Tuolumne County Biographies J. HALL Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Who is one of California�s pioneers, was born in London, England, on the 25th of September, 1816. He arrived in San Francisco in the ship �Brooklyn,� on the 12th of August, 1849. He at once proceeded to Mokelumne Hill, where he was engaged in mining, previous to his coming to So�nora, in December, 1849. He went to New York, but returned in 1850, and opened a store, and has followed mercantile pursuits in Sonora ever since. �A History of Tuolumne County, California� Published by B.F. Alley, 1882. Pg. 354.