Person:James Hall (106)

Parents

• Parents = Edward Hall and Amelia Garrett
  • Source: James Hall is identified as a son of Edward Hall by Edward's 1835 Will ¹. Edward's only known wife was Amelia "Milly" Garrett, therefore it is generally accepted that she was the mother of James Hall.

Spouses

• Spouse 1 = Mary "Polly" White
  • Source: Wife "Mary" is listed with James Hall in 1850, 1860, 1870, & 1880 census records. Her maiden name is identified as "White" in 1856 on dau Armilda's birth certificate and again in 1917 on dau Emily (Hall) Burgess' death certificate. (See their pages for citations.)

Residences

• POSSIBLE MATCH - On 10 Jun 1815, Henry Batterton of Millersburgh ran an ad in the Western Citizen offering a reward for a deserted apprentice to the Cabinet Making Business, namely James Hall, 17 years old.¹⁰ This means a birthdate of 1797/98 which is older than we currently think, but not impossible.
• said to have lived on Noland's Creek in Estill County. Source needed.

Death and Burial

• Theory 1 = Jan 1880 in Montgomery, Trigg, KY
  • Source: This death info appears for James Hall in many online trees and at ancestry.com. It appears to be coming from a death record for a James Hall in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Federal Mortality Census Schedules, 1850-1880, and Related Indexes, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T655; Archive Roll Number: 20; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Montgomery, Trigg, Kentucky; Page: 1.
  • Status: NOT LIKELY - James Hall did not live in Trigg County. In the same year (1880) he can be found living with his wife in the US Fed census for Estill County, KY.

• Theory 2 = 27 Aug 1863 in Nolands Creek, Estill, KY
  • Source: This death date appears for James Hall in many online trees.
  • Status: DISPROVED - James appears with his wife and children in the 1870 & 1880 census records, so clearly this is not correct.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Will Transcript of Edward Hall, in Estill County, Kentucky Will Book
   D:72.

   [Estill County, KY Will Book D:72]
   [ HALL, EDWARD. Will:23 Jan 1835. Proven: ???]
   

   In the name of God Amen I Edward Hall of the County of Clark and the State of Kentucky being in sound mind and memory calling to mind the mortality of this body and certain of death when it shall please God to call me home do make ordain and deliver this to be my last will and Testiment and none other revoking and disallowing all other will or wills and this only to be taken for my last Will in the first place my will is that all just debts be paid and secondly that my body shall be decently enterred my will is that my beloved wife shall have a decent maintanace out of my estate such as to have one third if she thinks proper to take it the balance of my estate I will to my son Bryant Hall both real and personal to have the same at my death my will is that the balance of my six children shall have nothing (to wit) Thomas Hall, Garret Hall, Jesse Hall, Martin Hall, James Hall, and Elizabeth Welsh late Elizabeth Hall shall hold the amount they have severlly rec and no more of my estate at my death and lastly I constitute and appoint my trusty friend and son Bryant Hall executor of this my last will and testiment in testimony where - of -- I have unto sit my hand and seal this 23rd day of January 1835.
   

   Edward (X) Hall (seal)
   Attest his James Bybee ; John M. Barber mark
   

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   [Caution: Transcript not verified.]
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   [Identifies James as a son of Edward Hall.]

2. ↑ Clark, Kentucky, United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1810; Census Place: , Clark, Kentucky; Roll: 9; Page: 132; Image: 0181354; Family History Library Film: 00140.
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   Name: Edward Hall
   Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Clark, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 <--[b 1800-1810: Bryant (1802) & James (1804)]
   Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 2 <--[b 1795-1800: Jesse (1794) & Martin (1798)]
   Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2 <--[b 1785-1795: Garret (1792) & Thomas (1793)]
   Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 <--[b bef 1765: HOH Edward]
   
   Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1 <--[b 1795-1800: Elizabeth (1796)]
   Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1 <--[b bef 1765: wife Milly]
   Number of Household Members Under 16: 5
   Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
   Number of Household Members: 9

