Individual Details
Aralza Hall
(JANUARY 9, 1847 - DECEMBER 6, 1914)
Events
| Birth | JANUARY 9, 1847 | Mississippi |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | 1861 - 1865 | Military | | | |
| Miscellaneous | APRIL 24, 1876 | Land Patent - Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | OCTOBER, 1877 | Vigilante Threats - Oglesby, Coryell County, Texas | | | |
| Death | DECEMBER 6, 1914 | | | ||
| Burial | Aft DECEMBER 6, 1914 | Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft DECEMBER 6, 1914 | Find A Grave Memorial - Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas | | | |
| Marriage | Nancy Ellen Grimes | | |
Families
| Spouse | Nancy Ellen Grimes (1852 - 1941) |
| Father | Wiatt Hall (1823 - 1873) |
| Mother | Naomi Hicks (1825 - 1903) |
| Sibling | U. N. Hall (1862 - 1934) |
| Sibling | Amasa Hall (1841 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Sarepta Hall (1845 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Zedock Green Hall (1848 - ) |
| Sibling | Selesta Hall (1851 - 1880) |
| Sibling | James Leon Hall (1853 - 1922) |
| Sibling | Epinetta W. "Neat" Hall (1855 - 1879) |
| Sibling | R. G. E. Hall (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Jessie Melvin Hall (1866 - ) |
Notes
Birth
The 1850 Jasper County, Texas, US Federal Census shows Aralza, age 4, b. MS in the Wyatt and Naomi Hall household.His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing the dates 1-9-1847 and 12-6-1914.
Miscellaneous
In 1861, Aralza Hall joined a group of men from the Station Creek area that was formed by Captain Overton F. Davenport. This group enlisted in the Confederate Army in the 10th Texas Infantry in Houston, Texas.Aralza Hall served in Co. K, Texas 10th Infantry, Confederate Army.
Miscellaneous
The Texas General Land Office archives has digital copies of a Milam Preemption land claim for Aralza Hall in Coryell Co., TX. The claim is for 158 acres of land filed on 7-12-1871 and patented on 4-24-1876.Aralza Hall homesteaded this land from 4-1-1871 to 4-20-1874.
The survey for the land was made on 5-20-1871 and Aralza and his father Wiatt Hall served as chain men for the surveyor.
Miscellaneous
One night in October 1877, a group of 30-40 vigilantes came to Aralza Hall's house and accused him of livestock theft and association with the Green brothers. Aralza also was questioned about his alleged threat to avenge the deaths of William and James Green, who had recently been hung as horse thieves.Aralza denied he had any intent to avenge the Green brothers, but he did think that worse men than the Green brothers were among the men who hanged them. The vigilantes gave Aralza 10 days to leave Coryell County or else harm would come to him. Aralza complied with their order, and moved to .
Death
His Find A Grave Memorial has a tombstone photograph showing the dates 1-9-1847 and 12-6-1914.Burial
His grave is located adjacent to his wife Nancy Ellen Hall.Miscellaneous
His Find A Grave Memorial is #11394633.The memorial has a tombstone photograph showing the dates 1-9-1847 and 12-6-1914, and it is linked to his Spouse, parents, siblings and children.
His grave is located adjacent to his wife Nancy Ellen Grimes Hall, as seen in a photograph on his Find A Grave Memorial.
Marriage
Nancy Ellen Grimes and Aralza Hall are linked as spouses on their Find A Grave Memorials.Endnotes
1. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
2. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
3. Hill Family History (Loose Papers, Bible pages, Personal Research Information, ), Original Records and Photocopies of Original Records privately held by Gary D. Hill, , Golden, Colorado, to Present (2016) (Descendant of William Hill, Robert Hicks, James Calhoun Hill, and Wiatt Hall). Family Stories, Photocopies of Family Documents, Photgraphs, Individual Research. Information passed from Bertha L. Hall Hill to her grandson Gary D. Hill, and shared by email with Sherry Lawrence..
4. Sherry Lawrence, "Naomi Hicks Hall-Early Coryell County Citizen," Coryell Kin (Spring 2014), Page 8.
5. Texas General Land Office Archives and Records, Url: http://wwwdb.gol.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/landgrants.
6. Sherry Lawrence, "Naomi Hicks Hall-Early Coryell County Citizen," Coryell Kin (Spring 2014), Page 8.
7. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
8. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
9. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.
10. Find A Grave Web Site, Url: www.findagrave.com.