JACOB HALL
UNKNOWN HALL | SARAH WOMACK | |||
date unknown in TN | abt 1800 in TN |
Ben Hall
Hiram Hall Born abt 1824 in Arkansas. Hiram and his brother Ben went to California during the great Gold Rush and were never heard from again.
Jacob Hall Born abt 1825 in Arkansas. Died in 1902 in Oklahoma. He is purported to be buried around Fort Gibson, in the Greenleaf cemetery, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
Jacob's first wife was Hannah according to census data, aka Eliza Jones by family records, with whom he had Charlotte Temple "Lottie", Christopher Columbus "Lum", Benjamin Franklin "Frank", Lafayette "Lafe" and a twin to Lafayette. After Hannah's death, Jacob married Nancy Elizabeth Edwards.
According to some Hall family, Nancy Elizabeth's maiden name was Edwards and had been born in Springfield Missouri. They say she had been married twice before Jacob. Once to a Tom Newman who was thrown from a horse into a tree and was killed. Her second husband was a third cousin of hers, whose last name was Edwards. He died of pneumonia the night their child Eliza Edwards was born.
However, no records can be found substantiating these stories. In fact, Nancy always states in every census that she was born in AR and her parents TN. There is a Nancy Edwards living in the HH of a John Edwards in Benton County, AR in the 1860 census whose age matches our Nancy and who had been born in Arkansas. Her parents however were from NC.
I find it also interesting the choice of names for his first children. Benjanmin Franklin Hall, Christopher Columbus Hall, William Penn Hall are all names we know. But here are a couple we are probably less familiar with today. Marcus D Lafayette Hall was most likely named after Marquis De Lafayette, a man known for his influence in both the American and French Revolution. And Charlotte Temple Hall. In the late 1700's early 1800's one of the most widely read and purchased books was a novel about a young girl who had come to America. The name of the book and the name of the girl was Charlotte Temple.
Jacob was Church of Christ which at that time were known as Campbellites. When his son, William Penn Hall surrendered to preach as a Missionary Baptist preacher, Jacob was quite upset. In fact, it is said he never went inside the Baptist church to hear his son preach. However, one Sunday, he was caught standing outside the church by the window listening!
Abraham Hall.
Bernice Hall . Buried beside her mother, Sarah Womack Hall in Blue Mountain (aka Briar Creek) Cemetery in Logan County, Arkansas. .
John Hall Born abt 1812 in Arkansas. John Hall is assumed to be a brother since he next door to Jacob Hall in Scott County, AR in 1850. A John Hall found in Calaveras County, CA in 1880. This John lists his birth as 1818 Arkansas with both parents from TN. It is possible that John went to California along with Hiram & Ben.