Claud Crace says she was born in Perry Co., KY. (SV-404 pg 708)
1860 Letcher Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Rubin Hall, aged 46, (living next door to brother-in-law, John Wright) and wife, Mahala (41) and 7 kids: Elizabeth (21); Benjamin (16); Mary (13); Reubin (11); William (8); Carline (4) and Sarah (1) and mother-in-law, Elizabeth Bently (66, shows born in PA).
1870 Letcher Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Rubin Hall, aged 54, (living 2 doors from brother-in-law, John Wright) and wife, Mahala (49) and 3 kids: William (18); Caroline (14) and Sarah (2).
1880 Letcher Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Mahalia Hall, aged 62, (living in Whitesburg next door to son, Thomas) and daughter, Sarah J. (21).