About the Scholarship
A legacy of courage, education, and collaboration.
The Samuel Hall Scholarship was established to honor Samuel Hall, an enslaved person who lived in Iredell County, NC from 1818 until 1855. In 1855 he was sold to a plantation in southwestern Tennessee near the Mississippi line. At age 94, he wrote an autobiography (with the assistance of the journalist Orville Elder) titled Samuel Hall, 47 Years a Slave.
This scholarship program is operated by the Hugh Hall and Samuel Hall Foundation, a collaborative effort between Samuel Hall's descendants, and the descendants of Hugh Roddy Hall, Samuel's enslaver. Together, the descendants formed the Foundation to assist high school seniors in Iredell County who aspire to attend college, promote education and family values, and preserve the history of all those who lived on the Hall Plantation and their contributions to the history of Iredell County.
This scholarship program was begun by Freedom Presbyterian Church, and it remains one of their missions.
The IRS has determined that Hugh Hall and Samuel Hall Foundation has Public Charity Status and is exempt from federal income taxes. Donors can deduct contributions, bequests, devises, transfers, and gifts from their federal income tax.
The historic meeting of the Hall descendants
Descendants and friends gather at the Hugh Hall House
Verleria Sims France on the porch of the Hugh Hall House
