Leslie Hall Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS-41

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Deeds, wills, other legal papers, receipts, marriage certification and record of births and deaths. Papers concern the land acquisitions, land sales and estates of Nancy F. Davis (b. 1798-ca. 1869), widow of John P. Davis Sr. (d. 1845) and her children: James P. (b. 1820); Martha Davis Turner (b. 1825); Thomas G. (b. 1833); Rebecca Gayerre; and Jeannette Davis Hall (1828-1905), wife of Farar A. Hall (d. 1875), metal manufacturer of Kosciusko and Atlanta. The papers also document the lots owned by Farar A. Hall and his metal manufacturing business on Peters Street in Atlanta, Georgia, all bequeathed to his son William W. Hall.

Dates

1841-1929 and undated

Creator

Hall, Leslie (Creator, Person)

Access Restrictions

Open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions

Any requests for permission to publish, quote, or reproduce materials from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian for Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Mississippi State University as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical Note

Nancy F. Davis was born in 1798 in South Carolina. She married John P. Davis Sr. (d. 1845), a veteran of the War of 1812, and together they had: James P. (b. 1820); Martha Davis Turner (b. 1825); Thomas G. (b. 1833); Rebecca Gayerre; and Jeannette Davis Hall (1828-1905. As a widow, Nancy F. Davis owned lots and kept a hotel in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She died in about 1869 in Kosiusko, MS.

John P. Davis Sr. served as a private in Captain Fielder’s Company of the South Carolina Militia in the War of 1812. Source: Federal land records.

Farar A. Hall, husband of Jeannette Davis Hall, had a metal manufacturing business on Peters Street in Atlanta, Georgia, all bequeathed to his son William W. Hall. The elder Hall died in 1875.