Person:James Hall (202)

Notes

• cos1776 Note: Not sure if he had 2 wives, Nancy then Sarah, or if it is 2 different James Halls.

1.   Perrin, William Henry, ed. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. (Chicago, IL, USA: O. L. Baskin, 1882)
   144.

   ... James Hall, was a native of Baltimore County, Md., and emigrated to Kentucky in 1796. He bought the place on which Jesse [Hall, his son] now lives, from a man named Theobald, who afterward moved to Georgetown, where he kept a tavern. ...
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   [cos1776 Note: contains error - as can be seen from the property records, James Hall was in Bourbon County before 1796.]

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Property Records, in Bourbon County, Kentucky Deed Book B, 1790-1794.

   Date: 5 Mar 1790
   From: James Hall
   To: John Smith
   Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-29
   Wit: Francis Fousher, Horatio Hall and John Allen
   Desc: One house and lot in Hopewell, Plat #29, fronting on Main st.
   
   Date: 31 Dec 1790
   From: Robert Hill
   To: Francis Major
   Type / pgs: Sale of Slave & Goods B-136
   Wit: James Littell, James Hall and William Theobalds
   Desc: Negro girl named G__ (Gen?) about 14 yrs old, bed, furniture, cow, etc.
   
   Date: 20 Sep 1791
   From: James Hall and wife, Nancy
   To: William Anderson
   Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-192
   Wit: Proven in Court
   Desc: A lot on the east side of Stoner and on the road leading to Limestone, known by No 2, adjoining sd Anderson's lot No 1. 100 feet x 66 feet x 160 feet
   
   Date: 25 Nov 1791
   From: Arthur McNickel
   To: John Jackson
   Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-188
   Wit: Thomas Reeder, Thomas West, John Simms and James Douglass
   Desc: A lot in Paris on the public line on the Public Grant Ave ... bounded by a lot sold to James Hall
   
   Date: 17 May 1792
   From: Arthur McNicle [McNickel]
   To: Samuel Harris
   Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-303
   Wit: Samuel Hall, John Jackson and William Kelly
   Desc: Part of a lot in Paris on Main street running 40 feet by 66 feet.
   
   Date: 5 Dec 1793
   From: James Hall and wife, Nancy
   To: John Pebles of Clark Co., KY
   Type / pgs: Bargain and Sale B-419 & 420
   Wit: James M. Shaw, Jacob Posey & Jas. Carson
   Desc: Lot No. 32 (?) in the town of Bourbon, adjoining the cross street that goes below John Smith's lot and extending down the Mark (?) street forty-five feet and 160 feet back
   
   Date: 29 Mar 1793
   From: James Hall
   To: William E. Webb.
   Type / pgs: Sale of Slave B-425 & 426
   Wit: James Carson & John Smith
   Desc: A negro boy named Dick, about 13 years of age

3. ↑ Will Abstract of James Hall, in usgwarchives.net - WILLS: HALL Surname, Bourbon County, Kentucky [1].

   916 HALL, JAMES Aug 5, 1822 H/183
   Wife: Sarah (plantation & household goods)
   Dau: Mary Betsy Massie, $10 (w/o Benj. J. Massie).
   Sons: John (1/7 of plantation) Joshua, Jesse (plantation), David.
   Exor: Joshua and Jesse, sons.
   Oath of Samuel and William Finley

4. ↑ Rights of Man (Paris, Kentucky)
   3, 27 Sep 1797.

   Fifty Dollars Reward,
   Stolen out of the stable of the subscriber, living near Paris, on Tuesday night last, a yellow bay horse, about fifteen hands and an half high, branded J on the shoulder S on the buttock, blaze face, his mane on his withers is short, dark bushy tail, some white on one of his feet, he was ran the day previous to his being taken, his feet were cuped and his hoofs neatly pared. Whoever apprehends the thief and secures him, so that he may be brought to punishment, shall have the above reward, or a generous reward for the horse alone.
   James Hall, Sept. 15.