3. ↑ 1820 census goes here.
4. ↑ POSSIBLE MATCH for review, in Clark, Kentucky, United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   1830 US Census; Census Place: , Clark, Kentucky; Page: 80; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 35; Family History Film: 0007814.
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   Name: Edward Hall
   Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clark, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 [b.1801-1810: either son Bryant (b 1802) or James (b 1804)]
   Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 [b.1751-1760: HOH Edward Hall (b 1757)]
   Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1 [b.1761-1770: wife Milly Hall (b 1767)]
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
   Total Free White Persons: 3
   Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 3
   
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5. ↑ Estill, Kentucky, United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1840; Census Place: , Estill, Kentucky; Roll: 109; Page: 68; Image: 141; Family History Library Film: 0007825.
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   Name: James Hall
   Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Estill, Kentucky
   Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 [b.1835-1840: unknown son]
   Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 [b.1801-1810: husband James Hall]
   Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 [b.1835-1840: dau Arzela (1835)]
   Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 [b.1811-1820: wife Mary]
   
   Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
   No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
   Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
   Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
   Total Free White Persons: 4
   Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4
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   [Note: Some speculate that the unknown son b. 1835-1840 is "Micajah Hall".]

6. ↑ Estill, Kentucky, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1850; Census Place: , Estill, Kentucky; Roll: M432_198; Page: 63A; Image: 362.
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   Name: James Hall
   Age: 46
   Birth Year: abt 1804
   Birthplace: Kentucky
   Home in 1850: Estill, Kentucky
   Gender: Male
   Family Number: 235
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   James Hall 46
   Mary Hall 37
   Arzela Hall 13
   Garrett Hall 12
   Elizabeth Hall 9
   Emily Hall 4
   Mary H Hall 2

7. ↑ Estill, Kentucky, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1860; Census Place: , Estill, Kentucky; Roll: M653_365; Page: 165; Image: 165; Family History Library Film: 803365.
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   Name: James Hall
   Age in 1860: 54
   Birth Year: abt 1806
   Birthplace: Kentucky
   Home in 1860: Estill, Kentucky
   Gender: Male
   Post Office: Irvine
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   James Hall 54
   Mary Hall 47
   Elizabeth Hall 17
   Emily Hall 13
   Sally Hall 7
   Armilea Hall 4
   Garret Hall 22

8. ↑ Estill, Kentucky, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1870; Census Place: Forks Precinct, Estill, Kentucky; Roll: M593_459; Page: 512A; Image: 287; Family History Library Film: 545958.
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   Name: James Hall
   Age in 1870: 64
   Birth Year: abt 1806
   Birthplace: Kentucky
   Home in 1870: Forks Precinct, Estill, Kentucky
   Race: White
   Gender: Male
   Post Office: Irvine
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   James Hall 64
   Mary Hall 53
   Sallie A Hall 16
   Armilda Hall 13

9. ↑ Estill, Kentucky, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Year: 1880; Census Place: Forks, Estill, Kentucky; Roll: 412; Family History Film: 1254412; Page: 18C; Enumeration District: 036; Image: 0226.
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   Name: James Hall
   Age: 74
   Birth Year: abt 1806
   Birthplace: Kentucky
   Home in 1880: Forks, Estill, Kentucky
   Race: White
   Gender: Male
   Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
   Marital Status: Married
   Spouse's Name: Mary Hall
   Father's Birthplace: Virginia
   Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
   Occupation: Farmer
   
   Household Members: Name Age
   James Hall 74
   Mary Hall 68
   Dillard P. Hall 1 [grandson]

10.   Western Citizen (Paris, Kentucky)
    3, 10 Jun 1815.

    6 1/4 Cents Reward.
    DESERTED the service of the subscribers on Saturday the 20h inst JAMES HALL, an apprentice to the Cabinet Making Business, he is in the 17th year of his age, well grown - the above reward will be given to any person who will apprehend the said boy, and fetch him home, but no other charges paid.
    HENRY & M. BATTERTON.
    Millersburgh, May 29, 1815.