J. K. P. Hall, clerk and master of chancery, and claim agent, was born in Greene County, May 9, 1840, the son of David F. and Lydia (Robertson) Hall, the former born in the same county in 1808, the son of William Hall, of Virginia, a pioneer of the county. David was a magistrate for about eighteen years, and died July 6,1872, a Quaker in religion. The mother was born in 1805, the daughter of John Robertson, a farmer of Greene County. She withdrew from the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and joined the Baptist. Our subject attended school at Fall Branch, and August 11, 1862, enlisted in Company B, Fourth Federal Tennessee Cavalry, and became first lieutenant in December following. He was mustered out at Nashville, July 12, 1865. He then farmed and prosecuted claims against the government, and in 1881 became deputy United States revenue collector, Second District, but in 1885 he again engaged in the claim agency, and in November, 1886, was made clerk and master of chancery. He is a member of the G. A. R., at Jonesboro, and of Johnson Masonic Lodge, at Fall Branch, and of Jonesboro 1. 0. 0. F. Lodge, and K. of H. at Jonesboro. September 4, 1866, he married Martha J., a daughter of William Hall, a native of Greene County. They have five children. He and his wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
