JOHN HALL

John Hall's death certificate says that he died April 9, 1900.
John was born in Canada, near Amherstburg, in the late 1700s. One of his parents was Black, while the other was First Nations.
John helped Tecumseh's First Nations warriors as a scout during the War of 1812 and was wounded in the leg with a bayonet.
John and his mother and eleven siblings were abducted by Americans as "prisoners of war" but ended up put into slavery
John later escaped and returned to Canada. He and his fourth wife and their children were living at Toronto before they moved to the Rocky Saugeen area of what would become Grey County. In the early 1840's they relocated to the village of Sydenham (Owen Sound).
Mr. Hall had squatter's rights to land known as the public pleasure grounds (Victoria Park).
He was Owen Sound's Town Bell-Ringer. He had a hand bell, which he rang as he did town crier work. He communicated news and upcoming events like auction sales.

➥ It would be interesting to know what came off John Hall offsprings, or if all 4 wives were the first nation.