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From: "Desoto Joe/The Record Man" <>
Subject: Re: [MO-CW] William Lee HALL b. 1848 MO
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 04:03:15 -0600



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From: Pamela Craft <>
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Date: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:44 AM
Subject: [MO-CW] William Lee HALL b. 1848 MO


>William Lee HALL was born on July 2, 1848 in Blue Township, Jackson Co.,
>Missouri. About 1854 he moved with his family to McKinney, Collin Co.,
>Texas. He joined Company K Shank’s Regiment Shelby’s Brigade of the
>Missouri Cavalry. The unit was formed in Missouri but he joined it in
>Arkansas in about April of 1864. The unit was disbanded in Clarksville,
Red
>River Co., Texas in April of 1865. He married Virginia “Jennie” and they
>had at least one child in Missouri, Robert born about 1870. “Jennie HALL
by
>letter” was listed on an 1873 membership list for the Blue Ridge Baptist
>Church in Grandview, Jackson Co., Missouri. They moved to Fort Worth,
>Tarrant Co., Texas where Fannie (1875), Asa (1877), and Lizie (1879) were
>born. Jennie died between 1880 and 1883. William married Frances Ann
>MCPHERSON on April 14, 1883 in Tarrant Co., Texas. They had Jessie (1886),
>Rufus (1886), Florence (1890), Susie (1891), Ida May (1902), and Dave
>(1904). William died on August 29, 1920 and is buried at Greenwood
Memorial
>Park in Fort Worth.
>
>I am unable to find any information about this man or his unit on the
>Missouri Civil War Website. Does anyone have any more information about
him
>or his unit? This information came from his 1912 Texas Confederate Pension
>Application. Why would he have joined a Missouri unit in Arkansas? I have
>been unable to find him or his parents or sisters in 1870. Where did the
>Jackson Co. people go after the war?
>
>
>
>
>Pam Craft
>Austin, TX/Wayzata, MN
>

12th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, Col. David Shanks ["Jackson County Cavalry"]

This regiment was nicknamed the "Jackson's County Cavalry" since a majority
of its men came from the Jackson county area of western Missouri. First
commanded by Col. Upton Hays, and later by Colonels Beal G. Jeans and David
Shanks. It was also commonly called "Shank's Missouri Cavalry".

Hall C.B. MO 12th Cav. Co.C
Hall J.R. MO 12th Cav. Co.E
Hall R. MO 12th Cav. Co.E
Hall George MO 12th Cav. Co.F Cpl.
Hall A.G. MO 12th Cav. Co.H
Huls John MO 12th Cav. Co.H
Huls William MO 12th Cav. Co.H

He is probably the William listed as being in Co. H. Misspellings were very
common.

He could have been a member of the State Guard. Then when they were asked to
leave the state to join the fighting elsewhere, he joined the 12th.

As for the men of Jackson County. Some went back, but few stayed. They were
not very welcome there. Lots of families moved from that county (they had
to) Placing one certain spot is impossible, but many Southern families moved
further East into the state or headed South, most to Texas.

Desoto Joe/The Record Man

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