William Hall - Smith and Sumner Tennessee - Warrick County, Indiana

                                                     WILLIAM HALL (1763 - 1863?)


I am very interesting in learning about this William HALL here.  It seems he was born about 1763 in Virginia, first found in Smith Co. TN in the early 1800s, but lived in Sumner Co. TN.  I believe he could be a brother of Thomas HALL (father of Claiborne and Nathan).    This William HALL moved to Warrick Co. IN sometime after 1830 where he was in the 1850 census.  Online records from others (without source documentation) indicate a date of death for him of 1863.  

There are several William HALLs of Sumner County and I have tried to distinguish this one from the others.  One is William HALL who died 1815 in Sumner County.  Another William was the Governor of Tennessee whom I believe is possibly a relative of this William HALL.  Love to discuss on this blog the ancestry and life of Gov. William HALL.  He was born in 1775 in Surry Co. NC but has ties to southwest Virginia as well.   The Governor's father was William HALL killed by Indians in 1787 in Sumner Co. TN.  His mother was surnamed DOAK.    The DOAK names has deep HALL connections in early Virginia and eastern Tennessee (western North Carolina). 

17 Dec 1796

                General TN Land Grants, Book B, page 617, grant #1634 to William HALL

                Date: 11 Sep 1809

                For military service performed by Cornelius DEAN to the State of North

                Carolina warrant #4354 dated 17 Dec 1796 and entered 6 Feb 1797 by 6488.

                State of TN grants to Lewis MCFARLIN, assignee of the said Cornelius DEAN,

                274 acres lying in Smith County (formerly Sumner) in the First District on the

                North side of Cumberland river and on a south branch of Dry Creek, beginning

                at a buck north west corner of Colonel MURFREE’s survey of 1000 acres on the

                east boundary line of Captain William SANDER’s service right of 2560 acres

                running south 78 poles to a poplar corner of said SANDER’s survey thence

                west 16 poles to a dogwood sapling two poplars then south 113 poles to a

                hackberry then east 236 poles to a lynn, thence north 191 poles to an elm on the

                south boundary of said MURFREE’s line thence west 220 poles to the beginning.

                Surveyed 18 May 1808. 

                                                                                                                John SEVIER, Governor

                                                                                                                By R. HOUSTON, Secretary

                Recorded 20 Dec 1809

                Warrant:

                The Honourable James GLASGOW, Esquire, Secretary of State, to Colonel

                Martin ARMSTRONG, Greeting.  Your are hereby required to lay off and survey

                for Cornelius DEAN, a Private, in the line of this state two hundred and seventy

                four acres of land, within the limits of the lands reserved by law for the officers

                and soldiers of the continental line of this state; observing the directions of the

                acts of Assemby in such case made and provided.  Two just and fair plans, with

                a certificate to each annexed, you are to transmit to my office within the time

                limited by law.  Given under my hand, at Raleigh, the 17^th of December 1796.

                                                                                                                J. GLASGOW

                I do assign the within warrant to William HALL for value received as witness

                my hand                                                                                              Cornelius DEAN

                Test: Abr. SWAGERTY

                                Jesse SHARP

                                Jos. MARCOM

                No. Carolina, Wake County, personally appeared Abraham SWAGERTY, Jesse

                SHARP, and Joseph MARCOM before me & made oath that they saw Cornelius

                DEAN sign the within transfer as his act & deed.

                Dec. 30^th, 1796                                                   Nathl. JONES, J. P.

               

                No. 4354

                Cornelius DEAN

                                274 Acres

                                Good Co

                Lewis MCFARLAND

                The Warrantee

                Lewis MCFARLAND, Claimant

                Cornelius DEAN  ____(?)

                202 Brall(?)

Revolutionary War Warrants Roll 7, James GLASGOW, Warrant # 4354, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville

State of North Carolina #4354

The Honourable James GLASGOW, Esquire, Secretary of State, to Colonel Martin ARMSTRONG, you are hereby required to lay off and survey for Cornelius DEAN, a private in the line of this state two hundred and seventy four acres of land, ……  Raleigh, this 17h of December, 1796.

(on back)

                                                                                                            Cornelius DEAN

Test: Abhm. SWAGERTY, Jesse SHARP, Joseph MARCOM.

(no date on above assignment)

No. Carolina, Wake County, personally appeared Abraham SWAGERTY, Jesse SHARP, and Joseph MARCOM before me made oath that they saw Cornelius DEAN sign the within transfer as act .

Dec. 30^th, 1796                                                                          Nath. JONES, J. P. 

27 Dec. 1807

Sumner Co. TN Deed Book 6, page 353

Edward GWIN to Henry BRADLEY, Tract on dry fork Drake’s Creek of Barren.  66 acres.  Wit: William HALL, Chas. B. STUBBINS.

Smith County, Tennessee Will Book C, page 147

14 Dec 1808

I, Yancy THORNTON, am bound to Richard ALEXANDER, for the sum of twelve hundred dollars, this 14^th day of December 1808.  The condition of the obligation is such that if Yancy THORNTON does make to Richard ALEXANDER a deed in fee simple to one hundred and twenty acres of land lying on the north side of the Cumverland River, beginning at the upper corner of a survey of Col. William SAUNDERS’ service right, before the 1^st day of December 1810, then this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force.

                                                                                                                                         Yancy (X) THORNTON

Test: James SANDERS, William HALL

Bond was proen in open court and duly recorded this February term of 1816.

                                                                                                Robert ALLEN, Clerk

4 January 1808

Smith Co. TN Deed Book C, page 44

John HALL to William HALL.  Lot in town of Carthage.

NOTE: More on John HALL in a later blog - another possible brother???  Or another generation???   

