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 1764 - 1801 (37 years)
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| Name |
Joseph Quarterman |
| Birth |
17 Apr 1764 |
St Johns Parish, Midway, GA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
1801 |
Liberty County, GA |
| Death |
26 Dec 1801 |
Liberty County, GA |
| Person ID |
I300 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
23 Aug 2019 |
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| Notes |
- In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorchester, South Carolina, petitioned for grants of land in the Midway District of Georgia. John Quarterman, Sr., received a land grant of 500 acres on July 11, 1752, in the Midway District, and his family, including sons: John Jr., Thomas, Robert and William, arrived in Midway with seventeen other families in 1754.
- The early settlers in St. John?s Parish took the lead in Georgia's fight for independence from England. Along with many other citizens, especially Lyman Hall, Button Gwinnett and Nathan Brownson, the Quarterman men participated in the activities. Two, John Sr. and John Jr., died before the Revolutionary War began, but six participated in the War as follows: Two of John Sr.?s sons, Thomas & Robert Quarterman served as privates in the Georgia Militia under the command of Colonel John Baker, and his other two sons, William and Richard Quarterman, served in the Georgia Troops, along with two of John Sr.?s grandsons, Joseph, and John Quarterman III.
- Midway Congregational Church records show John Quarterman, Sr. as an organizing member.
All the Quartermans were members of the Midway Congregational Church, died in Liberty County and are assumed to be buried in the Midway Cemetery, and three, Thomas Quarterman, Robert Quarterman and Joseph Quarterman, currently have a tombstone marking their graves.
- Joseph Quarterman was born about 1760 in St. John?s Parish, and was the oldest son of Rebecca Bacon and Thomas Quarterman, and grandson of John Quarterman, Sr.
- Joseph Quarterman married his cousin, Elizabeth Quarterman (daughter of Robert Quarterman Revolutionary War Soldier) in 1787 in Liberty County. Their children were: Rebecca (1790); Ann (1793), Joseph (1796), Miriam E. (1798). John Bacon (1799), and Susannah Quarterman (1801).
- Joseph Quarterman?s daughter, Ann, married Louis LeConte, whose gardens they have recreated below Midway. Their most well-known children were John and Joseph LeConte. They are probably better known in California than Georgia, but LaConte Hall at the University of Georgia is named for Joseph LeConte.
- Joseph Quarterman died on December 26, 1801, in Liberty County, and is buried in the Midway Cemetery. Tombstone Inscription: In Memory of Joseph Quarterman who was born on the 17 April 1764. The strictest Justice, diffusive charity and fervent piety adorned his life. While his virtues sought not the praise of men, they rendered him highly respected by all and especially endeared him to his intimate acquaintance. A religious education from parents of eminent piety was blessed to the early forming his mind to the love of God and mankind. The happy consequences of which he richly experienced through life and especially under his last illness forming a striking contrast with the usual experience of the unbeliever in this trying hour.
- Grave marked 29 Apr 2018 by Athens, Brier Creek, Wiregrass, Robert Forysth, Marshes of Glynn, and Captain John Collins Chapters of the Georgia SAR with an SAR marker.
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