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HALL, Bolling, a Representative from Georgia; born in Dinwiddie County,
Va., December 25, 1767; pursued classical studies; served in the
Revolutionary War at the age of 16; moved to Hancock County, Ga., in
1792; held several local offices; member of the State house of
representatives 1800-1802 and 1804-1806; elected as a Republican to the
Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses (March 4, 1811-March 3,
1817); retired to private life; moved to Alabama in 1808 and engaged in
planting near Montgomery; chairman of the reception committee to welcome
General Lafayette in 1824; died on his plantation, "Ellerslie", in
Autauga (now Elmore) County, Ala., February 25, 1836; interment on his
estate.