The John HALL family of Stokes and Surry Counties, North Carolina

John and Elizabeth (Tuttle) HALL lived in Stokes Co., NC and raised a family of 5 known children. Some of their children stayed in NC while others followed migration routes into Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.

It is estimated John was born about 1758. John had probably come from Virginia. He died in 1826 near Germanton, NC. His wife, Elizabeth, was born about 1762 in Fairfax, Virginia. Their children were: Harrison (abt 1780) md. Rebecca EAST; Mary, called Polly, (3 Apr 1782) md. Francis R. SCOTT; Lewis (abt 1784) md. Mary W. SCOTT, she was a sister to Francis; Elizabeth (25 Jul 1784) md. Peter ROBERSON; Susanna (abt 1798) md. Eli D. JOHNSON.

As was common among many families of this era, siblings of one family would marry siblings of another. The SCOTT family connection is interesting as many of these descendants have been traced into Kentucky. Francis and Mary SCOTT, brother and sister who married into the John HALL family, were the children of Daniel and Ann Radford (Poindexter) SCOTT. Other children in that SCOTT family were: David (abt 1783); Robert R. (17 Aug 1790); Nancy (abt 1792); and Patsy Jane Malinda (abt 1796).

John HALL owned land in Germanton near John TUTTLE, his father-in-law. In 1803 he sold lot #10, a 1/2 acre lot in Germanton to Jacob SALMONS for 25 pounds. He also owned land on the Little Yadkin River which he gave to his children in various parcels from 1817 to 1821. This documentation exists:

DEEDS: Stokes Co., North Carolina, Book C, page 100: 10 Mar 1784 Wm. HILL to John HALBERT 160 pds. 84 A Townfork Creek. Witnesses: Richard GOODE, John HALL, John COSLEY.

DEEDS: Stokes Co., North Carolina, Book C, page 179-180: 15 Feb 1785 Thomas EVANS and wife, Anne to Samuel CLARK on Mill Creek. Witnesses: John GOODE and John HALL.

Estate Settlement of Joseph BITTING by wife, Rachael in December 1798 in Stokes Co., North Carolina: Listed as buying some items in this sale were John HALL, Harrison HALL, and John TUTTLE.

DEEDS: Stokes Co., North Carolina, Book 4, page 237: 11 June 1801 lists Constantine LADD to Harrison HALL for $50 U.S. money, Lot #38 and #11 in the town of Germanton on both sides of Buffalo Creek. Witnesses: Charles BONNER and John HALL.

WILL: Will of Constantine LADD of Germanton, N.C., dated 25 Oct 1801 is witnessed by John HALL. Probated December 1801.

DEEDS: Stokes Co., North Carolina, Book 4, page 235: 7 June 1803 lists John HALL to Jacob SALMONS for 25 pds. a 1/2 A lot (#10) on Main street of Germanton, North Carolina.

DEED: 10 Jan 1817 Land given on the Little Yadkin River from John HALL to Elizabeth HALL in Surry Co., NC. Wit: Lewis HALL FHL #344624 pg. 171

DEED: 16 Jan 1817 100 acres from John HALL to Susannah HALL in Surry Co., NC. This land by Lewis Hall's land. FHL #344624 pg. 162

DEED: 10 Dec 1818 100 acres from John HALL to Francis SCOTT in Surry Co., NC. This land adjoins Harrison HALL's land. Wit: Lewis HALL and Robert L. SCOTT FHL #344624 pg. 163

CENSUS: 1820 Surry Co., NC, John HALL: 1 male 10-16; 1 male over 45; 1 female 10-16; 1 female over 45.

DEED: May 1821 146 acres from John HALL to Lewis HALL in Surry Co., NC. FHL #344624 pg. 172.

Estate Papers of John HALL March 1826: Surry County. Listed as heirs: Harrison HALL, Lewis HALL, Francis SCOTT, the wife Polly. Eli JOHNSON, the wife Susannah. Must appear in Germanton in June 1826

A letter from L. Garrett MYERS of the Genealogical Society of Utah dated 27 Dec 1940 to Mrs. Audrey RASMUSSEN (a descendant of John HALL): "John Hall was obviously a Revolutionary or Indian War soldier for in 'North Carolina Colonial Records' we find many references to John Halls, and John Hall Jr. of various ranks under dates of 1751, 1755, 1781, 1783. A petition from Rowan County to form a separate county listed John Hall, and a petition for warrants for land in Anson (a nearby county) 30 Mar 1751, 200 acres, also included his name..." It could be that the John HALL of this article might be John HALL Jr. There are several John HALLs to sort out.

Harrison HALL moved from NC to KY abt 1829 and appears on the 1830 Laurel Co., KY census living near his sisters, Mary and Susannah. He later moved to Indiana and Illinois where he died. His children were: Winston (8 Feb 1818) md. Jane ROBERSON (moved to Missouri); Elizabeth (20 Nov 1820); Martha; John (abt 1826).

Elizabeth md. John BILLS, a tailor and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois during the 1840's. Her husband was the personal tailor of Joseph SMITH, the Mormon prophet. Elizabeth went West with her husband to Utah and were living there when gold was discovered in California in 1849. Her husband, John, disregarded the advice of Brigham YOUNG, who advised the Mormon men not to go to the gold fields, and took his small son Wesley and headed for California. He died on the trail near the Sierra Mountains. His small son, about 10 years old, returned alone on horseback 800 miles to his mother Elizabeth who had stayed in Salt Lake. Elizabeth then md. Henry MOWER.

Mary and her husband, Francis SCOTT had 10 children: Elizabeth Winston Tuttle (11 Nov 1807) md. George Pettit SPRINKLE; Daniel J. (5 Mar 1810) md. Nancy SMITH; John D. (abt 1814) md. Arena CAMPLIN; Francis P. (31 Oct 1816 md. Jane MORTON; William W. (1810-1820) md. Margaret HARPER; Mary (abt 1823) md. Louis ELIOTT; and 4 unidentified children. The SCOTT family stayed in Laurel Co., KY and have a large posterity.

Lewis and Mary W. (Scott) HALL had 11 children and stayed in NC. Lewis died abt 1834. Mary's estate was listed in 1859 in Yadkin Co., NC. The children of Lewis and Mary were: Martha (1811) md. ____ HUMPHLETE; John (abt 1813) md. Mary E. STOCKBURGER--- lived in Rowan Co., NC; Elizabeth T. (abt 1814); Mary W. (abt 1816); William (1814) md. Latesha _____; Malinda (abt 1821) md. Albert OVERBY; Daniel S. (abt 1823) md. Temperance EATON--- lived in Stokes Co; Sarah (abt 1826) md. Charles VEST--- they lived in Forsyth Co., NC; unidentified female (bn. abt 1825/1830) may have md. a BRINKLEY; Francis W. (1829) md. Malinda SHORE; Janes S. (abt 1832) md. Rufus A. OVERBY.

Elizabeth and Peter ROBERSON had at least 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. The only child identified to date is Peter ROBERSON (1815). They eventually ended up in Jasper Co., Missouri living near many ROBERSON relatives.

Susannah and Eli D. JOHNSON had 9 children, 8 sons and 1 daughter. 3 sons have been identified and all were born while the family lived in Illinois prior to their movement to Jasper Co., Missouri: Lewis (1831); Lafayette (1832): Thomas (1833).

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