a Presbyterian minister, was born at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, August 22, 1744. When he was eight years old the family moved to North Carolina, and settled in Rowan County. He was blessed with pious parents, who taught him the truths of the gospel. and thus early he was brought into the Church. He graduated at Princeton in 1774; was licensed by the Presbytery of Orange in 1775; in 1778 became pastor at Bethany, and there labored faithfully and successfully until his death, July 25, 1826. Dr. Hall was active in the scenes of the Revolutionary war. He published a few Sermons which he preached on national occasions. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 3:381.