Elisha Hall (abt. 1818 - aft. 1900)

Born about Jan 1818 in South Carolina, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Elisha was probably born between 1817 and 1829 (see Notes) in South Carolina, United States. He is the son of Henry Hall and Dicey (Driggers) Hall.

When his father died in 1844, Elisha was named as an heir. He received his portion of the estate Januray 21, 1848.^[1]

In 1850, 26 year old Elisha lived in Barbour County, Alabama, United States with siblings Henry (age 33), Daniel (age 30), Martha (age 24), Eliza (age 13), William (age 10), and Emeline (age 8). His niece Patience Croty (shown as Cronley, age 19) also lived there.^[2]

Elisha registered a land patent for 159.66 acres in the land office in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States March 15, 1851.^[3]

Elisha married Delilah Sheppard December 11, 1853 in Barbour County, Alabama, United States^[4] and they had at least nine children (see Notes).

In 1860, Elisha (age 31) and Delilah (age 21) lived in Dale County, Alabama, United States with their daughter Sarah (age 2). Delilah's parents (whose last name Sheppard was incorrectly shown as Shepherd) John (age 72) and Sarah (age 67) also lived with them, as well as Delilah's sister Sara Walding (age 27) and her children James R Walding (age 8), WW Walding (age 6), John B Walding (age 3), and newborn Elizabeth Walding. Elisha was a farmer and his father-in-law was a farm laborer. Elisha's sister Dicey lived next door and, just beyond her, was his brother Henry.^[5]

Elisha was 47 years old and a farmer in Clopton, Alabama, United States when he enlisted as a Private in the Confederate Army. He served in Company B of the 3^rd Battalion Reserves Infantry^[10] from 1864 to 1865.^[7]

In 1880, Elisha (age 53) and Delilah (shown as Deliley, age 41) lived in Dale County, Alabama, United States with children Sarah (age 23), John (age 16), Martha (age 14), Decey (age 12), Mary (age 9), William (age 6), Simon (age 4), and Wesley (age 1). A boarder D Reynolds (age 18) also lived with the family. Elisha was a farmer and John was a laborer.^[8]

July 12, 1899 Elisha applied for a military pension, based on his honorable discharge from Captain Littaker's company and being unable to make a living on account of old age.^[7]

In 1900, 82 year old Elisha was widowed and living in Grant, Coffee, Alabama, United States in the home of his son William (age 26), daughter-in-law Docia (age 20), and their children Lillie (age 1) and newborn John. William was a farmer.^[9]

Notes

Birth Year
Elisha's birth date varies, as shown in different records:

• about 1817 when he enlisted in the Confederate Army^[10]
• January 1818 in the 1900 census^[9]
• about 1819 in his Civil War Pension application^[7]
• about 1824 in the 1850 census^[2]
• about 1827 in the 1880 census^[8]
• about 1829 in the 1860 census^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Barbour County, Alabama Estate Case Files Ca. 1820-1918; Index, 1820-1915; Author: Alabama. Probate Court (Barbour County); Probate Place: Barbour, Alabama, Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, (see image), includes:

   Name: Henry Hall

   Probate Place: Barbour, Alabama, USA

   Inferred Death Place: Alabama, USA

   Item Description: Estate Case Files, Grubbs William - Hamrick J M - Hancock E J and G A and J A, 1820-1915

   Table of Contents

     69 images

     Cover Page 1

     Petition Papers 2–36

     Order Papers 37–38

     Petition Papers 39–58

     Account Papers 59–69

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-V9L : 4 April 2020), Henry Hall, Barbour county, Barbour, Alabama, United States; citing family 2253, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), (see image), includes:

   Name: Henry Hall

   Event Type: Census

   Event Date: 1850

   Event Place: Barbour county, Barbour, Alabama, United States

   Event Place (Original): Barbour county, Barbour, Alabama

   Gender: Male

   Age: 33

   Race: White

   Birth Year (Estimated): 1817

   Birthplace: South Carolina

   Schedule Type: 1850 Population

   House Number: 2184

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Henry Hall Male 33 South Carolina laborer

