Samuel D. "Singing Sam" Hall^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1874 - 1959  (84 years)

• Name	Samuel D. "Singing Sam" Hall
  Born	10 Dec 1874	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1900	District 13, Cocke County, Tennessee   [5]
  Census	1920	Greenville County, South Carolina   [6]
  Census	1930	District 8, Cocke County, Tennessee   [7]
  Died	6 Apr 1959	Cocke County, Tennessee   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I77193	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Allen Hall,   b. 7 Dec 1848, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Feb 1935  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Eliza Emiline Bible,   b. 6 Mar 1851, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Sep 1939, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F79930	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Emaline Ellison,   b. 3 Jun 1873, Tennessee ,   d. 13 May 1926  (Age 52 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1895
  Children	+ 1. Jake Hall,   b. 9 Dec 1897, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Sep 1931  (Age 33 years)   2. Allen Hall,   b. 5 May 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Sep 1982, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 82 years) + 3. Hannah Rebecca Hall,   b. 6 Jan 1905, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Apr 1998  (Age 93 years) + 4. James Robert Hall,   b. Abt 1907, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Nov 1998  (Age ~ 91 years) + 5. Viola Hall,   b. 13 Jan 1909, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Jun 1939  (Age 30 years) + 6. Rachel Hall,   b. 21 Mar 1911, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Feb 1993  (Age 81 years) + 7. Frank Hall,   b. 4 Oct 1913,   d. 18 Feb 2008, Baptist Convalescent Center, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 94 years)   8. Effie Hall,   b. 22 Apr 1916, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Mar 1984, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F28496	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Cora McMahan,   b. Abt 1905, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 18 Feb 2008  (Age ~ 103 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1929	Cocke County, Tennessee   [10]
  Children	1. Ellen Hall,   b. Abt 1929, Tennessee  (Age ~ 95 years) + 2. Rev. Ransom C. Hall,   b. Abt 1931  (Age ~ 93 years)   3. Eliza Hall,   d. Bef 18 Feb 2008   4. Mary Hall   5. Alford Hall
  Family ID	F88212	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Dec 1874 - Tennessee Married - 6 Jun 1929 - Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 6 Apr 1959 - Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 86, 161. [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 121. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 7 Apr 2011. 'Singing Sam' Hall's legacy to be celebrated at Music in the Mountains (c) 2011 PHOTO BY DUAY O'NEIL Rev. Ransom Hall, son of 'Singing Sam' Hall, will share memories of his father's legacy shape note singer and singing school teacher at Sunday's inaugural Music in the Mountains celebration at the Cosby Visitors Center. The event begins at 2 p.m. Author: Duay O'Neil "Dad was sort of like a circuit rider, traveling across East Tennessee and North Carolina, to teach shape note singing," recalled Rev. Ransom Hall on Wednesday morning as he reminisced about the legacy left by his father Samuel D. Hall. "Folks called him 'Singin' Sam,' said Hall. "He even went down to South Carolina to teach some." Hall will share memories about his father's life and musical legacy on Sunday, when Cocke County hosts Music in the Mountains at Cosby Visitors Center. The event winds up a three-day celebration held in Blount, Sevier, and Cocke Counties, the three Tennessee counties contiguous with Great Smoky Mountains National Park. For more details, please see the latest edition of the Newport Plain Talk. [S58] Marriage Certificate. [S112] Census, 1900. Name: Samuel D Hall Titles & Terms: Residence: Civil District 13, Cocke, Tennessee Birth Date: Dec 1874 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Self Spouse: Emeline M Hall Spouse's Titles & Terms: Spouse's Birthplace: Tennessee Father: Father's Titles & Terms: Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother: Mother's Titles & Terms: Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Race or Color (expanded): White Head-of-household Name: Samuel D Hall Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Years Married: 5 Estimated Marriage Year: 1895 Mother How Many Children: Number Living Children: Immigration Year: Enumeration District: 0170 Page: 4 Sheet Letter: B Family Number: 72 Reference Number: 83 Film Number: 1241562 Image Number: 00565 Household Gender Age Samuel D Hall M Spouse Emeline M Hall F Child Jacob Hall M Child Allen Hall M [S112] Census, 1920. Name: Samuel Hall Residence: , Greenville, South Carolina Estimated Birth Year: 1875 Age: 45 Birthplace: Tennessee Relationship to Head of Household: Self Gender: Male Race: White Marital Status: Married Father's Birthplace: Mother's Birthplace: Film Number: 1821698 Digital Folder Number: 4385055 Image Number: 00093 Sheet Number: 32 Household Gender Age Samuel Hall M 45y Spouse Emma Hall F 46y Child Jacob Hall M 22y Child Rebecca Hall F 16y Child Robert Hall M 14y Child Viola Hall F 11y Child Rachel Hall F 8y Child Frank Hall M 6y Child Effie Hall F 3y Allen Hall M 19y Mamie Hall F 18y Josie Green M 25y [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Samuel D Hall Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 08, Cocke, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 55 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1875 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Enumeration District Number: 0017 Family Number: 159 Sheet Number and Letter: 8A Line Number: 10 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2238 Film Number: 2341972 Digital Folder Number: 4548152 Image Number: 00382 Household Gender Age Samuel D Hall M 55 Spouse Cora Hall F 26 Child Frank Hall M 16 Child Effie Hall F 13 Child Ellen Hall F 1 Catherine Hall F 6 [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com). Just Plain Talk - Keys Restores the past [S87] Death Certificate. Name Date of Death / Age County of Death County / State of Residence Marital Status Gender Race File # HALL SAMUEL D 04-06-1959 / 84 COCKE COCKE / TN MARRIED M WHITE 08284 [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: S D Hall Event: Marriage Event Date: 06 Jun 1929 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee Age: 54 Estimated Birth Year: 1875 Father: Father's Titles & Terms: Mother: Mother's Titles & Terms: Spouse: Cora Mcmahan Spouse's Titles & Terms: Spouse's Age: 25 Spouse's Estimated Birth Year: 1904 Spouse's Father: Spouse's Father's Titles & Terms: Spouse's Mother: Spouse's Mother's Titles & Terms: Reference Number: Film Number: 1928648 Digital Folder Number: 4485963 Image Number: 00254