Billy Webb Elizabeth Black
Much has been speculated on who was the father of William Hall, born 1764, in South Carolina, but to date, what we do know and that we can document, is provided below. There are no known wills, Bible records, court records, etc. That we can document belonging to our Hall family before William. We have yet to prove that we came from Holland, British Isles, England or that we are Scotch Irish. Our brick wall is like many other families, who named each other with the same names generation after generation. We have ruled out the Princeton theory.
Our oral history suggest a little of all above. Our progenitor, William 'Billy' Hall, was born in 1764 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, possibly in the Campobello section. We think he spent 30-40 years in South Carolina and North Carolina. When they left South Carolina, they crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into the the Mud Creek section of North Carolina. Mud Creek runs almost the full length of Henderson County then into Buncombe County. The waters of Mud Creek empties into the French Broad River near West Asheville.
Billy had a son, Samuel, born in 1801 or 1805 in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Billy also had another son we have record of also named Billy. We also have information on one daughter named Hannah who married Joseph (Joe) Finney. The records in Edgefield, South Carolina, and also in Spartanburg, South Carolina, show that the Halls and Finneys came from the lower counties of South Carolina. William 'Billy' Hall and his two sons, Samuel and Billy, Jr., moved to the Dutch Bottom area (near Newport) in Cocke County, Tennessee. Some say they spent 9-11 years (about 1822-33) at Dutch Bottom.
Some suffered ill health in this area, and they sought another place to live. The Finneys were already on Hall`s Top in an area known as the Finney Patch. We think Hannah Hall Finney and her husband Joe lived in this area, and she was instrumental in the Hall`s moving to the mountain. After going to Hall's Top, the Halls and Finneys made trips by walking together to Charleston to visit relatives. About 1832 or 1833, they made application for land grants on the mountain. They requested 600 acres of land but only 400 were deeded to them. They had to wait 7 years before this land was granted, so they didn`t move their families to the mountain until 1839.
By this time they had built hunting camps on the expected land (later known as ). About 1839 or 1840, some three or four families move to the mountain and raised large families of Halls, Finneys, James, Balls and Ellisons. The true story goes when they had 10 or 12 families, they built a log school house, and the county sent them a teacher. The log building was used also as a church for many years.
At one time, 28 families lived on the mountain. Most people moved away by the year 1900. At this time, the old fields are grown and only a few old apple trees remain. The old home place with blackened chimney rock reminds us of life on the 'mountain' many, many years ago. Billy, Jr., moved to Blount County, Tennessee, and had a family.
We don`t have any more history on him. Sr., (William) was married twice.
His first wife was Sarah Wooten. They had 6 children - 2 boys and 4 girls. Apparently, she is the mother of Hannah, Samuel, and Billy, Jr.
Sarah is buried on Hall`s Top. His second wife was, and they had 3 children. Billy died on May 1, 1859. He is buried on Hall`s Top, and also his wife Jinnie is buried there. Samuel Hall b.
1806 (son of Billy, Sr.) married Martha 'Patsy' Brewington. Martha was born October, 1808. (Previous historys spelled her last name 'Bruington', however, the 'Brewington' spelling is believed correct and has been found in records. Martha was the daughter of James Brewington and Sarah Haze(l)cock. It has been told that the Brewingtons and the family went to the gold fields of California and were never heard from again. However, we do know the Cleary`s went to Texas. Samuel and Martha had 6 boys and 3 girls.
He died February, 1893. He and Martha are buried on Hall`s Top. (Samuel was born 1801 or 1805 - page 1.). William Hall dob 1831. Henry Hall dob 1833. Lucinda Hall dob 1834.
dob 1836. Samuel Hall, Jr. Dob 1838. James Hall dob 1841. Sarah Hall dob 1843. Elizabeth Hall dob 1846. Allen Hall dob 1848 The following information is on the children of Samuel and Martha Hall and their descendants: (1) William (Bill) Hall married Nancy Green.
Nancy was a sister to Sarah Green Children were:. Bill Hall b. Dridamy Cordelia McGaha. 'Long' John Wesley Hall(pictured here) (named for uncle) married Frances Bullington (see below). James Henry Hall b. Sarah Ellen McGaha.
Allen Hall. Martha Hall b. Sara Hall married James Harvey Arrowood. Sara died in 1938. She was 73 years old.
Sara`s obituary noted that she was survived by three brothers: John Hall, of Wolf Creek Tn. Allen Hall of Gastonia N.C. And Henry Hall Newport,Tn. Two sisters: Mrs. Lou Hall Vinson and Betty Hall Ball, both of Newport,Tn.
