John "David" David Hall

Name David Hall, GGGG Grandfather Birth bef 1780, Virginia Death bef 1820, Day's Mill, Fleming Co., Kentucky Spouse possibly Susan or Elizabeth (?) [Hall], GGGG Grandmother Children 1 F Sena Hall, GGGG Aunt Birth 1798/1800, Virginia Spouse Joseph Sorrell 2 M Isaac Hall, GGG Grandfather Birth abt 1803, Virginia Death abt 1861/1867, Morgan Co., Kentucky Spouse Anna ("Annie") Martin, GGG Grandmother 3 M Jacob Hall, GGGG Uncle Birth 1806/1808, Kentucky Death aft 1880 Spouse Nancy Brown, 5G Aunt Notes for David Hall According to family tradition, the father of Isaac, Jacob, and Sena Hall drowned in the Licking River at Day's Mill near Sherburne, in Fleming Co., shortly after the family moved to Kentucky from Virginia, and his wife died soon after. The orphaned children are said to have been raised in different families. However, since there is no tradition as to whom they were raised BY, yet they maintained family ties as siblings, I suspect that they were not really very young when they were orphaned, or they would have had stronger ties to their foster families than to each other. This suggests ca 1815-1820 for the death of their parents.

Bath Co., Kentucky, Deed Book C, p. 407 contains an indenture agreement dated October 11, 1820 stating that Isaac Hall, age 17, infant orphan of David Hall was indentured to a John Smith until age 21. He was to learn the trade of a blacksmith and to be paid 3 pound, ten shilling and a decent suit of clothes.

(The indenture did not necessarily occur soon after his father's death. He might have lived with his mother for some time after his father died before being apprenticed out.)

It may be that the widow Susan Hall who married Reuben Staton in 1813 in Bath Co. is their mother, in which case she may not have died as early as the family tradition holds. Notes for possibly Susan or Elizabeth (?) [Hall] Bath County Kentucky marriage bonds on LDS Microfilm 272003 (no page numbers, each bond is a separate sheet of paper, folded and bundled together), include a bond dated August 13, 1813 for Reuben Staton and Susan Hall. John Pervice provided surety, and swore that Susan was a widow. There is no mention of her late husband's given name or her maiden name.

This is the only widow Hall I can find in Bath or Fleming county records between 1811 and 1820, so it is a good possibility that she is the mother of Sena, Isaac and Jacob. I should try to find Reuben Staten in the 1820 census and see how old his wife is, also the 1810 census. Isaac & Jacob Hall would be about 16-17 and 12-14 in 1820. If the Reuben Staton household has more males of those ages in 1820 than would be accounted for by the males under 10 in 1810, then it would indicate that the widow Susan Hall had sons of the right age. It might also be good to look at Purvis deeds, wills and estate settlements to see if any of them list a daughter or sister Susan Hall (before Aug 1813) or Susan Staton (after Aug 1813.)

There is no Reuben Staton family in the 1820 or 1830 census of Bath Co. According to email correspondence with Virginia Baker, in 1820 and 1830 both Reuben Staton and John Purvis are in Sangamon Co., Illinois. I should check that census. The likelihood is very high that the widow Susan Hall who married Reuben Staton was a Purvis; whether or not she was also the mother of Sena, Isaac and Jacob is more speculative and needs further investigation.

One argument against it is that neither Sena, Jacob nor Isaac named any daughter Susan. They all named a daughter Elizabeth, however. (Sena and Isaac both named their first daughter Elizabeth, and Jacob so named his third daughter. In Sena's case she may have been named after Joseph Sorrell's mother, though.) But if the widow Susan Hall was not David's widow, then it would be interesting to find out who her first husband was.

1850 census

David Hall Residence: Lee county, Lee, Virginia Age: 70 years Calculated Birth Year: 1780 Birthplace: Virginia Gender: Male Race (original): Race (expanded): Death Month: Death Year: Film Number: 444945 Digital GS Number: 4206377 Image Number: 00266 Line Number: 1 Dwelling House Number: 896 Family Number: 923 Marital Status: Free or Slave:

	Household	Gender	Age

 	David Hall 	M 	70y 	Nancy Hall 	F 	75y

Notes from Todd Barber

It's plausable that Susan/Elizabeth Hall ran away from David Hall and he did not really drown in the river. This explains why a David Hall shows up in Virginia (with presumably a new spouse) in 1850 census. It's just an alternate theory but since this is a dead end in the tree recording it this way preserves options. It would be good to review the censuses as suggested in the prior notes.

GEDCOM Note

Notes for David Hall According to family tradition, the father of Isaac, Jacob, and Sena Hall drowned in the Licking River at Day's Mill near Sherburne, in Fleming Co., shortly after the family moved to Kentucky from Virginia, and his wife died soon after. The orphaned children are said to have been raised in different families. However, since there is no tradition as to whom they were raised BY, yet they maintained family ties as siblings, I suspect that they were not really very young when they were orphaned, or they would have had stronger ties to their foster families than to each other. This suggests ca 1815-1820 for the death of their parents. Bath Co., Kentucky, Deed Book C, p. 407 contains an indenture agreement dated October 11, 1820 stating that Isaac Hall, age 17, infant orphan of David Hall was indentured to a John Smith until age 21. He was to learn the trade of a blacksmith and to be paid 3 pound, ten shilling and a decent suit of clothes. (The indenture did not necessarily occur soon after his father's death. He might have lived with his mother for some time after his father died before being apprenticed out.) It may be that the widow Susan Hall who married Reuben Staton in 1813 in Bath Co. is their mother, in which case she may not have died as early as the family tradition holds.