               

20 June 1811

Sumner Co. TN Deed Book 6, page 259

Edward GWIN to Edward WILLIAMS, $300, tract on Barron fork of Drake’s Creek, adj. James GWIN.  202 ½ acres.  Wit: Henry WILLIAMS, William HALL

25 Nov. 1811

Sumner Co. TN Deed Book 6, page 235

Edward GWIN to Elisabeth BRACKEN, $400, 200 acres on dry fork w fork Drake’s Creek of Barron River, adj. William HALL, Wit: William DINNING, John BOYLE.

May Term 1814

Smith County, Tennessee Will Book B, page 109

Sale of the State of Samuel CARUTHERS.  Lists buyers as Richard HALL – two steers; and William HALL – 97 lbs. bacon.  I suspect this is Williamson HALL who married Malinda TILMAN and came from Fluvanna Co. VA. 

11 November 1814        Tennessee Land Grants Roll 32, Book H, page 589

                        In consideration of military service performed by James COLESON

                        to the state of NC, Warrant No. 4713 dated 15 Feb. 1797 and entered

                        on 28 June 1797 by No. 7662 to William HALL, assignee of James

                        COLESON, 274 acres lying in Smith County (formerly Sumner) in the

                        1^st District on the north side of the Cumberland River on the waters

                        of the first small creek above Dixons Creek joining a tract of his own

                        on the east.  Beginning at an elm and beech in James ’s original

                        south boundary line to the NE corner of said HALL tract running south

                        with said line 204 poles to 2 lynns (?) thence east 215 poles to a beech

                        and sugar tree in Duncan STEWART’s west boundary line, thence north

                        with said line 204 poles to a hackbrery and ash thence west 215 poles

                        to the beginning.

                                                                                    Willie BLOUNT, Governor

                        11 November 1814

6 April 1814       Smith County, Tennessee Deed Book E, page 150

                        William HALL of Sumner Co. TN to Wilson CAGE of Smith Co. TN for

                        $ (blank) a tract of land in Smith Co. on waters of Spring Creek of

                        Paytons Creek bounded as follows: beginning at an elm and beech on

                        James MOORE’s original south boundary line the NE corner a tract

                        whereon James MCFARLAND now lives runing south with said line 204

                        poles to two lynns(?) thence east 215 poles to a beech and sugar tree,

                        on Duncan STEWART’s west boundary line, thence north with said line

                        204 poles to a hackberry and ash, thence west 215 poles to the

                        beginning containing 274 acres more or less.

                        Witness: Wm. ALLEN, H. L. DOUGLASS                        William HALL

                        Registered 2 August 1815.  Proven May Term 1815 by oaths of H. L.

                        DOUGLASS and William ALLEN. 

NOTE: Spring Creek was very near to the land of Claiborne HALL in Smith Co. TN.  Wilson CAGE was father of Poleman W. CAGE who appears with Nathan HALL in records in the 1830s - see Nathan HALL blog. 

NOTE: In addition to the governor, there was a  William HALL who lived in Sumner Co. TN.  He is listed as owning 143 acres on Dry Creek in 1817 tax list of Sumner Co. 

10 May 1814

Smith Co. TN Court Minute Book 1813 – 1815, page 130

Joel DYER vs. Harbert CARPENTER – Slander, pleads not guilty.  Jurors included Josiah HALL, William HALL, and Samuel HALL.  Find for plaintiff - $150 in damages. 

NOT sure this above is same William HALL as he resided in Sumner Co. so could not be a Smith Co. juror.  There is another William HALL  (son of David HALL and Dorcas ALLEY) who removed to Smith Co. TN from Caswell Co. NC about this time, stays for five years then moves to Missouri.  

Smith County, Tennessee Will Book C, page 138

Sale of the Estate of John PAYSENGER, deceased.  Buyers included Caty PAYSENGER, Thomas SANDERSON, Linden HALL, Jacob HELMENTOLER, Henry HELMENTOLER, William HALL, Robert NIXON, Catherine PAYSENGER< and Catherine HOPKINS.    Dated November term 1815. 

NOTE: I believe this to be the William HALL, Rev. War veteran, who migrated from Caswell Co. NC to Smith Co. TN about 1813, lived for five years and then migrated to Missouri.  He had married Peninah ROBINSON (ROBERTSON) in 1783 in Caswell Co. NC.  He was the son of David HALL and Dorcas ALLEY of Henrico Co. VA. 

Sumner Co. TN Deed Book 7, page 422

Deed.  Edward GWIN to Jacob RICHARD, $86.00, 86 acres in 2 tracts.  Wit: William HALL, James BALL.

Here is info on this Edward GWIN.  He was son of Mordecai GWIN and wife Elizabeth ____.

 Edward Gwin, Sr.,

·         b. 1747;

·         d. 8 Oct 1831, Carroll Co., TN, age 84.

·         He served in the Rev. War as a Colonel.

·         Edward Gwin married first Rosanna Brackin, and he married second Rachael Perry on 15 Dec 1824, Carroll Co., TN.

·         Edward and Rosanna Gwin had two children: John Gwin, b. abt 1783 Orange Co., NC, and Mordecai Gwin, Jr., b. abt 1781, Orange Co., TN. John moved to TN; Mordecai, Jr., may have died young, as there is no [further] record of him.

·         Edward and Rachael Gwin had 3 children: 1 son, 1 daughter unknown, and 1 daughter named Sarah J. Gwin.

SIDELIGHT:   (Josiah HOWELL assigned land grant to Thomas HALL in Smith Co. TN - see Thomas HALL blog). 

