James R. Toney conveys land back to Claiborne Hall. 10

1840 - Smith County, TN - named on 1840 census 11

1850 - Smith County, TN - named on 1850 census 12

1856 - Smith County, TN - named in ledger book 14

1860 - Smith County, TN - named on 1860 census 13

1870 - Smith County, TN - named on 1870 census 15

1873 - Smith County, TN - served with a summons to appear in court as a defendant in a lawsuit brought against him by his grandchildren (children of daughter Roxey) 16

1874 Dec 07 - Smith County, TN - A request for letters of administration on the estate of Claiborne Hall is filed by J.H Nickson. Court minutes state that he died intestate. 18

References
  1.   Eddlemon, Sherida K. Genealogical abstracts of Tennessee Newspapers. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1988-)
    84.

    Carthage Gazette, Vol. 2, No. 97
    The following is a list of letters remaining at the post office at Carthage on March 31, 1811, per Basil SHAW, p.m.
    ... Nathan and Claiborne HALL ...

  2.   Sources needed.

    On 25 March 1812 Claiborne HALL purchased a tract of land in Smith County on the waters of Taylors branch. This tract is described as 37 acres. Witnesses to the deed were William HEROD and Daniel M. LANE, father-in-law and brother-in-law of Claiborne. LANE was married to Mary Ann HEROD. Claiborne’s land is also described as a 25 acre tract in a deed of John WALTERS to his daughter Jean. The date on this second deed was 7 February 1812 so it is believed that Claiborne had intended to purchase perhaps 25 acres but when deed was made in March, the total acreage was 37 acres. The wording on the WALTERS to WALTERS deed states that 25 acres had been previously conveyed to Claibourn HALL, however the deed from WALTERS to HALL was not actually made until 25 March.

    The land which Claiborne purchased on Taylors branch is located in the First District of Smith County north of the present-day city of Carthage and south of present-day Monoville near the Tanglewood community. Taylors Branch was a branch of Peyton’s Creek. The area in which Claiborne lived was known as Hall’s Hill, a name by which it is still called to this day. Some present-day maps use this designation when referring to this area.

    The community of Tanglewood in which Claiborne HALL lived was a large valley located on the Cumberland River. It is described as a place of abundant streams, rolling hills, and jagged bluffs. The soil is described as the most fertile between Burnside in Kentucky and where the Cumberland River empties into the Mississippi. It was in this valley on one of those rolling hills that Claiborne HALL settled and raised his family. The hill on which he lived reminds one of a little mountain - it goes almost straight up.]

  3.   Sources needed.

    [On 8 May 1815, he and others were permitted to return to the county court a list of their taxables for the year 1815.]

  4.   Sources needed.

    [ On 9 November 1818, he was appointed as a road overseer. ]

  5. ↑ United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).

    Smith County, Tennessee
    [The census that year found him with one daughter of 10 and under 16 years of age and 5 daughters under the age of 10. The daughter age 10 and under 16 has not been identified but is believed to have lived until at least 1830.]

  6.   Sources needed.

    [Claiborne was again appointed as road overseer from Anold? Tanyard to a 4 mile post on 29 November 1824. This record indicated he was to have the same hands that worked under John BAKER, former overseer.]

  7. ↑ United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).

    Smith County, Tennessee

  8.   Sources needed.

    [On 20 October 1837 he mortgaged his farm as well as a six year old gray mare, a roan filly one year old, one barn of tobacco, and his stock of cattle to a neighbor John BAKER. The firm of GREEN & SLOAN had recovered a judgment for $75.87 against Claiborne but the judgment was stayed by BAKER as security.]

  9.   Sources needed.

    [ Further financial trouble is indicated by the court minutes of Thursday, 28 December 1837 in which Elijah TONEY, James R. TONEY, and Allen G. WATKINS sue Claiborne HALL for a debt of $31.76. Summons was issued to him and judgment was made by confession in favor of the plaintiffs. The court record states that no good or chattels of the defendant in the county are to be found and a levy was placed on his real estate.]

