| Name |
Moses QUARLES |
| Born |
1727 |
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Property |
26 Jun 1749 |
, Prince William, Virginia [2] |
- Prince William County, VA, Deed Book L, p. 21. Moses Quarles acknowledged he had received from Col. Thomas Harrison L35, 18s, 2 1/2d which was Moses' part of the estate of John Quarles. John Quarles died about 1729 [Stafford County, VA Tithables, 1730]. John's wife Anne married Thomas Harrison about 1731 [Five Generations of the Family of Burr Harrison of Virginia, John P. Alcock]. The money Moses acknowledge receiving was his portion of his father's estate, which his stepfather Thomas Harrison had held until Moses reached twenty-one.
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| Property |
Bef 1755 |
, Brunswick, Virginia [2] |
- Land patent (date uncertain). Moses acquired 88 acres on Red Oak Run in northern Brunswick County, VA before 1755. Among his close neighbors were James and Hubbard Quarles. Hubbard had descendents named Moses. The parents of James and Hubbard are unknown. It is even possible that they were cousins, rather than brothers, and cousins of Moses [1728-1801]. James and/or Hubbard provide a fairly strong argument that the older Moses [ca 1695-1734] actually did have a first marriage.
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| Residence |
1755 |
, Granville, North Carolina [2] |
- Moses Quarles is on the Granville County tax list for 1755. He is the only male over 16 shown in the household.
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| Property |
16 Sep 1755 |
, Brunswick, Virginia [3] |
- Moses Quarles of St. Andrews Parish grants 88 A of Red Oak Run at Hubbard Quarles line and Joshua Frys to John Gunter. Wit. John Gunter Jr., Joshua Draper, Tho Terrill. Sold because moving.
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| Residence |
1761 |
, Granville, North Carolina [2] |
- Moses Quarles is on the Granville County tax list for 1761. He is the only male over 16 shown in the household.
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| Residence |
1762 |
, Granville, North Carolina [2, 4] |
- Moses Quarles is on the Granville County tax list for 1762. He is the only male over 16 shown in the household.
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| Property |
1764 |
, Granville, North Carolina [2] |
- Granville County, NC Deed Book G, p. 360. Moses sold his Granville County land in 1764. No wife signed away her dower rights on the last deed, legally indicating Moses had no wife when he left Granville. The practice of a wife signing away her dower rights was sometimes ignored in colonial NC, so while there is evidence that Moses was a widower in 1764, the evidence isn't conclusive. The span of years between the birth years of Moses' last two known sons, David [1760] and John [1773] suggests Moses' first wife did die before 1764.
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| Residence |
1764 |
, Granville, North Carolina [2] |
- Moses Quarles is on the Granville County tax list for 1764. He is the only male over 16 shown in the household.
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| Property |
1765 |
Gaffney, , South Carolina [2] |
- NC Land Grants, File # 1337 Book 18, pp 242-243. Moses got a grant of 200 acres on both sides of Kings Creek just east of the Broad River near the present Gaffney, South Carolina. The site was believed to be in Mecklenburg County, NC at the time of the grant, 1765. When the error in locating the NC/SC border was discovered. Moses and his neighbors successfully petitioned King George to have their grants made valid in Craven (later York) County, SC [See Mecklenburg County, NC Deed Book 3, p 149-150; Colonial Records of NC, Vol IX, pp 1260-1263 and Vol XI, pp 250-254]. Kings Creek was, and still is, a good site for a colonial sytle water wheel.
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| Property |
3 Jul 1773 |
, York, South Carolina [2] |
- York County, SC Deed Book C, p 47. Moses sold his land along Kings Creek. He was identified as a miller. Moses' wife Sarah signed the will, indicating this was Moses' last property in York County and she was signing away her dower rights to the property.
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| Property |
2 Dec 1773 |
Union County, South Carolina [2] |
- Union County, SC, Deed Book A, pp 201-202. Moses bought 150 acres on the west side of the Broad River, including an island in the river. The location was just south of the present Lockhart, SC.
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| Property |
17 Dec 1785 |
Union County, South Carolina [5] |
| Moses bought land in Union County, South Carolina, 17 December 1785. Union County RMC A, pp 80-82. |
| Census |
1790 |
Union County, South Carolina [6] |
- "Moses Qualls" was enumerated in Union County, South Carolina. His household was listed with two white males 16 and upward, one white maile under 16, and 4 white females. "Thomas Qualls" is next door and "Eliz. M. Quals" is nearby.
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| Property |
1797 |
Spartanburg County, South Carolina [7] |
- In 1797, Nathaniel HAMMETT does a type of land lease to Moses QUARLES (father of David) for 65 acres (this may or may not be part of the 100 acres William THOMSON sold to Nathaniel HAMMETT in 1796). After Moses QUARLES dies, David QUARLES sells this land and wife Anne/Anna also signs the deed.
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| Property |
1799 |
Spartanburg County, South Carolina [8] |
- Moses bought 100 acres in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, along the Pacolet River in 1799. Spartanburg Deed Book F, p. 299. The circumstances of this land purchase and return to its original owners after Moses died suggested that he leased the land for his declining years. The land was almost surrounded by the land of his son, David. Moses' son John and daughter-in-law Elizabeth also owned land within several hundred yards.
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| Census |
1800 |
Spartanburg District, South Carolina [9] |
- "Moses Qualls" is enumerated on the 1800 census. His household includes one male less than 10, one male 26-45, one male 45 and older, one female 26-45, and one female 45 or older.
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| Property |
, Granville, North Carolina [2] |
- Granville County, NC, Deed Book F, pp 156-157. Moses bought 267 acres from Margaret Boggan. The land was on Knap of Reeds Creek, north of the present town of Butner, NC. Knap of Reeds Creek has silted up and become sluggish in the 240 years since Moses owned land along this waterway. It had a flow large enough to operate a waterwheel mill in Moses' day. The same can be said about Red Oak Run in Brunswick County, VA, the site of Moses' earlier holdings.
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| Died |
Abt 1801 |
Spartanburg County, South Carolina [10] |
| Probate |
29 Oct 1801 |
Spartanburg County, South Carolina [8] |
- Minutes of Spartanburg County Court of the Ordinary, page 8, contain a citation against the assets of Moses Quarles, deceased. David Quarles was named Administrator. The citation was dropped by the court 9 Nov 1801 because David Quarles refused to qualify or take an oath of an administrator.
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| Notes |
- Moses Quarles is the patriarch of many Quarles families originating in Upper South Carolina whose descendants migrated into and through Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and eventually Texas.
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| Person ID |
I2413 |
Kendrick-Hemphill |
| Last Modified |
9 Nov 2014 |
1727 - Abt 1801 (74 years)