Commander of the Continental Navy in South Carolina. Hall moved to Charleston, South Carolina about 1760 from Bristol, England or Barbados. His most active years were during the American Revolution, having served on the Committee of Ninety-nine for Charleston, the First General Assembly and the Second Provincial Congress of 1776. During the latter assembly, he was chosen collector of the Charleston port, and because of that, he resigned from the House. He was later reelected and qualified September 18, 1776 for St. Philip and St. Michael parishes. The legislature appointed him a commissioner, to oversee and direct the naval affairs of South Carolina during the Revolution, and he continued serving on the Board of Naval Commissioners until February 15, 1780. Again representing St. Philip and St. Michael parishes, he was also a member of the Second General Assembly from 1776 to 1778. After Charleston fell to the British in May of 1780 he was on parole until he was arrested and sent to St. Augustine, Florida aboard the prison ship "Sandwich". Hall continued as collector of customs for the state throughout the war and through the transition period 1783 to 1788. He was appointed in 1789 by President Washington to be the First Collector of the Port of South Carolina, which at that time was the highest ranking federal position in the state. His exemplary conduct in all aspects of his life were typified in letters of recommendation to George Washington for his post as Collector of the Port. These letters came from President to be, James Madison, signers of the Declaration of Independence, Edward Rutledge and Thomas Heyward and other notables. George Washington who was a distant relative of Hall's gave him a personalized wallet in 1762 engraved with his monogram. This wallet recently sold at auction in 2011 to Brent Ashworth. Hall was one of the wardens for St. Michael's serving as one in 1772, 1773, 1776, 1777, 1778 and 1783.