Dr. James Hall research, Florida's 1st Dr.

Name/Title

Dr. James Hall research, Florida's 1st Dr.

Entry/Object ID

1959.26

Tags

Revolutionary War, Oliver Wood, Pension, Planter, Plantation, Lafeyette, Pritchard, James Hall, Mandarin, South Jacksonville, Plummber's Cove, Doctor, Scott Mill, Jacksonville, First Doctor, Bleeding, St. Marys

Scope and Content

Research information about Florida's first American, Dr. James Hall, who settled in Northeast Florida, the area that would become Jacksonville, in 1804.

Collection

James Hall Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Archive

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1760 - 1837

Title

James Hall's Court Records

Description

Copies of letters written by James Hall, court records, land grants, and from books with information on the Halls or the area in which he lived. Copies of court records on James Hall from the St. Johns County Courthouse from 1810, 1812, 1823, 1829-1832, and 1841.

Date(s) of Creation

1803 - 1841

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 3a and 3b

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Prichard, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Spanish Land Grants

Description

Copies of the summaries of Spanish Land Grants given to: James Hall Robert Pritchard Eleanor Plummer Prudence Plummer William and James Plummer Elias Stallings John Creighton William Drummond Isaac Hendricks William Craig Farquher Bethune

Date(s) of Creation

1783 - 1821

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 5

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Family Records

Description

family records for Dr. James Hall and his father Benjamin Hall

Date(s) of Creation

1760 - 1837

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 6

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Land Deeds and Will

Description

Wills of James Hall

Date(s) of Creation

1831 - 1834

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 7

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

James Hall War Records

Description

War records of James Hall (American Revolutionary War).

Date(s) of Creation

1776 - 1834

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 8

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Court proceedings

Description

James Hall et al vs. Isaac Hendricks. Includes documents desribing Dr. Hall's medicine practice in East Florida, and the pension records of James Hall (American Revolutionary War).

Date(s) of Creation

1776 - 1834

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 9

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Census Records

Description

Census records

Date(s) of Creation

1790 - 1840

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 10

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Pension records for Benjamin Hall

Date(s) of Creation

1760 - 1790

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 11

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Florida Fiasco

Description

Pages 269-283 of Rembert Patrick's book "Florida Fiasco: Rampant Rebels on the Georgia-Florida Border, 1810-1815" and the Florida Historical Quarterly article "United States Troops in Spanish East Florida, 1812-1813", Volume X, July 1931, Number 1

Date(s) of Creation

1810 - 1815

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 12

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Affidavit

Description

Affidavit signed by James Hall

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 13

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Date: June 11, 1813 Public Access

Title

Mandarin on the St. Johns

Description

References to Dr. Hall on pages 8 and 9

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 14

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Miscellaneous records re: Dr. James Hall

Description

Including copies of letters written by James Hall, court records, land grants, and from books with information on the Halls or the area in which he lived. Copies of court records on James Hall from the St. Johns County Courthouse from 1810, 1812, 1823, 1829-1832, and 1841.

Date(s) of Creation

1810 - 1841

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 15

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Letters concerning research

Description

I

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 16

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Public Access

Title

Family Puzzlers

Description

Copy of an article published in Family Puzzlers, Nov. 2, 1972, no. 263

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 17

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Date: November 2, 1972 Public Access

Title

Jacksonville name change

Description

Cowford was changed to Jacksonville

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 18

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Bethune, Pritchard, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Date: June 15, 1822 Public Access

Title

Research of Mary M. DuPree and G. Dekle Taylor M.D.

Description

Research done on Florida's first physican Dr. James Hall who settled in New Jacksonville in 1804, by Mary Dupre in the 1970s. Contains a life timeline, family tree, census information, and familiar information.

Creator

Mary M. DuPree and G. Dekle Taylor

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 1

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Prichard, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Date: 1974 Public Access

Title

Correspondence of Mary M. DuPree and G. Dekle Taylor M.D.

Description

Includes letters exchanged by Mary DuPre during her research, copies of Revolutionary war rolls, copies of diaries, and pension statements, all linking together the life of James Hall.

Creator

Mary M. DuPree and G. Dekle Taylor

Container

Location JHS Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 2

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Prichard, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Date: 1970s Public Access

Title

Memorial Plaque Dedication

Description

Miscellaneous data provided by Mary DuPree for historical marker to be placed at Dr. James Hall's gravesite on Scott Mill Road near Beauclerc Road in Jacksonville, FL.

Creator

Mary DuPree

Container

Location JHs Archives Room 202 Container Box 1 Folder Folder 4

Subjects

Spanish Land Grants, Prichard, Medicine Doctor, Jacksonville History, Census, St. Johns County, Benjamin Hall, James Hall, Cowford, Hendricks, Plummer

Notes

Date: November 1972 Public Access