Josiah Howell  b: 1765 in Bertie County, NC  d: Bef. 29 Nov 1849 in Oregon County,  MO   married +Sarah Lassiter  b: 01 May 1765 in Virginia//Chowan County, NC  d: 15 Jun 1857 in Oregon//Howell County, MO.  Josiah HOWELL was the administrator (along with Eli WHITE) of the estate of Archibald WHITE, deceased as evidenced by Smith Co. Will Book E, page 26 (18 Aug 1820) and Smith Co. TN Will Book C, page 85 (14 Aug 1815).   Archibald WHITE was a near neighbor ofthe Thomas HALL in Washington Co. TN tax lists of 1790s.

Enos BENTHALL’s grand(?) or mother was listed as Mary LASSITER in will in Sumner Co. TN in 1816.    She was married to Laban BENTHALL and they lived in Smith Co. TN in 1802.

1817 Sumner Co. TN Tax lists – online at Sumner Co. TN Genweb site http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/1817hi.htm

HALL, William              143 acres, Dry Fork, 1 white poll

HALL, William              710 acres, Bledsoes Lick Creek, 1 white poll, 10 black polls (I believe

                                    this one to be Gen. William HALL, the future governor).

CAGE, Wilson  and James BLACKMORE, 110 acres on Goose Creek

1819 Sumner co. TN Tax Lists – online at Sumner Co. TN Genweb site

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsumner/1819hi.htm

HALL, William              710 acres on lick branch

HALL, Elizabeth           not listed in 1817 – no land listed though

There are other Halls.

1820 Sumner Co. TN Tax Lists – online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~providence/tax1820h.htm

George HALL               700 acres                      Mansker Creek

George HALL               105 acres                      on the ridge

John HALL                   35 acres                       Goose Creek

William HALL               100 acres                      Sharps Creek

Levi HALL                    320 acres                      Sharps Creek

James HALL                 30 acres                       Sharps Creek

Samuel HALL               37 acres                       Sharps Creek

Marley HALL                -----

Peden HALL                 ----

Carter T. HALL             41 acres                       Lick Branch

William HALL               710 acres                      Lick Branch

Elizabeth HALL            ----

While on the subject of Sharps Creek, my grandfather's brother Charlie Luster HALL, born 1911, died 1978, related that the HALL family came from Sharps Creek, Tennessee.  Not found a connection other than perhaps this one.  

1821 Sumner Co. TN Tax Lists – online at Sumner Co. TN Genweb site

Hall, Carter T.	41	blank	1	blank	1	blank	blank
Hall, Elizabeth	blank	blank	blank	blank	?	blank	blank
Hall, George	100	ridge	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hall, George	700	Manskers Creek	1	blank	8	blank	blank
Hall, James	30	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hall, John C.	blank	blank	1	blank	3	blank	blank
Hall, Levy	320	blank	blank	blank	2	blank	blank
Hall, Marley	blank	blank	1	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hall, Samuel	37	Station Camp	1	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hall, William	710	lick branch	1	blank	3?	blank	1
Hall, William	blank	blank	1	blank	blank	blank	blank
Hall, Wm	93	Station Camp	1	blank	blank	blank	b

1822 Sumner Co. TN Tax Lists – online at Sumner Co. TN Genweb site

Hall, John C.	blank	blank
Hall, Levi	154	blank
Hall, Marley	108	blank
Hall, Nicholas	blank	blank
Hall, Samuel	125	Sharps Creek
Hall, William	250	Cumberland River
Hall, William	blank	blank

From 1836 Districts in Sumner Co. TN.  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~providence/Death/towns_districts_1836.htm

District Number 18

Daniel Bradleys

Beginning at the top of the ridge where the Greenfield Road crosses it, running Northwardly with said road to John A. Reddicks spring branch, thence down the same as it meanders to Drakes Creek, thence up said creek to the old State Road, thence Westwardly with a road that runs from Sarver and Branhams Mill to Daniel Meloys passing the plantation of John Brizendine where the late James Roney formally lived, thence Southwardly with the Old Ridge Road leading from Roneys old place to Parnals old place to the old State Road, thence with said road to Sharps Creek, thence up said creek to a point near John Roneys old place, thence with a line well marked with a blaze and 2 chops to the top of the ridge cornering on a 3 forked poplar standing near the road leading from Presley Suttles to Morgan Hollis said popular marked on each fork with a blaze and 2 chops above and 2 below, thence Eastwardly with the highest ground of the ridge to the beginning.

 District Number 19

Edward Kelly

Beginning on the top of the ridge at a 3 forked popular standing near the road that leads from Prestley Suttles to Morgan Hollis marked on each fork with a blaze and 2 chops above and 2 below running Northwestwardly with a well marked line with a blaze and 2 chops to Sharps Creek near John Roney’s old place, thence down said creek to the road leading from Fountain Head Meeting House to Daniel Meloys, thence with said road to the Roberson County line, thence Southwardly with said county line to a point North of Turpins and South of Robertson, thence a due East course to the top of the ridge, thence Eastwardly with the top of the ridge to the beginning.

 District Number 20

Bartholomew Ozburn

Beginning at Sharps Creek where the Old State Road crosses it running Northwardly with said road to the Old Ridge Road leading from Roneys old place to Parnals old place, thence with said Old Ridge Road to the road leading from Fountain Head Meeting House to Daniel Meloys, thence Northeastwardly with said road passing Fountain Head Meeting House to Drakes Creek near Sarver and Branhams Mill, thence down said creek to the Kentucky line, thence West with said to the Northwest corner of Sumner County, thence Southwardly with the Roberson County line to the road between Daniel Meloys farm and Armstrongs, thence with said road to Sharps Creek, thence up said creek to the beginning.