Children of James Harvey Arrowood and Sara Hall Arrowood were: John Arrowood Of High Shoals, N.C. Sam Arrowood of High Shoals, N.C. Victor Arrowood of High Shoals, N.C. Ed Arrowood of White Pine, Tn Arthur Arrowood m. Leath Wiggins of High Shoals N.C. W.E Arrowood of Newport Tn.
Margaret Arrowood married a Spitzer Harrison Arrowood of Robbinsville N.C. Carrie Arrowood m. Joe Black Allan Hall m. Alley Black Runyon Florence Arrowood Webb married Melvin Albert Webb and after his death in 1929, remarried Dillion Black of Gastonia N.C.
Dillion Black, Joe Black and Alley Black were siblings. Bets Hall b. 1869 married James Ball. Lucinda 'Cindy' Hall married a Vinson. 'Long' John married Frances Bullington Hall dau.
Of James Bullington. Frances was born Mar. 10, 1867 died Mar.
27, 1960 in Greenville/Spartanburg, S.C. John Wesley Hall was born Feb. 28, 1865 Mar. 7, 1958.Headstone of John Wesley Hall reads 1958, but actual date of death was 1954 according to his family members. Frances Bullington, wife of 'Long' John Wesley Hall and Nancy Jane Bullington, wife of Isaac James were twins, also. They were called Fran and Nan.
Children of 'Long' John and Frances were: -Ida Hall (1888-1968), She married Frank Briggs. One known dau. Of Ida and Frank Briggs: Hattie Mae.Caleb 'Cape' Lives in Pennsylvania. He is thought to be the oldest living Hall in the family. Children: Jerry, Sheldon, Scott, Nelson, Ruth m. Alex Hall (son of James Hall and Sarah Green). Rachel is buried at Bell Hill. Children: U.A., Lawson, Ellis, Kat, Lee and Walt.
(Rachel is how her name is spelled on the tombstone.) -Odie -Flora m. William McGaha (Both buried at Bell Hill.) Children: Roy and Velma m.
Melvin Brown.Frank 'Elmer' m. Iva Alice Roberts. Children: Everette (Deceased) m. Evelyn Mason Everette's Children: Janice m. Wayne Horton; Cathy m. A Cantrell; Tim; E. Marion Davis E.
S Children: Danny; Dianne m. Cole; Christine m. A Tillman -Ike (Isaac) -Carl Wesley Carl Wesley Hall, born March 25th 1913, Swane Co., N.C. Died Jan 15th 1993, Knox Co., Tn Married: Dorothy Ricker in 1939 Children of Carl Wesley Hall were: Francis June Hall born 1940 Cocke Co., Tn D: 1967 Knox Co., Tn and Daniel Boyd Hall born 1953 Knox Co., Tn Rachel Hall is the daughter of Daniel Boyd Hall (2) Henry Hall married Cindy Cook. Children were:.
Bill Hall married Martha Jane Turner. Allen Hall b. 4/10/1931 in Spartanburg County, S.C. Married Mary Ellen Arrowood born 4/19/1875.
'Short' John Hall married Cynthia Banks on 1/1/1895. Martha Hall married on 1/28/1903. Lawson Fish was born Aug. 1885. Sarah (Sal) Hall married George (Burke) Mantooth. Elizabeth (Bets) Hall married Geoge Conard. Susie Hall married Henry Finney.
Children of Susie and Henry Finney were: Pete Finney m. Tilda Ellison (dau. Of Matha Anne Hall and John Ellison). Oscar Finney Charley Finney Andy Finney Emeline Finney (Burke) Sarah Finney (3) Samuel Houston Hall m. Children were:.
Bill Hall m. 'Little' Bets Hall. Sam 'Possum Face' Hall m.
2 or 3 times. Jim Hall m. Near Tazewell, Tennessee. Lucinda 'Cindy' Hall m. Jim Ball on 25 March 1891. Morning Hall never married. (4) born 4 Oct.
Sarah Hux (1st wife. Children of John Wesley and Sarah Hall were:. m. Sarah Cook - April 3, 1875, Haywood Co. Sarah Hall m. Robert Hall 7-17-1876, Haywood County.
Nelson Hall (taken by Hux family when a baby - probably after the death of Sarah, his mother) John Wesley`s second wife was Susannah Davis. Children John Wesley and Susannah Hall were:. Nathan Andrew Hall m.
Martha Jane Nelson. (Reverend) William Hall. James Randolph Hall m. First Sarah Nelson and secondly Ida Caldwell. Charles Hall b.
Margaret Nelson. One know son: Hiram Jackson Hall b.
Alice Gray b. 24 May 1987. Mary Hall m. Amanda 'Mandy' Hall m. (5) James Hall born 1841 m. Sarah Green (sister to Nancy Green). They were other children, but below is what we know of.
