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In 1752 he married Abigail Burr, who sadly died a short year after. Several years later in 1757, he married Mary Osborne. He was an early advocate of declaring independence from Britain.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xTOUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 Time Line of the American Revolution - 1775: A Journal of the War of Independence]</ref>
In 1752 he married Abigail Burr, who sadly died a short year after. Several years later in 1757, he married Mary Osborne. He was an early advocate of declaring independence from Britain.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xTOUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 Time Line of the American Revolution - 1775: A Journal of the War of Independence]</ref>
==Politics==
==Career==
Hall was the only Georgia delegate to the first Continental Congress. In the [[Second Continental Congress]] he was involved in provisioning food and medicine for the Revolutionary Armies and raised money in support of Massachusetts revolt.<ref>[http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/founders/hall.html Lyman Hall, laughtergenealogy.com]</ref> The British learned that he had signed the Declaration of Independence and was a target for treason. The Revolution War had reached Georgia and Hall was forced to flee. Two of his Savannah houses were destroyed by the British.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hall.htm Lyman Hall, USHistory.org]</ref>
Hall was the only Georgia delegate to the first Continental Congress. In the [[Second Continental Congress]] he was involved in provisioning food and medicine for the Revolutionary Armies and raised money in support of Massachusetts revolt.<ref>[http://www.laughtergenealogy.com/bin/histprof/founders/hall.html Lyman Hall, laughtergenealogy.com]</ref> The British learned that he had signed the Declaration of Independence and was a target for treason. The Revolutionary War had reached Georgia and Hall was forced to flee. Two of his houses in Savannah were destroyed by the British.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hall.htm Lyman Hall, USHistory.org]</ref>
==After the War==
==After the War==