Rachel (OQuinn) Hall (1792 - abt. 1860)

Descendants

Biography

A transcribed Bible record thought to be the Bible of sibling, JAMES O'QUIN, shows RACHEL was born 25 August 1792 to JOHN O'QUIN.^[1] According to Census records, RACHEL and other siblings were born in North Carolina.

Testimony of Rachael Hall for Elander Girtman

The family migrated to Colleton County, South Carolina by 1803. RACHEL would have been the female enumerated as age 16-25 on the 1810 Census in the household of JOHN O'Quin:^[2] After 1810, the family migrated to Pike County Mississippi. The testimony of RACHAEL HALL on 30 June 1852 in Pike County, Mississippi on the Pension and Bounty Land Warrant application on behalf of sister, ELANDER, proves that JOHN HALL was in South Carolina in 1810 when ELANDER married, and helps prove RACHEL was the daughter of JOHN OQUINN.^[3] .

Her oldest son was born in 1815 which suggests she married ARMSTEAD HALL in Mississippi about 1813. No marriage records are available for Pike County, Mississippi until 1882. She was his second wife. It should be noted family tradition that RACHEL married ARMSTEAD in South Carolina is not true. ARMSTEAD's wife REBECCA was alive when he migrated to Mississippi, and RACHEL's family was never documented in Edgefield, South Carolina.

The 1820 Census for Pike County, Mississippi enumerated the household of "ARMSTED" HALL with:^[4]

• 2 males under 10[John J., Ezekial Benjamin ],
• 1 male 10-16[William M, step-son],
• 1 male 26-45,
• 2 females under 10[ Parmella B, Gracy Ann],
• 1 female 10-16[Barsheba, step-daughter],
• 1 female 16-26[Rachel]

According to the Pike county tax records, ARMSTEAD was taxed on land on Magee Creek until 1827. Based on available tax records from 1829 to 1843, ARMSTEAD and RACHAEL owned land in Section 13 of Township 2, Range 9 which was on the Bogue Chitto River.^[5]

In February 1833. ARMSTEAD and RACHEL, his wife, were received by letter to the Silver Creek Baptist Church.^[6]

By 1840, son, JOHN J., had married, and was enumerated as a separate household. ARMSTEAD's household on the 1840 Census consisted of:^[7]

• 1 male 10-15[Miles A.], 2 male 15-20[(?) & Armstead Jr.],
• 1 male 20-30[Ezekial B.], 1 male 60-70,
• 2 females 5-10[ Jane and Harriett ], 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50[Rachel]

In 1850, two children remained in 72 year old ARMSTEAD HALL, Senr and 58 year old RACHAEL's household, MILES A age 25, and JANE age 18.^[8]

The 1856 personal tax list for Pike County, Mississippi filed on 6 October 1856, recorded tax on RACHEL HALL for one slave under 60 which indicates ARMSTEAD died before that date.^[9]

In 1860, RACHEL was enumerated on the Census in the household of her daughter, JANE HALL THORNHILL.^[10] According to descendants, she passed away about 1860.

Research Notes

There was an O'Quin family documented in Pike County, Mississippi as well as a Quinn family whose name became Anglicized in the Eighteenth Century documents of North Carolina. Rachel is from the O'Quin family.

Luke Ward Conerly's history of families of Pike County, lists the following as children of Rachel and Armstead Hall;

• Ezekiel [Benjamin] Hall [1817-1890] who married Bertha Sandifer,
• John [J.], born 1815] who married Martha Prewett;
• Armistead Hall, Jr who married Nancy B., Thomas David Forest's first wife;
• Gracia [Gracy Ann, born 1819] who married Abraham Lazar;
• Jane Hall [born 1832] who married James Thornhill and her twin
• Harriett Hall who married Leroy Breland;

A descendant of Barsheba Hall claims the following three in Conerly's book were born to Armstead's first wife, Rebecca.^[11]

• William Hall [born 1808], married a daughter of Jake Owens;
• Patsey Hall [born 1803] married David O'Quin, and
• Barsheba, [born 1806] married Rev. Daniel O'Quin.^[12]

Some descendants show THOMAS JEFFERSON HALL born about 1828 is a son of Rachel O'Quin and Armstead Hall. No sources are given to confirm he is their child other than the 1850 Census records in Pike County for Thomas J Hall age 22, head of household. An analysis of the Census as well as tax records of Pike County, Mississippi shows Armstead and William Hall were both enumerated in 1840 each having a male in the household age 10 to 15. On the 1850 Census, Miles A Hall age 25 is in the household of Armstead which means Miles would have been 15 in 1840; therefore, Thomas Jefferson who would have been 12 in 1840 is perhaps the son of William Hall. A document or source is needed to confirm who the father is.

Sources

1. ↑ Rootsweb.com, Mississippi, Yazoo County, Family Histories Home, Bible Pages, James O’Quin, copied by M. A. Causey , Jackson, Mississippi, and William Houston of Fresno, California; images, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~msyazoo/family_histories/Bible_Pages/OQuin_James.htm
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBD-9DMW?cc=1803765&wc=QZZZ-M64%3A1588180002%2C1588181621%2C1588179902 : 1 December 2015), South Carolina > Colleton > Not Stated > line 21, citing John O'Quinn, image 18 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ Fold3.com, War of 1812, Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application, 31378374, Girtman, Elender, image 17, 18, citing Rachael Hall
4. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census ; Mississippi, Pike; Page: 92, household 13; NARA Roll: M33_58; Image: 124. Ancestry.com. [database on-line], image 12 of 31, citing household of Armsted Hall. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
5. ↑ Mississippi, State Archives Various Records, 1820-1951, Pike County, County tax rolls, 1827-1842, Box 375, County tax rolls 1843, Box 3301
6. ↑ Bevin J. Creel, 19th Century Baptist Church Records of Marion and Pike Counties, Mississippi, [no publisher listed] 2013; Silver Creek Baptist Church Minutes, Pike County, page 7, citing Hall.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBC-PCM?cc=1786457&wc=31S2-T88%3A1588666648%2C1588665952%2C1588665902 : 24 August 2015), Mississippi > Pike > Not Stated > citing Armstead Hall; image 13 of 48; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4LX-P21 : 12 April 2016), Armshad Hall, Pike county, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing family 103, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
9. ↑ Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Series 1202: County Tax Rolls, 1818-1902, Pike County, 1856-Personal, page 10, image 11 of 30, citing Rachel Hall.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GD-J1R : 14 December 2017), Racheal Hall in entry for James M Thornhill, 1860.
11. ↑ Personal knowledge of descendant, B. H. Everseel, 6 Sept 1995
12. ↑ Conerly, Luke Ward, Pike County Mississippi 1798-1876 Pioneer Families and Confederate Soldiers,1841, page 87, citing Rachel O'Quinn, 1909, Nashville, Tennessee; Brandon Printing Company