James Hall ¹¹⁴

  General Notes:

Listed in "Colony of South Carolina" Compiled by: Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. Records of 1716 to 1783:

HALL , James 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
HALL , John 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
HALL , Matthew 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
HALL , William 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
HALL , Alexander 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT
HALL , Arthur 1717 Colony, SC Petitioner No Twp Listed
HALL , Arthur, 1716 Colony, SC Petitioner No Twp. Listed

Seved in Revolutionary War 1779 - 1882

In 1779, Sarah Duncan of Edgefield Co. SC sold 150 acres on Bush Creek of Broad River in Newberry Co. to her son, Samuel Duncan, witnessed by Enos Elmore, John Duncan and James Hall (Newb. deed C-306);

Also in 1779, Sarah Duncan sold 100 acres in Newberry Co. SC, part of her 350 acre grant in 1770, to James Hummock, witnessed by Samuel Duncan, James Hall and George Pemberton (Newb. deed G-23, recorded 1804 by George Pemberton).

Portrait and Biographical Records of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa
Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1894:

"...James Hall, the great-great-grandfather of the gentleman of whom we write [Amos A. Hall] , was born only four miles from London. His son, whose Christian name was also James, had a son Amos, from whom our subject is descended. He was born in Charleston, S.C., and during the War of the Revolution, particularly in the battle of Cowpens, supplied the soldiers with provisions. The son of this man was Samuel Hall, our subject's father. He was also born in South Carolina, and when arriving at man's estate emigrated to Ohio, where he married Miss Fanny Alexander, whose birthplace was in Kentucky." (Portrait and Biographical Records of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa -- Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1894.)

Per "Quakers in South Carolina Backcountry - Watertree & Bush River"......Three Pemberton brothers, namely, Isaiah, Robert and John came from Newberry to Miami County, perhaps being sons of George, mentioned in the Annals. They opened farms and reared families some of whom yet live. John in after life went into a state of "melancholia." Concluding he was useless to the world and had better leave it, he sent for James Hall, a once Newberry neighbor, but not a Quaker, and asked him if he did not think that he (John) had better commit suicide. Hall, who though illiterate had common sense, encouraged him in the project. Well, how had it better be done? Would not drowning in Ludlow Creek, which was near, be the best way of accomplishing it? "Yes", replied Hall, "and I'll go down with you and if necessary help you do it." Having arrived at the creek, Pemberton stood hesitating upon the bank, when Hall shoved him in. He would not drown however, but came out with a good wetting, and what was better, an entire cure of his suicidal desires. He lived many years afterwards, but in a state of semi-dementia, an object of pity to those who saw him. My line of Descent: (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~parisho/p/pemberton.html) NOTE: Two of the three Pembertons mention above are on same 1820 US Census page as James and Amos Hall.

The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, SCMAR, Volume XI, Number 3, Summer, 1983; Some Migrations from Rowan County, North Carolina to South Carolina; SCMAR, Vol. XI, Summer 1983, No. 3, p.126: 10:297. 4 Apr. 1785. James Hall, Jr., to Robert Hall of 96 District, S.C., for £100, 300 A on Sloan's branch of Fourth Crk adj. Fergus Sloan, Col. Edwards, Alexr. Newberry & Wm Hall, it being a State Grant dated 1 Mar. 1780. Alexander Hall, Ths. Hall. Prvd Aug. Court 1785.

James married Sarah Duncan, daughter of Samuel Duncan and Unknown, in 1761. (Sarah Duncan was born about 1743 in South Carolina and died in 1835 in Miami Co., OH.)