HALLUM

The information on Martha Porter led to additional searches and more new information was uncovered. I found a web site that had information on Joseph Smith's ancestors and another site for the Hallums. I have had an extensive exchange of e-mail messages with Edith Griffin regarding the Hallums, who also were her ancestors. She authored a Chapter on the Hallum Family in a book on "Randolph Hawkins." Edith sent me a copy of a very informative write-up, i.e., what I believe to be draft revision of the Hallum chapter, with wills and general historical comments. Family lore has 2 Hallum brothers, a Thomas and William, coming from England about 1700 and settling initially in Maryland on the Eastern Shore. Their connection to a William Hallum who died in Pendleton Co., SC in 1782, has not been proved. However, Edith provided a copy of this William's will. It shows that he first married a Sallie Reed, daughter of Thomas Reed, and after her death married a widow Jennie Griffith. This Jennie's maiden name is believed to have been Prater. One daughter of William and Sallie was Elizabeth Hallum and she is my line to the Hallum family. Elizabeth married a Joseph Smith. I combined Edith's information with mine and pushed my knowledge of these families back another couple of generations.