Bolling Hall (December 25, 1767 – February 25, 1836) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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. He served in the

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at the age of 16. After the war, he moved to

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in 1792 at the age of 25, where new lands were being opened for settlement. Hall held several local offices before being elected to the

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, serving two terms, 1800–1802 and 1804–1806. He was elected as a Republican to the 12th, 13th and 14th

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es, serving from March 4, 1811, until March 3, 1817. He retired to private life after leaving Congress. Hall moved to

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in 1818. He developed a cotton plantation near

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. He was the chairman of the reception committee to welcome Revolutionary war hero

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on his tour of the United States in 1824–1825. Hall died in 1836 on his plantation, Ellerslie, in Autauga (now Elmore) County, Alabama. He was buried there.

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1767 births 1836 deaths Members of the Georgia House of Representatives People of Virginia in the American Revolution Continental Army soldiers Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) American slave owners {{US-mil-bio-stub