John
Payton Hall, Sr., born and married in
Burke Co, NC, was a s/o Rev. Joshua
Hall, Jr., and
Virginia Jane
Queen, who were married 5 Nov 1807 in
Rutherford Co, NC, the brides home county.
John and his father Joshua were in the 1830 and 1840
Macon Co, NC census.
Joshua died in 1847 and because of a dispute between the heirs, John moved to
Berry Co, MO after his daughter Sarah's birth in 1849 in NC and before the 1850
Berry Co, MO census. He was also in the 1860
Berry Co, MO census.