Person:Daniel Hall (34)

Who are the parents of Daniel Hall?

Theory A: Family:Thomas Hall and Ann Bartlett (1).

Circumstantial evidence exists for some type of relationship as follows:

• Rev. James Hall (son of Thomas and Ann) was b in 1790 in Harrison County, VA.
• Daniel Hall was b 1795 in Harrison County, VA.

• Thomas Hall is known to have moved to Montgomery County, KY where he died in 1836.
• Daniel Hall is described as "of Montgomery County" when he buys land in Rush County, IN in 1823.

• Rev. James Hall died in Montgomery County, KY in 1832.
• Daniel Hall named his next son James Hall (b 1838). He also has some "extra" people living in his household in the 1840 census.
  • • Could these be some of the children of Rev. James Hall?

• Rev. James Hall is supposedly buried in a "Shilo Cemetery", County not specified. Stone has not been found.
• Daniel Hall is buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Rush County, IN. Stone found.

• Henry Hall (b 1828, son of Daniel) inherits his father's land. In 1879 atlas, he is living next to the families of 2 men with the surname Gordon.
• Thomas Hall (b 1820, son of Rev. James) has moved away from Rush County by 1879, but not before naming his first son "James Gordon Hall".

The research continues...

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} History of Rush County, Indiana: from the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc., together with a short history of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the state of Indiana. (Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1888)
   775, 873.

   p 873 -
   ... On October 20 1853, he was married to Amelia Hall, daughter of Daniel and Amelia (Yelton) Hall, the former a native of Virginia, who removed to Kentucky when about nine years of age, and came to Rush County, about 1825, where he died July 31, 1879. The latter was a native of Bourbon County, Ky., and died this county January 8, 1871. ...

2.   Atlas of Rush County, Indiana: to which are added various general maps, history, statistics, illustrations. (s.n.], 1969)
   76.

   ... Mrs. Maze's father, Daniel Hall, a native of Virginia, is living near them, now in his 84th year; her mother, Milley Yelton, a native of Bourbon County, Ky., born March 2, 1791, died January 8,1871. ...

3. ↑ Land Patent, in U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 [database on-line].

   Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.
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   Name: Daniel Hall
   Issue Date: 1 Apr 1823
   Acres: 178.2
   Meridian: 2nd PM
   State: Indiana
   County: Rush
   Township: 14-N
   Range: 10-E
   Section: 3
   Accession Number: IN0400__.361
   Metes and Bounds: No
   Land Office: Brookville
   Canceled: No
   US Reservations: No
   Mineral Reservations: No
   Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
   Document Number: 2933

4. ↑ Rush, Indiana, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M19).

   1830; Census Place: Rush, Indiana; Series: M19; Roll: 26; Page: 304; Family History Library Film: 0007715
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   Name: Daniel Hall
   Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Rush, Indiana
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 <--[b 1826-1830: Henry]
   Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 <--[b 1821-1825: Hiram and ???]
   Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 <--[b 1791-1800: Daniel]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 <--[b 1826-1830: ???]
   Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 <--[b 1821-1825: Almeda]
   Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 <--[b 1791-1800: wife Milly]
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 7
   Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7

5. ↑ Rush, Indiana, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M704).

   Year: 1840; Census Place: Union, Rush, Indiana; Roll: 93; Page: 140; Image: 286; Family History Library Film: 0007729
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   Name: Daniel Hall
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Union, Rush, Indiana
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 <--[b 1836-1840: James]
   Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 <--[b 1831-1835: Daniel]
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 <--[b 1826-1830: Henry ]
   Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 <--[b 1821-1825: Hiram and ???]
   Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 2 <--[b 1791-1800: Daniel and ???]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 <--[b 1836-1840: Margaret]
   Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 <--[b 1831-1835: Amelia]
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 <--[b 1826-1830: ??? ]
   Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 <--[b 1821-1825: Almeda ]
   Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 <--[b 1791-1800: wife Milly]
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
   Total Free White Persons: 12
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 12

6. ↑ 37867200, in Find A Grave
   includes headstone photo, last accessed Feb 2025.