Stephen Hall and Sarah Power
Research Notes
Approximately 1790 – East Tennessee
Reported date and place of Stephen Hall’s birth.
April 18, 1816 - Madison County, Alabama (then Mississippi Territory)
A marriage license was issued to Stephen Hall and Sally _____
April 25, 1816 – Madison County, Alabama (then Mississippi Territory)
Stephen Hall and Sally Power were married by Nathaniel Power, J. P.
September 29, 1830 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 80.25 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the W ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 13 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located about two miles west of Larkinsville.
October 2, 1830 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 80.335 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the W ½ of the SE ¼ of Section 34 in Township 2 South of Range 6 East. This land is located about three miles south and eight miles west of Stevenson.
June 14, 1832 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 40.125 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 13 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located immediately north of the land Stephen purchased in September of 1830.
December 23, 1834 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 40.09 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 14 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located immediately west and immediately north of the land Stephen purchased in September of 1830.
August 12, 1842
Date of Stephen Hall’s death. He was reportedly buried near Larkinsville, in Jackson County, Alabama.
June 23, 1852 – Franklin County, Tennessee
John Keith, about 53 years old, and James Cox, about 67 years old, appeared before a Justice of the Peace, and swore that they were acquainted with Stephen Hall, who was a Private in Captain William Russell’s Company, afterwards commanded by Captain John Cowan, in the war of 1812. They swore that they were mustered in as Privates with Stephen Hall in said Company at Huntsville, Alabama, on or about September 28, 1814, for the term of six months. They swore that Stephen Hall continued in said service until about the last of March, 1815, when he was discharged. For his service, John Keith received a Bounty land warrant for 80 acres under the Act of September 28, 1850 (#28,588).
October 9, 1852 – Jackson County, Alabama
Sarah Hall, aged 52, a resident of Jackson County, appeared before a Justice of the Peace, and swore that she was the widow of Stephen Hall, deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Caperton in the regiment commanded by Thomas H. Benton in the War of 1812. Sarah stated that she believed her husband volunteered at Nashville, Tennessee, in December of 1812, for the term of twelve months, and was discharged sometime in the fall of 1813 (she thinks at Columbia, Tennessee). Sarah indicated that the place of discharge would appear on the Company’s muster rolls, and that his discharge was left at Nashville, and “never afterwards obtained”. Sarah swore that she was married, as Sarah or Sally Power, to Stephen Hall in Madison County, Mississippi Territory, on April 25, 1816, by J. P. Nathaniel Power. Sarah also swore that Stephen Hall died in Jackson County on August 12, 1842, and that she was still a widow. Sarah made her declaration for the purpose of obtaining bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850. Disinterested witnesses John Lindsey? and Josiah Durham? confirmed the key facts in Sarah’s declaration.
January 12, 1853
It appears that the Treasury Department investigation into Sarah’s claim found that Stephen Hall served under Captain Caperton from December 10, 1812, until February 9, 1813.
March 29, 1853
Sarah was issued bounty land warrant #83,335 for 40 acres of land as the widow of Stephen Hall, a Private in Captain Caperton’s Company in the War of 1812. However, there is an indication that this warrant was later cancelled, and bounty land warrant #24,727 was issued for 160 acres.
June 10, 1853
A letter from the Treasury Department indicated that Stephen Hall, a Private in Captain John Cowan’s Company, Tennessee Militia, entered the service on September 28, 1814, for six months, and served until March 27, 1815. The letter went on to say that William Russell had command for a short period, but was promoted to Major. The letter also indicated that Stephen Hall served as a Private in Captain George Caperton’s Company of Tennessee Militia, from September 26, 1813, until December 10, 1813. The letter also indicated that Stephen Hall served as a Substitute for Abraham Bledsoe, in the same Company, from December 10, 1812, for 12 months, until April 20, 1813, the expiration of the service.
August 9, 1853
Sarah's agent returned her bounty land warrant for 40 acres to be cancelled by the Treasury Department, and replaced with a warrant for 160 acres.
October 25, 1855 – Jackson County, Alabama
Sarah P. Hall purchased 40.125 acres of land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 13 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located one quarter mile north and three quarters mile west of the land that Stephen purchased in September of 1830.
November 12, 1859 – Jackson County, Alabama
Sarah P. Hall purchased two tracts of land from the U. S. Government. One tract of 40.09 acres was described as the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 14 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located one quarter mile north and immediately west of the land Stephen purchased in September of 1830. The other tract, of 40.105 acres, was described as the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 11 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located immediately north of the other tract purchased by Sarah P. Hall on the same date.
August 21, 1878
Sarah P. Hall filed a Claim of Widow for Service Pension based on Stephen’s service in the War of 1812. Sarah declared that she was 7(9) years old, a resident of Jackson County, Alabama, and the widow of Stephen Hall, who served under the name of Stephen Hall as a 1st sergeant in the Company commanded by Captains Caperton and Cowan in a regiment of volunteers in the War of 1812. Sarah indicated that her husband volunteered in Franklin County, Tennessee, first for 3 months, a 2nd time for 9 months, and a third time for (6) months, that he served for 13 months and 13 days, and that he was honorably discharged. She described Stephen, at the time of his enlistment, as age 22, a farmer, born in East Tennessee, with dark hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion.
Sarah stated that she was married to Stephen Hall in Madison County, Alabama, on April 25, 1816, by Justice of the Peace Nathaniel Power, that her name before her marriage was Sarah P. Power, that she had not remarried since the death of Stephen Hall, and that neither she nor Stephen Hall had previously been married. Sarah stated that Stephen Hall died at his residence near Larkinsville, Alabama, on August 12, 1842. She also stated that she and Stephen resided in Madison County, Alabama, from 1816 until 1819, and that they moved to Jackson County in 1819, where they lived up to the date of Stephen’s death. John R. King, aged 37, who lived near Boyd’s Switch, in Jackson County, and W. L. Berry, aged 30, who lived near Larkinsville, in Jackson County, swore that they had known Sarah P. Hall for 25 years, and attested to the fact that Sarah had not remarried after Stephen’s death.
February 11, 1879
Sarah was granted a Service Pension of $8 per month, commencing March 9, 1878.
SUMMARY:
It appears that Stephen Hall served as follows:
December 10, 1812 to April 20, 1813, in Captain George Caperton’s Company of Tennessee Militia, as a Substitute for Abraham Bledsoe .
September 26, 1813 to December 10, 1813, in Captain George Caperton’s Company of Tennessee Militia.
September 28, 1814 to March 27, 1815, in Captain John Cowan’s Company of Tennessee Militia. The statement made by John Keith and James Cox indicates that they, along with Stephen Hall, were mustered in at Huntsville, Alabama. John Cowan was reportedly born in 1763, and was married in Greene County, Tennessee, in August of 1788. In 1806, John Cowan moved with other family members to the Franklin County, Tennessee, area. Rev. James Hall transferred to Captain Cowan’s Company on November 14, 1814, where it is reported he served until March 29, 1815.
At this point, I don’t know a lot about Stephen Hall’s service with Captain Caperton in late 1812 and early 1813. We know that Colonel Thomas Benton was the first officer to command the Second Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. George Caperton served Colonel Benton as the Captain of one of the Companies in this Regiment. Most of the men in the Regiment are said to have come from Williamson, Rutherford, White, Bedford, Davidson, Franklin, Lincoln and Maury Counties, Tennessee. Colonel Benton commanded the Regiment from December of 1812 until April of 1813.
We may learn something about Stephen Hall’s service under Captain John Cowan by reviewing a description of the service of one of his comrades in that Company. A many named Major Passons, along with his father, first enlisted at Fayetteville, Tennessee, on October 4, 1813, as Privates in Captain William Russell's Company of Mounted Spies. They were mustered at Camp Coffee, Alabama, and served with General Andrew Jackson's army in the first Creek Campaign. They were engaged in almost every battle, including Tallushatchee, Talladega and Horseshoe Bend. They were discharged on April 4, 1814 at Fort William, in Alabama.
On September 28, 1814, Major Passons again enlisted on September 28, 1814, at Winchester, Tennessee, as a Private in Captain John Cowan's Company. This group was a part of Coffee's Brigade of Tennessee Militia. Among Passons' comrades in Captain Cowan's company was Sergeant David "Davy" Crockett, renown backwoodsman, and later a hero of the Alamo.
Passons was mustered in at Fayetteville, Tennessee. Captain Cowan’s Company was one of the Companies in Russell’s Battalion. Because food was so scarce, Russell's Battalion marched on foot to Pensacola area where they joined the main army. Here Russell's Battalion was formed with other units into a regiment commanded by Colonel Uriah Blue.
With Blue's Regiment, Russell's Battalion participated in the battle of Pensacola on November 7. 1814. A few days later, we know that Rev. James Hall was transferred to Captain Cowan’s Company at Fort Montgomery (see Rev James Hall). The report of Major Passons’ service suggests that the Company was probably dispatched to the relief of Fort Bowyer, and served in the expedition against the Red Stick Creeks along the Escambia River in December, 1814 and January, 1815. Later, they were sent to Fort Montgomery, Alabama, which was located near the junction of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers. Here, Passons was reportedly furloughed in January, 1815, and returned home.
For his service, Major Passons received a Tennessee land grant of five acres in Jackson County, a Federal grant of 160 acres in Wisconsin, and a pension of $8.00 per month.
Reported date and place of Stephen Hall’s birth.
April 18, 1816 - Madison County, Alabama (then Mississippi Territory)
A marriage license was issued to Stephen Hall and Sally _____
April 25, 1816 – Madison County, Alabama (then Mississippi Territory)
Stephen Hall and Sally Power were married by Nathaniel Power, J. P.
September 29, 1830 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 80.25 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the W ½ of the SW ¼ of Section 13 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located about two miles west of Larkinsville.
October 2, 1830 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 80.335 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the W ½ of the SE ¼ of Section 34 in Township 2 South of Range 6 East. This land is located about three miles south and eight miles west of Stevenson.
June 14, 1832 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 40.125 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the SW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 13 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located immediately north of the land Stephen purchased in September of 1830.
December 23, 1834 – Jackson County, Alabama
Stephen Hall purchased 40.09 acres of public land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the SE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 14 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located immediately west and immediately north of the land Stephen purchased in September of 1830.
August 12, 1842
Date of Stephen Hall’s death. He was reportedly buried near Larkinsville, in Jackson County, Alabama.
June 23, 1852 – Franklin County, Tennessee
John Keith, about 53 years old, and James Cox, about 67 years old, appeared before a Justice of the Peace, and swore that they were acquainted with Stephen Hall, who was a Private in Captain William Russell’s Company, afterwards commanded by Captain John Cowan, in the war of 1812. They swore that they were mustered in as Privates with Stephen Hall in said Company at Huntsville, Alabama, on or about September 28, 1814, for the term of six months. They swore that Stephen Hall continued in said service until about the last of March, 1815, when he was discharged. For his service, John Keith received a Bounty land warrant for 80 acres under the Act of September 28, 1850 (#28,588).
October 9, 1852 – Jackson County, Alabama
Sarah Hall, aged 52, a resident of Jackson County, appeared before a Justice of the Peace, and swore that she was the widow of Stephen Hall, deceased, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Caperton in the regiment commanded by Thomas H. Benton in the War of 1812. Sarah stated that she believed her husband volunteered at Nashville, Tennessee, in December of 1812, for the term of twelve months, and was discharged sometime in the fall of 1813 (she thinks at Columbia, Tennessee). Sarah indicated that the place of discharge would appear on the Company’s muster rolls, and that his discharge was left at Nashville, and “never afterwards obtained”. Sarah swore that she was married, as Sarah or Sally Power, to Stephen Hall in Madison County, Mississippi Territory, on April 25, 1816, by J. P. Nathaniel Power. Sarah also swore that Stephen Hall died in Jackson County on August 12, 1842, and that she was still a widow. Sarah made her declaration for the purpose of obtaining bounty land under the Act of September 28, 1850. Disinterested witnesses John Lindsey? and Josiah Durham? confirmed the key facts in Sarah’s declaration.
January 12, 1853
It appears that the Treasury Department investigation into Sarah’s claim found that Stephen Hall served under Captain Caperton from December 10, 1812, until February 9, 1813.
March 29, 1853
Sarah was issued bounty land warrant #83,335 for 40 acres of land as the widow of Stephen Hall, a Private in Captain Caperton’s Company in the War of 1812. However, there is an indication that this warrant was later cancelled, and bounty land warrant #24,727 was issued for 160 acres.
June 10, 1853
A letter from the Treasury Department indicated that Stephen Hall, a Private in Captain John Cowan’s Company, Tennessee Militia, entered the service on September 28, 1814, for six months, and served until March 27, 1815. The letter went on to say that William Russell had command for a short period, but was promoted to Major. The letter also indicated that Stephen Hall served as a Private in Captain George Caperton’s Company of Tennessee Militia, from September 26, 1813, until December 10, 1813. The letter also indicated that Stephen Hall served as a Substitute for Abraham Bledsoe, in the same Company, from December 10, 1812, for 12 months, until April 20, 1813, the expiration of the service.
August 9, 1853
Sarah's agent returned her bounty land warrant for 40 acres to be cancelled by the Treasury Department, and replaced with a warrant for 160 acres.
October 25, 1855 – Jackson County, Alabama
Sarah P. Hall purchased 40.125 acres of land from the U. S. Government. The land was described as the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of Section 13 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located one quarter mile north and three quarters mile west of the land that Stephen purchased in September of 1830.
November 12, 1859 – Jackson County, Alabama
Sarah P. Hall purchased two tracts of land from the U. S. Government. One tract of 40.09 acres was described as the NE ¼ of the NE ¼ of Section 14 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located one quarter mile north and immediately west of the land Stephen purchased in September of 1830. The other tract, of 40.105 acres, was described as the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 11 in Township 4 South of Range 4 East. This land is located immediately north of the other tract purchased by Sarah P. Hall on the same date.
August 21, 1878
Sarah P. Hall filed a Claim of Widow for Service Pension based on Stephen’s service in the War of 1812. Sarah declared that she was 7(9) years old, a resident of Jackson County, Alabama, and the widow of Stephen Hall, who served under the name of Stephen Hall as a 1st sergeant in the Company commanded by Captains Caperton and Cowan in a regiment of volunteers in the War of 1812. Sarah indicated that her husband volunteered in Franklin County, Tennessee, first for 3 months, a 2nd time for 9 months, and a third time for (6) months, that he served for 13 months and 13 days, and that he was honorably discharged. She described Stephen, at the time of his enlistment, as age 22, a farmer, born in East Tennessee, with dark hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion.
Sarah stated that she was married to Stephen Hall in Madison County, Alabama, on April 25, 1816, by Justice of the Peace Nathaniel Power, that her name before her marriage was Sarah P. Power, that she had not remarried since the death of Stephen Hall, and that neither she nor Stephen Hall had previously been married. Sarah stated that Stephen Hall died at his residence near Larkinsville, Alabama, on August 12, 1842. She also stated that she and Stephen resided in Madison County, Alabama, from 1816 until 1819, and that they moved to Jackson County in 1819, where they lived up to the date of Stephen’s death. John R. King, aged 37, who lived near Boyd’s Switch, in Jackson County, and W. L. Berry, aged 30, who lived near Larkinsville, in Jackson County, swore that they had known Sarah P. Hall for 25 years, and attested to the fact that Sarah had not remarried after Stephen’s death.
February 11, 1879
Sarah was granted a Service Pension of $8 per month, commencing March 9, 1878.
SUMMARY:
It appears that Stephen Hall served as follows:
December 10, 1812 to April 20, 1813, in Captain George Caperton’s Company of Tennessee Militia, as a Substitute for Abraham Bledsoe .
September 26, 1813 to December 10, 1813, in Captain George Caperton’s Company of Tennessee Militia.
September 28, 1814 to March 27, 1815, in Captain John Cowan’s Company of Tennessee Militia. The statement made by John Keith and James Cox indicates that they, along with Stephen Hall, were mustered in at Huntsville, Alabama. John Cowan was reportedly born in 1763, and was married in Greene County, Tennessee, in August of 1788. In 1806, John Cowan moved with other family members to the Franklin County, Tennessee, area. Rev. James Hall transferred to Captain Cowan’s Company on November 14, 1814, where it is reported he served until March 29, 1815.
At this point, I don’t know a lot about Stephen Hall’s service with Captain Caperton in late 1812 and early 1813. We know that Colonel Thomas Benton was the first officer to command the Second Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. George Caperton served Colonel Benton as the Captain of one of the Companies in this Regiment. Most of the men in the Regiment are said to have come from Williamson, Rutherford, White, Bedford, Davidson, Franklin, Lincoln and Maury Counties, Tennessee. Colonel Benton commanded the Regiment from December of 1812 until April of 1813.
We may learn something about Stephen Hall’s service under Captain John Cowan by reviewing a description of the service of one of his comrades in that Company. A many named Major Passons, along with his father, first enlisted at Fayetteville, Tennessee, on October 4, 1813, as Privates in Captain William Russell's Company of Mounted Spies. They were mustered at Camp Coffee, Alabama, and served with General Andrew Jackson's army in the first Creek Campaign. They were engaged in almost every battle, including Tallushatchee, Talladega and Horseshoe Bend. They were discharged on April 4, 1814 at Fort William, in Alabama.
On September 28, 1814, Major Passons again enlisted on September 28, 1814, at Winchester, Tennessee, as a Private in Captain John Cowan's Company. This group was a part of Coffee's Brigade of Tennessee Militia. Among Passons' comrades in Captain Cowan's company was Sergeant David "Davy" Crockett, renown backwoodsman, and later a hero of the Alamo.
Passons was mustered in at Fayetteville, Tennessee. Captain Cowan’s Company was one of the Companies in Russell’s Battalion. Because food was so scarce, Russell's Battalion marched on foot to Pensacola area where they joined the main army. Here Russell's Battalion was formed with other units into a regiment commanded by Colonel Uriah Blue.
With Blue's Regiment, Russell's Battalion participated in the battle of Pensacola on November 7. 1814. A few days later, we know that Rev. James Hall was transferred to Captain Cowan’s Company at Fort Montgomery (see Rev James Hall). The report of Major Passons’ service suggests that the Company was probably dispatched to the relief of Fort Bowyer, and served in the expedition against the Red Stick Creeks along the Escambia River in December, 1814 and January, 1815. Later, they were sent to Fort Montgomery, Alabama, which was located near the junction of the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers. Here, Passons was reportedly furloughed in January, 1815, and returned home.
For his service, Major Passons received a Tennessee land grant of five acres in Jackson County, a Federal grant of 160 acres in Wisconsin, and a pension of $8.00 per month.
