HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA

HALL FAMILY

Chancery Cases - Selected

Case No.

County

Complainant

Respondant

Surnames

LWT Included

Plat Included

1809-011

Halifax, VA

John Miller & His Wife Katherine, aka Caty

Excr. of Benjamin Hall

Hall, Miller

NO

NO

This estate case is 10 pages long. The really important pages are Pages 2 and 3 (the Complaint) which alleged Benjamin Hall d. on or about 13 Jan 1803, after making his LWT. In his LWT, after specific bequest, his estate was to be divided among three daughters: Caty Miller, Sally Hall and Chloe Irby Hall. William Hall qualified as Excr. He sold some property, including five slaves and never accounted for the proceeds. On pages 5 and 6 you will find the answer of William Hall dated 29 Nov 1805. There is no final disposition of the case in the file.

https://old.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/full_case_detail.asp?CFN=083-1809-011#img .

Note: The LWT of Benjamin Hall was dated 1 Jan 1803 and filed 28 Feb 1803, wherein he named wife Wilmuth and children: Caty Miller Hall, John Robins Hall, William Hall, Chloe Irby Hall, Sally Hall and Thomas Hall. Halifax County, Virginia Will Book 6, page 465.

Source: https://www.lva.virginia.gov/

Compiled By: David H. Robertson, 159 Hickory St., Roswell, GA 30075 davidhr@hushmail.com