Dixon Hall Jr.

Dixon Hall Jr.

• Father: Dixon Hall b. 1755, d. 29 March 1820
• Mother: Ann Hunt b. circa 1757, d. 8 August 1813

• Dixon Hall Jr. was born on 5 March 1782 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
• He married Amy Goodwyn Mitchell, daughter of Gen. Henry Mitchell and Frances C. Hobbs, on 17 April 1804 in Sparta, Hancock County, Georgia.
• Dixon Hall Jr. died on 4 October 1839 at age 57 in Rocky Mount, Autauga County, Alabama.
• A biographical sketch appears in the History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (1920): Dixon Hall, jr., planter and legislator, was born in Dinwiddie County, Ga. [sic], March 5, 1782, and died at "Rocky Mount," Autauga County, October 4, 1839; son of Dixon, sr., and Anne (Hunt) Hall (q. v.) He was educated in the schools of his community and removed with his parents to Alabama in 1818. He represented Autauga County in the State legislature, 1830 and 1831. Married: April 17, 1804, in Hancock County, Ga., to Amy Goodwyn, daughter of Gen. Henry Mitchell, of Sparta, Ga., who served in the Georgia line, Revolutionary Army. Children: 1. Henry Mitchell, m. Dora Ann Bonnell; 2. Dixon III, represented Autauga County in the legislature of 1833, 1835, 1838, and 1839, was State senator in 1840, removed to Louisiana, m. Elizabeth Harris; 3. William Terrell, m. (1) Marion Trawick, (2) Louisa Ziegler, (3) Mrs. Temperance (Long) Young; 4. Goodwyn Taylor; 5. Bolling, M. Caroline Graham; 6. Robert Mitchell, m. Mary Bacoat Tatum; 7. Frances Ann, m. Dr. Belt; 8. Thomas Hunt, m. (1) Charity David, (2) Caroline Dixon Ziegler; 9. Alfred Goodwyn, m. Rebecca Tatum; 10. Peterson Goodwyn, m. Margaret Hogan. Last residence: Montgomery.

• Last Edited: 12 Sep 2015