Peter Hull / Hall 1640ish… Isle of Wight, VA
Some mystery folks… mystery, shadowy times… the Indian uprising in 1622 left this whole area of Virginia a bit edgy… for lack of a better word.
I’ve ventured back into researching the early history of Isle of Wight… and this area of where Basse’s Choice was located has always intrigued me…
The term Mister /Mr was supposed to note a class distinction. Not being all that particularly interested, I’m not sure if it was a bigger deal to be a Mister or a Gentleman. In any event Peter Hall is forever noted in Virginia history as “officially” a Mister.
Who was he?
I ran across him here in 1643… but that triggered a memory of him earlier…
remember to click the blue filename (as above) for a better page view…
Here in this “Reynolds” file is the first time I ran across Peter Hall or is it Hull? in 1634… no need to read the entire Reynolds Study… my point was to question who Peter Hall was?
Finally Peter Hull shows up in 1663 owning 400 acres over on modern Stallings Creek on the IOW/Surry County boundary. I’m just curious… i’ve never seen a write up on the guy.
Where do you source your maps which show shaded areas for land deeds? Is this something you sketch manually from reading the deed, or is there a place where this is already done? I am looking for in an area of Wilson county, which at the time was Edgecombe County. Seeing the land grants and deeds already plotted on a map would help me greatly, versus trying to have to guess where they were based on the deed text. Thank you, great site, I am not an Anderson but have learned a great deal here over the past year.
Christopher Miller
November 16, 2023 at 7:34 pm
I get the patents from the Library of Virginia… after figuring out the metes and bounds I draw the deeds in a program then map it on old USGS base maps. I have a bit of Wilson Co. on my Edgecombe map.
Marc
anderson1951
November 17, 2023 at 7:00 am
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I think this Peter Hall is my ancestor.
Justin Hall
March 21, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Did he play billiards?
Sorry…just kidding.
Marc
anderson1951
March 21, 2026 at 1:26 pm