William Hall, Rev. War Veteran

(probably) not the same as William Hall, II, of Halltown, son of William Hall, of Halltown & Hannah Hall

Most of what we know about this William Hall is found in these references -

War pension application - William Hall, Rev. War Veteran

DAR Ancestor #: A135222

William Hall

• His tombstone claims he was born 1743 in Stoverstown, Frederick County, Virginia
• Died 20 Dec 1839 in Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio
• Husband of "unknown first wife"
• Husband of Magdalen Taylor (reported by DAR)
• Father of William Hall Jr., Henry Hall, Catherine (Hall) Snyder, Sarah (Hall) Powell, Jesse Hall, Mary Ann Hall
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hall-19560 is erroneous - this is not the William Hall who married Elizabeth Lucas

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Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6143976/william_hall

William was born in 1743 in Stoverstown, Frederick County, VA. (west of Front Royal) which is now Strasburg, Virginia. (Peter Stover later applied for a town charter in November of 1761 giving the town the official name of Strasburg). William served 2 tours during the Revolutionary War, one tour as a Private of the Virginia Militia as he took part in guarding British Prisoners of war in Winchester, VA.

Inscription
Virginia Military Revolutionary War; guarded British POWs

William Hall served in the revolutionary war under Captains Crookshank and Brown and Cornels Morgan and Bird http://revwarapps.org/s16142.pdf

His pension application stated, "he lives with his son William that he owns no property and his son is poor and lives on a rented farm."

His children were:

with an unknown wife (not Elizabeth Hall)

1. Harman
2. Henry, married Eleanor Sausbury
3. Catherine, married Nimrod Snider,
4. William II
5. Sarah married Abner Powell.

with Magdalen Taylor

1. Jesse Hall (b. 1782) (listed at DAR)
2. Mary Ann Hall

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Notes for William Hall II by Jesse Hall and used with his permission to family researcher, Dan Buckley.

William Hall II, according to his Revolutionary War Pension Application, was born near Front Royal, VA at a town called Stavertown, Shenandoah Co.

NB: Shenandoah County was formed in 1772 from Frederick County.

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Two William Halls, each with a son William

William Hall, II, of Halltown versus William Hall, Rev. War Veteran

(This quote conflates the 2 Williams.)
"His RW pension statement said he was born in 1743. He apparently was married before 1764 because his father's will indicates William II had children. He first married Elizabeth Lucas, dau. of Edward Lucas Jr. and first wife Mary Darke, with whom he had at least four known children. According to a will of Elizabeth Lucas' father, she died before 1777. William Hall was executor of his father's estate."

• This William Hall was born 1743, based on his Rev War pension application. That William Hall was born about 1731.
• This William Hall had several children mentioned in his application, but no wife was referenced.
• This Willam Hall lived in Frederick / Shenandoah County before the War, and in Preston County, VA / WV after about 1781. He died in Monroe County, Ohio in 1739, living with his son William (a different William from this William's son William.)
• That William Hall was the son in law of the Quaker, Edward Lucas who died 1777 in current day Jefferson County, WV, and was executor of his estate.
• No mention of that William Hall serving in the Rev War or living anyplace other than Halltown.

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References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195301035/william_hall (may have errors: claims this William Hall was the son of William Hall of Halltown, which seems unlikely)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_County,_Virginia Shenandoah County (formerly Dunmore County) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Colonial Governor Gooch formally purchased the entire Shenandoah Valley from the Six Nations of the Iroquois by the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744. ... The county was established in 1772 as 'Dunmore County' for Virginia Colonial Governor John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore. ... Woodstock was designated the county seat. Dunmore was Virginia's last royal governor, and was forced from office during the American Revolution. During the war (1778), the rebels renamed the county 'Shenandoah.'
3. William Hall's Revolutionary War Service Pension Application https://revwarapps.com/s16142.pdf
4. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hall?iframe=ydna-results-overview
5. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:933K-54S Submitted by: mmunson2715547 cites
   1. Revolutionary War Pension File publisher: NSDAR in Washington, D.C.
   2. William Hall II Rev. War Penson Application
   3. tombstone, Pioneer Cemetery, Graysville, Monroe, OH, USA
   4. Monroe Co., OH Genealogical Records author: Catharine Fedorchak
   5. Rushin, Bill publisher: Shenandoah County VA Gen Web Queries