Talton "Bad Talt" Hall
and Marinda Triplett

Talton "Bad Talt" Hall

Talton "Bad Talt" Hall (aka Tarlton) b Oct 1849 Little Carr, Letcher Co. KY d Sept 2, 1892 in Wise Co VA, buried family cemetery, Dunham, Letcher Co KY, s/o David Hall and Anna Johnson. Talton Hall m. (1) Missus Saylor; m. 19 Oct 1868 in Floyd Co KY to (2) Marinda Triplett b 1850 d Memphis TN, d/o Wilson Triplett and Eleanor Isaacs. (See the Story of the Trial and Hanging of Bad Talt Hall). Children of Talton "Talt" Hall and Marinda Triplett are;

 Hamilton Hall b 1857.

 William Hall, b 1859.

 Jefferson Hall, b 1861.

 Marion Hall, b 1865.

 Riley Hall, b 1867.

 Floyd Hall, b 1869.

 Elizabeth Hall b 1870.

 Evelyn Hall b 1879.

 Kenneth Hall (Source: Martin Family Book.), b about 1880.

 Maryland "Byrd" Hall, b about 1880 m. Mary Bates b 1880 d 1960 d/o Uriah Washington Bates (Uriah was s/o John Wallis Bates Jr and Elizabeth Betty Hall) and Luanna "Pink" Hall (Luanna was d/o William "Bill Dee" Hall and Lou Anza "Anzie" Isaacs).

 Patoma Hall, b about 1881.

 Sophia Hall, b about 1881.

More About Talton Hall:

(See Bad Talt Hall Trial) Murder 1: 1885, "He killed his cousin Mark Hall and laughed at the sheriff who tried to arrest him." Murder 2: 1866, "Killed Henry Maggard in cold blood." Murder 3: 1875, "Killed Don Pridemore in 1875 and was acquitted."  Murder 4: 1881, "A cowardly jury acquitted him of Mat Baker's murder in 1881."  Murder 5: 1883, "He went free when he murdered his brother-in-law, Henry Houk in 1883. Indicted but never arrested."  Murder 6: July 14, 1891, "Killed Police Chief Hylton, brother-in-law of Doc Taylor."  Residence: 1880, Letcher Co. Ky. home of John Wright house 216, listed as a servant.