Montreville Jefferson Hall

Full Name: Montreville Jefferson Hall
Date of birth: April 3, 1819
Date of death: May 11, 1871

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 15 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th     Marshall / Harrison   Harrison

Terms of Service top

House District 15
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th  
Home City/County: Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district: Harrison

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, M.J. Hall, age 34, native state Tennessee, emigrated from Alabama in 1842, lawyer, postoffice Marshall, Harrison County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

  • HALL, MONTREVILLE JEFFERSON (1819-1871). Born 4/3/1819 in Alabama; died 5/11/1871 in Harrison County, Texas. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Texas Historical Commission application for official Texas historical marker, Harrison County, Edgemont, 1/11/1982, includes essay "Edgemont" by Max S. Lale about the plantation home built by Montraville Jefferson (Mont) Hall (native of Virginia, born 4/13/1819), genealogy of the Hall family, and Hall's service as state representative from Harrison County. Stephen F. Austin State University.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • M.J. Hall, burial in Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Harrison County. Grave marker illegible. Find a Grave.
  • The Secession Crisis, 1860-1861: Marshall's mayor appointed "three current or former Democratic state legislators" to a resolutions committee, including Pendleton Murrah, M.J. Hall, and J.M. Clough, p. 184. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.
  • Historical marker, Edgemont, Marshall, Harrison County. "Virginia native Montraville 'Mont' Hall (1819-71) had this Greek revival plantation house built shortly after moving to Harrison County in 1844 . . . His political career included service in the Texas Legislature and the 1861 State Secession Convention." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).
  • M.J. Hall, birth date 4/8/1819, death date 5/11/1871, obelisk monument with Octavia Virginia, Cornelia Emma, and Thomas Brandon Hall. Cemetery transcription, Marshall Cemetery, Harrison County, TXGenWeb Project.

Committee Information top

5th R.S. - 1853
Internal Improvements (Chair) 
Judicial Districts  
Judiciary  

This website is a work in progress. Information on this website is provided as a public service by the Legislative Reference Library. The Legislative Reference Library makes no representation as to its completeness or accuracy and makes no warranty in regard to its use. Users assume all risk of reliance on the information included on this site.

Party information is not available for the 1st-11th Legislatures.

Have a question, comment or contribution? Email the Library or call 512-463-1252.

Many photos in Texas Legislators: Past and Present are used with permission of the Texas State Preservation Board. For permission to reproduce these photos, please contact the Texas State Preservation Board graphics coordinator at 512-475-3060.