John Hall (1728 - aft. 1765)

Born 2 Mar 1728 in Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia

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Biography

According to the transcribed Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, John was born in 1728 to James Hall and Ruth Evans. .^[1]

Amelia County was created from parts of Prince George county in 1735, and John Hall was documented in Amelia County. John first appeared on the tax rolls of Amelia County in 1746 listed in James Hall's household.^[2] It should be noted there were two other persons by the name of John Hall on the Amelia Tax records. The family was recorded below Deep Creek and later Nottoway Parish in Amelia County.

On 26 February 1756, James Hall Senior sold to his two sons, James Hall Jr. and John Hall , 400 acres in Amelia County including the plantations where each lived on the upper side of the lower fork of Woody Creek adjoining John Burge, William Standley and George Bagley's lines.^[3]

James Hall, Sr. of Amelia County wrote his will in 1758, and it was recorded in Northampton, North Carolina in August of 1764.^[4] John Hall was not listed as a legatee or mentioned in the will. Given that he was listed as a son on the 1756 deed, John possibly died before the writing of the will; however, there was one possible John taxed in Amelia county in 1765 with 200 acres:

• Amelia County 1765 Personal Property Tax Lists taxed John Hall for 200 acres, and 1 slave.

His brother, James Hall, Jr., sold his 200 acres of land conveyed in 1756 on the 4th of May 1764, and the deed noted the land bounded on John Hall's line as well as was witnessed by one John Hall.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Chamerlayne, Churchill Gibson, The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789 – Bristol Parish (Va.); Register, page 315, citing John Son of James and Ruth Hall; Transcribed and Published by Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne; Richmond, Virginia. Privately Printed. 1898. Digital images: Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Amelia County, Virginia, Lists of tithables, 1736-1782, Tithables (boxes 1-3), 1736-1771, Year 1746, citing John Hall, James Hall. Familysearch.org [database with images], Film 7856499, image 142 of 801
3. ↑ Amelia County Virginia, Deed Books Volume 5-6, 1753-1759, Deed Book 5, page 407, citing James Hall Sr., James Hall, John Hall. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images] Film 008141097, image 225 of 540.
4. ↑ Northampton County, North Carolina, Wills, 1759-1789, Vol. 01 > page 108-109, citing will of James Hall. Digital images: FamilySearch [database with images] Wills, Vol. 1-4, 1760-1844, (21 May 2014) image 72 of 882.
5. ↑ Amelia County Virginia, Deed Book v. 7-8, 1759-1765; Book 8, page 377, citing James Hall to Andrew Redford, 1764. Digital images: FamilySearch.org [database with images], Film #008141098, image 600 of 766.