Does any one know anything about James Hall b. c. 1800 in S.C. m. Jane Peaster c 1823. Moved to Texas from Abbeville, S.C. in 1841. He had brothers: William, John, Joseph, Isaac, Samuel, Amos, and George Lucien. He also had sisters: Hannah who m.William Fuller and Nathan Northcutt, and Jane, who married George W. Scott and Nathan Northcutt (after we was widowed when her sister, Hannah died) All of this family left and moved to Texas and Miss. In a message dated 1/22/2012 4:10:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, hhimrey@gmail.com writes: I sympathize with anybody trying to trace the very-common name Hall--that's my maiden name. There are many SCDAH entries re men named James Hall, but none of those apply to the James Hall who married Sarah Duncan. This James (who marked with an H) did not get a land grant in SC. I imagine that he moved down from Frederick Co VA after the SC land office closed in 1773. There were at least 3 James Halls in Newberry, 2 in Edgefield, and 2 in Laurens during the latter 18th century. That H-mark is almost the only way to distinguish them--in addition to the connection with Duncans. I'm pretty sure that the James Hall on the 1779 jury list for "Lower Part of Ninety-Six District Between Broad & Saludy River" is the right one, because he's listed very near Samuel Dunkin (Jr.), among other lower Bush River residents. And he witnessed a deed for mother-in-law Sarah Duncan that year. Jurors were necessarily property-owners. I don't know what he owned by 1779, other than that it wasn't a grant. The earliest purchase I can locate for him is dated 4 Feb 1781, a tract of 125 acres on Beaver Dam Creek of Bush River, granted to Elijah Teague and sold to Robert Gilliam, who sold it to James Hall. James and Sarah Hall sold it to John Furnas on 6 Jan 1795. The estimated dates for the children of William Hall (1698-1764) and Hannah Richardson (1710- 1784(?)) are all over the map. They married in Chester Co PA on 23 Apr 1731; William's will was signed in Frederick Co VA on 21 Oct 1764. William Hall Jr. was the oldest son--he said so in a series of 1797 deeds, after moving to Newberry Co SC. The James Hall who was the son of William and Hannah Richardson Hall sold his Frederick Co VA inheritance to his brother Joseph in 1765, and reportedly moved to Newberry Co SC after that. May have been a decade or so later, for all the tracks he left. Some researchers say that "this James" died in Newberry Co before 1791; another James Hall (with wife Margaret) died in Newberry in 1798. And one James Hall, son of a William of Frederick Co VA, apparently died in Frederick Co as well. There were at least 2 Williams Halls with sons named James in Frederick (a large county), and Halls other than the William Halls had sons named James there as well. There is a clear paper trail for oldest-son William Hall (Jr.), because his Newberry documents identify his origin as Frederick Co VA, his parents as William and Hannah Hall, and his deceased brother (in 1797) as Joseph Hall. The James Hall who married Sarah Duncan did not give us details about his ancestry, but Frederick Co VA was adjacent to Fairfax/Loudoun, so it's at least plausible that they met and married in VA, headed for SC to join her family later. Harriet Imrey On 1/22/2012 12:49 PM, Wendy Neuman McGuire wrote: Does anyone have James Hall and Hannah Richardson and their son James Hall (who married Sarah Duncan)? In the SCDAH there are many James Halls records and I don't have enough information about James Hall Sr. to figure out which land records belong to this particular family. Another family line - Nicholas Dickson petitioned for a land plat on 2 Aug 1767. On 1 Mar 1768 there was a royal grant from King George III and on 27 Jul 1768 there was a record of a memorial for the same land. The question - What might have been the circumstance to receive the royal grant in response after a land plat was petitioned? Is there a record of Nicholas' death date and perhaps Will? I have his widow Margaret's land plats beginning 29 Oct 1772 and her Will executed 15 April 1824 and proven 30 Jan 1826 leading to the conclusion that Nicholas died before Oct 29 1772. I am interested in this family because their youngest son Robert married Mary Elizabeth Hall, daughter of James Hall and Sarah Duncan. Thanks! Wendy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message