Individual Details
Wiatt Hall
(APRIL 29, 1823 - JANUARY 17, 1873)
Events
| Birth | APRIL 29, 1823 | Lawrence County, Mississippi |  |  | |
| Marriage | MAY 13, 1841 | Copiah County, Mississippi - Naomi Hicks | | | |
| Census | 1850 | Jasper County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1854 | Cattle Brand - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JUNE, 1854 | Charter Member - Coryell Baptist Church, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | DECEMBER 23, 1856 | Land Purchase - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | NOVEMBER 6, 1858 | Charter Member - Eagle Springs Baptist Church, Eagle Springs, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Census | 1860 | Station Creek P.O., Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1861 - 1865 | Military Service - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1861 | Land Sale - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Census | 1870 | Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | AUGUST 13, 1870 | School Trustee - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Death | JANUARY 17, 1873 | Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | JANUARY 17, 1873 | Murder of Wiatt Hall - Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Burial | Aft JANUARY 17, 1873 | Eagle Springs Cemetery, Eagle Springs, Coryell County, Texas | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Aft JANUARY 17, 1873 | Find A Grave Memorial - Eagle Springs Cemetery, Eagle Springs, Coryell County, Texas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Naomi Hicks (1825 - 1903) |
| Child | U. N. Hall (1862 - 1934) |
| Child | Amasa Hall (1841 - 1864) |
| Child | Sarepta Hall (1845 - 1909) |
| Child | Aralza Hall (1847 - 1914) |
| Child | Zedock Green Hall (1848 - ) |
| Child | Selesta Hall (1851 - 1880) |
| Child | James Leon Hall (1853 - 1922) |
| Child | Epinetta W. "Neat" Hall (1855 - 1879) |
| Child | R. G. E. Hall (1860 - ) |
| Child | Jessie Melvin Hall (1866 - ) |
| Father | Wiatt Hall (1788 - 1854) |
| Mother | Lydia Southern ( - 1875) |
| Sibling | James Hall (1816 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Henry Hall (1818 - 1896) |
| Sibling | Lewis Hall (1824 - ) |
| Sibling | Roland Hall (1826 - ) |
| Sibling | Serena Hall (1827 - 1868) |
Notes
Birth
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing he was age 52 years, 8 months, and 19 days at the time of his death on 1-17-1873.Marriage
Wiatt Hall's Find A Grave Memorial links him to his spouse Naomi Hicks Hall.The Hall Family History Book shows he married Naomi Hicks on 5-13-1841, in Copiah County, MS.
Census
The Jasper County, Texas, U.S. Federal Census shows the Wiatt Hall household as:Wyatt Hall, 30, b. MS, wagon maker
Naoma, 26, b. NC
Ammasa, 9, male, b. MS
Sereptha, 6, female, b. MS
Aralza, 4, male, b. MS
Zedock Green, 2, male, b. MS
Miscellaneous
In 1854 Wiatt Hall registered his cattle brand "7H" in Coryell County, Texas.Miscellaneous
Wiatt and Naomi Hall and Naomi's mother Martha Hicks were charter members of the Coryell Baptist Church, the first Baptist church established in Coryell County, TX, in June 1854.Miscellaneous
On 12-23-1856 Wiatt Hall purchased 320 acres in Coryell County, Texas, located 14 1/2 miles SE of Gatesville at the head of Halbert Creek on the north side of the Leon River. The purchase was through Texas Preemption Certificate No. 8.Miscellaneous
Wiatt and Naomi Hall and their daughter Sarepta Hall were charter members of the Eagle Springs Baptist Church (previously known as Onion Creek Church), organized on 11-6-1858.Wiatt Hall served as clerk pro tem from 4-9-1859 through 2-9-1861, when he requested to be released from this position. He also was named a trustee to oversee the building of a new church, and he held this position until 7-13-1861.