Sumner Co. TN Marriages

Alfred MOORE & Polly HALL on 25 January 1817.   William HALL, bondsman

Joshua BRADLEY to Jane HALL on 26 May 1812.  William (X) his mark) HALL, John BRADLEY, bondsman.     Online records indicate this Joshua BRADLEY lived in 1820 Bedford Co. VA and in 1830 in Logan VA and died on 9 May 1839 in Jackson Co. IL.  Wife Jane HALL BRADLEY born 1782 and died 1828.   Seems to be confusion on this as others have this Joshua BRADLEY’s wife as an Nancy GARDNER.    One of children born to this marriage was Middleton R. BRADLEY, born 28 July 1824 in Tennessee; died 28 July 1900 in Marion County, Illinois.  In 1880  census, Middleton R. BRADLEY gives his mother’s birthplace as Virginia and his father’s as NC.

Joshua BRADLEY married Elizabeth KIRKHAM on 4 August 1830 in Sumner Co. TN.   This is a different Joshua BRADLEY – likely the one who signed the 1854 affadavit of Elizabeth BRYANT.  This younger Joshua BRADLEY lived in Butler Co. KY.

John SNEED and Jane WINN were married on 8 July 1820 with Wm. HALL as bondsman.

(She was daughter of Mourning WINN and Sarah JONES.)  Mourning’s parents were John WINN and Ann STONE.  Jane WINN was born 7 July 1799 in Mecklenburg Co. VA and died in Hopkins Co. KY.  John SNEAD and Jane WINN were divorced in Smith Co. TN. 

John BRANHAM & Marian PARKER on 10 May 1820 – John WISEMAN, Pascal HEAD, Wm. HALL

Jesse HALL and Elizabeth BRADLEY on 26 January 1822.  Bondsman – Luke BRADLEY, Thos. DURHAM.

Levi BRYANT and Nellie HALL on 15 August 1826 – bondsman – Joseph SPRADLIN.

Middleton HALL and Mahala HALL on 24 May 1828.  Middleton (X) HALL – bondsman – Mitchel CRYDER.

NOTE: Middleton appears to be son of William HALL - but who was Mahala's father?????   A cousin marriage? 

https://sites.google.com/site/powellancestors/william-bryant-abt-1784-1818 - Source Pension information also found on Fold3.com

Only a few documented clues concerning the life and times of William Bryan have been found. The records that have been discovered list his name ending in the letter "T". This spelling of the name generally continued in the family until his great grandson Alvie Clarence dropped the "T" completely.

The first date that can be established for William's life was January 3, 1805, when he married a woman named Elizabeth. Their first child, Levi, was born later in 1805 somewhere in North Carolina. They probably continued to live in North Carolina at least until after 1809 when their son named Mitchell was born in that state.

On 13 November 1814, William joined Captain John Hamilton's company of the 3rd Regiment of the Tennessee Militia. The War of 1812 had been going on since the summer of 1812. Andrew Jackson had been fighting the Indians in northern Florida and southern Alabama. By November of 1814, Jackson's concern was the British threat to invade Louisiana through New Orleans.

William Bryant joined the 2,500 militia troops who departed Nashville by boat on November 20, 1814, with Major General William Carroll. They fought under Andrew Jackson to defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815. While in Louisiana, William contracted yellow fever. He had been too sick to work for ten weeks when the sickness created a condition called "black scurvy". In an affidavit by his friend and fellow soldier, Joshua Bradley, signed in 1854; it is said that this disease made it impossible for William to return home to Sumner County, Tennessee, without help from friends after his discharge 13 May 1815. Bradley continued by stating that William never did recover from that sickness as it ate away at his gums and cheeks and affected his entire system. William died of black scurvy on October 21, 1818 in Sumner County, Tennessee.

On 27 July 1818, William had conducted a transaction with a man named Edward Gwin in which Mr. Gwin agreed to pay William 254 dollars. In May of 1820, a suit was filed by a friend, Joseph Spradlin, in the Sumner County court to collect that money or one-half of a 127 acre tract of land on Drake's Creek in Sumner County in behalf of the five children of William and Elizabeth. These children were Levi, Sally, Mitchel, Saleta and Delila. The record of the result of that suit has not been found but the document that filed it is what tells us that William was their father.

On September 9, 1819, Joseph Spradlin and Elizabeth "Betsey" Bryant were named as administrators of William's estate on the inventory of his property. That inventory was as follows:

William BRYANT Inventory

Taken September 9, 1819

$ cents1

1 Note of ?Hard?

on Henry Deal 12

1 Horse 25

4 Cattle 22

15 Hogs 29

18 Geese 6.50

Working Tools 9

Casting 4

Table Furniture 8

1 Frying Pan 1.50

1 Griddle 1

2 Spinning Wheels 5.50

1 ?Real? 1

1 Hackle 2

1 Loom 1

1 Cooper's Ware 2

1 Table 2

2 Feather Beds & Furniture 40

By John Bradley, Senr.

By 1830, William's sons Mitchell and Levi and his daughters Sally and Delila had probably moved to Warrick County, Indiana. It is not known exactly when Elizabeth joined them there. She was reported to be a resident of Warrick County on 9 February 1854 when she filed an affidavit to apply for a pension as a widow of a veteran of the War of 1812. Her application was rejected when it was found that there was no official Army record of William's illness while in service. She then got an affidavit from Joshua Bradley who had been in the regiment with William. Although Mr. Bradley described William's illness in detail, Elizabeth did not get a pension.

Elizabeth was listed as head of her household in the census of 1820 in Sumner County, Tennessee. She has not been found in subsequent census rolls. Likewise there has not been a tombstone or other record of her death found in Warrick County.

