Lewis Bad Lewis Hall and Rhoda Bentley

Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall
and Rhoda Bentley

Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall (aka John Lewis also see Bad Lewis Hall) b 1835 Perry Co, KY d 8 Feb 1912 Shelby Gap, Perry Co KY, (died of gunshot wounds while being arrested for bootlegging) buried Shelby Gap Cemetery across, Shelby Gap, Pike Co KY across from Charlie Moore's garage. s/o William Riley Hall and Nancy Higgins (other source states that Bad Lewis Hall was the son of Jonathon "Looby" Hall and Susannah Elliott). Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall m. 3 Dec 1853 in Letcher Co KY to Rhoda Bentley b 1835 Letcher Co KY d 1908, d/o Thomas Bentley and Margaret Crase. Children of Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall and Rhoda Bentley;

Thomas Hall b 12 Mar 1852 Knott Co, KY; d. 25 Dec 1945.

Jefferson "Jeff" Hall (aka Cushing) b. 25 Dec 1854 Floyd County, KY d 31 May 1919 Litt Carr, Knott, KY m. 5 Sept 1854 Knott Co KY to Clerinda "Clarinda" Hall, b 5 Sep 1854 Knott Co KY d 14 Jan 1923 Knott Co KY, buried Litt Carr, KY, d/o Miles Hall and Frances Jones.

Mary Jane Hall b. 29 Mar 1856, Pike Co., KY; d. 15 May 1928, Floyd Co., KY m. E L Henry Hall b 23 Apr 1854 d 17 Jan 1935, s/o Samuel Hall Jr and Nancy Little. Child; Harlan Hall b 28 Jan 1879 d 5 May 1928, m. Josephine Unknown.

Preston Hall b. 1857, Letcher Co., KY; d. 30 Jun 1874, Floyd Co., KY.

Nancy Hall b. 29 Nov 1859, Pike Co., KY.

Lewis Hall Jr.

Harlan Hall b 1863 Letcher Co KY.

Wilburn Hall b. 6 Aug 1865 Letcher Co KY; d. 11 Jun 1954, Elsie, KY.

Franky Jane Hall b Abt. 1870; d. Abt. 1904; m. 29 Aug 1889, Hindman, Knott Co KY to Alexander "Alec" Mullins, b. Apr 26, 1870, may Mullens, WV?; d. Nov 22, 1946, Neon, Letcher Co., KY

Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall
and 2nd Mary Mullins

Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall
and Polly Anderson

Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall (aka John Lewis) b 1835 Perry Co, KY d 8 Feb 1912 Shelby Gap, Perry Co KY, (died of gunshot wounds while being arrested for bootlegging) buried Shelby Gap Cemetery across, Shelby Gap, Pike Co KY across from Charlie Moore's garage. s/o William Riley Hall and Nancy Higgins. Bad Lewis Hall m. after 1885 to 3rd Polly Anderson b abt 1867 Pike Co KY, d/o Thomas Anderson and Sarah Osborne. Children of Bad Lewis Hall and 3rd Polly Anderson;

Morgan Hall b. Jun 30, 1886; d. Feb 8, 1912, Pike Co., KY. The cause of death was Gunshot wound - was killed with his father, Lewis "Bad Lewis" Hall.

Sadie Hall b. Mar 1900, Pike Co., KY; d. Sep 4, 1937, Hellier, Pike Co., KY m. 12 May 1920 to William "Willie" Blevins b 7 Feb 1880 Letcher Co KY d 23 Jul 1966 s/o James Madison "Matt" Blevins and Sarah "Sallie" Mullins. William "Willie" Blevins m. Isabelle Powell; William "Willie" Blevins m. 1 Mar 1900 Letcher Co KY to Sarah Wright b 16 Nov 1877 Beefhide, Pike Co KY d 2 May 1920, buried Letcher Co KY, d/o Andrew J Wright and Nancy Bates.

Nickity Hall b abt 1902.

Dolph Hall b. 7 Nov 1903, KY; d. 13 Dec 1985, Shelby Gap, Pike Co., KY

More About "Bad Lewis" Hall

The following news article from the Atlanta Constitution of 11 Feb 1912 reports the circumstances of his death.

FEUD LEADER AND SON ARE SHOT TO DEATH

PIKEVILLE, KY., February 10 -- One of the most noted feud leaders in the BIG SANDY VALLEY, LOUIS HALL, who had boasted of killing twenty-two men, was shot and instantly killed at SHELBY GAP, in the Pine mountains, yesterday morning by CONSTABLE GEORGE JOHNSON. His son, MORGAN HALL, met the same fate a moment later at the same cool hands. People of that section fear a revival of the feud war.

JOHNSON had a warrant for MORGAN HALL, who was suspected of operating a "*blind tiger," and had openly defied detectives to enter his home at the forfeit of their lives. JOHNSON followed HALL out of a store to the porch, and was in the act of reading the warrant when HALL made signs of resistance.

The elder HALL, who was 83 years old, rushed out of his home a short distance away, carrying the rifle on the stock of which it was his boast he notched the score of his victims. JOHNSON at once opened fire, shooting first the father and then the son.

killed Samuel Steel and his son Hiram in a shootout MAY 1891 West Virginia

Note: The following report of the shootout was carried in the Centralia (WI) Enterprise and Tribune on 16 May 1891:

GUNFIGHT IN THE SOUTH: THREE MEN KILLED AND ONE WOUNDED FOUR TIMES IN WEST VIRGINIA

Perryville, W.Va., May 11 ----- Lewis Hall and his son, Lewis Hall, Jr., got into a quarrel near Knox Creek, with Samuel Steel and his son Hiram. In the fight which ensued, Lewis Hall, Jr., was shot through the heart and instantly killed; Hiram Steel was pierced with seven bullets, and died in a few minutes. Samuel Steel was mortally wounded, dying shortly afterward, and Lewis Hall received four slight wounds, but escaped to the mountains.

(*Note: a "Blind Tiger" was a tavern or restaurant establishment which offered alcoholic beverages during the prohibition years. These businesses were frequented by folks from the local community or by visitors to the area).