Willis Hall (1795 - 1857)

Died 1857 at about age 62 in Goldsboro, North Carolina

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Biography

"Willis Hall was appointed Deacon."^[1]

“The Court doth thereupon appoint commissioners from each captain's district in said county, namely: James Griswold, John Kennedy, Hardy Yelverton, Benjamin Aycock, T. T. Simms, Ethelred Sauls, W. H. Gardner, John Everett, Bryant H. Pate, William Carroway, John Becton, and Willis Hall, to prepare a plan for a new Court House..."^[2]

"21-140 8 Aug 1848 Willis HALL of Wayne to Henry ROBERTS Jr of Wayne, for $358, 179a both sides of Railroad and both sides of road from Gidding's Place to James KORNEGAY's. Witness: Wm J. HALL, W. EDWARDS."^[3]

Research Notes

• Willis Peola Hall - Marriage in 1822? [4]

• A descendant of this man has a Y-DNA match to a descendant of Myrtle Thurston Hall.

Sources

1. ↑ Wayne County, NC - First Presbyterian Church, A Short Historical Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Goldsboro, North Carolina.[1]
2. ↑ 1848, Ollen Coor, Esq., Sheriff, reported that at an election held on August 3, 1848.[2]
3. ↑ Wayne formed 1779 from Dobbs Deeds, Marty Grant - (Marvin A. Grant Jr) Kinston, NC [3]

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-XNC : 16 July 2015), Willis Hall, 1820.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-LD4 : 18 August 2015), Willis Hall, Capt Whitfield District, Wayne, North Carolina, United States; citing 507, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 125; FHL microfilm 18,091.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYJ-GBS : 24 August 2015), Willis Hall, Buck Swamp District, Wayne, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 223, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 374; FHL microfilm 18,098.

• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-MFS9 : 20 November 2015), Willis P Hall, 1872; citing Wayne County, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,224,919.