William HallJoseph Spradlin

) Betsey Bryant

) Ordered that the above persons be appointed admd 4 Amd?and that Wall & Stephen Tribell sureties in the sum of five hundred dollars.?? HEIRS OF WILLIAM BRYANT vs EDWARD GWINState of Tennessee May ?? 1820 Sumner

CountyLevi Bryant, Sally Bryant, Mitchell Bryant, Seleta Bryant and Delela Bryant, minor aged heirs at law of William Bryant deceased by their agent and friend, Joseph Spradlin complains of Edward Gwin whose case is attached if a plea that be rendered to them two hundred and fifty four dollars which to them he owes and from them unjustly delays. For whereas the said Edward Gwin by his certain ?WRELING obligation made at the county aforesaid on the 27th day of July 1818 sealed over the seal of the said defendant and the court now shown this date whereof the same day and year last aforesaid acknowledged himself to be held and formally bound unto the said William Bryant in his lifetime in the said sum of two hundred and fifty-four dollars to be paid to the said William Bryant when he should be there unto requested and for which payment will and truly be made and done. The defendant did by said writing obligatory bind himself, heirs and executors to be void on condition that the said defendant made or caused to be made a good, general warranty deed of conveyance to the said William Bryant or his heirs or assigns for one half of a piece of land of one hundred and twenty-seven acres of land on the dry fork of Drake's Creek being the land sold by R.M. Azbrook's widow, Nancy Azbrook, her ?chi ? dower as soon as ??? ??? can be made in due application made the said William Bryant on the day of the deed leaving the above named plaintiffs, his heirs at law, never the less the said defendant did not though often requested, pay the said William Bryant of the one-half the said tract altho a division was made and due application to him to that effect. Nor has the said defendant since the death of William Bryant altho often requested paid said sum of money to the plaintiffs, heirs at law aforesaid or made good a deed with general warranty to the plaintiff aforesaid land altho a division was made, value application made to said defendant and by the plaintiffs to that effect but hath hither to wholly refused and still doth refuse so to do - to the damage of the plaintiffs, two hundred and fifty-four dollars, therefore, they sue you.

Hadly Att. For the plaintiffs

PENSION AFFIDAVITS

Application Number 12746 by Elizabeth Bryant, widow of Wm. BryantState of IndianaWarrick County On the 9th day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-four personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace within and for said county aforesaid Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant a resident of Warrick County aforesaid aged sixty-nine years (69), who first being duly sworn according to law doth in her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the law of the United States passed February 3rd, 1853: That she is the widow of William Bryant who was a private in Captain Hamilton's Company of the Tennessee Militia in the war declared by the United Stated against Great Britain on the day of June 1812. That she was married to the said William Bryant on the 3rd day of January 1805, that her husband, the said William Bryant, died in Sumner County, Tennessee, on the 21st day of October 1818 in consequence of a disease called Black Scurvy contracted while in the service of the United States and in the line of his duty and that she was a widow at the passage of the act of Congress above referred to and is still a widow and that she had by the said William Bryant the following children: Sally 46, Mitchell 44, and Delila 36 years old all of whom were over sixteen years of age at the date of passage of said act. She would further state that she has received a land warrant for bounty land for the service her said husband. Said warrant issued to her for 80 acres sometime in the latter part of the year 1853 and she would refer to the application for said bounty land and the ?Endines? accompanying the same as ?Endines? in this application. her

Elizabeth X Bryant markSubscribed and sworn before me the day and year first above written. And I certify that I have no interest in the result of this case and am not concerned in its prosecution.

John Stephenson JP -1-State of IndianaWarrick County

On the 9th day of February 1854 personally came Alfred Moore and William Hall before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and made oath that Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant is the widow of William Bryant late a private in Captain Hamilton's Company Tennessee Militia War of 1812, that they were well acquainted with said Bryant and his wife Elizabeth and knew that they were always regarded in the neighborhood where they lived as having been lawfully married and that she had by Wm. Bryant the following children: Sally aged about 46, Mitchell about 44 and Delila about 36 years old all of whom were over 16 years old at the passage of this act and that the reason that said William Bryant died by disease which they believe he contracted while in the line of his duty in the service of the United States in the war aforesaid and further that said Elizabeth Bryant was a widow at the passage of this act and is still a widow.

Alfred Moore William Hall Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year first above written and I do certify that Alfred Moore and William Hall are well know to me and they are credible witnesses.

John Stephenson JP------------------------------------Rockport Spencer Co., Ind.Feby 20, 1854To the Comm of Pensions

Dear Sir

Inclosed please find application of Elizabeth Bryant for half pay as widow of William Bryant. Yours truly,James C. Veatch

Atty -2-State of KentuckyButler County

This day personally came Joshua Bradley before me the undersigned judge of Butler County court in and for said county and being duly sworn upon his oath says that he was well acquainted with one William Bryant who served as private soldier in Captain Hamilton's Company of Tennessee Militia in the war between the United States and Great Britain declared on the day of June 1812. And that this affiant served as a soldier in the same company with said Bryant in said war. That this affiant and said William Bryant went with the said company to New Orleans and were there during the battle of the 8th day of January 1815. That the said William Bryant during his service in said company was attacked with Yellow Fever while at New Orleans which disease rendered him unfit for active duty about ten weeks. That his disease then changed to Black Scurvy. That the said William Bryant was honorably discharged from service about the 15th day of April 1815 and that he then started for his home in Sumner County State of Tennessee. That the said William Bryant was unable on account of his said disease to reach home but was left on the way and afterward conveyed home by his friends. That the affiant resided in the immediate neighborhood of the said William Bryant in Sumner County, Tennessee, and knows from his own personal knowledge that said Bryant never recovered from said disease which he contracted while in the service of the United States and in the line of his duty but that he continued to grow worse with said disease of Black Scurvy until he died about the 21st day of October 1817. That the disease of the said William Bryant known as the Black Scurvy destroyed his gums and eat away a considerable part of his cheek and produced a general disagreement and disease of his system. And further that the said William Bryant left a widow, Elizabeth Bryant, with which this affiant was personally acquainted. That he has since visited her at her residence in Warrick County, Indiana, where she now resides and knows her to be the identical widow of the said William Bryant.

his mark Joshua X Bradley

Subscribed and sworn before me this 7th day of October 1854 and I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the said affiant, Joshua Bradley and know him to be a person of good reputation and credibility in his neighborhood. Witness my hand and seal this 7th day of October 1854

Samuel Austin P-- Judge BCG -4-No 975 Treasury Department Thude Auditors Office March 9th 1854Sir

William Bryant, a private of Captain Henry Hamilton's Company of Tennessee Militia, entered the service on the 13th November 1814 and served to the 13th May 1815. The rolls afford no evidence of his sickness while in service. Respectfully Your Obt Servt F. Burt Thude Auditor(To) Com of Pensions Dept of the Interior

Half pay pensions---------------------------------------Rockport Dec 15, 1854 To Commissioner of Pensions Inclosed I send you additional testimony on the application of Mrs. Elizabeth Bryant for a pension for service of her husband &c. I hope it will be found sufficient and satisfactory. James C. Veatch

1820 U.S. Census, Sumner Co. TN, page 159

William HALL                 3 white males under 10; 1 white male 10 and under16; 1 white male 45 and

                                    Upwards; 1 white female under 10; 2 white females 10 and under 16;

                                    1 white female 16 and under 26; 1 white female 45 and upwards;

                                    2 employed in agriculture.

1820 U.S Census, Sumner Co. TN, page 160

William HALL                 2 white males under 10; 1 white male 16 and under 26; 1 white male

                                    26 and under 45; 1 white male 45 and upwards; 3 white females under 10;

                                    1 white female 26 and under 45; 1 white female 45 and upwards;   33 slaves of various ages; 10

 employed in agriculture.       (This is  obviously the future governor’s residence!)

1830 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, page 273, line 17 – Skelton Township – FOR SOME REASON FEMALES were NOT LISTED!!!

William HALL                 1 male 10 and under 15; 2 males 15 and under 20; 1 male 50 and under 60;

Line 18

Middleton HALL                        1 male under 5; 1 male 20 and under 30;

Line 19

Alfred MOOR                1 male under 5; 1 male 5 and under 10; 1 male 30 and under 40;

Line 20

Levi BRIANT                  1 male under 5; 1 male 20 and under 30

Line 21

Mitchell BRIANT            1 male under 5; 1 male 20 and under 30; 1 male 40 and under 50;

1830 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, page 274, line 6 – Skelton Township

Jesse M. HALL              1 male 10 and under 15; 1 male 30 and under 40; 1 female 30 and under 40;

                                    Total - 3

I believe Jesse died young as widow Elizabeth HALL is back in Sumner Co. TN by 1840 census with four small children.

1840 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, page 46 (stamped), line 8  - Skelton Township

Luke BRADLEY             1 male under 5; 2 males 5 and under 10; 1 male 40 and  under 50; 2 females

                                    Under 5; 2 female 10 and under 15; 1 female 30 and under 40; Total – 9 with

                                    3 employed in agriculture.

Line 9

George HALL                1 male 20 and under 30; 1 female 15 and under 20; Total – 2 with 1 employed

                                    In agriculture

Line 20

Amelia BRYANT            1 male under 5; 1 male 10 and under 15; 1 female under 5; 1 female 10 and

                                    Under 15; 1 female 30 and under 40; Total – 5 with 1 employed in agriculture

Line 24

Hiram BROONER          1 male under 5; 2 males 5 and under 10; 1 male 30 and under 40;

                                    1 female under 5; 1 female 5 and under 10; 1 female 20 and under 30; Total –

                                    7 with 1 employed in agriculture.

Line 25

Sally WEST

Line 26

William HALL                 1 male under 5; 2 males 10 and under 15; 1 male 70 and under 80;

                                    1 female 5 and under 10; 1 female 30 and under 40; Total – 6 with 3 employed

                                    In agriculture

Line 27

Midlon(?) HALL             1 male under 5; 1 male 10 and under 15; 1 male 30 and under 40;

                                    1 female under 5; 1 female 20 and under 30; Total – 5 with 2 employed in

                                    Agriculture.

Line 28

Mitchell BRYANT           1 male 5 and under 10; 1 male 10 and under 15; 1 male 15 and under 20;

                                    1 male 30 and under 40; 3 females under 5; 1 female 5 and under 10;

                                    1 female 20 and under 30; Total – 9 with 4 employed in agriculture.

Line 29

Elender BRYANT           1 male 5 and under 10; 1 male 10 and under 15; 1 female under 5;

                                    2 females 10 and under 15; 1 female 30 and under 40; Total – 6 with

                                    2 employed in agriculture

1840 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, page 47

Line 3 is Tanner SPRADLEY

Line 4

Christopher HALL                      1 male under 5; 1 male 10 and under 15; 1 male 20 and under 30;

                                                1 female under 5; 1 female 30 and under 40; Total – 5 with 2 employed

                                                In agriculture.

Line 5 is William SPRADLEY 

There is a Clark A. HALL, age 60 and under 70 in 1840 census of Warrick Co. – Skelton Twp., page

40 (stamped)

There is a John HALL, age 20 and under 30 and wife 15 and under 20 in 1840 census of Warrick Co. IN – Skelton Twp., page 42  (stamped)

Per info on internet  (Undocumented family group sheet) – Levi BRYANT died 1 Oct 1839 in Warrick Co. IN.

