He said he was born a Franklin, but Y DNA indicates the disconnect to the Franklin surname occurred at or prior to Elijah Hall, the current Most Distant Ancestor (MDA) for this lineage. Y DNA testing places the Hall men squarely in the FY02 Franklin group in the Franklin project at Family Tree DNA.
Sources
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V3CT-SJ7 : accessed 19 Aug 2014), Eliga Hall, Sep 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).-
Given Name: Eliga
Surname: Hall
Birth Date: 27 August 1877
Social Security Number: 432-66-5765
State: Arkansas
Event Date: September 1964
Age: 87
WWI Draft Card (attached)
WWII Draft Card (attached)
AR Marriage Record (attached)
US Federal Census - 12 Apr 1940, Star Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
US Federal Census - 10 Apr 1930, Star Hill, Washington County, Arkansas
US Federal Census - 28 Apr 1910, Oliver Spring, Crawford County, Arkansas
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eliga by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree: