Born 14 Mar 1846, died 26 Mar 1890, Hallsboro, NC from alcoholism. Buried, Hillcrest Cemetery, Lake Waccamaw, NC.
This photo (c. 1880s) was recently discovered in an old trunk of my grandmother's, Virginia Florence Hall Turner. This is her grandfather. It was badly faded when I got my hands on it, and after washing it through the computer for several hours, this was the best detail I could tease from obscurity.
According to the Benjamin Franklin Hall type-written record in our possession: "William Thomas married Florence [Eugenia] Meares, in 1879. He died March 26th, 1890, leaving his wife and two children, a son, John William Hall, and a daughter, Margaret Jane Hall, who are now living at Hallsboro near the old family home, and have families of their own."
He enlisted in the Civil War at 16 and his first assignment was Company B, 3rd Regiment, NC Troops. Battles/engagements: captured at Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA - 12 May 1864; confined at Point Look Out, Maryland; transferred to Elmira, New York - 10 Aug 1864; released at Elmira, NY after taking oath of allegiance - 27 June 1865.
William was listed in the 1850 census: "South Division, Duplin Co, NC, Nos: 482/482; William T. Hall, age 4, M." ....And the 1880 census: " W. T. Hall, age 34, clerk in store, born 1846."
From "Recollections and Records" by Ray Wyche: "On March 11, 1889, the community of Hallsboro was incorporated by an act of the legislature. The town limits were set at 600 yds in each direction from the intersection of the Elbow Road and the railroad. Thirty-six acres owned by Short and Beers were excepted. The legislature appointed eight temporary officers: William T. Hall, mayor; J. C. Henry, marshal; and H. L. Struthers, W. P. Haskins, D. Miles Flynn, S. Bruce Hall [Samuel Bruce Hall, Ben Franklin Hall's nephew], and J. C. Henry, commissioners..."
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