Sarah (Giles) Hall (abt. 1762 - 1851)

Born about 1762 in Maryland

Descendants

Died Feb 1851 at about age 89 in Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Giles) Hall was a Maryland colonist.

Sarah (Unknown) Hall was born ~1755 in Maryland.

Sarah married William Hall (1758 - 1844).

Their children were...

1. John Hall (1781 - 1860)
2. Eleanor Hall (~1786 - 1810)
3. Squire Hall (1789 - 1854)
4. Nancy (Hall) Bear (1799 - 1879)
5. Henry Hall (1801 - 1878)
6. Sarah (Hall) Phillips (1805 - 1863).

Little is known about Sarah. She gave her marriage date as the spring of 1781 when she filed an affidavit shortly after Hall’s death in 1844. At that time, she said she was 82, placing her birth at 1761/62. The 1850 census gives her age as 95, or born 1764/65. Her maiden name is from FindAGrave without a source.

She was living with her daughter, Nancy Bear, in 1850 census age 95.

Sarah died in January 31, 1851 in Milton Township, Jefferson, Indiana, United States aged ~95. She is buried in Demaree Cemetery, China, Indiana.

Sources

• Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Milton, Jefferson, Indiana; Roll: 154; Page: 194A

• The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 18

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 October 2020), memorial page for Sarah Hall (1762–Feb 1851), Find a Grave Memorial no. 48435636, citing Demaree Cemetery, China, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA