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- P-274724
- In early 1752, the congregation of the White Meeting House in Dorches?ter, 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,
- 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.
Robert Quarterman was born on March 27, 1742 in in Dorchester, South Carolina, third son of Elizabeth Baker and John Quarterman, Sr.
- Robert's brother, Thomas served in his unit; younger brothers, William and Richard; Thomas? son, Joseph, and a nephew, John III, all served in the Georgia Troops. Robert Quarterman served as a private in the Georgia Militia, under the command of Colonel John Baker. In May 1776, the militia unit?s name was changed from St. John?s Riflemen to Liberty County Militia
- Robert Quarterman married Mary Way, daughter of Edward and Ann Elliott Way, on June 16, 1767. Their son, Robert was born in 1768 and daughter, Mary Quarterman who was born and died in 1770.
Then he married Elizabeth Baker, (daughter of Richard Baker, a Revolutionary War Patriot) on May 9, 1771. Their seven children were Elizabeth (1773) who married Joseph Quarterman (son of Thomas Quarterman RS); Mary (1774); Ann (1775) who married Micajah Andrews, Edward (1778) who married Anna Winn, Lydia (1780) who married John Mallard, Polly (1782); Rinta (1784) and Rebecca (1785) Quarterman. Robert Quarterman?s widow, Elizabeth Baker Quarterman, drew land in the Lottery of 1827 in Houston County, as a widow of a Revolutionary War soldier.
- Grave Marker 28 Apr 2019 by Blue Ridge Mountains, Brier Creek, Captain John Collins, Marquis de Lafyette, Marshes of Glynn, Ocmulgee, Robert Forsyth and Wiregrass Chapters of the GA SAR
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1742 - 1786 (44 years)