Known children of James and Sarah Hall were:. Martha Anne Hall b. 1948, buried at Noah Ellison Cemetery, married 1 July 1877 John Ellison born 22 June 1856 d. 1937 and buried in Topper Cemetery. Samuel Elbert 'Moten' Hall b.
Sarah Elizabeth Webb
6 June 1867 in Hartford, Tn. 22 July 1943 buried at Bell Hill Cemetery married Matildy Messer on 3 March 1884.
Known children: David, Horace, Hobart, Alex and Elizabeth. Matilda Messer 'Tilda' was born 22 Feb. 1865 and died ca. She is buried at Bullington Cemetery. She was the dau. Of Eli Messer and Betty Price Messer.
Matilda first married James Messer and had one child, Orea Bell James. Bill (Bruce) Hall b. Buried at James Cemetery m. (1) Lourainey Caldwell on Sept 12, 1883. They had a daughter named Sarah. Buried in Louraineys Thicket His second wife was Nan Clark, and they had a dau. David Hall b.
1883 Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Hall. They had 2 boys and 5 girls. James Alex Hall b. 1958 buried at Graceland Cemetery m.
Rachel Hall dau. Of Long John Hall and Frances Bullington.
They had 4 boys and 2 girls. Mary Hall b. 1949 and buried at Raines Cemetery, married Thomas (Tom) Raines. They had 2 children: Elizabeth and David. Elizabeth and David never married. Matildy 'Tildy' Hall m.
1897 John Raines son of Thomas Raines. Maude Hall m. 1900 John Ike James. Katy Hall born ca.
1887 died ca. 1955 and buried at James Cemetery m.
1906 Riley Hensley. Riley is buried at Bell Hill Cemetery. Children were: David born 8 Jan. 1907, Hubert born 4 Mar.
1909, Jacob born 22 Feb. 1911, Etta born 9 June 1914 and Ora born 4 Nov.
Hubert is buried at Bell Hill Cemetery.Note: Many of this family are buried at the. See page for listings! Etta is the daughter of Katy. Katy married Riley Hensley. Riley is buried at. Etta married Robie Williamson.
Etta is a widow now and lives in Maryville. Her son, Merlin, is one of the main piano players at the Hall reunion.
Also, she has a daughter-in-law Vernell who plays. Merlin has a music store in Maryville. He refinished old piano and it's at Bell Hill now. Katy's brother was Alex Hall. Lawson was Alex son and he used to come to Hall's Top with several of his children - Ann, Lucille, Ola Mae, L.A. Alex (also called J.
A.) Hall and Samuel 'Singing Sam' Hall were very close. Sam loved him like a brother. Pictured Above: Martha Ann Ellison holding grandson Walter Ellison Pictured Below: Front Row L-R Ora, Dave, Katy, Etta, Back Row L-R Hubert and Jacob. (6) Elizabeth (Bets) Hall m. John Messer (he was killed in war - Civil War?) and had one son, Sam (Crippled Sam). Her second marriage was to David Green.
They had several children, but only one lived to be grown. (7) Cindy Hall m. Children were:. Sam James.
Isaac James. Billy James. Allen James. George James. Martha James m. Sarah James m.
Jim (Turkey) Green. Nancy Jane James m. Dave Williams. Margaret (Coon) James m. John Brown. Emeline James m. First Bill Davis and secondly Marion Price.
(8) Sarah (Sal) Hall had one child named Sal. Never married. (9) born December 7, 1848, m. Emeline Bible on December 21, 1871. Emeline was born on March 9, 1851.
Allen died February 21, 1935. Emeline died September 26,1939. They are buried at the Bullington Graveyard at Ravens Branch in the Cherokee National Forest. For more info on the children of Allen and Emeline see their page listed above. Children of Allen and Emeline Hall were:. Martha Arbella Hall was born October 12, 1872.
She married Randolph Green and had 3 boys and 1 girl. Martha died August 21, 1899, in Oklahoma. Randolph Green was the son of? And Elizabeth Jane Green. Elizabeth was the dau. Of Isaac Green and Sarah Henry.
Randolph was married to Arbella Hall on 9 June 1890 in Cocke Co, TN. Children were: Milburn Green. He was married secondly to Lou E. Laws on 13 Oct. 1901 in Cocke Co, TN.
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Children were: Ernest Green. 'Singing Sam (S.D.) Hall was born December 10, 1874. He married Emeline Ellison (John Ellison`s sister) and had 4 boys and 5 girls. Emeline died May 13, 1926, and is buried at Bell Hill (Hartford,Tennessee). Sam also married Cora McMahan and had four children - 2 boys and 2 girls. Sam died April 6, 1959.
