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Hall, James 1744-1826
Military officer; born in Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 22, 1744; graduated at Princeton in 1774; became pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bethany, N. C., in 1778.
He belonged to the church militant, and during the Revolutionary War was an ardent patriot.
He raised a troop of cavalry, and was at once commander and chaplain.
He is the author of a Report of a Missionary Tour through the Mississippi and the southwestern country.
He died in Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826.
Bethany, N. C., July 25, 1826.
Military officer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 19, 1793; enlisted as a private in 1812; commanded a detachment from his company at the battle of Chippewa in 1814 and at the siege of Fort Erie; received a commission in the army in 1815; and served in Decatur's expedition to Algiers on the United States brig Enterprise.
He left the army in 1818; was admitted to the bar the same year; removed to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1820, and to Cincinnati in 1833.
He edited at various times the Illinois g