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Birth: 1742 / Brunswick / VA Death: bef 26 Jul 1802 / Halifax / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Halifax County Militia
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
DAR cites WM & MARY QUARTERLY, 2ND Series, Volume 7, pg 60; VA MAG OF HIST & BIO, Volume 16, pg 174; VA MIL RECS, GEN PUB CO, INC, 1983, pg 184, 261
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Bates Children: Susannah; Mary; Edmund; Braxton;
Author: Thomas E. Atkinson
Captain Charles F. Wall born circa 1741-1742 in Brunswick County, Virginia a son of John and Ann Poythress Wall. He married Mary Elizabeth Bates, daughter of John and Elizabeth Alfred Bates on the 16 December 1762 in Halifax County, Virginia (Marriage of Halifax Co., VA, Knorr, page 83.) Charles and Mary were the parents of nine known children.
Charles Wall was named in several deeds and land entry records (Land Entry Book, Chiarito, pages 205, 293, etc.) in Halifax County from 1760 to 1766 and was left land by his father (Will Book 3, Page 954. Brunswick Co., VA.)
According to the book “Bates Family of Old Virginia and Beyond” page 46, the Wall family lived on Reedy Bottom, on River Road near the county line of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Charles Wall commanded a company of Halifax County, Virginia, militia, 1777 resigning the position at the June 1781 court. He also served as a Captain with the 2nd Va., State Reg. on the Continental Line in 1781.
Wall appears in the “Heads of Families – Virginia 1782” in Halifax County with 9 whites and 5 blacks. His will was probated 26 July 1802 in Halifax County, Virginia.
Captain Charles Wall was my 4th great grandfather.
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