Bio by: Bill McKern
Inscription
BOLLING HALL. Who was born in Dinwiddie County Virginia, on the 25th day of January A..D. 1767. Was married to Jane Abercrombie on the 25th day of October A..D. 1798, and died at Ellerslie, his residence in Autauga County, Alabama, on the 25th day of February A..D. 1836. He served when 16 yrs. old in the Revolutionary War in defence of the rights of man. After the termination of that war and the establishing of our present form of government he emigrated to the State of Georgia, where having filled many official stations to the satisfaction of the people he was elected to the Representative Branch of the Legislature and finally to the same branch of the Congress of the U.S., and was a member of that body at the time and voted for the declaration of war against Great Britain A.D. 1812. A Republican of '98, through his whole political career he was esteemed for his firmness and devoted attachment to the Constitution and the cause of the people. Apart from his public virtues his private worth endeared him to his friends; a good husband, parent, and neighbor, he was loved by all. He removed to Ala. A.D. 1818. She who knew him best -- his companion for 38 years -- inscribes this testimonial of her love to him whilst living and her sorrow for his loss in death.
Family Members
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Mary Wilkie "Polly" Hall Wood
1800–1820
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Ann Anderson "Nancy" Hall Mitchell
1801–1841
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Martha Bryan Hall Thomas
1803–1848
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Eliza Dixon Hall Brown
1806–1887
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Jane Abercrombie Hall Thompson
1807–1858
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Emma Bolling Hall Jackson
1809–1859
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Bolling Hall II
1813–1897
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Laura Hall Holt
1815–1889
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Amanda Hall Snodgrass
1818–1880
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Mary Bibb Hall Hall
1820–1909
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Sarah Helen Hall Sasnett
1824–1892
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