Family group sheets on Ancestry.com – show William HALL’s first wife as Judah ____, born 1765; died 11 November 1833 in Warrick County, Indiana.  Shows Ellender  HALL BRYANT as being born 18 May 1808 in Sumner Co. TN and died 1870 in Warrick Co. IN.

1850 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, Pigeon Township, page 358, lines 1 – 7, dwelling 317, family 317, Enumeration date – 12 Sept 1850

William HALL                             86         M    Farmer                   $80           Virginia

Delilah                                      44         F                                                          Kentucky

Melinda                                     15         F                                                        Indiana  att sch

Jesse                                       11         M                                                         Indiana  att sch

Nancy                                       5          F                                                          Indiana

Malissa                                     3          F                                                          Indiana

William WITHERS                      20         M   Farmer                                    Tennessee

Dwelling 318, family 318, lines 8 – 11

Elender BRIANT widow              42         F                                  $80           Tennessee

Lafayette                                  22         M         Farmer                                  Tennessee

James M.                                  17         M         Farmer                                  Tennessee

Permelia A.                               14         F                                                        Tennessee

1850 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, Pigeon Township, page 357, lines 7-9, dwelling 310, family 310, Enumeration date – 11 Sept 1850

Jackson HALL                           37         M         Farmer              $80            Tennessee

Nancy                                           23         F                                                      Indiana

James                                               5        M                                                          Missouri

1850 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, Pigeon Township, page 359, lines 9-18, dwelling 326, family 326, Enumeration date – 13 Sept 1850

William HALL                             40         M         Farmer              $100         Tennessee

Susannah                                  28            F                                                       Tennessee

Elizabeth                                   14         F                                                          Illinois

Louisa                                      12         F                                                            Illinois

Laura (twins)                            12         F                                                          Illinois

Mary                                         10         F                                                          Indiana

William                                       7          M                                                         Indiana

Barbary                                        4          F                                                          Indiana

Melissa                                       7/12      F                                                          Indiana

NOTE: BIG NOTE of interest!  This William HALL was married to Susannah RICHEY in POPE COUNTY, ILLINOIS and was there in the 1840 census.  Claiborne HALL's descendants also come to Pope County, Illinois!  

Mitchell BRIANT, age 41, NC, and wife Winna, age 41, TN and children are on page 369.

1850 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, Pigeon Township, page 360, dwelling 334, family 334, Enumeration date – 13 Sept 1850  - lines 11 – 17

Alfred MOORE              50         M         Farmer              $300           Tennessee

Mary                             48         F                                                          Tennessee

Desha                           21         M         Farmer                                      Kentucky          att sch

Martha                          19         F                                                          Kentucky          att sch

Simpson                       17         M                                                         Indiana              att sch

Jackson                        14         M                                                         Indiana              att sch

Polly BRISTOW             8         F                                                          Indiana

I believe Alfred MOORE is in the 1830 census of Warren County, Kentucky – page 66, line 3

Alfred MOORE              1 male under 5; 1 male 30 and under 40; 2 females under 5; 1 female 20 and under 30, Total - 5

Warrick Co. Indiana Hall Marriages per Ancestry.com – Indiana Marriages, 1802 – 1892

Nancy HALL to Allen SCALES                29 Aug 1833

Christopher HALL to Elizabeth WEST     31 Oct 1834

Isabella HALL to Jonathan MADDEN      10 Apr 1834

Elizabeth HALL to William BAKER          22 Dec 1835

William HALL to Delila BRUNER             10 Nov 1835

Sally Ann HALL to Joel BALDWIN          6 Feb 1836

1860 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana – Pigeon Township, page 74 – dwelling 536, family 544, Enumeration date – 15 Aug 1860, lines 20 – 24

William HALL                           50 M     Farmer              ---/$50        Tennessee cannot read/wr

Elizabeth                                   25 F                                                      Illinois  

Mary A.                                     18 F                                                      Illinois   att sch

William                                      17 M                                                     Indiana  att sch

John                                         12 M                                                     Indiana

Dwelling 537, family 545, lines 25 – 30

David MYERSINS                     24 M     Farmer              --/$75        Indiana     cannot read/write

Susan                                       21 F                                                      Illinois   cannot read/write

George                                       1 M                                                     Indiana

Jackson                                       1 M                                                    Indiana

Barbary HALL                            14 F                                                   Indiana  att sch

Caroline                                    10 F                                                      Indiana   att sch

1870 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, Pigeon Township, page 623 (stamped), page 27 (handwritten) dwelling 187, family 187, lines 9 – 10, Enumeration date – 18 Oct 1870, post office – Folsomville, Indiana

HALL, Delilah                            64         FW   Keeping House     $600/$100         Kentucky can’t read/wr

EDWARDS, Melissa                  22         FW                                           Indiana              can’t read/wr

Dwelling 188, family 188 Lines 11 – 13

MALGINASS(?), Lewcinda          34         FW                                           Illinois   cant’ read/write

            David                             8        MW                                          Indiana  att sch

HALL, Barbary                           33         FW                                           Indiana cant’ read/write

Dwelling 189, family 189, lines 14 – 16

HALL, Isaac                              32         MW                              ---/$200 Indiana  can’t read/write

            Eliza                             21         FW                                           Indiana  cant read write

            Charles                         9/12      MW      (April)                           Indiana

Dwelling 196, family 196 on page 28 (handwritten)

COLE, Elvira M.                                    38         FW                                           Indiana

            Solomon                       15         MW                                          Indiana  can’t write

                        Levi S.              14 MW                                                  Indiana  att sch/can’t read/wri

                        Nathaniel             9 MW                                                  Indiana  att sch

BRIANT, Ellender                       61 FW                                                   Tennessee        att sch(?)