  10.   Sources needed.

    [Claiborne’s creditors appear to have been patient, however, as a deed dated 14 June 1840 is found in which James R. TONEY conveys the land back to him for the amount of the judgment plus the costs of the suit. The land is described at this time as 37 ½ acres and bounded by the lands of Thomas WEATHERFORD, Samuel HIGH, and the heirs of John BAKER. BAKER was a neighbor.]

  11. ↑ United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704).

    Smith County, Tennessee

  12. ↑ United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432).

    Smith County, Tennessee

  13. ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).

    Smith County, Tennessee

  14. ↑ Sources needed.

    [An old ledger book in the Smith County Archives with no name (appears to be that of a blacksmith and repair shop) provides an entry for Claiborne HALL for the year 1856 - On page 15 of the book, Claiborne HALL is listed with "1 links in log chain - .20."]

  15.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132).

    Smith County, Tennessee

  16.   Sources needed.

    [In 1873, he was served with a summons and named as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by the grandchildren he had raised (the children of John and Roxey HALL BOSTON). Claiborne had signed as security for his son-in-law Allen PIPER as guardian of the BOSTON children after their father’s death. The children were now suing PIPER and also Claiborne HALL for control of the real estate of their father. No doubt Claiborne’s heart sank when the sheriff’s deputy climbed the hill to serve the 85 year old with the summons. There is no evidence that Claiborne actually took any part in the court proceedings.]

  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Sources needed.

    [Claiborne HALL’s death appears to have occurred in late November or early December 1874. Smith County historian Carmack KEY stated that he was buried in the Woodard Cemetery near his home. The grave and that of his wife there are unmarked. A visit by the author to this cemetery failed to uncover any headstone for either of them. William WOODARD, for whom the cemetery was named, was a neighbor of Claiborne.]

  18. ↑ Sources needed.

    A request for letters of administration on the estate of Claiborne HALL was filed in Smith County Circuit Court by J. H. NICKSON on 7 December 1874. A request for administration was usually filed about two weeks after a decedent’s death. The court minutes for that date state that Claiborne HALL had departed this life intestate in Smith County, Tennessee, leaving an estate. The administrator on 4 January 1875 filed his inventory of the estate as follows:


    Claiborn HALL’s Estate Inventory
    Sold at public sale upon notice given

    A.M. BOSTON one bed stead & clothing $ 12.50
    A.M. BOSTON one spinning wheel $ 4.00
    Adam PERKINS 1 shot gun Paid $ 1.00
    Adam PERKINS 1 saddle $ 1.00
    James OLDHAM 1 Bay Mare $ 34.00
    James OLDHAM 1 Bridal $ 0.30

    By the terms of said sales, twelve month credit was given on all sums over five dollars
    and A. M. BOSTON gave his note for $16.50 with A. W. NUNLEY security and James OLDHAM
    gave his note for $34.30 with A. PERKINS & P. G. DILLARD securities which notes are
    believed to be full good.

    I have also to report as coming into my hands as Adm. of Claiborn HALL, deceased,
    the following notes:
    - 1 note on Wm. DOWNS with Wm. WOODARD security for twenty dollars payable one day after
    date dated May 1st, 1874 with a credit of $6.00 entered __? July 1874.
    - 1 note on Wm. DOWNS with Wm. WOODARD security for forty dollars due 1st of January 1875.

    State of Tennessee Smith County This day personally appeared before me S. ALLISON, Clerk of
    said County, Hamp NIXON and made oath that the within inventory of the estate of Claiborne
    HALL, decd. is true to the best of his knowledge and belief. This January the 4th, 1875.
    S. ALLISON, CLERK
    J. H. NIXON, Adm.

  19.   .

    Middle Tennessee Supreme Court Records, Box 56

    15 Aug 1836
    On this date the case of William HEROD & Peter HEROD & C. vs. Claiborne HALL and his wife Elizabeth, Nathan HALL and his wife Frances, Daniel M. LANE and his wife Mary Ann, James HEROD, Valentine HEROD, & William FAGG came to be heard before the honorable Abraham CARUTHERS, Judge of Smith County Court, contesting the will of William HEROD, Sr., deceased.
    Judgment on 01 Sep 1836 for plaintiffs.

    The defendants prayed for a new trial which was not granted.
    They then prayed for an appeal to the Tennessee Supreme Court.
    They heard the case in 1837 and affirmed the judgement by consent.

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