   Daniel Hall Male 30 South Carolina

   Elisha Hall Male 26 South Carolina

   Martha Hall Female 24 South Carolina

   Eliza Hall Female 13 Alabama

   William Hall Male 10 Alabama

   Emeline Hall Female 8 Alabama

   Patience Cronley Female 19 South Carolina

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} United States. Bureau of Land Management. Alabama Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patent and Cadastral Survey Plat Index. General Land Office Automated Records Project, 1996, United States, Bureau of Land Management. Alabama, U.S., Homestead and Cash Entry Patents, Pre-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997, includes: Name: Elisha Hall Land Office: Montgomery Document Number: 10618 Total Acres: 159.66 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 15 Mar 1851 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land Description: 1 SE ST STEPHENS No 12N 27E 23
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Dodd, Jordan R., comp. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920, Ancestry.com. Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, includes: Name: Elisha Hall Spouse: Delilah Sheppard Marriage Date: 11 Dec 1853 County: Barbour State: Alabama Performed By Title: Justice of the Peace Performed by Name: D A Norton
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDZ-N97 : 10 November 2020), Elisha Hall, 1860, (see image), includes:

   Name: Elisha Hall

   Event Type: Census

   Event Date: 1860

   Event Place: Dale, Alabama, United States

   Event Place (Original): Alabama, Dale

   Gender: Male

   Age: 31

   Race: White

   Birth Year (Estimated): 1829

   Birthplace: S. C

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Elisha Hall Male 31 S. C farmer

   Martha D Hall Female 21 Ala

   Sarah Hall Female 2 Ala

   John Shepherd Male 72 N. C farm laborer

   Sarah Shepherd Female 67 N. C

   Sarah Walding Female 27 Geo

   James R Walding Male 8 Ala

   W W Walding Male 6 Ala

   John B Walding Male 3 Ala

   Elizabeth Walding Female 0 Ala

6. ↑ Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research, Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009, includes: Name: Elisha Hall Enlistment Age: 47 Birth Date: abt 1817 Enlistment Date: 24 May 1864 Enlistment Place: Barbour County, Alabama Enlistment Rank: Private Muster Date: 24 May 1864 Muster Place: Alabama Muster Company: B Muster Regiment: 3rd Bn Reserves Infantry Muster Regiment Type: Infantry Muster Information: Enlisted Side of War: Confederacy Survived War?: Yes Residence Place: Clopton, Alabama Occupation: Farmer Title: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records; Research by Mike McGowan
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, includes: Name: Elisha Hall Enlistment Date: 1864 Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA Discharge Date: 1865 Regiment or Unit: 3rd Batt. Company Unit Name: Captain Littaker's Enlistment Info: Alabama, Camp Watts, Private Discharge Info: Honorably Discharged Pension Received?: Yes Remarks: Unable to make a living on account of old age. Age 80 years. P.O. Keyton, Alabama. Author: Pension application Coffee County 1899/07/12
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4JD-PKX : 11 November 2020), Elisha Hall, Dale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 65, sheet 664D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,010, (see image), includes:

   Name: Elisha Hall

   Event Type: Census

   Event Date: 1880

   Event Place: Dale, Alabama, United States

   Event Place (Original): Dale, AL

   Gender: Male

   Age: 53

   Marital Status: Married

   Race: White

   Race (Original): W

   Occupation: Farmer

   Birth Year (Estimated): 1827

   Birthplace: South Carolina, United States

   Father's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States

   Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina, United States

   Relationship to Head of Household: Self

   Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self

   Sheet Letter: D

   Sheet Number: 664

   Person Number: 0

   Volume: 1

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   Elisha Hall Self Male 53 South Carolina, United States farmer

   Deliley Hall Wife Female 41 Alabama, United States

   Sarah Ann Hall Daughter Female 23 Alabama, United States

   John H. J. Hall Son Male 16 Alabama, United States laborer

   Martha Hall Daughter Female 14 Alabama, United States

   Decey D. Hall Daughter Female 12 Alabama, United States

   Mary Hall Daughter Female 9 Alabama, United States

   William Hall Son Male 6 Alabama, United States

   Simon Hall Son Male 4 Alabama, United States

   Wesley M. Hall Son Male 1 Alabama, United States

   D. Reynolds Boarder Male 18 Alabama, United States

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls, 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, includes:

   Name: Elisha Hall

   Age: 82

   Birth Date: Jan 1818

   Birthplace: South Carolina, USA

   Home in 1900: Grant, Coffee, Alabama

   Sheet Number: 1

   Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 5

   Family Number: 5

   Race: White

   Gender: Male

   Relation to Head of House: Father

   Marital status: Widowed

   Father's Birthplace: South Carolina, USA

   Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina, USA

   Naturalization: Alien

   Months Not Employed: 12

   Can Read: No

   Can Write: No

   Can Speak English: Yes

   Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

   William A Hall Head Male 26 Alabama farmer

   Docia C Hall Wife Female 20 Alabama married 2 years, 2 children/2 living

   Lillie F Hall Daughter Female 1 Alabama

   John W Hall Son Male 0 Alabama

   Elisha Hall Father Male 82 South Carolina

10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1}