Census
The 1860 Coryell County, Texas, Station Creek P.O., U.S. Federal Census shows the Wiatt Hall household as:Wyatt Hall, 40, b. MS
Neesma, 35, b. NC
Cyraster [Sarepta], 15, b. MS
Aralza, 13, b. MS
Seleta [Celesta], 9, b. TX
James L., 7, b. TX
E.W. [Epinetta], 5, b. TX
R.G.E., 6 mo., male, b. TX
Miscellaneous
Naomi Hall's Confederate Pension application #2828 shows Wiatt Hall served in Co. B, 4th Texas Cavalry for 6 months and then in the government shops at Waco, TX until the end of the Civil War.Miscellaneous
Prior to entering service in the Civil War, Wiatt Hall sold the following land: 177 acres of his Wiatt Hall Survey and 15 and 3/4 acre tract in the George Bond Survey to his father-in-law James Hicks.Census
The 1870 Coryell County, Texas, U.S. Federal Census shows the Wiatt Hall household as:Wyatt, 50, b. MS
Naomi, 45, b. MS
Aralizy [Aralza], 23, b. MS
Leon, 17, b. TX
Epinetta, 15, b. TX
U.N., 8, male, b. TX
Mervin [Melvin], 4, b. TX
Miscellaneous
On 8-13-1870, Wiatt Hall was appointed a school trustee for the 2nd. Sub-District of Public Schools of Coryell County, Texas.Death
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing his death date as 1-17-1873.Miscellaneous
In 1872, William Hartgraves, the son of Wiatt Hall's neighbor Frances Hartgraves, was charged with swindling and theft of a mare. Wiatt Hall was one of the witnesses against Hartgraves. The case was continued until the January 1873 Coryell County court term, when the case was finally to be tried.On 1-17-1873, two men rode up to the Hall residence and called Wiatt Hall out to his gate, where one of the men fatally shot Wiatt before making their escape.
The man who shot Wiatt Hall was identified, presumably by Naomi Hall, as William Hartgraves.
The murder of Wiatt Hall and subsequent apprehension of William Hargraves in Kansas, October 1873, were reported in newspaper articles in the Galveston Daily News on 1-23-1873 and 10-17-1873. Hartgraves was returned by train to Waco, Texas, where his train was met by a group of vigilantes from Coryell County; there is no further information available on the fate of William Hartgraves.
Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #51658905.The memorial has a photograph of his tombstone showing he died on 1-17-1873 at the age of 52 years, 8 months, and 19 days.
The memorial is linked to his spouse Naomi Hicks Hill and some of his children.
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
2. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
3. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
4. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
5. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
6. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
7. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
8. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
9. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
10. Sherry Lawrence, "Naomi Hicks Hall-Early Coryell County Citizen," Coryell Kin (Spring 2014), .
11. 1860 U.S. Federal Census Report, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
12. Sherry Lawrence, "Naomi Hicks Hall-Early Coryell County Citizen," Coryell Kin (Spring 2014), .
13. "Alabama, Texas, and Virginia Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry,com : Accessed 4 December 2017), Digital images of original records., "Confederate Pension Application-Naomi Hall," .
14. Sherry Lawrence, "Naomi Hicks Hall-Early Coryell County Citizen," Coryell Kin (Spring 2014), .
15. 1870 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
16. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
17. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
18. Hall Family History Book (Family History and Genealogical Records, 1925–1986), Photocopy privately held by Claudette Christian Lawrence, , Huntsville, Texas, 2016 (Descendant). Compiled family history anf family group sheets of the Henry Hall family by Roland Richmond Hall, Earl Grice Hall, Harold Melzar Barnes, Jr., Kathleen Hagaman, and Prentiss Hall.. Copy previously owned by Lydia Juanitha Hall Christian Swift.
19. Sherry Lawrence, "Naomi Hicks Hall-Early Coryell County Citizen," Coryell Kin (Spring 2014), .
20. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
21. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.