197/197

BRIANT, Lafayett                       41 MW  Farmer              $400/$250         Indiana  cannot write

            Sarah                            25 FW                                                   Connecticut

            Mary E.                           4 FW                                                  Indiana

            Erving N.                        1 MW                                                  Indiana

1880 U.S. Census, Warrick County, Indiana, ED 55, Sheet 2B, dwelling 8, family 8, lines 5-7, Enumeration date – 1 & 2 June 1880

BLACK, Wiley F.                       46 MW              Farmer                                      IN TN ---

            Malissa                         33 FW  Wife      Keeping House                         IN VA KY

HALL, Delila                              74 FW Mother-in-Law                                         KY VA PA

Per Indiana Deaths, 1882 – 1920 on familysearch.org

Malissa BLACK, born 1843; died 30 January 1903, age 60 in Skelton township, Warrick county, Indiana. 

POSSIBLE  Children of William HALL and Judah ______

1        1)      Jane HALL        Born: 1782 Virginia

Married: 26 May 1812 in Sumner Co. TN to Joshua BRADLEY (1780 Duplin Co. NC – 9 May 1839 in Jackson Co. IL), son of Johnathan “John BRADLEY and Martha BAKER.

Died: 1828

Had one child named Middleton R. BRADLEY who came to Jackson Co. IL.

Middleton R. BRADLEY was born 28 July 1824 and died 28 July 1900 in

Marion Co. IL. 

2)      Jesse M. HALL  

Born: 1790s

Married: 26 January 1822 in Sumner Co. TN to Elizabeth BRADLEY

Lived in 1830 census Warrick Co. IN

Died: 1830s

Wife Elizabeth was back in Sumner Co. TN by 1840 census.

Children: Joseph HALL born ca. 1828; Andrew HALL (born ca. 1835); Emily HALL (born ca. 1838).

Wife Elizabeth BRADLEY was born 12 July 1800 (per Bible Records)

3)      Mary “Polly” HALL            Born: ca. 1802 Tennessee

Married: 25 Jan 1817 in Sumner Co. TN to Alfred MOORE

Lived 1830 Warren Co. KY

Lived 1850 Warrick Co. IN

Died: may be the Jane MOORE, age 60, born TN who lived with son Jackson MOORE in 1860 Posey Co. IN census.

4             4)      Middleton HALL

Born: 1800 – 1810

Married: 24 May 1828 in Sumner Co. TN to Mahala HALL

Died: after 1840

Lived 1830 and 1840 in Warrick Co. IN – Skelton Twp.

5             5)      Ellender “Nellie” HALL           Born: 18 May 1808 Tennessee

Married: 15 August 1826 to Levi BRYANT in Sumner Co. TN

Died:  1870 Warrick Co. IN

Levi BRYANT died 1 Oct 1839 in Warrick Co. IN.  He was son of William BRYANT and Elizabeth _______.    He was born ca. 1805 in NC

     6)      William HALL                      Born: ca. 1810 TN

Married: 5 March 1835 in Pope Co. IL to Susannah RITCHEY by Reuben SMITH, JP

Lived in 1860 in Warrick Co. IN with children Elizabeth, 25 IL: Mary A., 18; IN;

William, 17 IN; John 12 IN

Lived in 1850 in Warrick Co. IN with wife Susannah, 28, TN and children

Elizabeth 14 IL: Louisa 12 IL; Laura 12 IL; Mary 10 IN; William 7 IN: Barbary, 4

IN; John 3; IN; Melissa 3/12, IN

Lived in Pope Co. IL in 1840 with one white male 30 and under 40; 3 white females under 5; 1 white female 15 and under 20.   Living next door to Joshua SLANKARD.  On same page (170) is another William HALL with one white male 40 and under 50; 4 white females under 5; 1 white female 20 and under 30. 

A daughter Louisa Jane HALL, born Apr 1836; married Samuel Wilson SKELTON on 24 June 1859 in Warrick Co. IN and died on 24 October 1903.

1837 Pope Co. IL tax lists shows a William HALL with 100 acres.

William HALL purchased 41 acres on 21 Apr 1855 in SE NW Sec 15 Twp 14 S, R 5 E in Pope Co. IL.  James RICHEY purchased 160 acres SE ¼ Sec 1 Twp 14 S , R 5 E on 23 Nov 1815.

             7)      Jackson HALL     Born: ca. 1813 TN

Married: Nancy ________

Lived in 1850 in Warrick Co. IN.  Son James born 1845.

            8)      Christopher HALL             Born: ca. 1810 – 1820

Married: 31 October 1834 in Warrick Co. IN to Elizabeth WEST

In 1840 Warrick Co. IN

Died: 1858 in Warrick Co. IN – estate records.

              9)      George HALL      Born: 1815 – 1820 TN

Living in Warrick Co. IN in 1840.

Children of William HALL and Delilah BRUNER were:

1)      Melinda HALL       Born: 1835 IN

2)      Jesse HALL             Born: 1839 IN

3)      Nancy HALL           Born: 1845 IN

4)      Malissa HALL              Born: 1847 IN

Married _____ EDWARDS  before 1870

Married Wiley F. B LACK before 1880

Died: 20 Jan 1903 Skelton Twp. Warrick Co. IN

ANOTHER POSSIBLE CHILD OF WILLIAM HALL (1763 - 1863?) 

Catherine HALL Born: ca. 1816 Tennessee

                                                Married: 28 March 1844 in Warrick Co. Indiana to William WEST

Very interested in learning the origins of this William HALL (born ca. 1763 in VA).  What county in Virginia??????    Parents????    How is he related to Thomas HALL of Smith Co. TN and the HALLs of Sumner County, including Gov. William HALL?