Sam was born in 1897 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He was the son of John P. Hall and Geneva Mullinix.
When he was 22 he married Nora Lee Burns in Cumnock, North Carolina. They had nine children, six boys, and three girls. Sam worked at a sawmill in Cumnock for a while and then became a North Carolina Forest Ranger.
He passed away in 1986 in Cumnock and was buried in Cumnock Community Cemetery.
Sources
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X33R-LYV : accessed 7 July 2021), Sam Hall, West Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 16B, line 66, family 319, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 2,341,436.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSL-MTK : 9 January 2021), Sam D Hall, Township 6 West Sanford, Lee, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 53-7, sheet 19A, line 28, family 306, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2935.
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR1-6YS3 : 23 October 2019), Sam Dewitt Hall, 16 Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGH1-9HV : 18 July 2017), Sam Dewitt Hall, 26 Oct 1986; citing Cumnock, Lee Co., North Carolina, v 43A cn 43247, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,991,228.
"North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTW-3DGM : 13 November 2019), Sam Dewitt Hall, 26 Oct 1986; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102155846.
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/94746454/samuel-dewitt-hall : accessed 07 July 2021), memorial page for Samuel Dewitt Hall (8 Oct 1897–26 Oct 1986), Find A Grave: Memorial #94746454, citing Cumnock Community Cemetery, Cumnock, Lee County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Doc Wilson (contributor 47464039) .
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