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John Lawrence Hall

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East Pease Street, Crockett, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 19' 14.74947000012", -95° 27' 39.70509000012"
 
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    (October 25, 1809 -- August 25, 1857) Maryland native John Lawrence Hall lived in New Orleans before coming to Texas in 1831. Hall served in the Texas Army (1835-36), Army (1841), and in the Mexican War (1846). He added to the land grants he received for military service and became a successful land speculator. A mason and a friend of , Hall owned a thriving hotel in Crockett during the 1850s, and was among the signers of a petition to create Houston County.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

John Lawrence Hall Historical Marker Location Map, Crockett, Texas