Hillary Hall (abt. 1855)

Born about 1855 in Texas, United States

Biography

Hillary Hall is a part of US Black heritage.

Hillary's sister Maggie Jackson was interviewed in Douglasville, Texas in 1937 about her life, and her time as an enslaved person.

"I am about 80 years old and was a chile during slavery times. My papa's name was Tom Spencer Hall and my mama's name was Margaret Hall. My brothers and sisters was Mary and Barbara and Alice and Octavia and Andrew and Thomas and Hillary and Eugenia and Silas and Thomas. We was a big fam'ly. My mama was Sam Oliver's slave, but my papa lived a mile away with Masta Sam Carlow."

Interview: sister Maggie Jackson was interviewed in Douglasville, Texas as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Maggie Jackson - Vol. 16, Part 2, Texas, pages 185-186, images 190-191 of 300.

Uncertain: "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8G-KVQG : 20 February 2021), Hilary Hall, 1893.