Tunstall Quarles (1781 - 1855)

Born 11 May 1781 in King William, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Pamelia (Stringer) Quarles — married 22 Jun 1809 in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

Died 7 Jan 1855 at age 73 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States

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Tunstall Quarles served in the Kentucky Militia in the War of 1812
Service started: 1 September 1812
Unit(s): Second Regiment (Jennings')
Service ended: 30 March 1813

Tunstall Quarles is Notable.

Biography

Tunstall was born on 11 May 1781^[1] in King William County, Virginia.^[2] He was the son of Tunstall Quarles and Susannah Edwards.^[3] He was baptized on 26 August 1781.^[4] He moved to Woodford County, Kentucky with his parents about 1790.^[5]

He married Permelia Stringer on 22 June 1809 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.^[6]

He was a member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1796, 1811, and 1812.^[7] He was captain of the 2nd Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Militia, which he armed and equipped at his own expense.^[8][9] The regiment constructed Fort Jennings in Ohio, and then remained there on garrison duty for several months.^[10] They then headed north to Put-in-Bay, Ohio.^[11] When their term of service was nearly over, they went to Cincinnati, Ohio and were discharged in March 1813.^[12]

He served in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth U.S. Congresses as a Republican from 4 March 1817 to 15 June 1820.^[13]

He served as receiver of public moneys for the Cape Girardeau land district from May 1821 to July 1824.^[14]

He was a member and speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1828.^[15] He was a member of the Kentucky State Senate in 1840.^[16][17]

He died on 7 January 1855 in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky^[18] and was buried in Sinking Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky.^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas, William. The Douglas Register. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1966.
2. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [1]
3. ↑ Douglas, William. The Douglas Register. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1966.
4. ↑ Douglas, William. The Douglas Register. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1966.
5. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [2]
6. ↑ Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBN-LJH : accessed 27 October 2016), Tunstall Quarles and Perinilia Stringer, 22 Jun 1809; citing , Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,912,849.
7. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [3]
8. ↑ Pulaski County Fact Book II. Chapter 3: Military History. [4]
9. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [5]
10. ↑ 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia: Unit History. [6]
11. ↑ 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia: Unit History. [7]
12. ↑ 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia: Unit History. [8]
13. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [9]
14. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [10]
15. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [11]
16. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [12]
17. ↑ Railey, William E. "The Quarles Family and their Woodford County Connections." Register of Kentucky State Historical Society 20 (1922): 283-286. [13]
18. ↑ "Quarles, Tunstall." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. [14]
19. ↑ Find a Grave, Tunstall Quarles

• 1820 United States Census, Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky, population schedule, p. 53. Ancestry.com. 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• 1840 United States Census, Pulaski County, Kentucky, population schedule, p. 328. Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
• 1850 United States Census, Laurel County, Kentucky, population schedule, p. 7A. Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.
• Railey, William E. "The Quarles Family and Their Woodford County Connections." Register of Kentucky State Historical Society 20 (Sep 1922): 283-286. [15]
• Clarke, Peyton Neale. Old King William Homes and Families: An Account of Some of the Old Homesteads and Families of King William County, Virginia, from its Earliest Settlement. Louisville, J. P. Morton, 1897. [16]