Re: George Galpin Nowlan, heir of William Lister Hall, 1803
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George Galpin Nowlan, heir of William Lister Hall, 1803
Carol Miller 9/09/09
Alan, I think I found a partial answer at Google books. Apparently Sag Harbor was a place that people went to rest and convalese. A book about Sag Harbor has a listing for William Lester Hall that says he died there in 1803. It says he was born 1775 in England and was a resident of Effingham Co Ga, but went to Sag Harbor to try to restore his health. It didn't work, and he died there at age 28. Which probably means he wasn't married and thus no other heirs. Which still doesn't answer the question of why George Galphin Nowlan was his sole heir. I would think the heir would be the younger George, but that is just guessing.
I descend from Juniper Hall Sr who died in 1828 in Emanuel Co Ga. A Nathaniel Hall died there in 1814, after spending over 25 years in Spanish Florida with a militia group there. Nathaniel is thought to have been a son of a John Hall who settledin about 1761 at Tuckasee on the Ogeechee River near present day Cleo Ga, in St Matthews Parish,which became Effingham Co in 1777. John Hall's wife is said to have been a Sarah Lister. But I have found a Lester family that seems to be connected, so I think either spelling works. I am trying to figure out if John Hall was also Juniper Hall's ancestor. I think it is a possibility.
John Hall was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, whichcaused him to be hunted by the Ga Council of Safety. I am not sure what became of him.And I don't know if this William Lister Hall was related to him or not. There was a Charles Hall who married Aurelia (Alley) Dupree (other spellings also) in 1776 at Ebenezer Church.He is the only Hall I've seen listed in the Ebenezer records,and he is probably connected to John Hall also.
There was another NathanielHall who wasborn 1747 in Bristol England, who had siblings who moved to Charleston and to Ga. Nathaniel lived in Savannah and was ports commissioner for the British government. He also was labeled a Loyalist and eventually was exiled to Nassau, Bahamas, where he died in 1807. He married Ann Gibbons of Savannah, but I'm not sure if he had any children. His father was John Hall, a grocer in Bristol, and his mother was Hannah Abbott. I don't know if there was any connection between him and the Effingham Co Halls or not, but there are some indications that there may have been one.
One thing is for sure, these people were very interesting!