Person:Samuel Mobley (3)

Samuel Moberley, Senior, son of Edward Moberley Senior, came to Fairfield County (then Craven) with others of his family in the late 1750s. He received several land grants as follows:
1760, 1/4, Craven County, 100 acres, Book 11, p. 14
1765, 7/1, 50 acres, Book 8, p. 184
1773, 2/12, Craven County, 50 acres, Book 18, p. 476
1790, 12/6, Camden County (Little R.), 34 acres, Book 28, p. 130
1790, 12/6, Camden County (Reedy R.), 65 acres, Book 28, p. 129

Samuel lived at his plantation on the south fork of Little River near the land of Edward Moberley, Sr., John Benjamin and William Moberly. He raised a large family, four boys and eight girls living to maturity. He fought in the Revolution and his record is as follows:
From Stubs to Indents, Book O, p. 212, Env. 5295 - Samuel Moberley . . ."for service done at Howell's Ferry under Capt. Thomas Parrot." signed Samuel Moberly. He also furnished a horse for the Patriot Militia.
The following certificate is from the SC historical Comm., Columbia, SC - "this is to certify that the records of this department show that Samuel Moberley was a member of the militia forces of South Carolina embodied in Winn's Regiment, and that we have pay records of two tours of duty performed by him in 1781; one of eight days at Howell's Ferry on the Congaree River July or August, and four more days taking dispatches thence to Colonel William Hill on the Catawba River, and another of 69 days as Quartermaster at the post at Orangeburgh, ending in December. We also have records to show that he furnished a substitute for the month of June 1782, when drafted for duty at the Four Holes post." Signed A. S. Salley Sec. Sept. 11, 1941. According to Salley, Samuel is listed in "Stubs to Indents" as "Private Quartermaster and Riding Express." The Fairfield County records show the following:

14 May, 1781 - Samuel Mobley, planter to Job Meador. Whereas a grant bearing date 24 Jan 1770 was made to Thomas Meador for a tract containing 200 acres in Fairfield Co. on a branch of Beaver Creek and whereas 160 acres of it was conveyed from said Thomas Meadors to s. Samuel Mobley 21 pounds being paid by said Job Meadors, therefore a deed is executed. Wit: Thomas Meador -- Jason Meador. Book I, p. 442

6 March 1784 - Samuel Mobley to Edward Lovejoy, a slave. Wit. Chas Simmons, Eleazer Mobley. Bk. K, p. 319

1788 - Samuel Moberly of the State of South Caroline to Edward Moberly Jr. six negroes: Dick, Cloe, Jack, Jane, Sarah and Hall. Wit: E. Moberly. Bk A, p. 53.

The 1790 Census of Fairfield Co., SC: Samuel Moberley: 2 males over 16 yrs, 3 under and 6 females.

The following, from the Fairfield County Courthouse at Winnsboro, SC, were furnished by Mrs. Etta Rosson of Shelton, South Carolina. "Sam Mobley, Apt. 23, File #331. Will dated Dec 21, 1802. Names: Wife - Mary Mobley, son Edward - dau. Elizabeth Mansell, son Samuel Mobley, son Biggers Mobley, son John Mobley "100 acres on which I now live." and daughter Darkey. Wife Mary Mobley, and son Samuel, executrix and executor. Recorded 7 June 1803 and witnessed by James Kirkpatrick."
"Sam. Mobley, Apt. 23, file #340, 1804. Samuel Mobley, Junr. (executor) Bondsmen: Eleazer Mobley, John Hill, Samuel Hill, Sworn to before D. Coleman. Estate appraised by Jacob Horsch (Hosch), Micajah Mobley, Richard Hill." A paper entitled "The deaths & distribution of the estate of Samuel Mobley, deceased." Deaths and Losses - lists a horse, some cattle, and two slaves - and is dated Sept 1, 1816; Thomas Colvin, David Shannon, Moses McKeown, John Robinson, are named as having "received of the said estate of the Executrix, Mary Mobley." "Final report states: "John Mobley, son of the deceased, has received his piece or parcel of land and negro boy; also, Darcy (Dorcas - Darkey) Price, late Darcy Mobley, has obtained her piece of land granted by will. Signed - Sam'l Mobley, Executor."
The above settlement accounts for all the children of Samuel and Mary, except Drucilla, who died in 1807, Susannah and who married John Taylor, an Simeon Mobley who died when a baby.

Samuel Mobley "Senior" of the State of South Carolina and District of Fairfield . . . .
unto my beloved Wife Mary Mobley All my Estate, for the time of her Life, And after Death, to be devided . . . .
unto my son Edward Mobley, one shilling Sterling together with what I have already given him . . . .
unto my Daughter Elizabeth Mansell, one Negro Boy Named Bob, during her life time, and then to be left to her Daughter Sukey . . . .
unto my son Samuel Mobley, one Shilling Sterling, . . . .
unto my son Biggers Mobley one Shilling Sterling, . . . .
unto my son John Mobley, one Negroe boy Named Daniel, together with one hundred Acres of that Tract of Land, I now live on . . . .
And the rest of said Tract of land I bequeath unto My Daughter----Darkey . . . .
the rest of my Estate to be devided among the rest of my Children, at my wifes discretion . . . .
my Wife Mary Mobley and my son Samuel Mobley my Sole Executors . . . .
[Signed] Twenty first day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and two . . . Samuel x his mark Mobley
Witness James Kirkpatrick, Rodrick McDowell John Woods

Proved 24 January 1803
Recorded in book 4, Pages 160 & 161 June 7, 1803

Mobley, Samuel
Service: South Carolina; Patriotic Service, Staff Officer
Birth: circa 1739, Virginia
Death: before 1-24-1803, Fairfield Dist, South Carolina
Service Source: Salley & Wates, Stub Entries to Indents, Books O-Q, p 42, #212; SC ARCH, ACCTS AUD #5295, ROLL #106
Service Description: 1) also PVT, Capts Parrott, Davis, Gray 2) furnished horse
Residence: Camden District, South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Wagner
Children whose descendents have applied for DAR Membership:
Drucilla, m. John Feaster
Samuel, m. Elizabeth Pickett
Edward, m. Mary Mabry
Biggers, m. Joanna Lewis Corbell
Lucretia, m. John Robinson
John, m. Catherine McClean
Mary, m. David Shannon

[NOTE: Samuel's parents were still in Maryland in 1739 and did not move to Virginia until about 1748.]

146 Samuel Moberley, b. 1739, d. 8/11/1809(served Rev. War)
m. 5/1/1761 Mary(Polly) Wagner(Waggoner), b. ca 1743, d. ca 1812(H222)
[dau. Hans Wagner/Marie DeLashmette>Dixon]

Mobberley, Samuel, furnished supplies found in the SC Council Journals and the Indian Affairs