QUARLES.
Roger Quarles in 1741 obtained a grant of four hundred
acres on both sides of Priddy's Creek, which William Quarles,
who was no doubt Roger's son, and who was described as of
Orange County, sold to Richard Durrett in 1763. Whether
any of the family ever lived on the land, is not known; it was
however sufficiently recognized by the public, to give the
name of Quarles's Creek to a branch of Priddy's Creek passing
through it, and crossing the Barboursville Road.
In 1767 James Quarles, of King William, purchased from
John Walker a plantation called Rock Hall, and containing
nearly nine hundred acres, originally a part of the large
Meriwether grant. He sold it in 1776 to Cornelius Ruddell,
who two years after sold it to John Hunton, of Augusta. It
remained in the Hunton family many years, Charles B. Hunton,
a son of John, being appointed a magistrate in 1791,
serving as Sheriff in 1813, and dying in 1818. James Quarles
in 1778 bought from John Clark nearly thirteen hundred
acres on Mechunk, which four years later he sold to Francis
Kinloch, of South Carolina. He was appointed a magistrate,
and was occupying the office of Sheriff in 1783, when the
records again begin. He had a daughter Ann, who in 1785
became the wife of Henry Washington, of King George.
Washington died in 1788, leaving two children, Frances
Maria, and Ann Catharine, and in 1791 his widow was married
to John Tinsley. Whether Quarles continued to reside
in Albemarle till his death, or removed elsewhere, does not
appear.
A tract of seventeen hundred acres lying on the waters of
Buck Island and Hardware, was purchased from Duncan
McLaughlin by a company consisting of Benjamin Fitzpatrick,
Robert Wright, Robert French, and John Quarles of
Louisa. In connection with the final disposition of this
land, it appeared that John Quarles had six children, two of
whom were Albert G. and Garrett Minor. Garrett became
a member of the Albemarle bar in 1813. Albert G. married
Mary, daughter of Dabney Minor, and his children were
Matilda, Lucy, Henry, and Albert, who removed with their
parents to Kentucky.
