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Capt. John Quarles
b.Est 1755
Facts and Events
Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 4, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Quarles, John - Captain of Virginia artillery; John Q. Richardson (no kinship given*), husband of Anna & administrator of soldier's estate, gave power of attorney 1854 in Norfolk, Virginia, to agent to claim Pension due deceased soldier & Pension arrears granted. F-17250, R1989.
Records in Virginia
- 1782 - First Census, Heads of Families
- John Quarles - 3 whites, 5 blacks - Norfolk County, Virginia
- [The Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary, by Edward Wilson James, Volume 5, pg. 137]
Virginia 1793 House of Delegates Election, Norfolk County
- Candidates: John Quarles Stephen Wright Robert Butt Thomas Bressie others
- Affiliation:
- Final Result: [1]......265....... ......255....... .........226.............210..... .......7
- Notes: [1]John Quarles and Stephen Wright elected.
- Source: A New Nation Votes, American Election Returns, 1787-1825
Norfolk County, Virginia Records:
- 23 Mar 1798 -- Deed Bk 41, p 29. Robert Culpepper and wife Patsey to John Kearnes, for £30, 100 acres willed to Robert by his father Thomas, land Thomas bought from Henry Deale, where Robert now lives, being the whole of Robert's land. Wit: John Quarles, B. Maguire, John Brooks, Henry Collins. (H2T#695, woH2TR#696, H2#683)√17
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References
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension Application of John Quarles R17250 VA Half Pay
Transcribed and annotated by C. Leon Harris. Revised 19 Apr 2015.
[From Library of Virginia Legislative Petitions Digital Collection/ Norfolk County – Officers of the
Virginia State Line]
The Hon’ble Speaker & Members of the General Assembly
The Petition of the Officers of the Virginia State Line now residing in the County of Norfolk
We your Petitioners having served with the Officers belonging to the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment in the Army of the United States, during the War, with Great Brittain. And as State Officers during that time ware deprived of our Rank, according to the dates of our several Commissions, Which of itself was sufficient to have disgusted us with the Service, had not the Glorious cause exited us to have continued. And shall you Gentlemen add to this great mortification, by depriving us of those Emoluments that have been granted to the Officers of the Virginia Line of Continental Establishment Notwithstanding we ware promised every Emolument, that they received, That is the five years full pay, or the half pay during Life
[undeciphered] Boush [apparently erased] Lieu’t [possibly Goodrich Boush R19365]
William Hoffler Cap’n 1st V. S. Reg’t [pension application S38047]
Thos Armistead D’o D’o D’o [Thomas Armistead R12157]
James Harper Lt. D’o D’o [BLWt2148-200 and R14859]
Jno. Quarles Capt, Lt. State Artil’y.
John Hudson Capt 2d V. S. Regt [R15350]
Chas S. Boush Lieut. State Navy [R12]
16th Nov’r. 1789 Ref’d. to prop[osition]s/ rejected/ rep[orte]d
[The following are from bounty-land records in the Library of Virginia.]
I hereby certify that Capt Lt. Jno. Quarles served three years as an officer in the State Artillery, & that he is now a supernumerary officer, never having resigned nor been superceded Richmon March 2d 1784 George Muter Col
[The following are from rejected claims in the Library of Virginia.]
1776 Feb’y 8 [two or three undeciphered words] John Quarles an }
Orderly Sergeant on Min’t service at Hampton } £7.2.10½
The foregoing is extracted from an “Account of General expenses for the minute service” found in a book filed in this department, which is endorsed Accounts of the Comm’e of Safety
Jos. Jackson Clk of [undeciphered]
Aud’rs Office 14 Dec’r 1831
J W Murdaugh on behalf of John Quarles Richardson grandson & only heir at law of John Quarles dec’d;
Respectfully represents that said John Quarles was an orderly Sergeant in the State line at Hampton as early as February 1776 (as appears by the accompanying certificate, from the proceedings of the Committee of Safety) – and that he was afterwards promoted to a Lieutenancy in the State artillery, and was in Commission as a Captain Lieutenant at the end of the war, having been reported by the board of officers (in 1782) as entitled to Half Pay He having served seven years and three months became entitled to a Bounty in land of 4833a acres of which quantity [he received] 4000 acres in Warrant NO 2666 —
[The rest missing from the online image.]
[The following is from the federal pension file]
Know all Men by these presents, that I, Anna Richardson administratrix de bonis non on the estate of John Quarles deceased who was a Captain Lieutenant in the State Artillery of Virginia during the War of the Revolution, do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint James Murdaugh of the County of Norfolk and State of Virginia my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and stead as administratrix as aforesaid, to ask, demand and receive from the United States Government, or any officer appointed by the said Government, all commutation pay and interest which may be due thereon, due me as administratrix as aforesaid for the services rendered by the said John Quarles as Captain Lieutenant as aforesaid. [The rest unrelated to military service]
Witness my hand and seal this 17th day of January A.D. 1854.
NOTE: On 18 Jan 1854 Murdaugh wrote to the Commissioner of Pensions that about 1829 John Q. Richardson, husband of Anna Richardson, had been made administrator of Quarles’s estate. On 28 Feb 1854 Murdaugh wrote to the Commissioner that Quarles had received half pay of $200 per year as a Captain Lieutenant under the act of 5 July 1832, and he inquired whether Quarles’s estate might be allowed half pay of $240 per year as a Captain. The request was evidently denied. A Captain-Lieutenant held the rank of Lieutenant but did the service of a Captain in a company nominally commanded by the Colonel of the regiment.
http://revwarapps.org/r17250.pdf
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