He is buried at Union Cemetery in Newport, Tennessee. Jacob (J.C.) 'Jake' Hall was born July 13, 1877. He married Amanda Hensley and had 7 children - 4 boys and 3 girls.
Jake died September 30, 1956, and is buried at Bell Hill.of Jake and Amanda holding Hayden with Allen and Emeline Hall. Ottis Ronnie Hall is a grandson of Jacob Hall. Julia Hall was born March 6, 1880, and married Ausborn Ball. They had one child: Effie Ball (married a Rollins).
Julia Ball died April 26, 1900. Fanny Hall was born July 17, 1882 and died September 25, 1882. ROBERT HALL, b. 27 Aug 1883; d.
5 March 1961; m. TEXIE ARROWOOD, August 14, 1902, Cocke Co., Tn; b. February 10, 1881; d. June 1969, Clinton Ms. Robert Hall and Texia Arrowood had 4 boys and 2 girls. Their children were Samuel Joseph (Joe),Carl E., Julia, Nancy, Mack R., and Zeb D. Joe was born 23 Dec 1904 and died 1 Jan 1985.
He married Sarah Evalee (Eva) Bullington on 30 April 1922. She was born 23 Aug 1905 and died 23 June 1985. They had 3 children. Thelma born 15 Apr 1923, Edith born 10 May 1926 died 17 Sept. 1962 and Eugene D. Hall is a son of Robert Hall. Hall was born Oct.2, 1922.
He married Elizabeth Simmons born July 7,1922 on Nov.11, 1946. Zeb and Elizabeth had 2 sons: Terry L. Hall born Oct. 28, 1947 died Oct.22, 1987 and Bennie Ray Hall born Feb.
Hall married Sharon Owens born Feb 16, 1953 on Feb. Terry and Sharon had a son and daughter: Terry 'Scott' Hall born July 8, 1971 and Paula Michelle Hall born Jan 3, 1973. Kaitlyn Hall born Mar 28, 2000 is the daughter of Terry 'Scott' and Cindy Hall. Bennie Hall married Lisa Page on Sept. Bennie and Lisa have a son and daughter: Jennifer born June 4, 1986 and a son Benjamin born July 24, 1993. Milburn Hall was born February 14, 1888.
He married Creta Banks and had 2 daughters: Ava and Ila. Milburn died January 3, 1975. And is buried at Bell Hill. He laid in state at home first and then carried him from his house to the top of Bell Hill. Terry Ball is a grandson of Milburn.
Ellen Hall was born July 30, 1890. She married John Mantooth.
They had 3 boys and 1 girl. Ellen died in 1972. Minnie Hall was born March 23, 1893. She married Carl Freshour and 4 boys and 1 girl. Minnie died May, 1976. They have two sons, Curtis Freshour and?.
Allen Hall, Jr., was born July 16, 1897, and died November 7, 1899. Hannah Hall Finney dau. Of William 'Billy' Hall and Sarah Wooten Hall died in 1893 or 1894. Her son-in-law, Dennis Green (husband of Elmina) brought her body by mule wagon from the Waterville area where she had lived to Nige Ball`s homeplace later known as the Milburn Hall homeplace. Hannah`s two great nephews, Alex and Jacob Hall, carried her body to Hall`s Top for burial. Both boys were born in 1877, so they were around 16 years old.
They placed chains around the homemade casket and put a pole through the chains and carried it on their shoulders. Aunt Hannah was a very frail woman, but you can imagine how difficult this task of kindness was considering the rough terrain. A wagon could not have made the trip. About halfway up Hangover Mountain around 3-plus miles, they stopped and rested at a place called 'Where Billy (James) Buried His Hair.' This resting area was known by that name because on one trip up the mountain young Billy got his hair cut and buried there when his family stopped to rest. Mourners followed the casket up the mountain, but no one offered to share their load and let the young boys rest. As told to James Robert Hall by Alex Hall Directions to Hall`s Top, Cocke County, Tn.
Off I-40 exit at Wilton Springs. From Newport when you exit, go under the bridge; from N.C. Turn right after you exit. From Old 25, you would take the Edwina Road.
From I-40 you would go about 5-6 miles and turn right on Sweetwater Road. There is a sign for Shady Grove Baptist Church at this turn. About 1 mile past the church, you will turn right. There is a Mantooth Cemetery at the top of the hill at this turn.From here on, you will only make right turns. This goes past Granddaddy's home and Uncle Alford's home. This goes to the top of the mountain. As you are going up the mountain, there is a level, flat place on the left.
The cemetery is out there. James Robert Hall had an engraved marker made that is about 4 foot tall and it is in memory of 'those whose feet these paths have trod.' He had one placed at Bell Hill Cemetery, also. Other than that, there are no markers.
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There may be a few rocks here and there.