General William Hall

Hall reached the governor's office through the Senate chair. When Sam Houston resigned in 1829, Hall, as Speaker of the Senate, took over and served the short remainder of the term, keeping William Carroll's policies, including revision of the penal code and the creation of the penitentiary. He did not run for the full term and went back to his farm, Locustland, then served one term in Congress from 1831. In retirement he hosted pioneer reunions and in 1856 wrote his frontier recollections for the Southwestern Monthly. He died that October and is buried in the family graveyard.

What the plaque says

General William Hall Revolutionary War veteran Major William Hall settled in this area in 1785 and built a station, 1 1/4 miles northeast. He and two sons were massacred a few years later. Born in North Carolina in 1775, General William Hall, his son, served in the Indian Wars of 1787-95, the War of 1812, and as governor, state legislator, and U.S. Congressman. He died in 1856 and is buried with his father near Hall's Station.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wynnewood State Historic Site — 0.3 mi
  A National Historic Landmark log inn at the Bledsoe's Lick springs, beside a Mississippian mound center and tied to the domestic slave trade.
• Andrew Jackson's Hermitage — 21 mi
  Andrew Jackson's cotton plantation east of Nashville, where visitors can walk to the quarters, Alfred's Cabin and the Enslaved Cemetery as well as the mansion.

More markers nearby

• William Brimage Bate — 0.3 mi
• First Settlers in Middle Tennessee — 0.3 mi
• Bledsoe's Lick — 0.3 mi
• Morgan and Johnson — 0.4 mi