John Tunstall Quarles (1748 - 1818)

Born 1748 in Dunkirk King William Co., Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Edwards) Quarles — married 11 May 1770 in King William, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1818 at about age 70 in Woodford Co, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Captain John Quarles served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Colonel John Quarles served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.

John Quarles is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A092946.

John was born in 1748. He passed away in 1818. (son of Aaron Quarles and Ann Catherine Tunstall)

Col. Quarles and his wife Susanna came to Woodford County in 1789 and settled in the vicinity of Pisgah Church. He represented Woodford County in the lower branch of the Legislature in 1796." ("History of Woodford County," page 341). He became a promenent lawyer in Kentucky, was given a negroe boy named Hurculas in his fathers will in 1771. He was known as Col. Quarles and served in the Revelutionary war. I

His name is in some doubt. In his will and in other documents he signs himself Tunstall Quarles. Some of his descendants are positive his full name was John Tunstall Quarles. Collin's history of Kentucky mentions a John Tunstal Quarles, member of Legislature in 1817. This may have been his son. Tunstall Quarles' will was dated 1817 and probated in Woodford County, Ky.

Marriages Per DAR Record

1. X X
2. SUSANNAH EDWARDS (married 11 May 1770 in King William Co., VA., daughter of Ambrose Edwards & Wealthean Butler).

Children & their spouses listed in DAR record

1. AMBROSE [1] ELIZABETH MANNING
2. NANCY ANN [1] HORATION HALL
3. WILLIAM E [1] ELIZABETH BETSEY HAGGIN

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A092946
• https://books.google.com/books?id=43jEKg6VTLYC&pg=PA341&lpg=PA341&dq=Tunstall+Quarles+Susannah+Edwards&source=bl&ots=bnvZMD1dt4&sig=ACfU3U2x02L7TLOnh-GEnZwZHlCLGOYtPg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2z_2aqPnjAhUGqp4KHXIBCbwQ6AEwB3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Tunstall%20Quarles%20Susannah%20Edwards&f=false
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/p/o/e/Charles-Walter-Poe-Summeville/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0222.html